There is a link to the server in the message description of each of Odd's YouTube videos

Fear I was able to finally try this again. Once again I was given credit for the a capture but no soldier appears at the base. No familiar with the Odd Discord but will try to leave a post.

If you fail to have a soldier given to you when you extract a regular MOCX soldier (not a rookie) that is a bug. If you have more captures not converting definitely let us know in the Odd discord so we can dig into your specific issue

Having watched Odd capture exalt I restarted a game and gave it a go. Initially I was able to get 3 exalts to survive, other attempts have expired However on another try the game gave me credit for capturing a soldier but at base the soldier never appeared. Is there a cap? Or is this a bug?

@RustyDios I don't plan to use the character pool this mod supplies, but I do use Iridar's Appearance Manager. I'll keep an eye on things as I use them. Thank you.

Only if you-
a) plan on using the Character Pool
b) continue to use Iridars Appearance Manager

When using Unrestricted Customization Redux there is a warning to uninstall to avoid tweaks issues. Is this necessary? Because I really like UCR's search/filter feature.

It's in XComLivingSpace.ini (it's technically the Living Space mod, which is required for CI).

Hi, I am trying to find where in the Covert Infiltrations ini file the Set barracks to 30 with +15/+25 upgrades option is, could u point me in the right direction as I don't see it

This mod pack turns on the optional feature requiring soldiers to be graded before they can equip psi amps

Maybe a dumb question but how do I use Psionics (Ex Machina)? I have researched Sectoids and Priests and built the Experimental Psi lab but I still can't purchase Psi Amps. The only place I can equip GEMs is on Templar gauntlets. Am I missing something to equip Psionics on my regular soldiers?

Ok, thanks.

@Manoloxx You will be able to find that config in the configs of MOCX. You can change that flag yourself and use this mod to find the change.

Heya! Is it possible to only use the tweak that disables the chosen from spawning with exalt?

I discovered that if you use solely the MEC Trooper mod and there are no SPARKs in your roster, the Repair skill, and every other skill that affects Repair, is useless. It doesn't work on MEC Troopers. Only healing skills work. Which begs the question as to why MEC Troopers can train in the Repair skill but cannot use it? Anyways, just some feedback for your hard work guys. Thank you! =)

Ok, thank you for the info, that was very helpful, have a nice day.

Yes, the two are not mutually exclusive. We had to add in the removal mod to turn off SPARKs otherwise the two would have existed with each other. Please note, though, that the SPARK will be the stock X2 spark as we don't include any overhauls for them in this mod list.

Understood. Thank you. Can I still have MECs if I enable SPARKs?

@Bibaboy If you desire to have SPARKs as well, you will have to remove a mod called "Sparks-B-Gone" from your modlist

If you read the season and modpack correctly you'll notice Sparks were removed in favour of using MEC Troopers as the big tanky units :)

Hello! I cant find a similar question here. How do you get SPARKs in this modpack playthrough? I cant seem to get the Lost Towers mission. Is it delayed? (I've already built Proving grounds and MEC Foundry)

Awesome thank you RustyDios. =)

Look for the XComGameData_SoldierSkills.ini
in particular the "RECKONING_COOLDOWN=6" line.. and change to suit your hearts desire

Keep in mind 6 turns is actually the default cooldown for the Skirmisher melee. It's possible that this season just simply "didn't change it"... when other season have had mods that do (like PCP's Skirmisher re-balance)

@ProfileName .. Appreciate the insight. I'm on episode 19 and noticed it every time he field his Skirmisher, and seeing as this was months ago and I'm encountering it now means there has not been any fix that I've seen. Which means that it's happening somewhere else and impacting the skirmisher indirectly. I'm wondering if the MOCX mods are doing this? I'll update it if I find it. Thanks everyone. =)

@Caine Funnily enough Odd encountered this in the first episode of his S9 run. Just know, I can't help you pinpoint which mod is the one making that chance.

Odd did mention it being quite long, but accepted the cool down on basis of the Skirmisher still being able to move afterwards. I'm only on ep 3, so I have no idea if he changes this during his run.

Just saw your question while browsing through the mod list and wanted to let people know.

There are multiple mods which touch the Skirmisher in this mod pack, so I would suggest looking into them to find the culprit.

Ahhhh ok thank you FearTheBunnies. Very much appreciate you looking into it.
Cheers.
Also, I noticed something else and I don't know if it's related to Odd's Season 9 tweaks or not, but the Skirmisher regular melee attack has a 6 turn cooldown, whereas none of the other basic melee skills have a cooldown. You can see it in some of Odd's Season 9 videos using a skirmisher. Any idea what might be causing that? Intended? Or a bug from some other skill?

