How to edit/create EMP files

[nitey]

I'm assuming that the emp files are the race characteristics/traits for each empire. However, when I open them with notepad they are obviously not a simple text file. I want to create my own race (stealing some ship files from another race) and I want the load the default characteristics from the file.

BTW, I'm generally using the proportions mod if this helps any.

Along the same lines, where do I modify the game defaults for starting a new game. I thought they would be in the settings.txt file (and some are) but things like default number of starting worlds, victory conditions, racial points don't seem to be listed there. Are these hard coded and have to be changed each time?

[ September 15, 2002, 15:01: Message edited by: nitey ]