Concerning mainly ships.tbl and weapons.tbl and the modular (.tbm?) table files,
Could any of those who really know what all the current table options and parameters are take some time and perhaps even explain them. Like the $fof option in the weapons.tbl that i have used, i think it stands for 'field of fire' and i know it causes shots to disperse, but how the parameter affects it is a mystery (expect by using the values discovered by hard testing).
I know that there are something in general in the fsdoc about these but the entry is quite old and really doesn't explain what the different parameters do. Also small things like forcing or limiting different weapons into different weapon banks is not really explained at all (like limiting the 1st primary bank only to use subachs while allowing the loadout of the 2nd primary weapon bank to be freely chosen).