Parameters/.param component fails physical DRC, results in error. Cannot convert to PCB

I'm running Orcad 23.1. I'm new to Orcad, and more used to LTSpice, so a lot of the quirks of this software often confuse me.

I have a "parameters" (SPECIAL.olb/PARAM) component in my circuit, to set global parameters that i use throughout the circuit. I want to make a PCB from my schematic, however, this requires the circuit to pass design rule checking.
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For some reason, i get a physical DRC error related to the "parameters" component, which has referece set to '1', with the description "WARNING(ORCAP-36050): No pins are present in 1. Ignoring this component in the netlist.".

Why is this an error, when the description suggests it's a warning?

If i try to waive the error, it just re-appears when i do the DRC again.

A parameters header shouldn't need to have any pins, right? It's should just translate to ".param Something=..., AnotherThing=..." in PSpice, and have no effect on the PCB side of things, right? I'm very confused.

I can't find any documentation online about this.

I found a (possibly) related post from someone using orcad 17.4, where they claim the version 17.4 is broken, and that this error never occured in the prior version 17.2 (link: community.cadence.com/.../17-4-design-sync-parts-without-footprint). Downgrading to version 17.2 solved it for them. If this is a bug, why is such an essential feature still not fixed in version 23.1? Coming from LTSpice, i use .param all the time.

I've tried setting the parameters "FOOTPRINT_IGNORE", "NETLIST_IGNORE", "DRC_IGNORE" all to TRUE (i've tried all of them one-by-one and all together), and it still gives the same error. The "PSpiceOnly" property is also set to TRUE, like it is by default.

Some claim this error can be mitigated by explicitly setting the "Ignored" pin property to TRUE for all pins, but this component doesn't have any pins, so how does that make any sense? Should i make a dangling/dummy pin just to suppress the error? How can i do that if the component has no 'part'?

I can simulate the circuit without problem, by the way, and it behaves just like it should.

This is my session log:

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ERROR(ORCAP-2213): Checking Physical Rules
WARNING(ORCAP-36050): No pins are present in 1. Ignoring this component in netlist. /1:  MAIN, PAGE1  (8.10, 0.40)

INFO(ORCAP-2211): Check High Speed Properties Syntax

INFO(ORCAP-2212): Check Power Ground Mismatch

Reporting Unused Refdes in multiple part packages
Part                           Quantity                           Reference
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```