@SPARKY1922 - Awesomemod is a core mod. It actual alters/ programs changes in the core behavior of the game and some of the settings that can be tweaked by users can be seen here at a copy of the mod's configuration tool.
http://alpha.moreawesomethanyou.com/ts3/awesome/config.php
More about the relationship and differences between NRAAS and Awesomemod can be found here at NRAAS' current home site:
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/Awesome
Pescado (Awesomemod programmer) previously created mods for TS2 which were enormously popular and reliable (Pescado's Director's Cut and more). I used those when I was playing TS2, so moving to Awesomemod with TS3 was natural as breathing. I still use Awesomemod as well as several NRAAS mods to further tune the behavior of TS3. Nothing I have enabled in the suite of mods I use have created game breaking problems of any kind.
In my Mods folder configuration, priority goes to Overrides, then Awesomemod, then NRAAS, then the regular mods folder, DCCache, Test, and finally the Probation at the end.
