[Lejo]

The only issue is that I opened an actors.static file and found it was 90% encoded.

If I have to edit the several alternate actors.static files, it would be impossible with the text encoded.

Can I change the code to straight text?

To encode the actors.static you need to have Zuti's Actors Management tool.
I don't know if it's still around here. If not I can upload it for you as the original mediafire link is invalid.
With this tool you can extract and create new actors. statics.