XCOM 2
WOTC Female Clothing Pack
Kexx  [developer] 15 Sep, 2020 @ 8:48pm
The YELLOW Update ruined my campaign & Character Pool
The Yellow Update does two things:

A. Adds in cool new items
B. Properly localizes all items using the CHL (Community Highlander) fix.

The CHL Fix allows me to display the proper name of Torsos and Legs, instead of the annoying Torso 008, Legs 012 labels used by the base game.

In order to achieve this, the entry of each item's TemplateName had to be changed, to include the words Torso and Legs, respectively. Example:

TemplateName="CNV_Button_Blouse"

became:

TemplateName="CNV_Torso_Button_Blouse"

Likewise,

TemplateName="Hot_Shorts_CNV"

became:

TemplateName="Legs_Hot_Shorts_CNV"

So why does my soldier Susie have invisible torso and legs?
- Because the game is looking for CNV_Button_Blouse, which no longer exists.

But why is the ENTIRE Torso category gone?
- This is what I don't know, but is base game behavior.

So what can I do now?
- This is a little more complex, as different scenarios require different approaches. I'll do my best to explain what can be done for each.


1. I'M NOT IN A CAMPAIGN, AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POOL

- Excellent. This issue ONLY happens to soldiers who were using items from THIS mod, prior to the update. A fresh new campaign will work properly, with no issues.

2. I'M NOT IN A CAMPAIGN, BUT MY POOL MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME

- Go into the Pool, select Susie. While having invisible parts, you SHOULD still be able to access the category. Go into it, and select a vanilla item. Exit the category (no need to exit back to the character or even back to main menu, it should be enough). Go back into the same category. All items should now have refreshed and should appear normally, and properly labeled. Select the one you want, and boom, you're done.

You should only need to do this once, as the game will now know that Susie is no longer using CNV_Button_Blouse, she is now using CNV_Torso_Button_Blouse.

If for some reason, in the Character Pool, you can't access the category, I'm afraid the only way forward is to recreate Susie. Or....

3. THIS CAMPAIGN IS THE ONE, AND WILL DETERMINE THE TYPE OF PERSON I'LL BECOME. I NEED SUSIE WITH ME

- Go into this mod's Config folder, found here:
...Steam Games/steamapps/workshop/content/268500/1586643354/Config

Each release has its own folder, with Legs, Props, & Torso Pack folders inside. You want to open the XComContent.ini file for the item in question. (using our Susie's Button Blouse example, you would open the XComContent.ini file inside ...Config/Initial_Release/Torso_Pack)

Find the item line(s) of the torso Susie was wearing. Revert the change I made above, so that:

TemplateName="CNV_Torso_Button_Blouse"

becomes:

TemplateName="CNV_Button_Blouse"

Save. Fire up game and load your campaign to be in the Avenger (if you're in tactical, finish up and join us in the Avenger).
Susie should be wearing her Button Blouse like before. Go into Customization and change her torso to something else, either a vanilla torso, or another mod's torso. Save. Exit game.

Go back into the XComContent.ini file, and once again, revert the change so that it's up to date. Remember, in the end, we want the line with Torso(or Legs) in it, to take advantage of the CHL fix and have proper localization.

Now back in-game, you should be able to select Susie's Torso category, and all items should appear normally and properly labeled. Give Susie a new top, save, boom, you're done.

Do this for each item that has gone invisible. I realize it's a tedious, annoying process, but it's the only way I've found to salvage your soldiers' looks if you want to press on with your current campaigns. Keep in mind though, this tedious and annoying process will need to be done only once. There will be no further changes being made to this mod.

