Some questions from a newbie modder

[Gimboid]

Or theres another option gunslinger...

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try my component modder (see sig at bottom of this post)

Its very easy to use, allows graphical editing of components, and lets u browse the components currently present in the components.txt file u are using (the one in the same directory as the program). Also allows copying pasting of components so u can make a variant of existing components

Why dont u give it a try...

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