I'm figuring out more and more about Freespace and now I'm at this point; If there is, where do you download planets to use in Fred, and also how do you install them?
You can download them from this very thread. Alternatively, you can check FSMods or other FS related sites ( Top right - External Sites dropdown menu).
To install them, create a folder named "Planets" ( or whatever you prefer), insi9de that folder create a folder named "data".
Inside that folder create two new folders, named "tables" and "effects" ( no quotes).
Place the Planet Bitmaps in the "effects" folder, then create a empty textfile, paste the relevant entries from
here, and save as Stars_add.tbm.
Alternatively, extract the Stars_adv tbm from the mediavps, and add the new entries there.
Just make sure you use your own modfolder as described above, and not the FS2 data folder.
When done, open the Launcher and paste this line into the features tab: -mod Planets, or whatever you called your mod.