Seems it is 1014 somehow (i was sure i restored from backup, seems i tried 10.14 even before)
now all works OK (hope i can live with this ver)

fep_db_version 1014
fep_meta_db_version 3.1
FEP_admin_options a:77:{s:12:”num_messages”;s:3:”100″;s:13:”messages_page”;i:800;s:9:”user_page”;i:50;s:10:”time_delay”;i:1;s:15:”have_permission”;s:0:””;s:10:”custom_css”;s:0:””;s:11:”editor_type”;s:5:”teeny”;s:7:”min_cap”;s:4:”read”;s:15:”attachment_size”;s:3:”2MB”;…