is it possible to also remove the resisntace factions covert action-only restriction, possibly as a toggle as it might be undesirable for some?

ROFL! Just noticed that workshop tag you put on - "why firaxis why". That really gave a giggle.

If I'm using vanilla classes in addition to modded ones, do I still need this mod?

wow been playing for ages. and with class mods not aware of this. Seriously take my award.

How is this not a known thing? This should be a hard requirement for all class mods.

Do you have or know of a mod that does this but for the GTS combat training? I’m using Chimera Classes and they come with their own perks there but I’m locked out of the vanilla perks :/

Update: got a shotgun breakthrough... just before launching the final missions. Should be good now. Thanks!!!

Yep, works great on Commander now, thanks again.

should be fixed now. the issue was with difficulty variants not being adjusted.

I was and still am on Commander for the different campaigns. I was always wait out and play really late into the game to the point where you only get breakthroughs but never saw anything beyond assault rifles for the maybe 3 or 4 campaigns I've tried

Testing Hypothesis, same load order that previously wasn't working on Commander/Legendary, while using Guaranteed Breakthroughs Modular Cannons popped up on Veteran difficulty.

Worked on first campaign as soon as I installed it playing Veteran, in 3 campaigns since it hasn't been able to unlock, tried to find a conflict without any luck. Of the 3 that didn't, 2 were on legendary, one on commander. Tried to find a conflict to no avail, always posts to the log as doing it's thing. Thanks for the efforts.

@mizruti I'm currently playing legendary... commander prior

@DangDangBangBang @jlars
random hypothesis: what difficulty are you guys playing on?

given there's some 40+ breakthroughs, plus inspirations to compete with, are you certain it's not just bad luck? the multiple layers of rng makes it a special kind of hell to test, but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't just work digging through the code for tech availability checks.

Same here. This has never appeared to work for me. Same old breakthroughs every time using RPGO. Never see a sniper, shotgun, cannon, sword, or pistol breakthrough.

Curious question, but is there anything that needs to be done beyond just subscribing to get the breakthroughs? I've started two campaigns but only got the assault rifle breakthroughs

@Zwitter
I can't think of any reason it wouldn't.

does this work mid campaign?

@MrMister
Possible, but I'm not sure it makes a big enough difference to be worth the extra effort.

As a curiosity, is it possible to put OR requirements for them? So that a certain breakthrough can unlock as long as you have one of at least two certain classes.

good ,found the reason why I can not get shotgun breakthrough while playing with rpgo

amazing

oh wow. That explains everything. Very nice of chu. I thought my rng was shid but no, it wasn't rng. I can understand the intent of the devs. Having something for a thing you don't have...

@Mitzruti - Thanks for the information. I don't think I've seen those so it should be good for an install. The faction weapons do indeed show as expected.

@ Mizruti
Thank you. Loading it right now !!!

@Scroller
Cannon, Sniper, Pistol, Sword, Shotgun. Damage and Upgrade Slots. (by virtue of not having the grenadier, sharpshooter or ranger classes)

Rifles don't have a class req (likely due to rookies) and faction weapons should show up outside of unlucky rolls with multiple faction classes, so it's hard to notice until you actually go looking for it.

@Mitzruti - Can you give some examples of the breakthroughs that would be missing without this mod? The reason I ask is that I play with RPGO but seem to get most (all?) of the breakthroughs either directly or through covert missions.

@Jestimac
Yeah. RPGO is a good example of the kind of set up that you'd need this to get your breakthroughs.

Huh - sounds like a nice bugfix mod you have here. Thank you!

I agree, why Fireaxis why?

This explains why I was never seeing a lot of the breakthroughs in any of my campaigns. Thanks for making this.

@ Mizruti
If I understand well; this means that your mod re introduces all the breakthroughs irrespective of whether you have the classes or not ? I assume that it is compatible with RPGO, where there is no classes ?

Ohhh, this is interesting. Definitely gonna be using it, and every class pack that disables/replaces vanilla classes should recommend it in their description (unless they implement the change themselves).