Thanks so much for this mod. Works really well for classic XCOM 2

saved my life @constapatience with the comment about afteractionui, ty!

@DAOWAce sorry I just now saw you message but no it is not required for WotC as they fixed the issue. However they didn't fix it for the afteractionUI so I made a separate mod for that.

Is this required with WotC, and if so, is it even compatible?

Ok i retracted my statement or comment. I just reactivated the mod again. What I had to do is go to lw toolbox's config folder and open an ini called "XcomEngine", then i put ";" in front of (+ModClassOverrides=(BaseGameClass="UIAfterAction", ModClass="UIAfterAction_LW"). Save the ini and make sure to put this mod after the lw toolbox. If you are using AML (alternative mod launcher) don't worry about the "conflicts", it should work out just fine, I have tested this more than twice and I have no issues so far. Thank you so much for this mod. #ultrawidegang
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At least the widescreen fix mod works for me since I do have an ultrawide monitor. But using that mod with this mod doesn't seem to work. Is it incompatible perhaps?

I've been trying to use this with "show me the skills". right now the UI dips below the buttons that are at the bottom of the screen (the build items, etc buttons) when I change the height in the ini it doesn't change anything and i'm not sure what to do. Can someone plz give me some advice?

@patrick-lepelletier Are trying to show more slots by setting LIST_WITH_BY_SLOTS to 8? That feature was added specifically for the 21:9 monitors (or wider) since they have the extra screen room to show the slots. Since you are using a 16:9 monitor the extra slots get cut off at the edge of the screen and therefore you won't see them. Since you are using 16:9 resolution just keep LIST_WITH_BY_SLOTS = 6 and you'll have to use the scroll bar for any extra slots.

not working under vanilla with 8 soldiers on 1920*1080.
equipement showing as if i had 6 soldiers.

Hi there @Constapatience! I hope everything is ok. Any chance this will be updated to work with LW2?

Is there any chance this will be made to work in the near future? I had the More Squad Size Upgrades mod installed, followed the instructions on the front page to make it compatible with UltraWide Squad Selection UI Fix and now nothing works

Long war perk pack + UltraWide Squad Selection UI Fix = ????

TT...

@Constapatience Don't worry, RL comes first. We'll wait for you and your awesome work. Thanks for the update!

Hi. I apologize that there have been no updates to this. I know there are still some problems with the mod but I haven't forgotten about it. I've had a lot of stuff going on in my personal life which has been keeping me busy. But I figured I would post an update to let you know haven't abandoned this and as soon as I am able I'll get back to it.

@ProXz Thanks! Sorry I currently don't have an ETA for that. I haven't started to add lw toolbox support yet as I'm trying to polish this up a bit more but it is on my to do list.

Hi there! Awesome job with this mod. Thanks for showing some love for 21:9 users. Any ETA for LW Toolbox support?

@zion6. I was refering to the config file for my mod (XComUISquadSelect_UltraWideFix.ini). Although I haven't pushed the update yet with the added config options as I am trying to resolve the scrollbar issue first.

Thanks-where exactly is that config?

@zion6. I'm getting there. I added some config options to manually adjust the height position for the SquadList. Although ideal I would like to get it to where it should automatically adjust without you having to set it in the config file. Infact I thought the mod should already do that. There must be a confict somewhere that I can't seem to currenlty pin point right now. But anyway I still need to work out a few bugs. Although adjusting the config file does work as a soultion. If anyone is using a mod to have a larger squad size, as soon as the scrollbar kicks in, werid stuff happens if they are using ShowMeThePerksUpdated.

BTW-here is a link to a "hide health bar" mod where the author preaches a bit-but gives some numbers that might help. I dunno about this stuff but check it out
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=718281467

Ya the old "Show me" was outdated and didn't work with the new HP indicator Firaxis put in after the patch, so a guy updated it after original author hasn't answered a question since March....funny I was looking at that yesterday and original author was online playing but simply doesn't feel like messing with his mod or updating it. Part of the problem with getting used to a great mod is when the author gets bored or moves on, which I totally understand! People get so mad when they aren't served up their free mods on a platter in perpetuity I guess.
I appreciate you taking a look at this-I honestly have just gotten used to the offset loadout boxes-it's not game breaking after all-just a nice QOL fix for us 21:9 people. Why Firaxis doesn't correct this (going all the way back to XCOM EU) I do not understand.
Link https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=727367694

@zion6 I didn't test it with "Show me the skills updated" I didn't realize there was a second Show Me the Skills. My bad. I need to get that mod and test it and I'll see what I can find out.

I should mention I use default horizontal under boxes-I don't like scroll bars on the sides

Sorry man no luck for me here. "Show me the skills updated" still too low on screen

Fixed the scrollbar issue so hopefully it shoud look nice again.

No apologies needed, any mod which makes the game playable on a widescreen monitor is a godsend! It doesn't look terrible, but it does make editing the loadout on EXO suited soldiers difficult.

@Xeraphale. No it shouldn't. I apologize. I came across it while trying to do this latest update but couldn't for the life of me figure out how to fix it. And I had so many issues with mod buddy I forgot about it. Sorry. I think the added health bars did something screwy. I understand it may look bad. I will try my best to get it fixed.

Should the scroll bar be above the selection boxes?

The Long War mods are designed very heavy handedly. They expect* everyone to workaround them, because they were the "original big modders" of XCOM:EU.

*No, they haven't said that, that's just the modding community's feelings due to how they've designed their mods. Even though I don't make any code mods, I fully agree with the community's stance. They need to change; not other people.

Fixed the issue. If by chance you are getting the error you can unsubscribe then resubscribe and that should fix it.

