Only Admins and Mods can reply to SPECIFIC threads...

[Xenon]

yes, and i think this is good as it is
but you can change it also if ya want:
open newreply.php find:

PHP Code:

if (!$threadinfo[open]) {
  if (!ismoderator($threadinfo[forumid],"canopenclose")) {
    eval("standardredirect(\"".gettemplate("redirect_threadclosed")."\",\"showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid\");");
    exit;
  }
} 


and replace it with this:

PHP Code:

if (!$threadinfo[open]) {
  if (!ismoderator($threadinfo[forumid],"canopenclose") and $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=7) {
    eval("standardredirect(\"".gettemplate("redirect_threadclosed")."\",\"showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid\");");
    exit;
  }
} 


so every mod can reply in every closed thread