I didn't say I don't/wouldn't mod.... I mean, i play IL2 and have 9gb of mods running with that and I think I had at least 2 in SH4. It's the spending the better part of a day browsing, downloading, testing, and repeating that was getting in the way of a much needed fix
Kinda off the topic, but do mods or modding of things such as fog, daylight, night, weather affect the AI's ability to see as well as your own? One of the frustrating things I have with Project Reality for example is things that make the game nice for players had no effect on the AI's ability to detect you.