[Sailor Steve]

Definitely patch to 1.4b. The benefits are too many to ignore.

JSGME is wonderful when you start installing small mods. It lets you try new mods out and remove them if you don't like them. It also works with any game you can think of.

GWX: a little graphics intensive. My computer is from early 2005 (I bought it just for this game). I used to run it with 512MB RAM, now 2GB. My graphics card is still 512, and it crashes if I use any of the damage enhancement mods. Other than that GWX works great. It adds many cool things to the game visually, such as harbors filled with ships, and improves gameplay. If your specs are anywhere near mine you should be fine.

SH3 Commander is an external tool that doesn't affect the game's performance at all. Check out the readme I posted for it in the new Downloads section. It's at the bottom of the SH3 main page.

Installation: JSGME, GWX and Commander will all install themselves, so there are no headaches there. You can install them in any order, as they don't really affect each other. JSGME is only necessary when it comes time to install other, smaller mods on top of a supermod.

Have fun.