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Big Things Don't Get Hugs

Commander, there's nothing more cool than being hugged by someone you like. But if someone tries to touch you in a place or a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good! It's your body - no one has the right to touch you if you don't want them to. So what do you do? You sub to this mod, and finally you don't have to worry about MEC Troopers or things wearing Metion Battlesuits being pulled or hugged by snakes and other things.

• Originally, the only thing that would make a unit unable to be bound or pulled is if it was an alien or a robot, which sure, worked fine for the base game, but this deep into the modding life? Very limiting. This mod creates an ability called Bulky. Bulky's one effect is that it prevents specific abilities from targeting any unit that has it from any source.
  
  
• By default, Justice, Psi Pull (Advent Psi Ops mod), Tongue Pull (The Hive mod), Tongue Grab, Bind And Crush, Rush And Bind (Frost Legion mod), and Tongue Pull (Playable XCOM 2 Aliens For LWOTC mod) are all blocked by Bulky, regardless of whether the unit using one of those abilities is an ally or an enemy of the target.
  
  
• The list of abilities affected is open to configuration, in the mod's XComGame.ini. Look for the ABILITIES_NOT_ALLOWED_TO_HIT variable and add as many lines as you like, or remove lines you don't like.
  
  
• By default, Bulky has been added to the Metion Battlesuit item (Custodian Pack mod), all SPARK armor items (which are used by MEC Troopers in both the original MEC Troopers mod and the LWOTC version), and all 5 variants of the Advent Custodian enemies (Custodian Pack mod).
  
  
• What Bulky is added to is open to configuration as well. Check in this mod's XComWeaponSkinReplacer.ini file for the +GIVE_ABILITIES lines. Keep in mind that items use the "TEMPLATE" version, while units (enemy or ally) use the "CHARACTER" version.

• War of the Chosen is required, vanilla version never.
  
  
• Weapon Skin Replacer is required in order for Bulky to be added to what it needs to.
  
  
• Ketaros 2D Package is required for Bulky's ability icon.
  
  
• While not hard requirements, you won't see much effect from this mod without Claus' Custodian Pack and/or a MEC Troopers mod (either mine OR RealityMachina's, NOT both at the same time, they WILL conflict).

• If you run Mod Jam, do NOT use this mod. They will conflict with each other, and Mod Jam already has all of these features baked into it. I made this mod specifically for the folks not playing Mod Jam.

• RustyDios for helping me get this ability working for Mod Jam in the first place way back when.
  
  
• Iridar for the Weapon Skin Replacer, which I continue to use for its efficiency and user-friendliness.
  
  
• Redrumm from Iridar's Discord for inspiring me to slice this out of Mod Jam and make it available to everybody (except those weirdos still playing vanilla).

If you don't see your name in the credits and think you should be there, let me know.