@RustyDios - thanks for the response! I found the MCM setting on Squad Select:
"Upgrade Icons Only for Primaries". Unchecked that and everything started working perfect.
Thanks so much!

No slots, or no *access* to slots?
The mod doesn't hard require Mod Everything Reloaded. You could also use Robojumpers Squad select with the MCM option for "show upgrades on primaries" to OFF.

Other than that you would need to edit either the Ballistic Shield mod or another 3rd party mod like WSR, CUS or Template Master to give the shields slots.

Where would I even begin troubleshooting the fact that there are no empty spaces on my shields in which to put upgrades?

Thanks!!

Steam guide to console commands

look for additem, then the template name (see discussions)

@Dood! how does that work? I saw the same instructions for the melee one but what do you mean console in? just run the commands in console?

LWOTC player here. Never used this before since the author seemed to indicate it wouldn't work. But since TrooperCoon kindly provided the template names to console in these items I tested them out and have had no issues. These shield modules look amazing! Note, it may require tweaking the config if you want the shield to have the same 3 upgrade slots as LWOTC guns.

can't change color?

added template names on the attachments on mod discussion for anyone that has trouble finding it

https://www.reddit.com/r/xcom2mods/wiki/index/template_names/
Is a great guide for finding just what you asked for :)

If I wanted to use console commands to spawn the items in what would the item names be?

@A Kobold: What are the consequences of trying to use this in LWOTC? Is it just the IMG MISSING bug? That's not a real problem from my perspective.

I would recommend to tone down the loot drops. I am getting way to many shield attachments, but am using loot pinatas loot, so that could play a part.

wait my problem might just be using lwotc

For some reason these items are showing a glitchy IMG MISSING image when in black market.

Yes. You can use this without MER, providing you are using Robojumpers Squad Select and have the MCM option for "Show Upgrade Icons Only on Primaries" turned to off. This will give you the "attachment shortcuts" on squad select for all items with upgrade slots, including Ballistic Shields to use this mod.

Would it be possible to use this without Mod Everything Reloaded?

This should work fine with TLM

Any way to get this to work with Teslas loot mod? Maybe disable to lockboxes on tesla?

I saw that some people were having an issue where their shields and/or melee weapons had 0 upgrade slots. I encountered the same problem and after some digging found the culprit (at least in my setup):

If you're using Odd's Campaign Tweaks, its Weapon Skin Replacer config sets the number of upgrade slots for a variety of items to zero. Changing those values to the desired values should fix the issue.

It's located at:

steamapps\workshop\content\268500\2692821840\Config\WeaponSkinReplacer\XComWeaponSkinReplacer.ini

It may have been a modded map, if that matters. Not sure.

Fold module can't teleport outdoors -> indoors and vice versa? Does that seem right?

@Spaceman Spiff maybe apply flashbang status in a cone-shape-area when melee regarding Blitz shield, which could be cool.

I use the Ballistic Shields mod to mess around with a couple Rainbow Six-inspired characters like Montagne and Blitz. Regarding Blitz, I think a neat shield attachment would be a flashbang-style effect. Currently, I'd just put Flash Grenades on the character, so an AOE flash is already a thing. A shortish-range directional flash (like Blitz in R6) could be sweet too though, and probably more balanced than a big ol' AOE everytime. I imagine for further balance, it'd probably be a finite 2-3 charge system per mission which I think would balance fairly with stun duration and enemy count. Anyway.

Great idea here! Always a fan of interesting mods like this one that provide the opportunity for interesting, dynamic tactics.

Also, @Agent Coxack below me, great baseline suggestions.

So I dunno if you take suggestions, but I have a few for you if you do.

Shield Mount
Confers an aim bonus to your primary weapon (same as the Scope, but on a Shield).
As if your character is stabilising the shot with the shield itself, but because of the innate aim penalty of Shields, it mostly acts to just offset the negative.

Phalanx Build
Transforms the Shield's cover bonus from Low to High, but lowers mobility by an amount that levels with the quality of the mod.

Pure suggestions, shots in the dark I know. But I think it'd be neat if you ever do touch up on this again. This mod makes Shields much more viable!

Human sized ballistic shield cannot equip attachments due to no upgrade slots, only spark shields can. Using phalanx Proficiency Class and Melee attachment too.

i cant get upgrade slots to show up on shields. anyone have any ideas?

Started a new game with this mod and its dependencies. Seems only spark shields are able to add attachments. The soldier shield dont have the attachment slots.

Hi guys, anyone have a problem with the img of the attachment?, it not displaying correctly, I see a img error instead of the real icon o img of the attachment

imagine if someone made a mod where advent could randomly have weapon attachments to their items... would be so dope

I don't know who this will help but, trying to put mods on hero ballistic shields in the secondary slot caused some kind of issue in mod everything reloaded and the game would crash only when halfway through loading a mission, the solution that worked for me was to add the line (ALLOWED_SLOTS=eInvSlot_Shield) (no parentheses) to the mod everything config
(found in (x86) > steam > steamapps > wokshop > content > 268500 > 1127491931 > config > XComWeaponCustomisation.ini).
I am in no way a coder or an expert here, so take this with a grain of salt

Nice. Thx for this mod and reply

No easy way to do that. This decision was made for balance reasons, always a tricky thing I'm afraid

What should I do if I want to change ability use cooldowns instead of charges?

@Soul D. Dragneel Thank you for the acknowledgement of appreciation. :3

Can you make it infinite, when set "_USES = 0" in config?

I haven't been able to get any of these to drop yet. I've seen about 5 Priests, no Shieldbearers yet. Is there a way I can spawn them with a console command?

@Rtma Eros Paragon... Thats... An Amazing Idea... My Favorite Quote "There's No Problem That Cannot Be Solved By The Proper Application Of Explosives."

Started new game, and drops are now working, Thank you Drak :)

Gonna do Grenade attachments next? :3

Ok, Thank you very much :)

I just tested it to make sure and they are dropping as advertised.

Well it was several game months at FL 20 but I will keep trying then :)

You might just be unlucky. As stated, you have a 25% chance to get them on loot drops. Meaning 1 attachment per 4 missions on average. You will start to get them more consistently once you start seeing more Priests and Shieldbearers.

Hm... this is quite peculiar, pardon me Drakten but does this mod have conflict issues with melee attachment mod?

The shield mods are not dropping for me at the moment; I have melee attachment installed as well and drop works properly for that mod.

Thank you very much for your help :)

This is brilliant. Time for some "I'm the juggernaut, ****!" action

This looks fascinating, gonna try it to strategize shield builds, Thanks.

Nice shield, awesome attachments.
No, seriously, it always bugged me how in the bloody hell those enormous pieces of alloys can't have extra stuff on them. Thanks for the mod, bubba.

Thank you very much :)

This is great man. use to use grimly' loot box mod with no loot boxs for attachments like this.
Idea of which ones you'll do next?