Revision as of 14:05, 28 July 2020

Installation

Required files:  XCOM: EU/EW, Long War 1.0, LW Rebalance

1) Install XCOM EU/EW

2) Install Long War 1.0 (https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88)

2) Unzip the LW Rebalance zip (https://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/686)

3) Copy the files from the 'Config' folder into XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\Config:

4) Copy the files from the 'Localization\INT' folder into XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\Localization\INT:

5) Copy the files from the 'CookedPCConsole' folder into XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\XComGame\CookedPCConsole:

6) Play the game!

Troubleshooting

The directories are mostly commonly found with this path: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\"

Do NOT use Long War Mod Manager as it will try to remove LW Rebalance and reset you to LW 1.0 each to you install a mod.

If you are installing on Linux please read the "Linux Install Readme.txt" contained within the LW Rebalance zip

LW Rebalance will only work with campaigns that were started with LW Rebalance. Different versions of LW Rebalance are mostly compatible with each other. I recommend checking version differences to determine how significant changes were and if they would affect your game before you upgrade to a new version.

Please note that the most common mistake when installing is to not put the files in the correct directory. It is NOT supposed to go in your Documents/MyGames directory it should be somewhere in your program files directory. This is most commonly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\" as most people are using steam. But if you are not using steam or are using a different OS it may be in a different location. Make sure it is in your "XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW" directory as it's easy to miss that as well and just install into the "XCom-Enemy-Unknown" directory.

If you have an error like:

7 popups saying unknown binary or something like that before the game starts

Then you might have copied the files to the wrong folders. Probably you miscreated some subfolders. Those messages are shown whenever the game finds additional .upk files in XEW subfolders (i.e. when you make a backup of the original files before installing Long War)." The solution is to

Delete absolutely everything and make sure you install everything right, follow closely the install instructions of this LW Rebalance mod, giving special attention to the folder's pathing.

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 LW Rebalance will only work with campaigns that were started with LW Rebalance.  Different versions of LW Rebalance are mostly compatible with each other.  I recommend checking version differences to determine how significant changes were and if they would affect your game before you upgrade to a new version.
-'''Please note that the most common mistake when installing is to not put the files in the correct directory. It is NOT supposed to go in your Documents/MyGames directory it should be somewhere in your program files directory. This is most commonly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\" as most people are using steam. But if you are not using steam or are using a different OS it may be in a different location. A lot of incorrect installations forget the XEW directory.'''
+'''Please note that the most common mistake when installing is to not put the files in the correct directory. It is NOT supposed to go in your Documents/MyGames directory it should be somewhere in your program files directory. This is most commonly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\" as most people are using steam. But if you are not using steam or are using a different OS it may be in a different location. Make sure it is in your "XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW" directory as it's easy to miss that as well and just install into the "XCom-Enemy-Unknown" directory.'''
-Make sure it is in your "XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW" directory as it's easy to miss that as well and just install into the "XCom-Enemy-Unknown" directory.
-Note that any bugs or issues are most often caused by mod conflicts and install problems. If you have a problem please upload a save file where the bug is occurring as that is the easiest way for us to figure out what is wrong and then fix it.
 If you have an error like: