FFVI: Divergent Paths

Welp...the Rom still gets corrupted after making changes to the dialog.  I've tried a few different scenarios, but it's the same result every time.  I'll upload a few screenshots of the Rom tomorrow.  All I'm doing at present is expanding the Rom and patching the town dialog and small battle patches as needed.  Once, I even patched in everything for the expanded Rom in FF3usME, but I don't see how that could have made things worse than normal.  I'll include a copy of my dialog script.  Just import it into the Rom via. FF3usME and run the game a few times.  You'll get the same results.  There's some kind of "hole" that starts to develop in the code around the introductory exposition, and it crashes the Rom after about two or three plays.  Also, the minimap gets all kinds of jacked once the Rom gets expanded.  I'm sure you saw that coming, though...  FF3usME is what I use most often, and although I'm starting to get my legs with FF6Tools, I haven't used it for this project yet. 

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Update: I did try your suggestion of inserting dialog captions one-for-one, and got the same results. The Rom wasn't expanded at all.

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Unfortunately, my technology is being uncooperative. It could be because I'm using live photos on my iphone. The photos won't upload, but I've discovered that the crash has to do with the editor restoration.ips file. Once I use it, it does something to lines 5 through 8 of the town dialog. If I don't reinstall those four lines of text, the ER.ips file will crash the Rom. I've reopened the Rom I'm currently using in FF3usME without applying the ER.ips, and no changes took place to lines 5 - 8 of the town dialog. It only takes place after I apply the ER.ips file. Hopefully, that helps you narrow things down. Of course, the statements made here apply to an expanded Rom only. Obviously, things turn out much worse otherwise.

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I've finally narrowed it down to <E$FF><OP$12>. Lines 5 through 7 rely on <E$FF><OP$12>. While line 8 uses <E$2A><OP$12>. Line 8 is the only one that doesn't get messed with after I patch the ER.ips file. Again, that's me using FF3usME.