[Sole33]

ok, i acually fixed it *whew*, now i only have to set the starting rotation so my ship looks like its going the right direction, as well as scale it up a litte, quick question: the rotation does not seem to depend on a 360 degree set of numbers i.e. 90, 180 X Y Z and whatnot, when i set X to 90 and Z to 180, the ship appears diagonally downwards, a setting of 90 or 180 shouldn't produce any diagonal directions by degrees?

for anyone that has these same problems that i had here are the error messages and the fixes:

*@ ship selection before game, i now know that 'record 1' means the first entry in the text file the error is pointing to, something so obvious i should have figured it out earlier
Could not find field "Name" in record 1.
Could not find field "XFile" in record 1.
Could not find field "Override Texture Filename" in record 1.
Could not find field "Base Model Radius" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Rotate X" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Rotate Y" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Rotate Z" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Scale X" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Scale Y" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Scale Z" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Position Offset X" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Position Offset Y" in record 1.
Could not find field "Starting Position Offset Z" in record 1.
Could not find field "Continual Rotation Vector X" in record 1.
Could not find field "Continual Rotation Vector Y" in record 1.
Could not find field "Continual Rotation Vector Z" in record 1.
Could not find field "Continual Rotation Speed" in record 1.
Could not find field "Star Glow Color" in record 1.
Could not find field "Firing Flash Color" in record 1.
Could not find field "Explosion Effect" in record 1.
Could not find field "Explosion Center Color" in record 1.
Could not find field "Explosion Radius" in record 1.
Could not find field "Number Of Firing Points" in record 1.
Could not find field "Number Of Engine Points" in record 1.
Could not find field "Number Of Lights" in record 1.
fix: removed //custom and //stock tags from SpaceObjects_XFiles.txt file and placed my ship as the last entry before *END*

*@ very start of game
Could not find field "Layout Name" in record 1.
Could not find field "Number Of Slots" in record 1.
Could not find field "Layout Name" in record "Hiigaran Battleship Layout".
Could not find field "Number Of Slots" in record "Hiigaran Battleship Layout".
fix: removed //custom and //stock tags from Main_ComponentConfigurationSlotsPlayer.txt and place my ship as the last entry once again

@ entering the ship dealer
Could not find field "Ship Class Name" in record 1.
Could not find field "Ship Class Name" in record "Hiigaran Battleship".
fix: same as above with Main_PurchaseShipsPlayer.txt

maybe this will help anyone who stills plays/mods this game