diff -urN vegastrike-0.4.2.orig/src/xml_serializer.h vegastrike-0.4.2/src/xml_serializer.h

--- vegastrike-0.4.2.orig/src/xml_serializer.h	2004-04-25 22:24:48.000000000 -0400

+++ vegastrike-0.4.2/src/xml_serializer.h	2004-11-22 17:16:54.000000000 -0500

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

 	unsigned int *ui;

     float *f;

     void * p;

-    char * c;

+    signed char * c;

    // short * s;

     bool * b;

     double * d;

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@

   XMLType (float myhardfloat) {w.hardfloat = myhardfloat;}

   XMLType (float  *myfloat) {w.f =myfloat;}

   XMLType (void * myvoid) {w.p=myvoid;}

-  XMLType (char * mychar) {w.c=mychar;}

+  XMLType (signed char * mychar) {w.c=mychar;}

   //XMLType (short * mychar) {w.s=mychar;} // removing useless shorts - use integers instead

   //XMLType (unsigned short * mychar) {w.us=mychar;} // removing useless shorts - use integers instead

   XMLType (unsigned char * mychar) {w.uc=mychar;}