Just come back to SHIII

[Jeffers2112]

Hi all, I was a Subsim member in the past, but I haven't been on for ages and my account was linked to an old e-mail that I can't use any more so I lost my details.
Been playing lots of stuff since I last drove a sub, but I thought I'd come back and see what's happening.
Tried SH V first, but even when modded I just couldn't get on with it.
So, remembering that SH3 was one I played a lot, I've decided to go with that.
Got the base game installed so far, following instructions found on here, and it's working (eventually!) on Win 10 at the level of the last official mod (1.4b).
Now I'm a bit confused as to where to go next, there seem to be LOTS of mods around fixing or tweaking various things. I've been looking a threads that recommend the most useful mods so I'm working with those at the moment. I would appreciate any guidance as to the best set-up for the game, I don't play hard core but I do like a bit of a challenge.