Does anybody know how to make it so I can set the head appearance to unrestricted.
For example, make it so the quarian AU mod can use the head appearance packages from the tali squadmate by kexx?

@GreySage2010 there is a WOTC version up too!

So is this for WOTC or only for Vanilla, or both?

How come my squad will only consist of humans in a new campaing?, it seems non of my custom charecters i make using an alien rookie class in the charecter pool make it into the campaing.. .. what am i doing wrong?

Hi! I'm considering making my own custom faction. Do you mind if I use some of your code and/or ask for some pointers? I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if I can avoid it. Thanks!

this is a list of recommendations for new species for this mod, I look forward to seeing these aliens in this mod. id do it myself but i don't know how to program... please help.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EmR5kXTbrd2I4U8smLXAGyDdwCUMScSBJTvPLb1-zLg/edit?usp=sharing

not this, redux version

We need a black legion add-on for this mod.

This mod doesn't let my game load up I get a crash dump before it opens the main menu.

could you update this mod please

Someone likes Mass Effect. o.3.o

Does anyone know where I can find a mod that adds the recruitable vipers, sectoids and mutons in? I managed to find one that ads in the regular Advent human-alient hybrids but I can't find anything on any of the other alien species, after that all searches I do get dominated by non-XCom species and then just random mods that have nothing to do with what I'm actually searching for.

@Colva_Moon123: Interesting in this case is that it's not ABSOLUTELY required, IF you're using the uniforms manager mod and remember to make one for every soldier and/or race, depending on how much custom you want every soldier. But it works as a workaround for the problem the mod listed as required describes and works around.
But either way it's always safer to start a new campaign with mods like this...through if you don't mind your current campaing potentially breaking and if you wouldn't neccessarily need the 'required' mod, you could still give it a try. Should be obvious if it worked or not when recruiting one of the "allies unknown", or at the latest when they're getting their first promotion.

@Yamino Takamaru i believe I had to, cause the required mod to use this wont work on current campaigns.

@Colva_Moon123: That I can't tell you. Maybe try to search through the past comments or hope for someone else to answer that question. ^^"

@Yamino Takamaru .....I have to start a new campaign for the effects to work, don't I?

@Colva_Moon123: Also works without LW2, as I'm using it without it. That's also the reason it's not listed under "required" mods. Dunno if it works with WotC through.

I take it I need to use the Long War 2 mod to make this work?

closest to what you want, i guess could be Allies Unknown CP + "Charracter Pool only" setting

is there a way to make the game only have aliens from this mod and not humans at all?

yes there is. very rare thing, hard to find

Is there a version of Allies Unknown that works w/ WOTC?

The crashes are always "pure virtual function has been called" whatever that means.

I installed all the Mass Effect Allies Unknown skins but the game crashes all the time now. Win 10 64 bit, 8600K @5Ghz, GTX1080TiOC. Any ideas why or what to do about it? Can't be more specific about the crashes.

@Shaggoth: Afaik, no.

can i do the race mod without mod buddy? we have here drell sounding vp, and thane krios head, so to my understanding, it is possible to make some drell male assasins race for AU. i have really slow internet connection and once i've already downloaded that huge sdk, and then failed to start it :S so can it be done with, for example, modifying ini files of asari race?

Having issues where my non human squadmates can't interact with items like hack stations or body pickups, is there a way to fix that?

So, I've been trying to get the alien soldiers to show up in a LW game, I've got this, a handful of the species, LW, the LW missions, and the 3 utility slot things all running. I have aliens in my character pool, and I can get the alien operative missions. But, I can't find aliens anywhere to recruit, and the "alien operative" is just some generic human schmoe without a gun. Is there anything else I need to do? Only other mods I got running are cosmetics and voice packs.

Anybody else unable to get alien soldiers in LW2? I even have the mission mod installed, and I just keep getting random human dudes to escort for it.

Is it possible to make some Halo aliens? It would be cool to have elites.

I would love to see the vipers available again.