Follow up: Absolutely Critical is added by EU Aim Rolls. If you want to run that mod you will need to remove LW Aim Rolls from this modlist.

@Caine I know Absolutely Critical is a mod added Second Wave option. I don't 100% remember which mod adds it though. I will post a follow up early next week (out of town for the weekend) after I look it up (unless some kind souls posts which mod adds it before I do.)

Hi FearTheBunnies. I found a line of text in the Season 9 Odd mod. In the drop down list, there is an option called XCOM Preset Second Wave, and I removed the semi-colon for the Absolutely Critical, but whenever I start a New campaign, AC is not available. I also found the mod Auto-Set Second Wave and removed the semi-colon for AC, and still AC is not an available option when starting a new game. Hope this helps narrow things down. ;)

@Caine Could you remind me where Absolutely Critical is located again? I'm trying to remember where that is/came from and once you point me in the right direction, I will be able to answer your question.

How do I turn back on Absolutely Critical? Note, I subscribed to Odd's entire Season 9 mod list.

Ahh, sorry I missed that one, good catch FTB. On the plus side, the localization can probably be changed at pretty much any time before the mission where you rescue her (and even if it's too late, changing a name in game is an easy fix).

@Seedling Those edits only touch the cosmetics. You also will need to touch the Denmother localization file too otherwise they will look like Denmother but still have the changed name.

Yep, deleting that section puts her back to her original look.

Thanks EvilBob22, I appreciate it. Yeah that looks pretty straightforward, I presume deleting the cosmetic part of the section just reverts to what is used in the denmother mod? I imagine if I dig around I can find a list of classes within the amalagamation mod files, but less bothered about the class tbh :)

Very easy if you are used to modifying configs, it's all in XComDenmother.ini. If you are ok with getting a random class, you can just delete/rename the whole file. If not, it is pretty clear where in the file the cosmetic changes start.

Anyone know how easy it would be to rollback just the overwrite on Denmother?

@FearTheBunnies thanks you very much for explaining, sadly I'm not savvy enough to be able to do that but maybe I'll look into it in the future. Have a good day!

@Myricae The tweaks to System Infiltration are not config based. In the X2DLC file for this mod, you will find a function called "PatchSystemInfiltration()" which is where the tweak occurs. Feel free to create your own mod that extracts that logic for your own use (or even to publish on the workshop for others too, I just ask that you credit where you got the code from.)

Hey sorry to bother, is there a way to download only specific tweaks? Or in alternative, could you tell me how you created the System Infiltration tweaks? I looked at it and i don't think they are possible with just the config of the mod

Short answer is this mod pack uses Iridar's Appearance Manager (IAM).

Long answer is that it technically isn't, but IAM disables itself and you use UC(R) instead. The only "issue" you will run into is the characters from the S8/9 character pool will only have their base look for all tiers of armor and will never "upgrade" looks like they do in Odd's campaign if using just IAM.

why is this incompatible with unrestricted customization?

A) this modpack is designed around the squadsize limits already set, just to keep that in mind

B) squadsize limits for a CI campaign are in the configs of CI, changing them has numerous knock-on effects and isn't advised. If you do however want to increase them the best thing to do is sub to another mod called "RAIN's 8-man core", which should play nicely with this modpack

Hello!
I can't seem to figure out how to change squad size, any idea on how to do this? the only mod i can find that seems to interact with it is Robojumpers, and in the description of that mod it mentions an MCM slider or the option to change it in the ini.
Neither of these options seem to do anything, So I'm thinking its a setting or config change in another mod and i cant seem to find it.
Any help would be awesome.
Cheers.

Make sure you use the Alternative Mod Launcher and not the native 2K launcher when using mods.

I have a lot of mod that are not working on launch, one million colours, mech perks. Anyone else?

Hey. I had my game crash when EXALT squad tried to spawn in (via the blue glowy orb) and I can't find the solution under MOCX mod, so I was wondering if anyone here knows what could be going on?
I had to disable the mods connected to EXALT to finish the mission, but obviously I'd like to continue playing with EXALT as I'm really enjoying this mod pack, so if anyone knows what to do, please let me know.

no need for apologies. appreciate everyones attention and effort here. looking forward to the fix and continuing my run

Just checking up on the current progress of the fix/update
... and it should be "solved now" ...