Because the Initial Equipment box is no longer used, you will need to find another way to specify them.
The equip slot note-tag supports initial equip, using something called an “Item Code”, and is written like this:
<equip slot: ETYPE ITEMCODE>
An Item code is a quick way to reference a particular weapon, armor, or item. They look like this:
a1 - armor 1
w3 - weapon 3
i5 - item 5
So for example, if you want your actor to have a weapon slot with weapon 4 from the database as its initial equip, use the note-tag
<equip slot: Weapon w4>
Here is an example where I set starting weapons for three of my weapon slots:
