How to get a 12 man squad?

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morept4u
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How to get a 12 man squad?

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I have upgraded my squad size to the max. I have tried modifying ini. files to get a 12 man squad. When I select a mission it says I can bring 12 men but in the arming screen I only ever see 8. I start the mission and I only ever have 8. My squad has 12 members, 4 just stay back at base. I'd like to bring 12 members on every mission type. Any help is appreciated.
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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There is no squad size upgrade. Missions have soldier limit. You don't even need to have squads.
Edit missions.
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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SonnyWiFiHr wrote:There is no squad size upgrade. Missions have soldier limit. You don't even need to have squads.
Edit missions.

I said squad size but I meant soldier limit. I went into the long war 2 mod folder and modified the XcomMissions.ini maxSoldiers= to 12 at every instance but I still get only 8. Before I begin the mission when I select it to move to on the geoscape screen, it says my unit limit is 12.
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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In XCom_DefaultInfilitrationSettings.ini, make sure you've got these lines:

[LW_Overhaul.XComGameState_LWSquadManager]
MAX_SQUAD_SIZE=12
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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Infiltration will cost 60 days.
He must change penalty also.
10 man is 24 days
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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johnnylump wrote:In XCom_DefaultInfilitrationSettings.ini, make sure you've got these lines:

[LW_Overhaul.XComGameState_LWSquadManager]
MAX_SQUAD_SIZE=12

Thanks for the help but where is XCom_DefaultInfilitrationSettings.ini located?
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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If it's not in the same folder as XComMissions.ini then you've been modding the wrong file.
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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johnnylump wrote:If it's not in the same folder as XComMissions.ini then you've been modding the wrong file.
I located "[LW_Overhaul.XComGameState_LWSquadManager]
MAX_SQUAD_SIZE=12" It already existed in "XCom_LWInfilitrationSettings.ini". Any other suggestions?
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Re: How to get a 12 man squad?

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; Typical infiltration time to 100%, for median settings
; This is a great big lever to influence mission and campaign difficulty
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[0]=96f
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[1]=120f
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[2]=144f
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[3]=144f

Lowering this numbers will lower infiltration times. You can't spend 60 days on infiltration - you will lose.
[0] means easy difficulty so change everything to 96

Edit whole XComLW_InfiltrationSettings.ini to your liking

;SquadSize factor, explicit for each possible squad size
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[0]=0.5f ; shouldn't be possible, but included for completeness
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[1]=0.7f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[2]=0.725f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[3]=0.75f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[4]=0.8f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[5]=1.0f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[6]=1.25f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[7]=1.5f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[8]=1.8f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[9]=2.8f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[10]=4.0f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[11]=5.2f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[12]=6.4f
This lines will make your 12 man squad infiltration 640% longer compared to 5 man reduce penalty (numbers like 6.4f should be reduced)
Start with 1.8f reduce it to 1.6f and go up to 2.5f

Then go to XComMissions.ini
Edit any line with MaxSoldiers=8 or any other number to MaxSoldiers=12 .

You should read commented lines and tweak in both files.
Now you have super easy unbalanced game - this is not Long war.
It should be fun .
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