okay everything is a go, turns out every loving file that byond makes is a text file
and well formatted
i can use a loving text editor to edit this stuff
that is cool
anyway, fixed the errors, everything compiled - oh and I changed the map, it was one of the first lines in tgstation.dme: "#include = _map/tgstation" or some stuff, idk, it works now.
everything should work when the server reboots, worst case scenario it keeps using the same map. i'm out for a few hours so deal.