A half-newbie question

[6750a5b80decbTucalipe]

Hi, hi! I've ran through the whole archive and I found more MB's of mods than the game itself has . However, there are so, so, SO many mods that I can't distinguish which are good to go. Hence, I hereby ask other shockers:

What mods would you guys suggest for someone that wants a new experience with SS2? I mean textures, sounds, models and gameplay.

Thanks for the attention!

[6750a5b80e114Kolya]

The mods that are generally approved and safe to use (without changing gameplay too much) are stickied in the modifications forum.
For a complete newbie I'd suggest only SHTUP though. Also this might be interesting.

[6750a5b80e22fTucalipe]

Damn that title ... sorry for that. I didn't meant noob in modding and/or ss2 (I actually work in SHTUP as well). I mean't newbie as in which mods are hot among the shockers.

PS.: You see? That's what happens when you don't practice your english (I'm from brazil).

[6750a5b80e348Kolya]

NP, it's not explained anywhere but I stickied the mods that I have come to see as meeting above criteria. Then there have been literally hundreds of threads on ttlg (and some here) of what would be a perfect match for a new experience. As you can imagine these differ largely in taste and time.

Basically I would like to encourage people to try things out, as that's the only sure fired way.

[6750a5b80e424Tucalipe]

OK. I'll give each one a look. But again, what would be suggested?

[6750a5b80e4feKolya]

Well what kind of experience are you after?
How should it differ from the original game?

[6750a5b80e624Tucalipe]

Still following the original plot, but with new tex, new sounds, and new models. Maybe, in a near future, I may try the difficulty mod.
Thanks.

PS.: I think I'll just dl 'em all and try 'em one by one until I find a combination I like.

[6750a5b80e76aZylonBane]

I like the Deep Fried Beer weapon sounds replacement. It's a big improvement over the default weapon sounds, IMHO.

[6750a5b80e8d6Nameless Voice]

I like the Assidragon sound replacement, myself.
Which is why you can't really have any single list of suggestions.

[6750a5b80e9e2Tucalipe]

Well, I won't be able to try anyone of them for I can't download SS2 ModManager (I can't open 7z) and I can' open your tool (I can't dl from Megaupload, FFront doesn't have a free server when I try, and I can't dl directly from the website) 

[6750a5b80eb07Kolya]

7z is a free packing format, see 7zip. You can also open it with winrar.
Try using another browser if downloading from us fails.

[6750a5b80ebd8Tucalipe]

Also, whats adaob?
PS.: Sorry for asking lots of questions

[6750a5b80eccbNameless Voice]

Anomalies, Discrepancies and Outright Bugs.

[6750a5b80edf6Tucalipe]

Ty. But I can't seem to dl ANY file from ffront. Neither from MU without having to dl the toolbar. And I get no seeds on the torrents.
I really wanted adaob. That's the kind of mod I was looking for.

[6750a5b80f066Kolya]

And I get no seeds on the torrents.

Patience. You need it.

[6750a5b80f1b8Tucalipe]

Gr8. I got lots of mods, and was almost ready to play the new ss2
However, I don't know what mod did that, but if I rebind ctrl to hold crouch (yes, i'm a half-lifer ) I'm no longer able to select items on inventory mode. Everywhere I click I fire my weapon. Worse than that, I actually fire, without rotating my view, to where I click, like, if I click in the very first slot on the inv, I shoot upward-left. o.O
EDIT. It's adaob. What should I do?

[6750a5b80f2bdKolya]

That's a common problem. It's not caused by a mod but by changing the key binds.

[6750a5b80f3aaTucalipe]

In that post, it says to check in the tools menu, but in the current version (110-0042) the tools menu has only Browse Mods, Clean Up, Uninstall and Restore Backups

[6750a5b80f671The Brain]

Are you sure that you have right version of manager installed?

Check attached pictures to see difference between earlier 0.0.3.9-version and latest 0.0.4.2-version.

[6750a5b80f902Tucalipe]

Are you sure that you have right version of manager installed?

Oops... Just checked now. I get a CTD when using the latest version, so I dl the previous one. Sorry. Anyways, I just edited the *.bnd files. Much easier. Thanks.