Alien Hunter Armor abilities animation bugging.

[jamesamontina1]

For some reason, on my save, the animations for the new alien armor abilities seem to be bugged. Frostbite makes my soldier do the crucifix pose, Vaulting and Icarus jump just teleports my soldier, and my guy just stares at stuff when doing the rage punch. Granted, I have a long mod list, but I'm not sure where to begin to look for the solution ;(

 

WARNING: Long modlist incoming.

 

[Engine.XComModOptions]

ActiveMods=MaxSquadSizeFix

ActiveMods=AdditionalTattoos-Asian

ActiveMods=IgnoreMissingDLC

ActiveMods=EnemyLoot

ActiveMods=OverwatchAll

ActiveMods=MapExpansionProjectADVENT

ActiveMods=AdditionalProvingGroundEngineer

ActiveMods=NoStartupMovies

ActiveMods=InkAndPaint

ActiveMods=RQ_DynamicStatsDevelopment

ActiveMods=EyepatchRight

ActiveMods=AdvancedModularWeapons

ActiveMods=EVEOnlineAllianceTattoos

ActiveMods=InGameClock

ActiveMods=FasterAvengerNavigation

ActiveMods=HaywireProtocolbugfixforturretcontrol

ActiveMods=BleedOutMod

ActiveMods=ProvingGroundsLockAndLoad

ActiveMods=ShowMeTheSkills

ActiveMods=ReplikantsCustomFacePaints

ActiveMods=StopWastingMyTime

ActiveMods=EvacAll

ActiveMods=ExpandedCallsignsandNicknames

ActiveMods=XComEnergyShields

ActiveMods=MilitaryCamouflagePatterns

ActiveMods=MoreMapsPack

ActiveMods=DiverseFaceTattoos

ActiveMods=FlankPreview

ActiveMods=MGS4FrogTrooperOutfit

ActiveMods=AWCSquadsightFix

ActiveMods=SquadConceal

ActiveMods=newclassninja

ActiveMods=KatanaMod

ActiveMods=AdventHelmets

ActiveMods=FreetheHood

ActiveMods=FemaleValeArmor

ActiveMods=Halo4Helmets

ActiveMods=SubjectZero'sTattoo

ActiveMods=HaloReachHelmets

ActiveMods=CleanCinematic

ActiveMods=PerfectInformation

ActiveMods=SkulljackFeedbackFix

ActiveMods=Holotargetingfornonsoldiersfix

ActiveMods=CollateralDemolition

ActiveMods=SoldierFatigue

ActiveMods=MoreRandomBackgrounds

ActiveMods=Moreafteractionreport

ActiveMods=ModOptionsMenu

ActiveMods=HaloCustomizableArmors

ActiveMods=Guerilla

ActiveMods=LW_SMGPack

ActiveMods=LW_OfficerPack

ActiveMods=ShowHealthValues

ActiveMods=TrueretroactiveAWC

ActiveMods=CapnbubsAccessoriesPack

ActiveMods=FreeCameraRotation

ActiveMods=Uniforms

ActiveMods=Rifleman

ActiveMods=ShowEnemiesonMissionPlanning

ActiveMods=ArmorVariety

ActiveMods=Spartan4Mod

ActiveMods=HaloReachWeapons

ActiveMods=CinematicRapidFire

ActiveMods=AdditionalMissionTypes

ActiveMods=StartYourOwnGuerillaOp

ActiveMods=StenchfuryModularHelmets

ActiveMods=TitanFallGear

ActiveMods=MapsbyVozati

ActiveMods=Largerspawnpoints

ActiveMods=ChargeHuntersInstinct

ActiveMods=ReachMJOLNIRArmorSets

ActiveMods=LucubrationsInfantryClass

ActiveMods=LucubrationsSniperClass

ActiveMods=DisableAnyClass

ActiveMods=RewardDecksRefresher

ActiveMods=CutContentPsionics

ActiveMods=CutContentAmmo

ActiveMods=AdditionalDarkEvents

ActiveMods=ImprovedMissionVariance

ActiveMods=EscalationClasses

ActiveMods=SteadyWeapon

ActiveMods=BladestormCustomization

ActiveMods=ReworkedCombatStims

ActiveMods=WorkshopButton

ActiveMods=TONSofUtilityItems

ActiveMods=GremlinLoot

ActiveMods=GrimyAttrition

ActiveMods=SquadCohesion

ActiveMods=DeployableTurret

ActiveMods=CombatKnife

ActiveMods=BetterLabs

ActiveMods=HCAColorableTechsuit

ActiveMods=TotalAdventWeaponry

ActiveMods=IncreasedEnemySquadSizePlus

ActiveMods=Nxxxxx (Private mod as of now)

ActiveMods=ArmorStatCustomiser

ActiveMods=ConfigurableMissionTimers

ActiveMods=EleriumCoreCrafting

ActiveMods=NobleSquad

ActiveMods=SuitUpgrading

Im not sure how to attach a save file also for debugging purposes.

Any help on this will be much appreciated XD

[davidlallen]

Having a long mod list is always a problem right after a patch.

 

First, try deleting all the ini files in My Documents/My Games/XCOM 2/XComGame/Config.

 

Second, do you get your mods through steam or through nexus? If through nexus, you may need to manually ensure that you have any post-patch version update for every mod. Through steam, auto-update ensures you have this. If you wind up updating any mods, delete the ini files again.

 

Third, try a "binary search". Disable half your mods; does the problem still appear? Disable another half. If the problem goes away, re-enable half of what you just disabled. Once you get down to a few mods, check the steam or nexus comment threads to see if there is any update, workaround or known problem. If not, inform the author.

 

After a big patch which breaks many mods, we usually discover a bunch of mod authors have moved on and do not respond to bug reports, so you may wind up dropping some of these "dead" mods.

[jamesamontina1]

Thanks for trying to help me man. It seems that my problem is not isolated to any armor mods but could be my game itself. Haven't seen anyone else reporting a similar experience so it could really be just me.

 

My last test consisted of the following steps:

 

-Deactivate all my mods

-Delete Config in My Documents folder

-Run Launcher

-Activate Armor Variety

-Run Xcom2

-Start new campaign

-Finish Gatecrasher

-Add 2 pieces of each alien armor through console commands

-Scan for mission

-Running a 6 man squad, Equip each soldier with an alien armor so that 2 soldiers get viper , 2 get rage and 2 get Icarus armor

-Modify 1 soldier each with vanilla kevlar customizations(Torso 4) and let the other soldier with similar armor go on mission with default alien armor customization

-During tactical phase, console command powerup for infinite moves/charges on abilites

-Use each alien armor ability on an enemy

 

Only soldiers with the default customization do the animations for the abilities. The soldiers I customized to have the vanilla kevlar look do crucifix poses, stare ate enemies when ragefisting, or just teleport when using Icarus jumps and jumping on buildings in general.

 

Will try to test this out further tomorrow. I am stumped.

[davidlallen]

Updated after PM discussion. The AH DLC armors contain custom animations. If you equip the armor, and then use the Armor Variety mod to replace with the visual of another armor, then the animations can't play. I added a comment to this effect into the mod description at steam.