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Cost Based Ability Colors

WOTC port by shiremct:
https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1289686596

If you sometimes simply forget to use single-AP abilities like aid protocol, quickdraw or reload before shooting, this mod is for you.
It changes the default ability icon colors to reflect their action point cost, so you can see in a glance which actions will end your turn and which won't.

Green = free action
Blue = using ability will not end unit's turn (like a "blue move")
Yellow = using ability will end unit's turn (like a "yellow move")

I haven't tested this mod for DLC abilities because I don't have the DLC and I'm not planning to buy it (yet).
If you are getting wrong colors, feel free to post the corresponding ini override settings, so I can put them here or into the mod's default config. The same also applies for any other mod adding abilities.

If you have problems distinguishing colors, you can change them here: [Steam]/steamapps/workshop/content/268500/651306416/Config/XComCostBasedAbilityColors.ini
People with red-green-blindness seem to have problems to distinguish green from yellow, so you can set the free action color to white by changing AbilityCostColor_FreeAction="ffffff".

Incompatible Mods:
Free Reload (actually this mod is now unnecessary, because my mod contains the same functionality, see the screenshots)

Thanks to
- sernik for the interesting discussions and for fixing compatibility issues between our mods in lightning speed
- King of Hell for helping me with stability testing

Update 2016-03-24
- Colors configurable via [Steam]/steamapps/workshop/content/268500/651306416/Config/XComCostBasedAbilityColors.ini
- Fixed wrong color for abilities with extra confirmation dialog (hacking, skulljacking)
- Brighter default colors to better match X-COM color palette
- Fixed wrong color for free reloads and added charge indicator (like "Free Reload" mod)

Update 2016-04-03
- Two-colored icons showing both ability type and action point cost
- Configurable ability type colors
- Ini-configurable override list for cases where cost calculation shows wrong values (due to game internals)
- Optional switch to change back to old single color mode

Update 2016-11-10
- Fixed a bug causing a small "Y" to be shown on top of every icon after the game got controller support

Update 2017-01-20
- Long War 2 compatibility fix
- Added bombard override entry to config

Alien Hunters DLC
A lot of people are reporting performance issues related to this mod after installing Alien Hunters DLC. It seems the problem's cause isn't the mod though, but the game not updating some of its config files properly. Different people have come up with different solutions to it, from reinstalling the game to unsubscribing and resubscribing to deleting local config files. Scan the comments section for detailed info.