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Old July 26th, 2006, 01:58 PM
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Default Re: Modmakers: Lessons Learned the Hard Way
3. The "bitflags" in quests are VERY sensitive. If you repeat a PAGE 0, it will crash. If you skip from a REQ0 to a REQ3 without a REQ2, it may crash.

4. If you increase the DIFF settings in the distribution.ini file, make sure that you have enough extra difficulty levels in your fleet and home fleet definitions in the various race.ini files.

5. Technically a game bug, the "structural" flag in an item definition is supposed to make an item unremovable once it is installed in a ship. However, if you "swap" a structural item with another similar item (e.g., a structural drive with another drive, or a structural weapon with another weapon) it will let you, unfortunately (at least on the Mac).