It took me most of the day, but I finally managed to get AwesomeMod to actually a) install and b) work.  Mostly.   When I was just using the no-cd crack that came with the Reloaded version of World Adventures, everything looked fine and normal.   With AM in, apparently my Sim lives on Krypton.  The ambient light is all blood-red, though the light from the lamps and streetlights works normally. 
Anybody know what I might have screwed up?
Do you have a picture? I would like to see this so-called "Krypton".