Hi, and UO Patch and Firearms mod (Krupp's) question

Hi
I'm a "new old" player - ie I got the game when it went out, but didn't really get the hang of it and quitted at Tarant, I was lost in the complex story... just saw the shiny box taking dust in the basement lately, decided to try again (yeah, I'm an old player from D&D 1st ed vintage lol !), searched patches and so on ... and stumbled here !

That's really fantastic to see some very dedicated people still work on 7+ yrs old games to make them "flawless" (Arcanum here, but also JA2 or ToEE )! Thanks Drog !

I'm now happily travelling Arcanum with a ST 20 halfogre, fun !

I have some questions still about the latest final UO Patch :
- How to proceed to install it above previous UAP080626 patch ? Can I just install the new patch or do I have to uninstall the game and reinstall everything ?

- It's not clear if the new patch is or not save-compatible with the previous neither.. .I'd like to be able to continue AND use the new hi-res version !

- Another problem : firearms are still really lame except hi-end ones (c'mon, we'll still be warring with axes if firearms were as bad ...,) there's an "old" Krupp Mod about it, but does it work with the UO patch ?
Else, is it easily possible to tweak the guns effects to make them better ? How ?

Thx

(edited to add questions !)

 

Krupp`s mod SEEMS to be working with Drog`s patch. You need to install UAP first and then ranged mod. Overwrite files if necessary. Other than some mismatched item descriptions I haven`t experienced any problems, despite using UAP + Krupp + my own modifications.

It` possible to edit items stats, albeit it`s not so easy. Look for the "proto editor" topic in the Arcanum modifications section of this forum.