EightDeer

I've tried to do this myself, but there's no real tutorials for modding XCOM. The wiki article about hex editing UPK files assumes you already know how to find the function to change.

Would it be possible to get the Item Grid working for EW Patch 3?

It's happening for me, too. I've tried clearing the browser cache as well as ipconfig /flushdns but it didn't work.

Thanks to both of you for your help. I'm assuming picking just "New Game" from the shell's list of options will start a game as normal. As for the item slots problem, it was indeed a phone-home thing. Interestingly, I discovered that XCOM crashes if you try to block it from the Internet by using a custom-created Windows Firewall rule.

1. I used XCOM ToolBoks to enable the developer shell, now whenever I try to start a new game I get a whole bunch of unexplained options. Does anyone know what they do? 2. I tried to mod the game to get 2 item slots, but it's not working. Here's what I did: Opened XComGame.exe with Resource Hacker. Went to the DefaultCoreGame text, then copied it into a text file. Opened up the text file, and changed all armors from iSmallItems=1 to iSmallItems=2. Went back to Resource Hacker, and overwrote the original text with the modded version. Pressed Compile Script, then Save. Loaded game. When that didn't work, I tried replacing the text of XComGame\Config\DefaultCoreGame.ini with my modded version, but that didn't work either. I'm using the following mods: XCOM ToolBoks options - Enable Developer Shell, Disable Disappearing Corpses, Disable Panicked Friendly Fire, Abductions in Nations with Satellite Coverage. XCOM ToolBoks Custom Mods - XCOM Third Small Item Mod I also hex edited XComGame.exe to unlock the developer console.