Hello this is my first time moding so I have a few questions

1) I tried to make the Kol Battleship have the drain resources ability but when i use the mod i get a error (specifically when i put my mouse over ability it freezes) i tried the same thing with Beam Blast and the same thing happened but there are other abilities that i have been able to use and modify like shield restore?

2) How do i change the color of weapons because every time i find something that looks like it would change the color it has the color being ffffffff what dose that mean?

3) How do you change the size of a capital ship?

I am really inept when it comes to modern programming and stuff. So I apologize if this seems like common sense and not worth answering but I would really appreciate some help and if you do decide to help please explain it in the simplest way possible