Think you could make one of these with Vipers from the hunter dlc? I liked thos blue and red vipers.

let me clarify - the crash specifically happens when the game tries to call up the rookies during the intro cinematic (i've timed it with and without).

I'm a bit at wits' end trying to figure this out. // I'm playing vanilla // I've uninstalled all mods trying to find a glitch. So now I only have "a quicker start", "scanning sites plus", and the allies unknown package running. // I can run this with any individual alien race subscribed. But if I try to have multiple alien races the game crashes on me. // is this something to do with load order? some unlisted support mod? What's going on? why can't I load this with all alien races?

@Arkenor - Oh, OK, that's one of the mods I'd already grabbed. Thanks for the name so I didn't end up going on a wild goose chase thinking I needed somethign else!

It's called "Playable Aliens/Allies Unknown Patch". Check out RealityMachina's collection further up this page. It's in there, along with some other allies unknown species that it sounds like you might have missed.

@Arkenor Do you know what the add-on's called? I alredy did that search and didn't find anything that looked like what I was looking for, just this and a patch for LW2 (which I needed as I'm using it)

Oh wait. This IS the non-WOTC version. Do a search for Playable Aliens. You'll find the base mod and the add-on.

@Seriously Unserious :Probably waiting on a WOTC version of Playable Aliens. Previous versions of Allies Unknown had an add-on which plugged into that.

Is there any way to get the Advent races with this mod? I followed the dev's instructions above about searchign for species mods for this and only found Mass Effect species there. I saw this and thought having a few Advent defectors would add some new intrigue to the game and make things a bit more believable, that humans wouldn't be the only resistance to the Elders.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1123588800&searchtext=

Is this getting a WOTC update/version? Current mod reads as incompatible with the DLC version of the game. I notice that a couple of mods that read as such still apparently work but it'd be nice to get a bit of clarification on that.

From what I've seen of people playing WotC I'm kind of disappointed that the factions don't seem to have their own missions with AI controlled allies. Another idea for a WotC mod, Advent finds and attacks one of the other factions' "havens" and request XCOM assistance with defense and extraction. The better you do, the bigger the chance that some of those faction members you save goes to help out Xcom. That way something like Long War 2 can have some more than the 2 max faction "heroes" that will be in base game WotC. (Since 6 soldiers in LW2 is a drop in the bucket. Lol)

Imagine if you can add even more SitRep factions. You could add Collectors (alien version of MOCX + "Assuming Direct Control") as one, which has them and husks (Basically the Lost, but friendly to the collectors and with some having special abilities.) And one like zombie horde, but just Husks.

It would be insane if they all got on the same mission. (Xcom vs. Advent, Rulers, Chosen & MOCX vs. The Lost vs. Collectors with husks, for a 4 way battle.)

will you make this compatible with the new DLC coming out?? I really hope so I love this mod its amazing

Great work however I seem to have compatability issues with the Mass Effect Thessia update and Liara Squadmate mod as well as the Resistance Warrior DLC.
The DLC is a simple issue to fix I merely need to turn it off. However one of the three Asari I've put in my character pool. Aria, Samara and Liara always seem to have themselves wiped of what I've put and they are randomised.
I'd get it if all of them did this but normally it's just the one (usually Aria).
Any input about this?

Just been looking around and I'm a little confused. Do I still need this Mod (https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=847605822&searchtext=playable+advent) or is this a replacement? I'm also unable to effect cosmetics and despite a video I saw online, none of the aliens have a voice when they move. Is there a potential conflict?

love the mod, that "fix" you linked to for cosmetics does have some issues with it though (namely a notable lag in avenger menus). Here's a question: have you considered possibly making an mod-mod to the rookie-customization plug-in: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=857445962&searchtext=rookie+customization

i just ask because this feels more stable and seems to work on a lighter level (i.e. have boxes to enable/disable specific alien parts)

Any word if Drell and Proteans are in the works?

How do I actually recruit the aliens?