ok.. you guys are gonna think this is crazy, but it really is, so.. err.. anyway

in the 'min quest version' part, there was nothing, a whole lot of spaces, and then a set of quotes. " <-- that's it. i have no idea where this came from, because i hadn't even touched the header for about 2 months. Ever since i put in those BLBs has this happened. thank GOD it works... no more lost data.