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I have upgraded my squad size to the max. I have tried modifying ini. files to get a 12 man squad. When I select a mission it says I can bring 12 men but in the arming screen I only ever see 8. I start the mission and I only ever have 8. My squad has 12 members, 4 just stay back at base. I'd like to bring 12 members on every mission type. Any help is appreciated.

There is no squad size upgrade. Missions have soldier limit. You don't even need to have squads.
Edit missions.

SonnyWiFiHr wrote:There is no squad size upgrade. Missions have soldier limit. You don't even need to have squads.
Edit missions.

I said squad size but I meant soldier limit. I went into the long war 2 mod folder and modified the XcomMissions.ini maxSoldiers= to 12 at every instance but I still get only 8. Before I begin the mission when I select it to move to on the geoscape screen, it says my unit limit is 12.

In XCom_DefaultInfilitrationSettings.ini, make sure you've got these lines:

[LW_Overhaul.XComGameState_LWSquadManager]
MAX_SQUAD_SIZE=12

Infiltration will cost 60 days.
He must change penalty also.
10 man is 24 days

johnnylump wrote:In XCom_DefaultInfilitrationSettings.ini, make sure you've got these lines:

[LW_Overhaul.XComGameState_LWSquadManager]
MAX_SQUAD_SIZE=12

Thanks for the help but where is XCom_DefaultInfilitrationSettings.ini located?

If it's not in the same folder as XComMissions.ini then you've been modding the wrong file.

johnnylump wrote:If it's not in the same folder as XComMissions.ini then you've been modding the wrong file.

I located "[LW_Overhaul.XComGameState_LWSquadManager]
MAX_SQUAD_SIZE=12" It already existed in "XCom_LWInfilitrationSettings.ini". Any other suggestions?

; Typical infiltration time to 100%, for median settings
; This is a great big lever to influence mission and campaign difficulty
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[0]=96f
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[1]=120f
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[2]=144f
+InfiltrationTime_BaselineHours[3]=144f

Lowering this numbers will lower infiltration times. You can't spend 60 days on infiltration - you will lose.
[0] means easy difficulty so change everything to 96

Edit whole XComLW_InfiltrationSettings.ini to your liking

;SquadSize factor, explicit for each possible squad size
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[0]=0.5f ; shouldn't be possible, but included for completeness
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[1]=0.7f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[2]=0.725f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[3]=0.75f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[4]=0.8f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[5]=1.0f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[6]=1.25f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[7]=1.5f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[8]=1.8f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[9]=2.8f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[10]=4.0f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[11]=5.2f
+SquadSizeInfiltrationFactor[12]=6.4f
This lines will make your 12 man squad infiltration 640% longer compared to 5 man reduce penalty (numbers like 6.4f should be reduced)
Start with 1.8f reduce it to 1.6f and go up to 2.5f

Then go to XComMissions.ini
Edit any line with MaxSoldiers=8 or any other number to MaxSoldiers=12 .

You should read commented lines and tweak in both files.
Now you have super easy unbalanced game - this is not Long war.
It should be fun .