_Gooner_

I may have figured it out...I changed "PlanetOwner" to "NoOwner" and so far it seems to be working better (e.g. Sins doesn't crash when I start the game)

Hi Harpo, Thanks for the reply...I've still run into a problem, even after creating a template where the artifact will not spawn. Here's the template I used, which (I hope) would add a few random ships if the planet is unowned, and then once I've colonized it and searched for artifacts, a specific artifact should spawn. I get the ships that I want, but no artifact. First, here is where I modify the planet: planet designName "Planet13"

Riao Could you post the code that you used to get the artifact placement to work? I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. Thanks Gooner