I'm pretty sure I have the mod folder in the correct place but I can double check again when I go home. Also after the mod was activated I did see the updated splash screen with the TMO picture on it so I am pretty sure that the mod was activating correctly.
If the mod is activated does the intro movie not play anymore? Because when I had the mod activated I didn't see the intro movie but when I deactivated it the intro movie would show up again. I know many updates for things like this tend to disablethose things because serious simmers don't want to view the movie every time but I'm not sure if not seeing the intro movie is by design or possibly indicating a problem
I did delete and redownload the sim last night but haven't tried to use it yet. Initially I downloaded/installed sh4 and then afterwards downloaded the uboat addon (they are 2 different entries in steam) but I saw another thread elsewhere indicating that it may be better to just install the uboat entry and it will automatically load the stock sim too (and it solved that persons problem) so I did that and will see if that works.
Thanks for being patient with a newcomer I know what it's like to be the experienced player answering the questions of clueless noobs from my experience in other sims
Ruahrc
p.s. I am running windows xp sp3 (dx10 is installed on vista only correct?) and as far as I can tell I have direct x 9 working properly as I was able to install and run a recent game (anno 1404 dawn of discovery) with no problems. Graphics card is an Ati x1900gt although I do use the omega drivers has there been a known issue with those drivers and sh4? But still, the game loads and runs okay if the TMO mod is not installed so unless the mod is doing something more substantial than adjusting game configuration settings and replacing textures then I am not sure it would be a video issue. But again with the clueless noob thing...