Engi A, with ion blast II, fire beam, and a heavy laser 1, with system rep. drone and an AP drone. I had 1 Mantis, and 3 Engi (My human crew member was killed by boarders beforehand), so I didn't think boarding was a viable option. Didn't think it was that bad at the time: "I'd beaten the game ...

It's worked
Honestly I think I might have been doing something wrong on my end, not sure what, but everything's working now, got CE running with no problems, thanks for all your help
Hopefully I'll have better luck next time

Vhati,
yes, I do have backup and mod folders.
The .exe opens occasionally, like every couple of minutes, but has nothing in it, just blank, stays open for like 10-15 seconds, then crashes. Everytime I open it after that, it crashes on launch.

nah it's my bad, forgot about the code tag xD

23:38:45.085 [AWT-EventQueue-0] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.FTLModManager - Slipstream Mod Manager v1.4 23:38:45.088 [AWT-EventQueue-0] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.FTLModManager - Windows 7 6.1 23:38:45.088 [AWT-EventQueue-0] DEBUG net.vhati.modmanager.FTLModManager - Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 1.7....

Alright I won't bother with that then hahaha.
I am running into another problem though, trying to run the .exe as admin, but it just shuts down instantly and i'm not sure why. I would try to show you a screenshot but it disappears as soon as I open it

Alright here come the questions, bear with me xD

1) What is it that I change, the .xml or .append?
2) What text editor(s) do I use?
3) How do I do it?

Apologies for harassing you, kinda bad at this

alright so I get this message when I validate Captains Edition, if anyone can explain this to me in layman's terms that would be great: @ FTL Captains Edition 1.055e (1).ftl: ------------------------------------ > img/effects/.DS_Store ! Junk file > data/blueprints.xml.append ~ LF line endings (CR-L...