Re-install FL - you cannot get original DLL files.

There is only one reason why you cannot reinstall FL, at which point there is no sorrow for your present problem whatsoever.

That's what I thought - it's just I've changed heaps of stuff & I don't know where it all is to keep it all. So what about my first two q's - do you know what I did wrong - is 264880 a prohibited id code or something? I've successfully changed other ID codes when adding my own faction, and haven't had any such problem before.

Well your current predicament is usually to do with having an illegal copy. However, i think you will find runtime error 5 can sometimes be due to read only attribute to files etc. Not sure, but check it. Furthermore, i can assure you that any change to the dl file your talking about will cause no such crash...........but i wasn't originally going to tell you that, cause getting FL2 depends upon sales, and since you can get the game cheap, i suggest you go buy it instead. (if its not a copy (please no friend has disk stuff, go get it back off him/her/or his parents!!!!!!!) then i appologise, but you must understand that their is only one reason why peeps don't want to reinstall..........its cause they cannot.)

I can understand your reasoning, so I can understand your suspicion, but it is legit I assure you. & I wil definitely be getting FL2 if/when it comes out.

I still can't figure out about the Runtime '5', but I no longer care - I isolated my problem with it crashing, and you can call me an idiot in all the languages of Earth - I'd added in a new shield in the st_equip, *but had forgotten to cross-reference it with an item in st_goods!!!!* And that was the entire reason why FL wasn't working. So feel free to delete this topic whenever you feel free. :Extremely embarrased:
Sorry for having wasted your time.