Going to keep it simple at first
 

DLing Steam version of Sh3 and going to use GWXGold by itself at first.
So, best manual methods for TDC targeting can be found in the stickies or does using GWXGold add some funky new tools?

What are the basics i need to know to get started? :)

I'm still on auto-targetting, but there are two stickies here which might be helpful ("newbie guide" and "hints and .....")

Ya, seems to be i have forgotten everything I ever knew about SH3 over the years, hell, i cant even pass the navigation tutorial at the moment. can get all but 'navigate through the channel' objectives done.

Going to be a while until i need to learn the hard way to work out solutions lol