A problem occurred in the PBW game which required a re-do of some data files. This allowed me to also correct the two major outstanding issues brought up in the thread here. I have created a patch (1.04b) and e-mailed it out to the PBW players. For anyone else interested, here is the patch...
Highliner Mod Patch 1.04a to 1.04b
I'll get around to posting this on my website soon.