Indicators (LWR)

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In General

Various indicators occur in Long War Rebalanced to help a player understand some of the underlying mechanics of the tactical gameplay.

Cover Shield

The cover shield will vary between full (full cover), half filled (partial cover), and empty (no cover). It will also vary between teal (no flank) and yellow (flanked).

Shield Display	Cover Status
Full	Full Cover (+50 Defense, +50% DR)
Half Full	Partial Cover (+30 Defense, +30% DR)
Absent	No Cover
Teal	Not Flanked
Yellow	Flanked

Targets in Sight

The HUD icons for aliens in sight will now reveal who is overwatching you by displaying a yellow target icon beside their alien head in the bottom right.

The HUD icons for aliens in sight will now turn into a special alien leader symbol if the alien is a leader. An example of 1 leader with 2 non-leader aliens:

HUD Ability Icons

Abilities on the HUD will have different colors based on how many APs they take to use. They can be teal (2 AP), green (1 AP), purple (0 AP), grey or faded out (not able to be used), and yellow (boosted).

In the above example this soldier has the following abilities: Standard Shot (1 AP), Overwatch (Boosted), Alien Grenade (2 AP - 1 Charge), and Flight Mode (0 AP).

Range Indicators

Close Combat Specialist, Close Encounters, Stun Rifle, Repair, Medikits, and Lone Wolf all have range indicators that appears as circles around either the unit or the targets of the ability. The range indicators may be centered on potential targets (e.g. Close Encounters) or the unit itself (e.g. Lone Wolf).

Blue/Red Eye

Aliens and XCOM will have a blue eye icon above their soldier/pawn if they can see the current location of your cursor. In the example below, moving the soldier outside the UFO up the ramp would still put him in vision of 2 of the aliens determined by the aliens that have a blue eye over their soldier/pawn.

Aliens and XCOM will have a red eye icon above their soldier/pawn if they are on overwatch. In the example below, you can see the one drone is on overwatch because it has a red eye above its soldier/pawn.

* A blinking red/blue icon means both: where you cursor is the soldier/pawn can see it and that unit is on overwatch.

Base HP and Action Point Pips

The Base HP color of your units can vary but are always colored. The white HP pips represent the soldier's Armor HP.

Base HP Color	Status
Green	Turn Available
Light Green	Turn Available and Combat Readiness Active
Pink	Turn Complete
Light Pink	Turn Complete and Combat Readiness Active
Grey	Hunkered Down

The AP pips (action point indicators) on your characters are the 2 rectangular arrows below your soldiers HP pips.

AP Pip Color	Status
Teal	2 Action Points
Yellow	1 Action Point
Orange	Danger of Triggering Reaction Fire
Red	Enraged
White	XCOM Scamper

Note that orange AP pips can detect units that can fire a reaction shot at you even that you cannot detect (examples: an out of vision muton with squadsight on overwatch or a cloaked seeker on overwatch). This represents your soldier's ability to 'sense' someone targeting them and prevents the frustration situations of eating reaction shots that you did not know were even there.

In the example below, this soldier is currently in danger of triggering a reaction shot if they act or move determined by the orange color of their AP pips. They also have light green Base HP Pips indicating that combat readiness is active on them.