Returning to SHIII....what are the "must-haves"?

[Paajtor]

After not having touched the game in months (last patrol was on 1.2, with 1.3 ready to install at back-to-base), I decided to return to this beautiful subsim.

I kinda miss it.

Since I uninstalled the game, I want to do a fresh install without the backups I made of my ongoing campaign, and start from scratch at the Academy.
This gives me the chance to first apply all patches (incl. 1.4b), and get every mod that I find interesting, before I even enter the bridge.

But I've been doing a little research, and I must say that the amount of mods and tweaks available by now is a bit overwhelming!

Before, I was only using a couple of small graphical mods:



- better readable compass mod
- flag & recognition manual mod 1.0
- skymod 1.0
- Silent Hunter III High Resolution Hydrophone and Radar textures
- 360 degree bearing plotter for Navigation Map
- All new Hi-res flag textures for Silent Hunter III.
- making sidebar disappearing alltogether (an ini-change)
- YASM-smoke mod

I was playing the sim with German voices.


I would like to know, if someone can make a small list of what's absolutely a must-have, to give me the WW2 subsim I always wanted.
For example, I've read somewhere about a mod called RUB1.45....is it a good start?

Best would be, if there's one particular mod, that has all the tiny tweaks that I had before, plus a whole lot more.
I'm also planning to return to SHII-multiplayer, if that's still enjoyable (I have no idea, actually...on 1.2, it was buggy and frustrating imo).

Can someone point me into the right direction?


*edit* I just found my 1st tip: I only need 1.4b, as it has all the fixes from the previous patches (link)