*waiting patiently* ^^

Nothing to apologize for. That's completely understandable. Still, it's good to know you have plans to return. We're still missing Gaston Cavalier and Gasket Milton. :D

Hi All,
Sorry for the hiatus, I have a bit shifted priorities lately, but I have hope that I can return to modding once it's resolved.
Just asking for a bit more patience, thanks.

Hi, Key. I hope you’ll return to the modding scene soon. Have you discovered a way to fix the compatibility issue with GC-Militia? Thanks.

By the way, I thought you might be interested in the alternative body and portrait files that I have for some of the mercs.

Hi Key,
with the new patch the perk is not working. could you please fix it :)
Thanks and regards

Love Conrad. He's funny and it's great to be able to train elite militia in the crucial areas right away. Wonderful merc mod.

Thanks that would be great! :))

Hmmm, it's then probably because GC Militia Overhaul changes how militias are stored for the sectors. (the sector.militia_squad_id is nil apparently).
In the future I can try and check if I can make this work for both Vanilla and GC Milita overhaul, but no promises.

It says "train militia first" . I also use GC Militia Overhaul. I think it overrides militia training scripts and or squads causing your script not to see existing militia. I checked both codes to see if it was obvious but wasn't to my untrained eye. Maybe you can take a look at his code?

Thanks.
Was it working before for you?
If you hover over the grayed out op, what does it say?

I love your mercs, thanks for making these mods.
That said I have a problem with Conrad's supreme training perk. I have a full squad of veteran militia but the perks is grayed out. Can't seem to make it work. Does it maybe, need a fresh game?

Update:

- No more perk icon duplication on mod reloads
- Rewrote the Elite Militia training op to ensure that Conrad actually takes part in it
- Moved the needed pics/icons to the UI folder to eliminate some warnings

He looked like Zac!

Thank you for the update. In a quick test, it seems to work with Pinned Down in the new game, but for some reason in my old save, Gillett does not appear on the Elite list, instead a blank dummy without picture appears on the Recruit list.

Updated Conrad:
- ensured compatibility with Pinned Down (using OnAdded instead of msgreaction)

Thank you both @Gladius Victorius and @TT-84 [FIN] for reporting the issues. Can you please try if this really solves the issue on your end too? You have more experience with Pinned Down. Thanks again.

@key I had a same situation as Gladius Victorius. Pinned Down work again after disable this mod.

Thanks for reporting, I will try and check that Pinned Down mod.

Hey sorry to write that as i like your Mercs but this one is Conflicting with Pinned Down it disable that Mod have pass 3 Houre to find it out i have 170 Mercs and this was the last one i test and he was the Problem :) if i disable him Pinned Down work again

@Toni - Thanks a bunch, it's always great to hear high praise like this. I know it's obviously still "user created content", but I am trying my best and always improve a bit. But besides the sheer fun of all of this, I do this for people like you.

@key - Love all your JA2 ports. Your attention to detail and attempts to keep them as "true" as possible while also giving each their own look and feel, all the while making them blend in so perfectly you could never tell they were "user created content" -as if they were here all along... It's really appreciated.

Or, as Conrad himself might say, "Sssplendid! I am not surprised. I train towards perfection."

Conrad has just received an upgrade. Splendid.

Sure. You need to first train the milita to the max/Veteran status, and then you have the option to Train Elite milita in the same sector where Conrad is there.

Also, stay tuned, I am doing a major graphical overhaul of Conrad now, to give him a bit more polish, as he rightfully deserves.
Splendid.

Please tell me how to make elite militias?

Happy you like it!

SPLENDID!!! literally! Thanks for your work! Love this Mod

Both AI and some manual editing.

I just realized. How did you create the portrait which is close to JA3 art style but still faithful to JA2 Conrad? You did not draw it manually, did you? I'm asking since I might explore making my own characters one of these days, if I could overcome the technical aspect of it.

"Remain calm... while I shoot you."

Somehow this has always been one of my favorite lines from the Jagged Alliance franchise, and there are a ton of zingers to choose from!
Thanks for this mod, will definitately try it out next time I fire up JA3.