I was correct - it was a mamouth PITA but not for the reasons I suspected. I sold myself a huge dummy and t5otally confused the issue. NVM, got it working now I THINK.Sorry Jim, yeh I always post at the bottom of the OP once I've updated the server. Since this is a big mod and one that we've not used before, it may prove tricky to get running correctly. I'll take a look in a mo.
SERVER IS UP!