I just made a WOTC version:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2079923127

can make a wtoc one

Jesus man, another mod that does not include all the files for tweaking.... VERY IMPORTANT

Please do update this when you get the chance. I love this mod becauseit's simple srtight forward shield no weird crazniess or op crap.

Please update the mod for Wotc.

This is a great mod, shame it should be abandoned.

Any plans for updating this for WOTC? This mod is great!

Will you updat this mod for wotc ?

If i try to start the Game with the Mod it crash. If i deativate the Mod its start normaly.
Maybe its fight with another mod from me, the Ammo+Vest Mod?

@Qurila probably! It only adds the item. I'll be testing that myself soon, just got WotC.

Is it Wotc compatible?

@danman5550 I *believe* that the vest adds shields. I should hope I'd have programmed it that way rather than setting it to 3 shields! I suspect I did since it also adds 1 HP while equipped.

So I see that this is abandoned, but might as well try. Does this shield stack with other shield abilities? I have a modded class (Juggernaut) that spawns with a damage shield just like this one, and I want to know if they stack before I send my Juggernauts out with smaller shields than I expect!

@Kenshin
Thanks for the answer, and good luck in your future projects

Thanks for the answer, and good luck in your future projects.

Hey folks, I'm sorry I've basically abandoned this, but I don't have the SDK installed anymore and have moved on to non-Steam projects.
@boisegangpc Those might be left over from when I'd intended to put an activatable ability onto the vest, or they might be part of recharging. Try changing the values and seeing what happens.
@hygorct & @Nasarog I honestly don't know, but I'm guessing that it will. You'll notice from the description that I kept it pretty simple: as soon as you are able to to Experimental Armor research this should come up as a possible result (i.e. there are no other pre-requisites set). That should also answer @Ethereal's question, as to why I'd rather not add a requirement in this case.

compatible with LW2?

What do these lines of code do? I *think* it's supposed to be a "recharge shield" ability, but who knows.

SHIELD_VEST_ABILITY_COOLDOWN=3
SHIELD_VEST_ABILITY_CHARGES=1

Is thi smod LW 2 compatible?

how about adding shieldbearer autopsy requierement?

I'm with gabi. It would be cool if the shield recharged by 1 every turn. Similar to Stasis Vest.

Would be great if it recharges after 4 turns (after you take damage)

does it recharge like halo style

It works for me with both the Mod you said ( Walker servos is Human Creativity Mod I guess).
If it conflicts with a Mod, It's probably one of those : 'Infinite proving gounds' 'Experimental Items Unlock" or " Ultimate Workshop".

I was never able to get this to appear in-game, even if I cycled through all the vest projects. Armory Extension & Walker Servos mods work fine, however.

Make the sheilds recharge after 2 or 3 turns of being depleted.

This could use an proving grounds to increase the shields from 3 HP to 5, it's easily disregared in late game.

broken by the latest patch.
game crashes

someone needs to make a savescum mod so i can do it

It would be neat if you gave this an effect of some kind. The Fortress effect from Psi-Ops would work well as an "energy shield," I think.

Hey. I'm posting for broadcasting volume to mod authors I'm subbed to, in case this applies to you and you haven't yet fixed the Memory issues inherent to many mods due to a ModBuddy error: https://www.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/comments/48c8v3/psavoicepacks_and_other_mods_to_a_lesser_extent/

Please double check if this bug in ModBuddy may apply to your mod to help modded X2 games run better.

I think renewability (I bet this word doesn't exist) could be balanced out. Maybe the vest would provide only 2 shield and replenish 1 every other turn (no HP bonus). Depending on how much the guy is being put in danger this could be in line with other suits.
With the length of missions, 2SH 1/2 regen would make armored soldiers only slightly more durable (far inferior to stasis), but would improve survivability for more fragile guys, by about 3-6 HP per mission, heavily depending on mission length and when he gets hurt. It would expand their HP so they won't get one shot, but gives them SOME sustain so it doesn't become meh after the first hit.
(could add a "charge capacitor" ability to restore the shield points, like reloading)
Of course, this is only a quick mess of ideas I made up in ~10 mins. I already am in love with the fact that someone made shields for us too, makes the game feel more diverse. Keep up the good work! (oh, and curse the 1k char limit, I had to cut so much off)

@jessenoland I will do that once I have time to work on more modding, I've been busy with other responsibilities for the past week.

I'm expecting Spartan-IIs and S-IIIs from Halo to show up pretty soon with Mjolnir armor and this mod added.

It really would be good to put this up on the Xcom 2 nexus, get more people looking at it.

maybe you can put this and future mods on the Xcom 2 Nexus?

Great idea.

Actually never reloaded it. Just kept using all my cores to get it. I console commanded it and got one. What is the loot table chance?

how can i change the cost of items? What ini file has the information?

I noticed some comments wanting a recharge, personaly I feel its balanced as is. I consider the zero damage from environmental harards of the harzard ves, the health regen of the stasis vest, and the damage reducion of the armored vest, this seems in line. A recharge would make it far supperior to the stasis vest and armored vest.

@jackoftrades222 Are you saving/reloading to do it? That might be the problem--XCOM2 by default saves your random seed, so taking the exact same actions (such as researching the same thing) will have the same result after reloading.

I now only have the shield vest and that is it. Over 200 armors made now and nothing. Not sure what is wrong, maybe I'm unlike, I'm about to do 500 tries and we will see what happens.

I don't think it is even that. The more crap people add, the less chances they will get the vest that they want. Dude is probably just getting very unlucky. That said I like the mod, please do not add a recharge function, it is a good and balanced vest as is.

I'm unfortunately as baffled as you folks are. It may very well be a mod conflict, but I'm not sure with where. I'm not running those mods, but I am running a number of other mods (mostly cosmetic, but also the Long War devs mods that launched with the game).

Have any other folks had this appear in their campaign like I have?

Agree with the comment from Razgriz. I've researched armor over a 100 times and nothing has ever come up. Just the base armors. I assume the mods just don't work since I've never seen them.

While I'd like to use something like this, I haven't gotten a single shield vest. Even when I spammed insta-experimental armor projects with 12 cores. Saved with the mod deactivated, reactivated, saved and tried again. I doubt it's down to luck and I'm assuming it's more of a mod conflict.

If I recall correctly, here are the mods that affect Engineering in some way or another:
- Crafting Elerium Cores
- Crafting Personal/Group Shield Generators
- Plated Vests (Comes up along with Statis and Hazmat vests)
- Tech Vests (These never come up, however...)
- Armory Extensions
- Experimental Items Unlocked (for fabrication after a project that unlocks it)
- And this mod.

It's either a conflict or I must start a new campaign. Any ideas?

I'll keep trying then. It looks like a great idea for an item, looking forward to getting one.

@Omega13 unfortunately it's just RNG. I had it pop up on my campaign after I added it to my existing save. I'm sorry you haven't been able to get it!

I can't get this to pop up either. Full disclosure: I added it to an existing save game. Perhaps it doesn't unlock properly unless the mod is present when Experimental Armor is unlocked?

Either I am really unlucky or it is conflicting with other mods. I have done 10+ proving ground researches and it has never come up.