still works, at least for me, make sure you install Moddable Ruler Turns as well.

Can we get an update please? None of the ruler turn mods have been updated and I cannot continue playing with cheating enemies

not working for me either

doesn't work.

Needs a little update, rulers that take damage get a reaction turn. The rest works correctly (if you fire and miss or move it wont react).

Ill join the crowd and ask if this is WoTC ready? Or if you will be releasing a WoTC version? :)

This mod doesn't seem to be working. I am trying to turn off ruler actions because they are gambreaking BS.

Is this mod WotC ready ? :)

@robojumper Can you please make this mod Wotc compatible? :)

@Snowkeeper yes that does exist:
http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=860556301
It gives them still a 100% chance to react on offensive actions
50% on defensive actions
0% on peaceful actions.

Oh THANK WHAT EVER DIETIES ARE LISTENING for this mod. I'm getting wrect by the bersker queen.

Sentinel, that's not true. Taking ANY action still triggers a ruler reaction. Just lost an entire squad of captains because the Berserker Queen reacted to movement by destroying all cover within range and stunning everyone, which, in turn, allowed a squad of ADVENT infantry to kill them all. That felt like bullshit, which is the reason I'm installing this.

That said, I'd prefer it if there was a way to make their reactions only trigger on aggressive actions; does that exist, or?

On my end both Moddable Ruler Turns and this mod worked fine on WotC. I tested it vs Viper King got no strange issues. Not sure if it actually need to be updated in the WotC SDK.

@=(FGR)=Sentinel Ok thanks, I was too worried about getting destroyed by the beserker queen to try Wotc with alien rulers installed

The game devs apparently toned down the rulers so their reaction turns so that only offensive actions taken within a ruler's sight range trigger the reaction turns CHromOs0mh0S, so in theory a good sniper with Long Watch would make isolating a ruler, surrounding it with your soldiers, and putting them on overwatch a valid tactic now, so long as the ruler doesn't see the soldiers that take offensive actions. Combining a Shadowed Reaper or individually concealed ranger and a decent marksman also makes WotC rulers trivial since the ruler can't attack the Reaper since it doesn't know they're there and it doesn't know where the sniper is, so it can't even get a reaction turn.

Any chance you could port this to War of the chosen?

@Mystery
Press Subscribe, then you get a Popup. Additional Required Items
Press on Moddable Ruler Turns, again a new popup from another mod, Subscribe to that too.
Close now that window to go back to the previouse popup. Now press Continue to subscribe.

Now both mods will Appear in your Xcom2 Launcher.

How do i download this ? never used steam workshop and theres no option to dl ( Tried workshop downloader ) it says "the game this item belongs to doesn`t allow downloading etc " Any help please ?

The frost bomb seems to freeze the rulers indefinitely.

If you put ALIEN_RULER_ACTION_BONUS_APPLY_CHANCE=0 does it make the mod series obsolete to turn off reactions completely?

it doesn't seem to work, ruler reaction still activates for me

It works great. Thanks Robojumper!

@Hidoi
No. They have like a 20% chance of doing ruler actions in addition to two AP per turn in LW2.

Does this work with Long War 2?

Oh thank you so much for making this

You made XCOM great again!

Yeah. So in mid Ruler fight I saved and installed it expecting it to suddenly work mid fight.
I restarted the mission but it's working now.

@Tentacle strangulation [squid]
You did install the required mod, right?

Doesn't work

You saved my life.

I got the viper queen before I even had magentic weapons or 5 squadmen. Most I had was the nano vest.

ive been looking around the nexus and steam workshop for a mod that only disables the RR's on non-violent actions. There is a mod elsewhere that is a download-and-modify kinda deal, but i never had much luck with them or copy/paste mods, as useually, it either A, breaks my game, or B, doesnt work at all. if A occurs, purging game data doesnt really work.. so i would rather avoid having to mess with my game files directly. This is why i prefer nexus and workshop. so, if you or someone else could have the rulers only react to violent actions, i would greatly apreciate it.

can you make one that stops them from running

I think I got it working. I turned it off, finished the mission, then turned it back on. Next time I ran into the Ruler, he seemed to behave properly, taking normal turns but no extra reaction turns. I guess it was caused because I enabled the mod during a mission. Thanks for the help and for the mod!

Thanks for the really fast response. I just tried to unsub, resub and no luck. The Ruler not only does not react to my actions, but does not take a normal turn of any kind, let alone 3 turns.

I don't think so, I'm just running a bunch of cosmetic DLC, other than this. I'll try it and see...maybe the subscribe order is off?

@Goontrooper
Unsubscribe and resubscribe from both Mods.
Do you have any other mods installed that might alter ruler behaviour?

So I struggled through the first 2 Rulers, but when I hit the 3rd (Same mission I ended up dealing with my first Avatar) I had enough. Got really tried of having them taking a turn for things as simple as me hitting 'overwatch.' However, with these two mods installed, the Ruler is actually not taking any turns! I was looking for a more balanced challenge that doesn't break the flow of TBS as badly, but now I just have a sitting duck. I have the Moddale Ruler Turns installed as well. Any idea what the issue is? Thanks!

@DerBK
I have no experience with BehaviourTrees, and would rather put my efforts on other mods. If you do it, drop a comment and I'll link to it from here and the base mod.

@robojumper:
In ABA, i have something i call the "mini-ruler" system. Enemies that have it will get extra actions whenever they are damaged.

Basically, i trigger the effects GrantActionPoints and RunBehaviorTree on a Listener for UnitTakeEffectDamage. Simple and elegant solution that can be used for some neat stuff.

Maybe giving something similar to the Alien Hunter rulers would be a good compromise between neutering them completely and keeping them unchecked?

@trooper leave the narrative on for the DLC and don't do the mission until you are ready to face the rulers (or skip it and dont ever trigger them). you shouldnt have to quit compaigns over the kings showing up. just don't do their mission and let them out until you are ready (if ever)

@Unskilled
Can too in this one - twice a turn :P, but less turns overall.

Had to download this mod after I learned the hard way that the Viper King can spam bind until one your units are dead.

Now this makes sense - the Sectopods in the later part of the game have two turns and on higher difficulties they can fuck your shit up. These guy's having three turns makes them just as dangerous - if not MORE dangerous - while still being reasonable. Legendary is hard enough without Advent/The Aliens cheating :P

@Raid
bruh they have enough health as it is, but this mod MAKES THE 10 EUROS SPENT WORTH IT!!!

I've only met the Viper King, but the idea of fighting rulers stresses me. I constantly cancel campaigns over it. I'm going to try this mod with the escaped rulers regen health mod by Reality Machina. If that doesn't work I might consider unintstalling the DLC. Thanks for the mod robojumper!

Kudos to the mod author for being so gracious to the suggestions offered. You sir, are a gentleman.

THANK YOU!! I'm so tired of them bending the rules so my laser and predator armored squads starts dying by the ADVENT truck loads. You have a better brain then the actual developers. I think that the Rulers should have had this: A three action turn, better weapons, lots of health and some armor, and a special ability only they can use.

You can give rulers more perks, extra HP and armor. Anyone with the "this is too easy" isnt relevant. Don't use this mod as a standalone fix.

I want to try this mod but is there any way you could maybe do a video of your mod in action so we can see how the 3 actions a round works for the rulers?

Hell, no. Feel free to make your own mod that gives alien rulers more hp, I'll happily put a recommendation out there if the mods are compatible.