Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers mod wanted

Hey, sorry for the necro, but I was wondering if there was a standalone version of the Yamato, not connected to any mods, that you can fly in the game?

If not, could it be created?

Is that a standalone mod? Or does it require other mods since it’s a capitol ship?

It’s broken - got this from Freelancer Mod Manager v1.5 when I attempted to activate:

Error: SHCopyFile failed (‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Freelancer Mod Manager\mods\archived_yamatoshipmod\EXE\chips_mod.dll’ to ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Abandonware Games\Freelancer\EXE\chips_mod.dll’)

EDIT: Freelancer Mod Manager v1.5 appears to be completely busted. None of the included mods work!

1.31 allows me to load the mod, but when I try to launch the game it crashes to desktop!

2.0 appears to work, but the actual price is more like 1,200,000 cr.

Thaddeus wrote:
The mod is scripted for ver 1.3

You can not alter files in the *\Program Files (x86)* folder without administrator privileges. This is windows problem, not flmm, easiest solution setup a *\Games* folder and mod from there

Ship price is set at $100000 - price is set in */Starblazer - DR - Yamato.xml if you want to change. Inflated price will be down to equipment costs for the various turrets, torpedoes and guns, etc

Thanks Thaddeus. Like I said, 2.0 appears to work just fine.

Can’t wait to launch her.

When you launch in the Yamato/Argo from Planet Junyo the game crashes to desktop.

EDIT: This was in Single Player mode, post-story. I spent weeks, if not months mining diamonds, moving them to New Tokyo, then selling them to gather the necessary credits, then selling off my old ship, its’ weapons and equipment.

All that time wasted on attempting to acquire a modded-in ship, that turns out to be busted.

Yes, in single player mode.

And I was so damn excited to get it too…

robocop wrote:
In single player mode?

Yes, in single player mode.

Is there any way to get a new version of this that works?

Cpt_Rei_Fukai wrote:

Saphira123456 wrote:

Yes, in single player mode.

Is there any way to get a new version of this that works?

I’m working on it, I already fixed the crash, the broken effects, the mod script and the infocards.
I’m working on the surs right now, as this thing uses the sur of the liberty battleship. Thus many shots miss this gigantic ship.
I also don’t like the collision behaviour, so I might do some tweaks there as well.

It’s appreciated, thanks. The ship is supposed to be a hero ship though, able to shrug off a lot of hits, and even a ramming collision. So it should reflect this legendary toughness in game - shots should miss, bounce off, get absorbed by the shield, etcetera.

IMHO it’s not supposed to be balanced, rather being nearly invincible. It should still suffer a hit from time to time but I want a ship worthy of doing what she did at the Battle of the Rainbow Star Cluster, as seen on TV.

Or here:

https://youtu.be/kffkQpKvWuI

Also for those not familiar with Freelancer modding, what is a “sur”?

Delete this plese, I forgot to quote.

Thaddeus wrote:
A sur is a collection of simple 3d shapes that Freelancer uses to calculate weapon hits, collisions and shield damage. Probably short for surface.

Thanks for the reply and explanation Thaddeus.

HunterKiller wrote:
In real life, the Yamato was almost sunk in real life battle.

Actually it was sunk in real-life battle. Multiple aircraft from United States Navy carriers took it down - but it took over one hundred bombs and unguided torpedoes to do it. Even in reality she was one tough super-battleship.

Both the original Space Battleship Yamato/Star Blazers anime and 2199, actually show the Yamato on the sea floor.

In the OG series, it was the actual Yamato’s hull that got turned into a Space Battleship, because when the series was made (1970s) they didn’t know that the Yamato broke in two when she went down.

In the 2199 reboot, they are more accurate about this. They merely used the sunken Yamato’s hull pieces as camouflage while they were building the new ship, and the new Space Battleship was based on the shape of the old seagoing battleship.

As a side note, yes I am a bit of an SBY fan. I know a lot about the series.
I’m also a military historian with a focus on Cold War items. I’m an amateur of course but I know a lot about the military and especially the US Navy.