[The E]

Ah. So all these conversions/mods just go into the "Mods" section of the launcher, and don't affect anything unless you turn them on? Sweet.

No, not exactly. Babylon Project and BtRL are both total conversions, meaning they will install themselves completely separate from FS2, and they do not require FS2 to run. Installing them as mods for FS2 (i.e. Inside the FS2 folder) will probably lead to new and interesting sideeffects.

[Jimmythecannon]

Alright, cool. Anything else you guys recommend?

Ah. So all these conversions/mods just go into the "Mods" section of the launcher, and don't affect anything unless you turn them on? Sweet.

No, not exactly. Babylon Project and BtRL are both total conversions, meaning they will install themselves completely separate from FS2, and they do not require FS2 to run. Installing them as mods for FS2 (i.e. Inside the FS2 folder) will probably lead to new and interesting sideeffects.

Well, I haven't downloaded BP yet because of how long it'll take, and I decided I'd wait for the BtRL final release instead of downloading the demo... but thanks, good to know.

[Jeff Vader]

Babylon Project and BtRL are both total conversions, meaning they will install themselves completely separate from FS2, and they do not require FS2 to run. Installing them as mods for FS2 (i.e. Inside the FS2 folder) will probably lead to new and interesting sideeffects.

Well, I haven't downloaded BP yet

Nitpicking: BP is an abbreviation of Blue Planet (a FreeSpace Open mod), TBP is an abbreviation of The Babylon Project (a Babylon 5 -related total conversion, independent of FS2/FSO).

[Jimmythecannon]

Oops. I'll try to remember that in the future.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Nitpicking: BP is an abbreviation of Blue Planet (a FreeSpace Open mod), TBP is an abbreviation of The Babylon Project (a Babylon 5 -related total conversion, independent of FS2/FSO).

Nitpicking your nitpick.  FSO is required for TBP.  

[colecampbell666]

I decided I'd wait for the BtRL final release instead of downloading the demo

You may be waiting a long time there... Diaspora is set to release soon.

[Jimmythecannon]

I decided I'd wait for the BtRL final release instead of downloading the demo

You may be waiting a long time there... Diaspora is set to release soon.

Yeah, well - the demo was going to take about an hour and a half to download anyway. I'd rather not spend that much time just for a demo.

Again - anything else you guys recommend I get?

[Jeff Vader]

Nitpicking: BP is an abbreviation of Blue Planet (a FreeSpace Open mod), TBP is an abbreviation of The Babylon Project (a Babylon 5 -related total conversion, independent of FS2/FSO).

Nitpicking your nitpick.  FSO is required for TBP.  

Further venturing into the dangerous arts of semantics: I was using the abbreviation FSO in the meaning of "a game called FreeSpace Open, having several improvements compared to retail FS2", not as a mere game engine. The game engine is indeed highly needed in TBP.