Just noticed you incorrectly closed my original thread that reported my issue. I believe you closed it because I mentioned the messages.dat issue, which you say will be patched in the next update. However, the primary problem was not the messages.dat issue, but rather the problem with incorrect rosters/players.
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ers-wrong.html
Any update that you can provide us? The folks experiencing the problem cannot play the game without starting over, and even then, there's no guarantee it won't just happen again.
Thanks.