I think i summed the question in the topic name, but i was just woundering if the having bad rope data could cause that to happen, because i have noticed a few ships showing this error. Here are the ones from the stock game of COAS (ship and textures are not modified in anyway yet they still throw bad rope data errors).
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Caravel1\Caravel1) (label = ropee0)
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Caravel1\Caravel1) (label = ropeb0)
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Galeon_l1\Galeon_l1) (label = fale0)
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Galeon_l1\Galeon_l1) (label = falb0)
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Corvette1\Corvette1) (label = faleb21)
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Corvette1\Corvette1) (rope num = 1021) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Warship1\Warship1) (rope num = 1009) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 347621348
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Warship1\Warship1) (rope num = 1010) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 347621348
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Battleship1\Battleship1) (rope num = 1007) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 34054476
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Battleship1\Battleship1) (rope num = 1008) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 34054476
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Caravel1\Caravel1) (label = ropeb0)
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Galeon_l1\Galeon_l1) (label = fale0)
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Galeon_l1\Galeon_l1) (label = falb0)
Warning! Found rope with number 0: (model = ships\Corvette1\Corvette1) (label = faleb21)
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Corvette1\Corvette1) (rope num = 1021) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Warship1\Warship1) (rope num = 1009) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 347621348
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Warship1\Warship1) (rope num = 1010) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 347621348
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Battleship1\Battleship1) (rope num = 1007) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 34054476
Bad rope data for rope: (model=ships\Battleship1\Battleship1) (rope num = 1008) (begin group=0, end group=-1)
Begin pointer = 0? end pointer = 34054476