@mudhappy instead of verifying, have you tried copy/pasting the original file from a backup zip in a work folder? i make a copy of the games zip folders in a work folder, unzip them and make changes there. if things do not work then i copy/paste the original zip files back to the game zips. this way you are replacing the original file back which then should not need a verification. this works for me anyway, hopefully for you too. i hate verifying my game since i end up having to replace all my edited files back to the game. i guess i really need to make a new edited game folder to copy/paste incase i do need to verify again for some reason.
cool you got the color to change though. i am no coder myself, but i try to learn.