Mischief Maker wrote:

I'm not sure what the installer does or doesn't do, but here's a quick SCP primer. The installer may have done most of these steps for you already.

1) Always open the game through the Launcher exe.
2) Under the "welcome" tab, browse for the SCP exe. It should be plainly labeled.

3) Under the "Video" tab set up your graphics. SCP runs better under OpenGL. Also check the "Use large textures" box.
4) The "features" tab turns on SCP's enhancements. Pick an Easy Setup, or go down the list checking boxes. I do not recommend 3D radar or apply lighting to missiles.
5) You can also manually enter Custom flags. -ambient_factor 75 makes the lighting more realistic, -fov 0.39 gives a more realistic field of view and makes cap ships look as big as they're supposed to be.

6) Finally, go to the MOD tab and select the folder "Media VPs" to play the default Freespace 2 campaign witht the improved graphics and models. The other mods should be set up to automatically reference the MediaVPs.

(And don't forget to set up your joystick and turn off the robot voices as needed).

Have fun!