Here's the link to his Excel sheet: Įditing the keybind commands are a relatively simple way to add some "life preservers" to your campaign. If you can find it, eastpaw's Excel spreadsheet for extracting, editing, and inserting the modified INI files also streamlines the insertion of INI edits back into the game (I'm trying it out right now). Which, BTW is something that you'll need to do every time there is an update to the mod. You can also use this tool to insert your INI edits as a batch file (and if I understand it correctly) update your INI without having to retype the changes every time. The "Long War Customizations" thread in general is centered around a bit more advanced modding of LW, using wghost's patcherGUI tool to modify the game files and insert upk edits. Sadly the search function on Nexus is pretty useless, so it might take some digging (or just Google "nexus long war ini edit") The "Players Helping Players" thread on Nexus will be another great resource. The "Modding Long war" thread - This is will be your most up to date resource and will be the place to go to ask questions. Again it's a bit dated but the concepts are basically still the same. Here is the same info with comments - scanning the comments is worthwhile. Here is a list of resources so you can learn how to edit the INI files to improve your enjoyment of this amazing mod:īegin here with this slightly dated, but still very relevant Wiki article I'll state the obvious always make a back up of the file before editing it and always put Steam into "Off Line" mode before playing with an edited INI file. They have labeled many of the sections and subsections so you can find what you are looking for, and avoid editing things that might break the game. The changes are immediate and you don't need to restart your campaign. You search for the defaultgamecore.ini file and edit it. Basically, all you need to modify the game file is Notepad (or the free and awesome Notepad++). For this alone we owe them a debt of gratitude. In general, INI editing is the easiest form of program modification, and JohnnyLump and the dev team have "exposed" dozens, if not hundreds, of settings to the player so they can modify the game to their heart's content. Be forewarned I am not going to necessarily hold your hand, but I am going to attempt to put some web pages in front of you, and open the this thread up to more experienced people than myself to provide assistance if they feel like it. I thought that I'd spare you the aggravation of searching the web for resources. arrTicker.I've noticed quite a few posts here and on Nexus with frustrated new players searching for help with LW and editing the INI files. OBJECT=XGFacility_SituationRoom.GetTickerText:AUTO With the following modification, you can monitor some basic information related to their global operations from the situation room. Commander, the council has successfully tapped into the aliens' communications networks.
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