Hello and welcome,
The version you bare using is 1.4 beta I presume?

I am not sure what version of Windows you are using, but regardless I tend do follow my own methods to install mods.

Fist, Mod Manager has to be loaded before FreeLancer.
Then start your mod. The included mod are ok, though limited.

Second, after getting your mod loaded, then open FreeLancer.

I have been using 1.4eta for a while and have had no problems. One thing I do with Vista and Vista 7 is to change the start shortcut to run everything as an administrator. This will insure the programs will have access to the save folders. Windows sometimes gets cranky there!

Another program you may need is WinZip. The limited version is good enough. I never tried to use the Microsoft built-in WinZip, it’s too annoying. I disable Zipped folders as I own a copy of WinZip. Also helpful is 7-Zip, it’s free and for the money can out perform WinZip.

What I do when I install a mod is to un-zip it to a folder and then copy or move it to the Mod Manager mods folder. It can be found by going to the Tools tab and selecting Open Mods Folder. Just remember that after putting the mod in the manager needs to be restarted to recognize the changes.
Another thing I do is to hot-key my shortcuts. They have to be in your start menu or desktop to work, but left-click the shortcut and select properties. Where it says shortcut type a number (1-0) or a letter (a-z). When you want to run the program just type Ctrl-Alt and that digit.

I hope this helps and again welcome to The Starport (Where do you want to go today?) Any othe questions you have we usually get back at’cha pretty quickly. This is one of the biggest site and usually has a lot of people checking in daily.

Pascal05