Hiya. I'm really new at this modding stuff and this will sound like a really stupid question. But i want to make some little tweaks to some things. I found the ".ufo" files (with the SVN) and made the appropriate changes. But i have no idea how to get them activated in the game

. I would highly appreciate it if someone could help me out with a step by step process of how to do it. Thanks. And i apologize if this is in the wrong section of the forum.
EDITI think i may have got it. I switched the files in the ".pk3" file. If this will blow up the game in the future or if there is anything I should worry about I would like the warning.