[FUBAR-BDHR]

Never used +index for thrusters.  Seem to work just fine without that parameter.

As for the impact you have something wrong with the number of LODs probably in weapon_expl.tbl

[Wanderer]

Indexes could also start from 0

[TrashMan]

I don't even have a weapons_expl.tbl

I just nicked the railgun impact effect from D0S, didn't notice any similar table tehre.



Also.,, I'm finished with POF-inghhte ColossussMk2. All paths, subsystems, docks, turrets - everything is done. But the game is spouting redicolous warnings.
Models seem to randomly suffer from inverted bounding boxes. subsystems that are clearly present in both the ship model and the table are listed as missing. 

[TrashMan]

AHa! Damn PCS....it put the $ in front of SOME susystem names, but not all.

[Spoon]

Never used +index for thrusters.  Seem to work just fine without that parameter.

Same here. I tried getting index to Not scream on debug but no matter what I did with it, it would complain that it was not set correctly. But whatever, it doesn't seem to be needed anyway.