Thanks for all the ideas! Keep them coming! Not that I'm not swamped, but things could be worse. I didn't expect this much response.
Rather than post lengthy accounts of my changes, I've uploaded a list of them
here. I will update it every time I accomplish anything fairly significant and will post a notification of it. I am also keeping a list of ideas gleaned from this thread
here. As I implement ideas from this list, they will be removed; so if your idea suddenly disappears, it's good, not bad.
Please note that these are by no means set in stone; they are only a list for me to work from. Some very good ideas may not be compatible with the means I used to implement something else, so this list could go back and forth as techs alternate between the "drawing board" and "implemented" stages while I work out the kinks.
These files are also meant to be a means for you to keep up with the mod without having to read all of the previous Posts (i.e., P&N--not that I expect to get that many replies).
That's it for this post; more to come later.
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"The Unpronounceable" Krsqk