[Q]

Originally posted by Taera:
no, they're confusing you. it is because some races have slightly different settings in their [racename]_ai_settings.txt file than in their appropriate .emp files.

Actually it is the racename.general.txt file that is important if the computer uses this race as random AI empire. As Taera said the race setup in the general.txt file may or may not be different than the one in the empire file which is used when you add the race manually. It depends if the creator of the race took the time to coordinate the general.txt file and the empire file.
Hope this helps you.