[kq76]

This post is a little out of date as it was written for the last generation of OOTP (OOTP6.5 and earlier), but until a new one gets done up it may be of at least some use:

Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Thread Links

I took a quick look at it again and I think most of the info in that post still holds true.

The most useful info may be on when to upgrade to patches and new versions of the game.

If you'd like to contribute to it, feel free to add to this thread and if I ever re-do the post and use your ideas, I'll give you credit. If anyone is really gung-ho and wants to re-write an entire new one, go ahead and if it's really good I'll sticky it instead of this.