let me jut clear a few things up, and make it all alot simpler! Below are all the links u need to get started, when you use the links, u'll see the page come up and on the right hand side a link will apear saying Jobjol.nl just below the word "ratings", u need to click that to begin the download. This website holds all the files u'll ever need for Spring.
Step 1 get the client from the spring official site or from
Spring v0.76b1 for Windows
for other platforms other than windows go here
SubMap9
Install the client!
Step 2 get a mod from Spring files: here is a link to the XTA mod, you can use this site to find all the files u require for spring by using the search or index options:
Xta 9.45
Step 3
Put the mod into your Mods folder in the spring directory, if u havent already saved it there.
Step 4
Start spring (TASclient), log in (or register in the options), click on host and select the mod you wish to use, ie XTA 9.45, if its not there use the button below (refresh mod list) and then it should appear. The screen that follows is fairly self explanitary and u should be able to get it going.
Step 5
If you would like to play against bots u will need to download a bot, here is one compatible with XTA 9.45, you will need to put it in Spring/AI/Bot-libs folder. Then u select from the list of bots, the bots that come with the client are not compatible with so mod so make sure you choose RAI from the list of bots.
RAI v0.553
If anyone cant get it working, just post it on here and i'll go over it again and answer anyones questions. I know it seems complicated but its worth it... the game is great!
And please let me know if have managed to get it working, just to make sure my instructions are ok!