Now that is strange.  The only thing that comes to mind is turret points??...  I'm no game dev, but I can't see any purpose behind linking damage to visual effects.

Are you sure you don't have another mod active?

the reason why this happens is becuase the null points for the weapon slots are on the mesh itself. The enity file only tells it what weapons to use, damage, etc.

Still, from a programming perspective it seems ludicrous to link weapon damage to the null points on a mesh.  They should only be used for effects.

Invalid Mesh Point Data String Found by IWeapon (Weapon Index Out of Bounds)

Mesh = C:\Users\Wade\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods\Mod Earth Defense\Mesh\CapitalShip_PhaseScout.mesh

MeshPointString = 'Weapon-2'

Parsed Weapon Index = 2

Max Weapon Index = 1

anyone know what this means?

This is a completely new error.

Probably means you have a weapon index of 2 invoked in the mesh file and only two weapon entries in the entity file where you should have three (mesh weapon hardpoints start at "Weapon-0").

has nothing to do with programming really, has everything to do with game design. The nulls in the mesh files split up the damage in the entity files. so if the carrier has 6 weapon nulls and the colony has only 1, your going to do more damage on that one. you also have to look at the weapon damage in the entity and its cooldown time. thats also a factor.