diff --git a/includes/kernel.php b/includes/kernel.php
index 3cbcef25..18e86224 100644
--- a/includes/kernel.php
+++ b/includes/kernel.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ foreach ($sets as $k => $v)
     else if ($v['flags'] & CON_FLAG_TYPE_BOOL)
         $val = (bool)$v['value'];
     else if ($v['flags'] & CON_FLAG_TYPE_STRING)
-        $val = preg_replace('/[^\p{L}0-9~\s_\-\'\/\.,]/ui', '', $v['value']);
+        $val = preg_replace('/[^\p{L}0-9~\s_\-\'\/\.:,]/ui', '', $v['value']);
     else
     {
         Util::addNote(U_GROUP_ADMIN | U_GROUP_DEV, 'Kernel: '.($php ? 'PHP' : 'Aowow').' config value '.($php ? strtolower($k) : 'CFG_'.strtoupper($k)).' has no type set. Value forced to 0!');
diff --git a/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php b/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php
index f4a0f2b2..7cdd11f0 100644
--- a/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/clisetup/build.func.php
@@ -42,12 +42,7 @@ function build()
 
             if (file_exists('setup/tools/filegen/'.$name.'.func.php'))
                 require_once 'setup/tools/filegen/'.$name.'.func.php';
-            else
-            {
-                CLISetup::log(sprintf(ERR_MISSING_INCL, $name, 'setup/tools/filegen/'.$name.'.func.php'), CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
-                $allOk = false;
-                continue;
-            }
+            // else     not necessarily an error, may only need replacement of const text
 
             if (!CLISetup::writeDir($destPath))
                 continue;
@@ -74,14 +69,19 @@ function build()
                             if (function_exists($func))
                                 $content = str_replace('/*setup:'.$func.'*/', $func(), $content);
                             else
-                                CLISetup::log('Placeholder in template file does not match any known function name.', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
+                            {
+                                $allOk = false;
+                                CLISetup::log('No function for was registered for placeholder '.$func.'().', CLISetup::LOG_ERROR);
+                                if (!array_reduce(get_included_files(), function ($inArray, $itr) use ($func) { return $inArray || false !== strpos($itr, $func); }, false))
+                                    CLISetup::log('Also, expected include setup/tools/filegen/'.$name.'.func.php was not found.');
+                            }
                         }
                     }
 
                     if (fWrite($dest, $content))
                     {
                         CLISetup::log(sprintf(ERR_NONE, CLISetup::bold($destPath.$file)), CLISetup::LOG_OK);
-                        if ($content)
+                        if ($content && $allOk)
                             $ok = true;
                     }
                     else
diff --git a/setup/tools/filegen/itemScaling.func.php b/setup/tools/filegen/itemScaling.func.php
index 8ba3fbd2..735291b4 100644
--- a/setup/tools/filegen/itemScaling.func.php
+++ b/setup/tools/filegen/itemScaling.func.php
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ if (!CLI)
         $data = $ratings;
 
         $offsets = array_map(function ($v) {                // LookupEntry(cr*GT_MAX_LEVEL+level-1)
-            return abs($v) * 100 + 60 - 1;
+            return $v * 100 + 60 - 1;
         }, $ratings);
         $base = DB::Aowow()->selectCol('SELECT CAST((idx + 1 - 60) / 100 AS UNSIGNED) AS ARRAY_KEY, ratio FROM dbc_gtcombatratings WHERE idx IN (?a)', $offsets);
 
         $offsets = array_map(function ($v) {                // LookupEntry((getClass()-1)*GT_MAX_RATING+cr+1)
-            return (CLASS_WARRIOR - 1) * 32 + abs($v) + 1;
+            return (CLASS_WARRIOR - 1) * 32 + $v + 1;
         }, $ratings);
         $mods = DB::Aowow()->selectCol('SELECT idx - 1 AS ARRAY_KEY, ratio FROM dbc_gtoctclasscombatratingscalar WHERE idx IN (?a)', $offsets);