This mod doesn't use any advanced scripting that would cause that. It just adds the "OverwatchShot" ability to the list of abilities that will refund an action when killing a lost. If you are getting an action back from killing a regular enemy, it must be something else causing that and I never had that happen to me during my campaigns with this mod.

this mod add the lost headshot not only against lost it works against everybody when using overwatch

This mod has not changed or been updated recently - so there must be something else getting in the way.

For some reason my snipers only ever take a single shot now.

Occasionally the reaction shot animations will play out of order (so you may see a soldier miss, then shoot again for a kill). This is a visual bug with the base game, and does not affect the actual functionality.

I also noticed an enemy, which in this case was an Armored Viper, got a second Overwatch shot, but not a third, after shooting a Lost, even though it missed.

Yeah, that’s pretty funny. I think they’re pretty new to the game.

By the way, there’s sadly a bug with this mod: if an enemy gets a Headshot because of this mod and, thus, has Overwatch on XCOM’s turn, that Overwatch will never trigger. It did trigger multiple times on the enemy’s turn as the enemy was killing multiple Lost, which is good, but the final Overwatch that remained never worked when it was XCOM’s turn.

I'm curious why ModestEgo would need a mod that exclusively affects the Lost to work without War of the Chosen.

Sorry but I am no longer modding XCOM 2. But seriously - if you don't have WOTC, get it! It doubles the base game content, I can't imagine playing without it. It goes on sale all the time too, you can get it for cheap.

can you make a version of this that doesn't require WoTC?

@Alex Nares Thank you!

My pleasure. Yes it does work for Smart Ovewatch All, but I don't know if it will work with Overwatch Others, although it might. We'll need to try it and see.

@Alex Nares Does this mod work with... Overwatch All/Others WotC BTW thanks for making so many interesting and game changing mods!

Insanely good. Lost vs the Disruptor rifle. I'm in a action movie - well with increased Cinematics mod I am.

This mod works excellently! I'm mainly using pistol overwatch with the Lost now because of this mod, and it gives that zombie movie "holding them off" vibe perfectly!

I imagine Marines work similarly. Thanks!

With specialist's guardian, only 1 Overwatch "action" can be active at a time. So if Guardian gives them their Overwatch back and you get another Overwatch from a Lost kill, you just get 1 Overwatch.

I have not used the marine class so I don't know.

Just out of interest, how does this work with units with multiple Overwatch shots (like Specialists with Guardian or Proficiency Classes' Marines)?

you're a good person, thank you.

I just checked the mod files for those 2 mods. Smart Overwatch All adds special overwatch abilities, so that might be the problem. I will add them to the list of valid headshot abilities this weekend and that should solve the problem. XCOM Scamper doesn't appear to be involved, because soldiers don't get a scamper if they are already on Overwatch.

Thanks for the quick reply.

The only ones that spring to mind are Smart Overwatch All and XCOM Scamper. I dont have any lost replacers.

Im looking at thelostheadshot area of the Soldierskills.ini. Is it supposed to be pointing towards your mod in that area?

it currently looks like this:

[XComGame.X2Effect_TheLostHeadshot]
ValidHeadshotAbilities=StandardShot
ValidHeadshotAbilities=SniperStandardFire
ValidHeadshotAbilities=StandardShot_NoEnd
ValidHeadshotAbilities=PistolStandardShot

Maybe. The game uses a list called "ValidHeadshotAbilities" to determine which abilities will trigger a free action. Are you using mods that give your soldiers special weapons or special overwatch abilities (not a standard overwatch)? It could also be caused if you are using a Lost replacer mod (such as Flood -- but not World War Lost, that one still works). Or maybe you are using a mod that overhauls battle mechanics?

Great idea! but it doesnt seem to work in my game (units take only 1 reaction to Lost units when they move into range with a full clip in the weapon, regardless of killing a another lost unit). Do you have any ideas what the problem might be?

thank you so much! im so great full, i would buy you a beer if i could shake your hand!

To get mods working again, in Steam\steamapps\common\XCOM 2\XCom2-WarOfTheChosen\Binaries\Win64\Launcher, launch ModLauncherWPF, Select all the mods you want and start the game. If you get a red screen just right click. Click "Finale Shell Menu" once the game has launched and close the game, launching the game from Steam will now have the mods

My mods are working and probably for mostly everyone else, so there must be a problem with your configuration. Are you using the default mod launcher? If you are, you should get AML (Alternative Mod Launcher), it is much better than the default launcher (faster too). Maybe that will help.

im sorry to say, your tip did not work, i appreciate it, but i have tried ...almost everything and i cant seem to get my mods to appear in the game, i read on a lot of discussions on Steam, that its a new DEV issue and it needs to be adressed, can anyone atone to this?

well i just re built my computer the other night, and my old PC kept shutting off randomly, i think it was a heat sink thing? im not entirely sure, i decided "ill just build from the ground up, get a new PC and Tv" and when i had gotten windows 10 and all my files backand xcom downloaded, i noticed Xcom had a new Launcher and i thought "man, this is new?... has it been this long since i played Xcom?" so..the game runs well, i have a new PC and new SSD and new set up, but for what ever reason, this happened. and its just Xcom, warhammer2 total war and Fallout4 no issues

I had that happen to be once before. Try going to C:\Users\[YOURNAME]\Documents\My Games\XCOM2 War of the Chosen\XComGame and find the folder called "Config"; just delete the whole folder and everything in it.

Then right-click XCOM 2 from your Steam library and go to Properties, then select "Local Files" and then click "Verify Integrity of Game Files". It will take about 10-30 minutes to do. After that I think it started working again for me.

Just so you know, this will reset your options to the default, so you may need to re-do those. But if it gets your mods working again, it's worth it.

Just out of curiousity, when did the problem start and/or what is something that you did that might have caused the mods to stop working afterward?

well, i see them in my launcher, then when i boot up my game, they are just not there :(

What is the problem with your mods?

can any one help me get my mods working? i am desperate at this point, this is my favorite game and i miss my mods

Yes, it affects all teams.

Do aliens and ADVENT also get their overwatch shots reimbursed on the Lost?

It does not work against Advent, so there must be another mod doing something there.

looks like it works against advent too. Since activated, my soldiers firing like hell until the mags are emptied. I kinda like this !

Interesting idea, I quite like it. This'll allow potentially taking on slightly larger groups of Lost, at the expense of possibly running out of ammo at inopportune times.

Yes Alex! Yes!!! ;)

Haha, truth is - I made this custom tweak to my own game 2 years ago and have been using it since then. I just didn't know how to publish it as a mod until now. I have a lot of unique tricks up my sleeve. Now that I know how to publish mods, I'm trying to get them all out onto the Workshop one at a time :)

I wouldn't have thought this possible because it hadn't been done already. You're putting the long-time modders to shame!

Finally. Man, Alex, you're on FIRE!

thanks for the quick answer, thumbs up

That is a bug from the base game - not this mod. Sometimes the game doesn't know how to handle complex Overwatch situations. Use this mod to fix that:
https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1276342555&searchtext=no+overwatch+lock+ups

after some shoots it gets bugged and the overwatch slowmotion never ends

Yes, but there is already a mod for that (if you want to save the work):

https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1123896931

if i like to add bladstorm can i just add '+ValidHeadshotAbilities=SwordSlice' to the XComGameData_SoldierSkills.ini ?

I love you

works perfectly. it works even with other factions like mocx raiders and so on

@laurence_smith
Yes, it is 100% safe to enable or disable at any time. (I will add that to the description)

time to give the reaper a 15 round mag....