Old bug, likely related to another mod using an old version of XMB

warning, at least the ADVENT advanced combat training event is completely broken and gives them 100% aim. Applies to MOCX too. I would recommend disabling the event or the whole mod outright.

I might cry after installing this one. Luckily, however, I am also a masochist.

damn these seem pretty brutal tbh, especially with grim horizon. Luckily, however, i am a masochist

Does this and the ability mod work with advent replacement mods like Advent to empire?

@Zero
No, I've had to edit "Complex Red Fog" but RedDobe catered for users of "EU Aim Rolls" there.

@Dragon32

Ah okay. Thanks. I'm going to have to start a new game then because they are both on. I think I saw some other ones that conflict with EU Aim Rolls, but can't recall which. My mods are now up to 669 :x

You haven't had any issues with the highlander conflict spoke about on the EU Aim Rolls page?

@Zero
The Alternative Mod Launcher only shows one kind of conflict: mod class overrides.

I know this states it conflicts with EU Aim Rolls, but the alternative mod launcher doesn't show any conflicts. Is it still incompatible with it?

Awesome! I can't wait to cry when they show up under the effects of your Dark Events.

@Grey Star: It turned out that Claus did in fact use custom character groups for his Mutons. I've added them to the check now so they should receive the abilities.

The mod looks at the enemy's character group (whether they are classified as e.g. a Muton), not specific enemies/enemy names. So unless Claus gave them a new character group, the mod should already work with those enemies and other new mods.

That said, I'll check it out when I time have to make sure it works.

Can we see these two mods updated with support for Claus' new Muton Harriers?
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2435857055

EU Rolls it would seem, sorry to have bothered you in my moment of weakness, I shall take my leave, thank you.

Apologies, I am tired and frustrated of the situation, here is my mod list Here
It wasn't my intention to aggravate.

I know nothing about your mod list and no, I do not "care to explain". Check the compatibility section and perhaps don't phrase your comments in a demanding tone. Makes people much more willing to help. This isn't a job for me and I owe you nothing, not even if my mod were to wreck your game.

No worries! Thank you again for the amazing mod.

Tbh, Playable Aliens is not a mod that I have on my radar. That said, it shouldn't be much trouble to exclude aliens from that mod (depending on how they're set up). I'll look into it next time I work on updating this mod.

So, this should have been common sense to me, but it didn't dawn on my until my recent mission. These dark events also affect the playable aliens. My Sectoid was able to 100% shot every enemy in the mission with the EW rolls. Again, I should have realized that a dark event affect all sectoids would affect mine as well lol. Still, its a good mod and enjoy having it.

It should work with those mods already.

"[WOTC] More Dark Events: Enemy Stat Boosts" mod affected "A Harder War: Advanced Aliens" mod and "ADVENT Death Trooper [WOTC]"mod?

if "[WOTC] More Dark Events: Enemy Stat Boosts" mod dont affected "A Harder War: Advanced Aliens" mod and "ADVENT Death Trooper [WOTC]"mod
please "[WOTC] More Dark Events: Enemy Stat Boosts" mod fix

Thanks for catching - seems like I went a little too wild with the copy/pasting. Fixed that.

Not sure what you mean by this:

"if do not add enemy of "A Harder War: Advanced Aliens" mod and "ADVENT Death Trooper [WOTC]"mod
i want add the enemy"

All Vipers gain <Ability:ADVANCED_VIPER_GENETICS_HP/>% increased health, <Ability:ADVANCED_VIPER_GENETICS_MOBILITY/>% increased mobility and <Ability:ADVANCED_VIPER_GENETICS_HP/> armor.

change please

All Vipers gain <Ability:ADVANCED_VIPER_GENETICS_HP/>% increased health, <Ability:ADVANCED_VIPER_GENETICS_MOBILITY/>% increased mobility.


also Sectoids, Mutons and Berserkers, Chryssalid

and

if do not add enemy of "A Harder War: Advanced Aliens" mod and "ADVENT Death Trooper [WOTC]"mod
i want add the enemy

@bstar, thanks so much! for this and all your mods!