Finally, apologies to everyone. I intended to give more cool stuff to the community, and it ended up destroying your soldiers. Sorry for the trouble.
Last edited by Kexx; 15 Sep, 2020 @ 9:01pm
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Bob the Tomato 16 Sep, 2020 @ 1:01am 
I forgive you Kexx. The content you add enhances the game so much that it's worth overlooking when something goes *pbbt!*
Princess Félicie 16 Sep, 2020 @ 1:14am 
bleeergh. Dammit. Don't even know what items my characters were using. I'll just switch to salvaged armors from the legacy pack for now and I guess my reaper is now extra stealthy. That or a Rayman fan.
Lunaris 16 Sep, 2020 @ 1:30am 
I was pretty bummed that it seemingly ruined my campaign as your mod is all over my female soldiers your mod is TOO GOOD. Hard to be upset when the only reason was you were giving us even more great stuff. You still go the extra mile and find a solution for us! Just tried the solution and it worked so I cannot thank you enough!!! Thanks for the solution and thank you for the update!:steamhappy:
Kexx  [developer] 16 Sep, 2020 @ 1:42am 
Thanks, that really makes me happy to hear. If I may ask, what was your case? mid-campaign? character pool? or both? did you manage to salvage their looks?
Lunaris 16 Sep, 2020 @ 2:51am 
Originally posted by Kexx:
Thanks, that really makes me happy to hear. If I may ask, what was your case? mid-campaign? character pool? or both? did you manage to salvage their looks?
I was mid-campaign and didn't have any of my characters in the character pool. I also didn't remember who was wearing what but I went into the config files and just deleted all the texts (Torso, Legs) from the TemplateName like you said to from everything. It took a while but I figured out you can use the Replace Text Tool ("Torso_" with blank)to speed it up by a lot you just have to be careful not to remove it from anywhere other than TemplateName. Also I'm pretty sure as long as you do it properly for Torso it unlocks all the customization categories including for Legs as well so even if your legs are still invisible, as long as you fixed the Torso it should let you select new Legs. That being said I do have a handful of other mods that affect customization turned on which may have affected it.
Sika 16 Sep, 2020 @ 1:43pm 
Kikuri's method works well. It took me 2 minutes to solve the problem. To be simple:

1) Go to Steam Games/steamapps/workshop/content/268500/1586643354/Config

2) Copy UPDATE_1, 2, and INITIAL_UPDATE elsewhere (i.e. on your desktop)

3) Open the three XComContent.ini with the Notepad in every folder (UPDATE_1, 2, and INITIAL_UPDATE) in the Steam folder

4) For each .ini, perform a "Find and replace", with the following settings: "Find = Torso_" and "Replace = *nothing, just leave it blank, no space, nothing*". Click on "replace all".

5) Save the three .ini files

6) Launch XCOM 2, open your current campaign.

7) Go to your problematic soldiers, and change their torso for a vanilla one.

8) Save your game and exit the game.

9) Replace the three .ini files you've just edited with the three .ini files you've copied elsewhere (so that the .ini files come back to what they were originally).

10) Launch XCOM2 and you should now be able to modify your soldiers again.
Bob the Tomato 16 Sep, 2020 @ 2:15pm 
@Sika You're doing God's work. Thank you for this. Will check it out later when time permits.
EvilPolygons 16 Sep, 2020 @ 3:50pm 
Just a heads up. Campaign characters are fixable by using the Uniform Manager mod.
Create a global uniform (on a NON-broken character, of course) with whatever parts from this mod your broken toon was wearing prior to the update.
Then apply the global uniform to your broken toon. Not only does this fix the character cosmetically, but also makes it fully editable again!

@Kexx
Sorry for cross posting into this thread, but it seemed like important information.
Princess Félicie 16 Sep, 2020 @ 3:51pm 
Huh, no idea what happened but my reaper unglitched herself! ...Kinda. She's no longer a pair of floating arms, but she's in regular xcom armor rather than a reaper's coat... Utterly bizarre but I'll take it, heh
Kexx  [developer] 16 Sep, 2020 @ 3:58pm 
@EvilPolygons, thank you for finding that! Sure hope it helps people fix up their soldiers. Much appreciated.
SpareTheHorses 16 Sep, 2020 @ 6:29pm 
@Kikuri and @Sika
Just tried this method and it seems to have worked. You may have just saved my campaign. Simple and easy fix.

@Kexx This is really just a minor inconvenience that goes a long way towards streamlining compatibility and quality content. That is a trade-off I am willing to make any day. Thank you for the update, and I look forward to whatever you may add in the future.
gnouf80 17 Sep, 2020 @ 8:56am 
I' had this issue and find a way to solve way easier. Change the equipement , i mean from an armor to an other. After that you're again able to change the outfit. (sorry for my English)
modifieda4 19 Sep, 2020 @ 7:07am 
ill have to manually edit every character in my pool. i use 'pool only' in my campaigns so its quite large and custom. the only tip i have is that people can look in the photobooth dir for examples of what your characters looked like. i enjoy your mod quite a bit, its that i just finished fixing my corrupted pool and use some part of your mod on every character. edit: it seems the oriental dress is gone?
Last edited by modifieda4; 19 Sep, 2020 @ 7:45am
ㅇㅅㄱ 11 Nov, 2020 @ 3:28am 
Can't i restore the blue-colored costumes before that? All previously applied presets are marked as vanilla Kevlar or empty space. :(
JangoFett 31 Dec, 2020 @ 6:44am 
@Sika your fix worked wonderfully 90% of my ladies are fixed just 3 have an issue still there is no torso option under customise now and therefore they are still invisible. but happy that most are customisable again.
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