Is there a way to edit a current soldier's rank/abilities?

[Doomsday347]

Hello,

 

I'm looking for a way to edit a soldier from a current save files rank. I've found the console commands to edit stats and class, but none to modify rank. My goal is simply to modify some of my starting soldiers so they have a specific class/rank in order to start the game with some "veterans" from a prior playthrough.

 

Does anyone know of any way to do this?

 

Alternatively, is there a way to start the game with ranked up PsiOperatives? I've tried the Starting Soldier's mod, but if you start with a PsiOperative they can't rank up or gain abilities, ever, even in the PsiLab.

 

Thanks.

[NotSoLoneWolf]

LevelUpBarracks console command will give everyone in your Barracks one level of XP. Other than that, there is no way to do it to an individual soldier using console commands or using mods or by editing the save files. There may be an external cheat engine or something, but I haven't found any.

 

The workaround I used back in XCOM: Long War was to manually add or remove abilities in-mission so I could respec soldiers I messed up, but I don't know what the codes are for that in XCOM 2.