Mhh i had also the issues. i installed it - the option menü ingame shows up in the left corner - but no sidepanels.
here you got a video ... where you can see that i used the repair game function, then i download version 5 of the wows mod pack, installed it - and do a match ingame and show u that there a no side panels. hope this could helps.
The mods:
Panel of Hakabase wont work
Port Zoom out didnt checked that
Zeiss Extreme x25 not sure may be it worked -
Badobest-HP + Nick worked
ship move direction worked
Ribbons small and move it into the middle worked
And here are the log file: