To mod or not to mod, that is the question

[She-Wolf]

Sorry for the corny title! I keep seeing references to mods and what a difference they can make, and I am curious to try, but somewhat put off as I tried a couple in the dim and distant past and found I was getting CTD's, the end result being I had to start again from scratch, and didn't have the courage to try any more.

So, what will I need - I have the setup for SH3Commander 2.6 and JSGME from when I first tried in early 2007 - would they need updating ? And are you going to tell me that I have to install those BEFORE I install the GWX update ( in which case I will wait for GWX3), or, horrors, will you tell me I have to start right back in vanilla mode and will not be able to use my current profile even if I start back in base??

If I were to get to the place where I could have some mods, could I ask what mods 'work' for you? I ask because I seem to recall that Light Harbor (?) would bring up a problem with simdata.dll for me. The only other mod I have tried, and which worked, was to have Das Boot music. I would like to put that back on, and if there were any mods that gave some increased traffic so I wouldn't have to spend months darning Bernard's smelly socks while waiting for a sighting - that would be good!

I have quite a good spec machine and GWX 2.1 running