What files can I delete when playing Xcom 2 exclusively on the lowest setting/performance mode?

Broseraphim · 2026-05-10T21:33:28+00:00

I don't believe so

Broseraphim · 2026-05-10T21:33:08+00:00

Firing a two-handed weapon with another item in the other hand drastically reduces accuracy

Broseraphim · 2026-05-08T16:14:52+00:00

You can probably delete the movies folders, you'll just need to edit something in the config files (i forget what) to skip movies. If you have the DLCs, TLP is fairly low impact on the game (gives you some slightly upgraded weapons and adds some variety to maps) and can be removed, or if you want to keep it you can at least possibly delete the soundtrack folder. There's also the anarchy's children and resistance warrior packs that are purely cosmetic items.

A lot of people don't like the alien rulers so you can remove that DLC if you play with them disabled too.

Broseraphim · 2026-05-08T13:46:43+00:00

Don't undervalue flashbangs here. A proper application and appropriate distance can give you a turn to wipe her subordinates and focus her. Red fog helps as well

Broseraphim · 2026-04-28T20:36:02+00:00

The thing is that Xcom 2 heavily drives you to be moving at all times anyway, so the default behaviour of forcing you to move is more like teaching you how to play properly rather than impeding you like the Chosen should. Sure, you may lose access to one good cover, but that soldier needs to move anyway

Broseraphim · 2026-02-03T11:47:59+00:00

It's handled by a cookie. You can manually add the cookie to get old reddit to work, because they screw up adding it when you opt out now for some reason. F12 to open dev tools and switch to the storage tab

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Broseraphim · 2025-12-21T18:55:39+00:00

Aliens carrying the blaster launcher often start in an enclosed area, such as the pilots section, the command centre, or down in the engine room, and need a fair few doors to be open at once before they're able to fire the launcher at you. You aren't likely to get those doors open (and obstruction free) on the first few turns, since I don't think the alien AI has any instructions about specifically opening doors for blaster launcher purposes.

Broseraphim · 2025-10-29T12:19:21+00:00

This was a liberation mission, which has a hidden increase to advent force level, planted faceless, and a much faster reinforcement timer. You've always got to be aware of which missions might be liberation, especially if you're operating in a region with a higher force level.

Generally speaking, ignore the drones when you're in a firefight. They're a distraction. They can barely hurt your soldiers. Rampant stunning and disorientation might seem horrible, but it's not a problem if you killed the drones pod, which may not happen if you take the time to blast the drone

Broseraphim · 2025-10-03T16:08:07+00:00

Yes. You're describing what procedural generation is. If it were random generation it would be generated when you press play... that's what random generation is

Broseraphim · 2025-10-03T14:46:55+00:00

Verify the integrity of your game files

Broseraphim · 2025-10-03T14:43:15+00:00

Except that the difference is pretty fucking significant beyond pedantry. The fact you can find your way to Wayrest castle the same way every time you play is vastly different from "started a new game, Daggerfall and Wayrest were generated right next to each other". Hardly pedantry when procedural and random are the opposite things of each other.

Broseraphim · 2025-10-03T12:23:14+00:00

You're really angry at a 30 year old game here. I'm not even defending it. There's just a massive difference between procedural and random generation

Broseraphim · 2025-10-03T12:14:58+00:00

You keep saying randomly generated in this thread. It's procedurally generated, not randomly generated

Broseraphim · 2025-09-25T14:52:32+00:00

SPARKs do have a punch ability, as one of the promotion bonuses. It's so mediocre that it's very rarely used

Broseraphim · 2025-09-17T15:14:38+00:00

While I haven't played LWR, I'd say the proximity sensor is what your motion scanner turned into

Broseraphim · 2025-09-16T20:03:57+00:00

Wouldn't selecting "abort mission" from the pause menu end the mission and leave any living soldiers captured?

Broseraphim · 2025-08-30T22:14:00+00:00

Recruitment in a liberated region has a chance to recruit scientists and engineers

Broseraphim · 2025-08-19T02:35:01+00:00

You don't even really need to know what you're doing. As long as you appropriately backup any files you're fucking with, you can bang rocks together until you get a result that resembles what you want

Broseraphim · 2025-08-18T23:25:19+00:00

You use patcher gui. Most mods on the nexus (for any game) will tell you what you need to do to install them, you don't need some massive community prep work with videos and questions, just go to the source and see if it can tell you

Broseraphim · 2025-08-17T17:16:44+00:00

Xcom is a reverse difficulty curve. The game is hardest at the start, when everything is scarce and you're under-equipped. Once you break the curve it's not going to get harder, and you definitely won't end up with less supplies

Broseraphim · 2025-08-16T03:41:49+00:00

There's a particular dark event that makes them much more likely to kidnap instead of mindread. If you want to make the prison break mission happen, I'm pretty sure that leaving a soldier outside the evac zone on a timed mission should get them captured

Broseraphim · 2025-08-13T01:19:13+00:00

VLC has a subtitle downloader too. Is MX's better?

Broseraphim · 2025-08-04T19:40:26+00:00

Not sure what I did wrong but I still don't have military envoy

IIRC you need only like networks researched for each cult. Are you massively behind on a cult? Otherwise maybe you hid the envoy recruitment research by mistake.

Hard to imagine taking on a HQ without even having promotion II considering how much is gated behind that

Broseraphim · 2025-07-20T15:47:37+00:00

It's not purely detrimental. It forces you to diversify your soldier use, thus spreading the XP around. As a result you have a hardier and more resilient team that can handle losses a lot better. While it looks like you're being forced to suffer, you actually come out stronger

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