oh, i think i may have realized the problem. I generated the maps with the finite setting DESELECTED, and then saved them to files. I use the same maps often cuz i like to generate til i get one i want, so maybe setting the game to finite and loading a map created while finite was not selected is what messed it up... i gtg now but i'll try it and get back to ya. thx for the quick response JLS
-Tim