If you wish to use one map and one ship list over and over again, copy them into the root directory. If you wish to use a ship list or map in one particular game, copy the files into the game directory. When looking for these files, PHost first looks into the game directory and, if they are not there, in the root directory.
Files affected by this are:
- hullspec.dat: starship hulls
- engspec.dat: engines
- beamspec.dat: beam weapons
- torpspec.dat: torpedoes
- truehull.dat: hull/player assignments
- race.nm: race names
- planet.nm: planet names
- xyplan.dat: planet locations
These files need not all be in the same directory. PHost will find them even when some of them are in the game directory and some are in the root directory.