I currently did an update to fix some minor issues. When you load your save you may get an warning saying the save you are currently loading had the UltraWideSquadSelectionFix mod. I had trouble with updating this mod so I had to re-do it from scratch. Just hit load anyway and everything should work and I am currenlty working on trying to fix that. I'm sorry for the annoyance.

@zion6 I beleive the issue is with the Show Me The Skills mod. No matter how high I raise the boxes I always have the same issue and even with my mod disabled I ran into the issue. I'm still working of fixing other minor issues but at least from current testing it seems that the issue needs to be fixed from Show Me The Skills side.

@Xeraphale Sorry to hear that. Currenlty I'm not sure. I havne't been able to update this mod in a while and I see there has been serveral changes to the game since then and I am currenlty running into many problems myself tyring to update this mod and fix the issues. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer right now but maybe once I get this mod updated it should fix it.

@zion6. Yeah I see what you mean. I've been tyring to work on a fix but for some reason the changes I make seem to have no effect. So it might be a while for me to pin-point the exact issue

Hey -you're playin it you see what I mean?

Ya I saw your link to blueraja's notes about mod load order-but uninstalling all and reinstalling in the order you want loaded is too much of a hassle-I have mods loaded in Nexus and Steam Workshop and wouldn't know where to begin.
If you could find an .ini fix for height that would be great as it would fix it forever. Right now I'm just playing with the default 2560X1080 from Firaxis. Really it's the loadout screen and the ships "ant farm" that have screwed up alignments. I really don't understand why Firaxis has never fixed this with all the 21:9 screens out there!

@zion6 Currently it should adjust the hight for that mod. But I noticed sometimes it doesn't. I think it has something to do with load order of the mods. A few days ago I was thinking about adding a "override" in my config file to where you can adjust the height manually just incase there are problems like the one you menitoned. Once I get some free time I'll add that to my list of things I need to fix for this mod.

Is there any way to move the character info screens a bit higher? I am using "show me the perks" etc and with the new addition by Firaxis to include the health bar the info is too low now to see all the icons on screen. I would just need to move the boxes higher up on the soldiers.

We need a mod to fix this? A UI tweak won't work?

That.. is really stupid of Firaxis. I mean it's not as stupid as the cursor being completely out of alignment in the original game (forced to play in 16:9), but god, they need to wake up. 5 months after release and still no 21:9 support, and still the game is Vert- by default.

I actually figured it out. MAx Squad Size Fix does still exist, via the Nexus. The mod does its job, but I needed ot make a few modifications in the DefaultUI.ini. In my case, I needed to set displayed slots +2 the amount of troops I desired. After redownloading MSSF from the Nexus and manually adding it into the mods folder (had to make said folder), all my slots are now functional and can now properly select my soldiers of choice. Thanks for the advice though!

@Verios44. That I do not know for sure. I will have to do some testing but my electricity is out and will probably be out for another day or two. Storms are awesome lol. I would imagine it wouldn't fix the issue since all this does is re align the slots. But maybe if you enable the reorder slots in my config file it might work. If that doesn't work. I would try using larger starting squad size by blue raja. It does the same thing as max squad size fix. But I tried to design the mod to work with all monitors so you should be able to try it out without it messing anything up.

im using the squad cohesion mod and i believe this mod does not work while i have squad cohesion mod subbed
i might be wrong but u need to take a look

I have a question. First off, I used to use a mod called max squad size fix. I like to play with a 8 man squad. This mod worked for a long time until the shen's last gift DLC released. Now, this mod is no longer even available. In game, the 7th and 8th slots are still there but do not allow me to select a unit, rather they create two mirrors of a selected trooper in a different slot.

My question is simple. I do not use a ultra wide monitor, usually its a 20 incher. Can this mod correct my issues with slots and allow me to once again select all 8 of my guys instead of selecting 6 and getting two randoms?

@Trooper. Sorry I don't respond sooner. I've been busy the past few days and I won't be able to look into it or test it for another day or two but as soon as I get some free time I'll see if I can figure anything out. Would you by chance be using any other mods that would affect that ui as well?

i set the the ini of Larger starting squad mod to false. But now I can't see or select my squad or any of their equipment.

Shucks, thanks. Just would be cool to see the soldier I spent so much time modding with armor and such saunter onto the screen and off it to the mission like usual. That's cool, though! (it's due to the 7th and 8th slots being more appropriate for back-line soldiers like Snipers, so they're practically *always* offscreen).

@Ser Lancelot That is sort of correct. This mod will technically work with non-UltraWides but you won't get any benefit from it. I designed it so in the event you needed to go back from an UltraWide you won't have to disable to mod to keep playing.

However, the extra settings I added in the config file will only work for Ultra Wide screens(and triple-monitors, i think). That is because on a normal 16:9 or 16:10 monitor you don't have enough space to show the 7th and 8th soldier slot and just as you said they won't show up on the screen because they will be appearing off-screen without anyway to access them.

But that the UI. If you are referring to the actual soldier models that appear in the background this mod doesn't add them. I haven't found a way too yet, I'm not sure if anyone else has either but I could been wrong, I haven't really been looking into it much lately. I've been busy with many new games this month, mainly torturing myself by playing Dark Souls 3. lol

This doesn't work with non-Ultra Wide screens, correct?

It's kinda frustrating you don't even see your 7th and 8th soldier when using Starting With Larger Squad...but I *do* see their loadouts...

Guessing that the 7th and 8th soldiers NEVER show up on the screen?

I can confirm that I don't have the UI problem with the mission EDIT button for WAR suits.

I don't use any other mods that change the launch GUI, 8 soldiers, 8 solts, 6 models.

I have the TryToFitEveryone FALSE and the rearrange on.

@Havel The Rock Awesome, I'm glad it worked! You're Welcome! :)