Updated the mod.

You can configure the minimum and maximum duration of the Dark Events (without Grim Horizon activated).

Hm, well that seems out-of-scope for this mod and without a clear idea of what and why, I don't think I'll pursue this mod idea. Thanks for the suggestions though. Perhaps you could try your hand at it once you have a clearer idea of how that mod should look like? The community is always happy to help newcomers get started.

@bstar Duration would be primary interest. Don't have any specific ideas for Chosen Actions. Just seems they are underpowered and irrelevant. Something to make them more meaningful. Maybe a flavor of Dark Events where Enemy gains an ability or stat change. Or perhaps SitRep that adds to injoury or fatigue post mission.

@whattheshmitty That would be very helpful, thank you!

@Joe Marotta I can make some of the parameters configurable when I have time, sure. Which ones in particular are you interested in? Just the duration? There are currently no plans on my part to change Chosen Actions. What did you have in mind for that?

I will have to check back with you, I am using EU Aim Rolls, when I play again I will let you know the results.

These additional Dark Events mods are fantastic! Thanks for creating! Please consider making some of the dark event parameters available in config. Permanent Dark Events and even Grim Horizon Lite are challenging with these Dark Events. But perhaps extending the duration would be good. Any thought on making Chosen Actions more meaningful with some improved dark actions?

Thanks for the reports. In the future, please post these in the Bug Reports thread. Are you by any chance using the mod EU Aim Rolls and if so, can you check if the bug still persists without that mod active?

Have to confirm with whttheshmitty. I hacked a MEC with its relevant dark event active, and it got about doubled its base aim bonus when looking at the aim chance box modifiers.

Thank you for the feedback. T
he aim boost is +15% (not 15 aim), so for example, a 65 aim ADVENT Trooper gets +10 aim at most, making their new aim 75. Yes, that is a significant boost but it needs to be or you could just ignore the Dark Event. However, there is no way normal enemies are getting 90% aim against your soldiers in cover (unless they ignore cover or there is a bug ).

Also, as mentioned in the description of the mod, you can easily adjust all values to your liking.

edit: *no meaning

I love the idea of this mod, but I had to uninstall it. For some reason as soon as I got the dark event to boost advents aim, full cover and half cover literally had to meaning to these enemies. Every time these guys would shoot at one of my men no matter the height or distance it was 90+% or higher through full cover. I can't play like that especially with so many hard enemies from ABA ect.

Kudos to the Modders who respect the current state of their being many modded enemies out there that we use, and then adding to them. 11/10

Chryssalids don't have 100% chance to hit, so they profit from aim. Also, there are Chryssalids in mods like The Hive that are very different from the vanilla ones. That's it. If you don't like it, feel free to edit the config files.

What's the point of giving Chryssalids an aim post. Melee weapons already have a low chance of missing and no Xcom player worth their salt is going to have Templars and Rangers without Hellweave vests and Bladestorm.

Ill try it out

I haven't tested it but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't. Looking through the code, it seems to cycle through all active Dark Events, not a defined list. Would be great if you could test and let me know in case it doesn't work.

does this work with grim horizon lite?

Ah, good to hear! I only came across the weird template names while I was poking around, so I didn't know that there existed other ways to classify enemies like that. Thanks!

Nice work and glad to see adding in a lot of the custom aliens for improvements.

@Flamingcheesepie Thanks for the suggestion. This mod adds enemies via charactergroup, not template name. I will however check if Alpha115's & hectorz' mods use any non-standard charactergroups.

Also the Elite Pack by hectorz.

ViperElite
SectoidCommander

MutonElite

MutonCenturianElite
MutonCommando

Since I'm asking if you can help, these would be the character templates for the units I'd like to see supported.

Excellent!

Dunno if you think it's worth it, but the Muton Enemy Pack by Alpha115 has weird unit definitions for his mutons, so I was wondering if you could add them to your muton dark event?

@Star¤Dagger Yes, the mod is 100% compatible with The Hive.

Thanks for this!

[Wondering if the Cryssalid buffs are compatible with The Hive?]

Brilliant mod!