[ne0natas]

I want to download a great mod... what should I start with? 

[Jeff Vader]

Second Great War Part II.

[Dragon]

[shameless ad]Blue Planet.[/shameless ad] 

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Please don't post the same question in multiple boards, it'll only become a mess.

[Jeff Vader]

Please don't post the same question in multiple boards, it'll only become a mess.

You'll notice that he didn't. I moved it.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

There's many people and hence many opinions of what "the best mod" is, and they're all equally valid. But some of the ones that pop up frequently are the FreeSpace Port (if you consider it a mod), Silent Threat: Reborn, Derelict, Vassago's Dirge, Transcend, and Blue Planet (2 parts) - ordered more or less chronologically.

And, of course, there's the Second Great War Part 2, a must play indeed.

EDIT: *confused by board mixup*

[General Battuta]

Do not play Second Great War Part 2, it's terrible and useful only to laugh at how bad it is. People suggest it as a joke.

I suggest starting out with Silent Threat Reborn and Blue Planet, both of which are voice acted and consistently picked as some of the best campaigns ever. There are many other excellent picks after that.

Honestly? Just run the FreeSpace Open Installer (up top) and it'll give you a good selection.

[ne0natas]

I'm using FSOpen right now... but it seems there are additional mods for that as well... I'm a bit confused. Can I only use those mods or can I use any mod with fsopen?

[headdie]

I'm using FSOpen right now... but it seems there are additional mods for that as well... I'm a bit confused. Can I only use those mods or can I use any mod with fsopen?

FSO is the updated game engine upon which all modern mods are run

[General Battuta]

You can use any mod with FSOpen. FSOpen is the game engine. Mods run on it.

To pick a mod, open up the launcher and select it in the mod tab. For example, 'blueplanet' is the first Blue Planet chapter. 'fsport_str' is Silent Threat Reborn.

Make sure you've got a 3.6.12 Inferno Release build selected in the launcher's top line, next to 'Browse...'

[ne0natas]

gotcha. 

[Lucika]

Do not play Second Great War Part 2, it's terrible and useful only to laugh at how bad it is. People suggest it as a joke.

[even more shameless ad]I have made an LP of it here[/even more shameless ad]

Ontopic, I'd suggest Shrouding the Light. It is a really good campaign, not necessarily one of those that people suggest immediately when they are asked, but it really deserves a playthrough.

[Droid803]

Second Great War Part II.

Seconded.

Don't listen to the haters.

[Qent]

Blue Planet.

Second Great War Part II was enjoyable, both for the laughing and the killing tons of stuff. (But scanning. ) Don't start with it though. Do play it before releasing a mod, lest you discover that your mod idea was SGWP2.

[Black Wolf]

You know, if we had a rating bar on the wiki, we'd be able to answer this question definitively...


Just sayin...

[Snail]

Blue Planet

[General Battuta]

You know, if we had a rating bar on the wiki, we'd be able to answer this question definitively...


Just sayin...

No.

In fact this thread is a great example of why it wouldn't work.

[-Norbert-]

What is the greatest mod?
A matter of taste!

Though the ones already mentioned are among the most liked around here.
Wings of Dawn is also great.

[Mobius]

Taste is the key word here.

[Snail]

Blue Planet tastes good.