This step should only be applied to Balance Mod (or derived mods), due to its changes in unique ruins tech areas.
Copy the Data and Pictures folders from GameTypes\FQM into the new folder.
Copy everything from GameTypes\Balance Mod into the new folder.
Create a "GameTypes\BM + FQM" GameTypes folder (or however you want to name the combined mod).
Install Balance Mod and FQM, if they aren't installed already.
It's easiest to install into the stock SE5\Pictures folder, so all mods can use the images. If you want to keep a version of Balance Mod unaltered, so you can play PBEM/PBW multiplayer games, follow this process (which is what we recommend): You will need to start a new game, and do not try to load an old saved. Keep in mind that the latest FQM version is not savegame compatible with the old version included in BM. Combining with Balance Mod mod is especially easy, since it already integrates an earlier version of FQM. If the mod does make changes to such files, you have to consider whether you want to try to merge the changes or overwrite them entirely. In the case of FQM, it can be combined with most mods easily, since most mods don't do much to modify the planet/system/map data. However, you can manually combine the data files of two mods, resulting in a version with the changes of each. Refer to this article on the SE Wiki for further information. According ot the Phong intel network, there should be a new public patch in the next week or two. The bugs have been found by Malfador, and are fixed in the currently beta 1.68 patch. Another SE5 bug involves access violations on map generation with more than ~6000 objects, which is why only half of the GPT planet textures are actually used in FQM Beta 13-14. Such amounts cause memory access violations when executing most Stellar Manipulation projects. FQM Beta 13+ has over 3200 planet entries. SE5 1.66 has numerous bugs exposed when large numbers of stellar object types are defined. Why does Stellar Manipulation crash my game?
I am experiencing intermittent Stream Read Errors while playing with the mod.
Nebula systems cause my frame rates to grind to a halt.