Here is a new SLPM file : http://we.tl/FCNtO0cS3J
Use your favourite ISO editor (ultraiso should work fine, even the evaluation version) and replace the SLPM_xxx_xx file by this one.
It has the following features :
1) I changed the code of the routine described above ; it should fix the item drop bug, and maybe unnoticed others (there were still some calls to this routine that I didn't hack ; I don't know what they do or if they are used though). OTOH, it may have produced new bugs
2) the game is still tweaked :
* ennemies miss you all the time,
* if they can drop an item, they will
* you do huge damages with regular weapons
Be careful : I may have disabled the test that checks if you can carry another item. So, if your inventory is full and still got an item, I don't know what'll happen.
3) I fixed a bug nobody noticed (which surprises me : was the bug in the beta version ?) : the area name 'West bridge' (between Biosystems and Zema) wasn't displayed.
Report crashing issues with this one. If none is left, it'll be time to rebuild the game with typos fixed (and the bug with the VAN LEADER ennemy).