It worked for me on a clean install. Make sure you uninstall the Mod Manager as well. Clean out everything you have as far as Freelancer is concerned, (except the download, of course) then reinstall, reboot, reinstall flmm, and load the mod.

My only issue is the lack of some textures. Planetary ...

Was having the same issue, but used the guide to apply the mod without using the Mod Manager. Now, I see the server, but it will not let me connect. Version is in red, but it matches the version number of the game. Do I have to update, or is it something else?