Newbie Mod Questions

[tohowalk]

I am new to SHIV, and I am curious about the various mod packs. I don't understand all the abbreviations - ROW, REB, PEsumthin, etc. I also am finding it hard to understand what they do - if a pack includes someone else'e mod, where can I find out what that mod is? I am mostly interested in operational realism mods - realistic sub and weapon performance, and improvements on those awful crew messages - sonar reports and such. If anyone can simplify some of this and/or point me in the right direction, I would be most appreciative. TIA!

[TheBlobThing]

ROW: Reflections on the Water, graphics mod, now incorporated into Pacific Environments I believe. Both graphics mods.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133365

W_Clear's Environmental mod: Rather beautiful graphics mod too. Less tough on performance (never tried PE though).
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=135989

RFB: Real Fleet Boat. One of the supermods out there. Focusing mostly on realism. This is one of the "modpacks" you should look at. All of the details will be in the readme.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125529

TMO: The other supermod. Nice balance between gameplay and realism.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=132330

Check out this list for loads of smaller mods so you can pick and choose what you like/need. Some of these links are down as there are a couple of real old ones in between (the mods, not the authors). Otherwise just page through the modding forum.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108964

That should get you started! :know:

Oh, and if you're planning on modding a whole lot then this is essential:
http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products.html (http://www.users.on.net/%7Ejscones/software/products.html)