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[WOTC] Chimera Squad Shield Ghost Templates (v1.01)

This is a small pack of shields featured in Chimera Squad set up as Ghost Templates running on Iridar's Template Master.

Ballistic Shields is obviously a requirement, or else you wouldn't have a way to actually use these.

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A "template" refers to how the game's various gear and weaponry (and some others) are set-up in the code, they're called Templates interally as they run on the game's Template System to make everything work.

A "ghost template" is a weapon that technically exists in-game but isn't usable as a selectable weapon in the arsenal. They're meant to be applied to other weapons as a visual re-skin using external mods, such as these:

• XSkin (easiest to use) - Re-skin any weapon you want directly in the armory.
  
  
• Template Master itself - Replace aspects of other weapons via config.
  
  
• Weapon Skin Replacer - Similar to Template Master, but older and with fewer features.

If you use XSkin, the "Owned" filter needs to be turned off to see the weapons in the re-skin menu, since the player doesn't 'own' them because they're not 'real' arsenal weapons.

• Shrike Shield (SShield)
  
• XCOM Shield (XShield)
  
• CS Android Shield (AShield)

The names in parenthesis represent that weapon's internal template name, which'll be relevant to you if working with config files that require use of the weapons' template names.

The XCOM Shield is an edited Shrike shield with no Shrike branding, and can be colored with your soldier's Primary & Secondary color slots. Special thanks to RustyDios for doing the texture edits.

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VERSION 1.01 (7/20/2021)

• Added a variant of the Shrike Shield with removed Shrike branding and Primary/Secondary tinting - the XCOM Shield.
  
  
• Added animated lights to the Shrike & XCOM Shields.

• Firaxis Games - Creators of XCOM: Chimera Squad and every asset used in this pack.
  
  
• RustyDios - Texture edits for the XCOM Shield.