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3catcircus · 03-08-25, 10:21 AM

Couple of things

1. KCE is easy to install and run. With one caveat - if you've an Intel graphics card, it will likely CTD within 5 - 10 mins. GUI is beautiful and there are a lot of aids built in.

2. If you've the time and will, going with a clean install, applying the 4GB patch, installing GWX 3.0, and manually applying a bunch of mods (widescreen GUI, merchant fleet mid, uboats compilation, environmental mods, gameplay mods, etc.) along with patches and updates to those mods (some mods come in different flavors for GWX, WAC, LSH, NYGM, etc.), then applying the hsie and stiebler patches *can* result in a more tailored experience that you like better. It can also result in a mod soup mess that CTDs.

On my older PC, I have a highly customized mod soup on top of a GWX 3.0 base. Very stable. I also had to install KCE on my old PC because my new PC has an Intel arc a770 and KCE CTDs within 5 minutes of start of career. I also on my new PC have a non-hsie GWX 3.0 with Ahnenerbe WSgui install that is stable. I play all of them.

If you just want to get going fast and don't have an Intel graphics issue, KCE is the way to go.

OTOH, if you want to spend hours searching subsim forums, downloading a bunch of mods, tinkering, and then getting exactly what you want, then go with GWX 3.0. I'll just say that it probably took over 100 hrs worth of tinkering on my old PC over the course of several years for me to get my GWX 3.0 mod soup just right.

03-08-25, 10:21 AM	#6
3catcircus Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 979 Downloads: 256 Uploads: 0	Couple of things 1. KCE is easy to install and run. With one caveat - if you've an Intel graphics card, it will likely CTD within 5 - 10 mins. GUI is beautiful and there are a lot of aids built in. 2. If you've the time and will, going with a clean install, applying the 4GB patch, installing GWX 3.0, and manually applying a bunch of mods (widescreen GUI, merchant fleet mid, uboats compilation, environmental mods, gameplay mods, etc.) along with patches and updates to those mods (some mods come in different flavors for GWX, WAC, LSH, NYGM, etc.), then applying the hsie and stiebler patches can result in a more tailored experience that you like better. It can also result in a mod soup mess that CTDs. On my older PC, I have a highly customized mod soup on top of a GWX 3.0 base. Very stable. I also had to install KCE on my old PC because my new PC has an Intel arc a770 and KCE CTDs within 5 minutes of start of career. I also on my new PC have a non-hsie GWX 3.0 with Ahnenerbe WSgui install that is stable. I play all of them. If you just want to get going fast and don't have an Intel graphics issue, KCE is the way to go. OTOH, if you want to spend hours searching subsim forums, downloading a bunch of mods, tinkering, and then getting exactly what you want, then go with GWX 3.0. I'll just say that it probably took over 100 hrs worth of tinkering on my old PC over the course of several years for me to get my GWX 3.0 mod soup just right.