Modding Questions (especially need help for AI)

[LostCommander]

Thanks Fyron, that was exactly the kind of answer I was looking for! capnq, another way I could re-phrase the component family number question could be:

"Would the program snap if I had several components with the same family and, say 0 for the roman numeral? How about if there were duplicate racial tech component entries with the same family number and same roman numerals (say 2 racials and the standard ion engines I-III)? What would it do for the upgrade button when more than one component is better?"

I should also add: What is the difference between the weapon family number and the regular family number for weapon components (other than that the weapon family is used in the AI design creation files)?

Thank you all very much for the information and help. It would be alot easier on this end if I could just test random ideas on this end. Cannot until Jan-5 however...