Some things that you change in that file will require the client to have to download them again to take effect, but that mostly is for cast time, mana cost, and a few other fields. Most of the settings are handled server-side, so you would only need to adjust them on the server and not require another download. But, at this point, we do have a fair number of custom adjustments to spells that are either broken or that were exploitable. If you needed to adjust any back, you should be able to just check your original SoF spell file and copy the values over.
The more adjustments you plan to do, the more it might be worthwhile to get an idea about how to handle the spell file for your server so you can make one on your own from scratch. Using a combination of the Titanium spell file and one from Live, it wasn't all too hard for me to get everything moved around once I figured out the best ways to do it (days of messing with it). You can use a combination of the database, the import/export scripts, the ailia/bleh spell editor, excel and also Notepad++ or Textpad to make working with the spell file considerably easier/quicker. But, you have to know what the goal is that you are trying to get to before messing with too many of those tools. I mostly just used Excel and Textpad to do all of the spell moving stuff. Using the bookmark feature of textpad/notepad++, it makes selecting certain spells or spells with certain values very easy.
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