Here's a crash course in making configuration changes to this mod, with examples for some of the more common requests.

Your configuration changes will be reverted when the mod is updated. Always back up your changes after making them

The configuration files are located in the Config folder of this mod. The location will vary depending on where the game is installed but it will probably be something like D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\1335226018\Config

There are lots of files here, but if you want to make changes to the abilities, the two files you will care the most about are XComGameData_SoldierSkills.ini and XComLW_SoldierSkills.ini. These are plain text files that can be opened with any text editor. Please be aware that Notepad sucks, and can sometimes add weird characters and make things not work properly. I recommend something like Notepad++ or Sublime Text. You should always back up the original files before modifying just in case something goes wrong. You can also revert changes by unsubscribing from the mod, making sure it's deleted, and then subscribing again to redownload. Use common sense when changing values: if the original value is an integer, only replace is with another integer; if it's TRUE, only use TRUE or FALSE; etc.


This file contains changes to the base game abilities that did not require a code change. In here you will file things such as Saturation Fire's destruction terrain destruction chance, Reaper's damage reduction and cooldown, and much more. The names and values should be pretty self explanatory, but if you have any questions just ask and me or someone else should be able to explain. Also, if you remove something from this file, then the game will use whatever the base game defines.


This file contains the configuration settings for all of the new abilities, and the base game abilities that required code changes. There's a lot of stuff in this file. For the most part, the base game abilities are near the bottom in the [LongWar2AbilitiesForWotc.VanillaTemplateMods] section. There is also some extra stuff here, such as making burning prevent melee and/or standard attacks. Changing stuff here is fine, but do not remove stuff unless you know what you're doing, or you'll probably break things.


This file contains the classes that appear in the game, along with their stats, abilities, weapons, and tons of other things. This is where you can enable/disable classes, give them pistols, swap their abilities, etc. This is mostly pretty straight-forward so I won't cover it in detail here. Just compare these classes with those from other mods to see what you can do.


Don't mess with them unless you really know what you're doing. Most of them contain values necessary for this mod to function, and you'll probably break things by changing them.


Remove Serial kill penalties
In XComLW_SoldierSkills.ini, change the following lines:
SERIAL_CRIT_MALUS_PER_KILL=20
SERIAL_AIM_MALUS_PER_KILL=0
SERIAL_DAMAGE_FALLOFF=TRUE

to:
SERIAL_CRIT_MALUS_PER_KILL=0
SERIAL_AIM_MALUS_PER_KILL=0
SERIAL_DAMAGE_FALLOFF=FALSE

Make Conceal not end the turn or cost an action
In XComLW_SoldierSkills.ini, change the following lines:
CONCEAL_ACTION_POINTS=1
CONCEAL_ENDS_TURN=TRUE

to:
CONCEAL_ACTION_POINTS=0
CONCEAL_ENDS_TURN=FALSE

Make Saturation Fire always destroy cover
In XComGameData_SoldierSkills.ini, change the following line:
SATURATION_DESTRUCTION_CHANCE=50

to:
SATURATION_DESTRUCTION_CHANCE=100