The fact they patched this Wednesday made me sad so I figured out a way to let you select any decorative armor while wearing any armor set.
Your going to be editing two files, first is in the main XComGame Config folder and the other is in the DLC folder
For the first file, it should be something like the path below, then ctrl+F and search "deco" without the quotes, then delete all the lines that read "ArmorDeco=" and replace them with the code below.
Then start the game, go to customize soldier, and enjoy scrolling through all the new options to make your soldiers look even more badass than they did before.
As a side note the decorative armors were only designed to go with their base armors and do have some clipping issues with the armor. Some more seriously than others, mainly the Carapace doesn't play well with others.
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Posted · Edited by marsec1
The fact they patched this Wednesday made me sad so I figured out a way to let you select any decorative armor while wearing any armor set.
Your going to be editing two files, first is in the main XComGame Config folder and the other is in the DLC folder
For the first file, it should be something like the path below, then ctrl+F and search "deco" without the quotes, then delete all the lines that read "ArmorDeco=" and replace them with the code below.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XComGame\Config\DefaultContent.ini
For the second part you need to go to the path below, then remove all the "; (Armor Name) Deco 0" lines and replace them with the following code
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XComGame\DLC\PCConsole\DLC_PackIn\Config\XComContent.ini
Then start the game, go to customize soldier, and enjoy scrolling through all the new options to make your soldiers look even more badass than they did before.
As a side note the decorative armors were only designed to go with their base armors and do have some clipping issues with the armor. Some more seriously than others, mainly the Carapace doesn't play well with others.
Enjoy.