Found the problem, had to convert the text line: <ConfigVersion>25</ConfigVersion> to <ConfigVersion>27</ConfigVersion>, but now the game crashes when it starts and there is a custom race on the map.....i fixed the tech trees but the ship styles all have mid game mass drivers on them.....
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now for more confusion, were going to the weakly debug.err file!
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Ok, now its getting strange.....all i had to do was remove the Arnor Tech tree i made to fix the errors......