In the control panel, you must specify the NUMBER only like '1 2 3 4' this will indicate forums 1,2,3 and 4, Specifying the order of the forums will return unmatched forums names, Since the script takes the actual forum number not the order. The cp_ubbnews.cgi file was not updated on the last update, so re download now and re upload it. This should fix the problem of applying the 'maximum topics' amount on the whole forums.
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