If it is just a case of low spawn chances, you could try increasing the SpawnWeight values in the mod's /config/XComEncounterLists.ini - but if you have lots of additional enemy types, there's only a finite number of 'chances' the medic will get to appear.

@clw6
That's spawnweight, the more enemy-adding mods you have the less chance one thing has to spawn. Have a look at this and the linked page
https://old.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/comments/buy9d0/how_do_spawn_weights_and_force_levels_work/

With multiple campaigns on LWOTC I've had the Medic show up but VERY rarely so seems partially compatible but obviously something in my modlist is overriding its appearance. I'm using A Better Advent as well so might also be something there preventing the Medic showing up. So Medic doesn't create any problems with highly modded campaigns to my knowledge but only shows up once or twice in an entire campaign.

im using a mod that makes smoke from grenades conceal targets, which paired with this unit's healing smoke grenade generates a lot of !!FUN!!

Thanks for the info

Yeah ideal range is a weapon thing, with Medic's using the Priest's gun that means they already have one set for them.

Sorry, I don't have the mod tools installed anymore. I've had a quick look at the source code for the medic, but I'm not seeing a reference to an 'ideal range' for the unit - is this a variable distance for engagement of enemies?

If that's mapped to the weapon, the medic is using the Priest's, so that might be configurable for both?

Hey! First of all thank you for the mod. It's been in my every campaign for years.

I've recently evolved from mere casual to sub-intermediate, and I'm just wondering if you could expose this unit's "IdealRange" to config? It's usually XComGameData_WeaponData for units.

Ok, thank you!

Sure, go for it - If you have any questions, let me know.

Hello! I am developing a large mod for multiplayer. In the future, it is planned to organize various tournaments on it. I would like to ask your permission to use the Advent Medic model in my mod. I will be very grateful to you.

Oh, that's awesome! Thanks.

I've found a github repository for LWOTC - no idea how up-to-date this is - but it suggests they use their own encounter list groups. I'll create a discussion on what *might* work.

It doesn't seem to cause any problems, but no medics are showing on missions. Perhaps something has to be touched in the encounter lists or somewhere, but I don't possess that knowledge :(

Thanks :)

Sorry, no idea - I never played LWOTC - but I've not had any issues reported.

Would this mod work with LWOTC out of the box?

Sorry, I don't follow - you can add a translation as a new discussion above as others have done, and I can provide details on how to create a localization file with it. If you need a reference, you could use the existing discussions or look at the .ini files in the mod in your steamapps/workshop/content folders.

If you have the ini files i can do the localization? Send to me if you have it for direct msg

You're very welcome to provide a localization - I don't have the mod tools anymore so it's unlikely the mod itself will be updated, but it can be added as a discussion and I'll add credits.

Can i add localization for Spanish?? i'm argentinian aka native spanish speaker

I'd make sure the AI routine is using your 'SmokeProfile' AoE - sounds like they're still using a more generic grenade Profile.

Thanks for the tips, I'm on my way for success... However, there is still one amusing problem, Officer throwing Smoke at my soldiers, regardless despite profile:

+AoEProfiles=( Profile=SmokeProfile, Ability=ThrowGrenade, bTargetEnemy=0, bTargetAllies=1, bUsePrecomputePath=1, MinTargets=1)

Do you have any suggestions how to fix it?

Happy to try and help, although I'm a bit rusty with XCOM modding! XComGameData.ini lists the gear that the medic has - so you'll want to make sure the smoke grenade is in your list for the officer.

After that, you've got XComAi.ini which documents when the medic should use the grenade - note the +AoEProfile that needs to sit in it's own section above the other routines - that stumped me for a while! The AoEProfile handles criteria for whether the medic should throw a grenade, bTargetEnemy and all that helps whether to target friend or foe, how many should be covered, etc.

I think the item itself grants the unit the ability to actually throw it, so I think that's all that is required - for debugging, I'd suggest running the XCOM debug mode and controlling a squad with officers, then you can split the issue to whether: the ability is failing; or if the AI is failing.

Hi, there! I wonder how you make medic to throw smoke grenades. I tried to figure it out for myself, but I accomplished nothing. I am a fresh victim to XCOM modding, and I have that itching idea to teach ADVENT officer throwing smoke (It seems kind of fitting to me, that soldier with higher rank will protect and guide regular troopers). | Mod is awesome, by the way, it looks like in the right place amongst ADVENT soldiers!

Great idea! Subbed and looking forward to this.

Cheers!

Can't see myself playing without this, thanks for this gem

Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated.

Very solid mod. It fits nicely into existing Advent Forces, while also behaving differently from normal troopers. A nice thing to add a little variety to the alien pool

Honestly, a Medic makes sense

@william
No. They drop Trooper corpses.

Does the advent medic have a autopsy?

By the way, the medic also has problems with grenades. He first throws smoke at an ally, and the ally immediately runs away from this smoke. He also does not take into account when throwing that smoke does not pass through the shelter.

But it doesn't matter to me anymore. In my build, I added 1 additional unit to each pod from the start of the game. And the medic with such behavior just compensates for the overestimated complexity. )

I've seen a few mods that add healing grenades so that could be an option. That would most likely need a custom X2AIBTAction written so the medic only used it on groups of allies that included wounded - or if it saw a wounded ally it couldn't reach that turn. I don't have the mod tools installed right now, but I could possibly look at it if there's enough interest.

Maybe add him a treatment at a distance, with a small radius? Otherwise, he may never catch up with anyone to heal.
https://youtu.be/mdyYfVmY8bY?t=6920

If they can't heal anyone or use smoke to cover groups the medic will focus on getting close to wounded allies which may result in them moving around the map a lot. I once encountered a battle where the medic kept moving because it couldn't find a spot safe enough to heal an ally but it only happened once and I wasn't able to recreate to debug.

Медик слишком часто все свои действия тратит только на движение. Как это исправить?

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!

Also, thanks for making this. I like having new units like these that are simple, but help vary up encounters. The Medics here are also the only units capable of healing others.

I've completed a campaign with this mod months ago and everything works well. As feedback, personally, the Medic's role and abilities are overall fine. Though I personally boosted their stats slightly in the config for my latest campaign to give them more dodge/defense to make them abit more survivable compared to the typical Troopers.

I welcome all suggestions and feedback - it's good to get different viewpoints. That said, I like to keep the scope of my mini-mods quite simple, and I think additional abilities would start to make the role of the medic less clear. I debated adding a 'inspire' ability that gives allies an extra turn, but it starts going into Officer / Priest territory and again, losing focus on the medic role.

Ah yes nothing says Medic like aggressively running and gunning or being a non pod leader with marking abilities.

I agree with Dragon32.

@Wilko
Please don't do any of what Elite0hazer24 suggested.

You should make the advent medic have different helmets for each Tier they have so they can have more variety to them and an extra skill like mark target or run and gun

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!

Just finished a campaign with about 280 mods, this one included, and had no major issues! Thanks for putting this up, the interplay between this and the mod that adds concealment to smoke made for some pretty fun moments.

thank you
im gonna go ahead and torture myself then

Yeah you can add it mid-game, shouldn't cause any problems!