From 3db9dcb3d545802866cf8e000657ab0bbbb676b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greysa <52637570+Greysa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:29:30 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added NUMBER_TRAITS_NEEDED_FOR_ADVANCED_REPAIR option for
 technician level skill check

---
 Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI b/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
index 913d39154..3ed410344 100644
--- a/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
+++ b/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
@@ -431,7 +431,10 @@ NUMBER_TRAITS_TO_BE_ABLE_TO_REPAIR_THE_ROBOT = 1
 ; If ADVANCED_REPAIR is set to in JA2_Options.ini, items can normally only be repaired up to their item treshold.
 ; Local weaponsmiths can restore this up to 100% during repair.
 ; If set to TRUE, mercs with this trait can also do this.
-MERCS_CAN_DO_ADVANCED_REPAIRS = FALSE
+MERCS_CAN_DO_ADVANCED_REPAIRS = TRUE
+
+; Technician level required to do ADVANCED_REPAIR.
+NUMBER_TRAITS_NEEDED_FOR_ADVANCED_REPAIR = 2
 
 ;******************************************************************************************************************************
 ;******************************************************************************************************************************

From 3b527c363e9adee9acbcb9e9e50740fb363388e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greysa <52637570+Greysa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:52:21 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] changed readability

---
 Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI b/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
index 3ed410344..a0b5f9f78 100644
--- a/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
+++ b/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ NUMBER_TRAITS_TO_BE_ABLE_TO_REPAIR_THE_ROBOT = 1
 MERCS_CAN_DO_ADVANCED_REPAIRS = TRUE
 
 ; Technician level required to do ADVANCED_REPAIR.
-NUMBER_TRAITS_NEEDED_FOR_ADVANCED_REPAIR = 2
+TECH_LEVEL_NEEDED_FOR_ADVANCED_REPAIR = 2
 
 ;******************************************************************************************************************************
 ;******************************************************************************************************************************

From 56447f7542783a0455bb0bc36a779bc0becdf0ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greysa <52637570+Greysa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:12:29 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Set back to default values

---
 Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI b/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
index a0b5f9f78..5bfb8ada5 100644
--- a/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
+++ b/Data-1.13/Skills_Settings.INI
@@ -431,10 +431,10 @@ NUMBER_TRAITS_TO_BE_ABLE_TO_REPAIR_THE_ROBOT = 1
 ; If ADVANCED_REPAIR is set to in JA2_Options.ini, items can normally only be repaired up to their item treshold.
 ; Local weaponsmiths can restore this up to 100% during repair.
 ; If set to TRUE, mercs with this trait can also do this.
-MERCS_CAN_DO_ADVANCED_REPAIRS = TRUE
+MERCS_CAN_DO_ADVANCED_REPAIRS = FALSE
 
 ; Technician level required to do ADVANCED_REPAIR.
-TECH_LEVEL_NEEDED_FOR_ADVANCED_REPAIR = 2
+TECH_LEVEL_NEEDED_FOR_ADVANCED_REPAIR = 1
 
 ;******************************************************************************************************************************
 ;******************************************************************************************************************************