Tractor Beam, Me and Bala Gi

PowerTrip · Post by **PowerTrip** » Tue, 3. Apr 07, 15:12

Can someone please explain to me how to use the tractor beam or point me to a link that will help me. I am in Bala Gi's tractor the ship out of unknown space mission and i dont know how to use it.

much appreciated.

novacatt · Post by **novacatt** » Tue, 3. Apr 07, 15:26

Hiya,
1st make sure you have the TB installed in a turret that can use it.....
2nd simply use it the same way you would the guns in the turret... IE: point & shoot...
3rd IIRC, there's a handy pointer for using the TB in the stickies at the top of this forum....

HTH,
Cheers & Thranx

Scarecrow · Post by **Scarecrow** » Tue, 3. Apr 07, 15:27

Mount it in the appropriate turret, target, and pull the trigger.

Make sure you take any other guns out of the turret first though.

novacatt · Post by **novacatt** » Tue, 3. Apr 07, 15:31

Hiya,
Damn that was quick, scarecrow!!!

You posted exactly 1 second after i posted...........

Cheers & Thranx

Scarecrow · Post by **Scarecrow** » Tue, 3. Apr 07, 15:33

Coffee's kicking in

PowerTrip · Post by **PowerTrip** » Tue, 3. Apr 07, 15:38

thanks guys

novacatt · Post by **novacatt** » Tue, 3. Apr 07, 15:51

Hiya,
Not a problem!

Me bill's in the mail..........

(only joking........ he sez, while printing out the forms needed...

)

Cheers & Thranx

F. van de Ridder · Post by **F. van de Ridder** » Wed, 4. Apr 07, 01:39

Scarecrow wrote:Mount it in the appropriate turret, target, and pull the trigger.

Make sure you take any other guns out of the turret first though.

Well, and even if I do that (am busy with that too), when I go through the gate the Yacht stays behind! Any idea how I can handle that?

bent1ck · Post by **bent1ck** » Wed, 4. Apr 07, 05:31

Go through the gate in autopilot. When you go through your ship will stop. Wait a couple minutes (leave in auto pilot and do not touch any controls) and the yacht should come through. In some cases the TB may not re-attach, so just jump in the TB turret and refire at the yacht again.

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Wed, 4. Apr 07, 08:07

The same thing will happen if you go through the gate NOT on autopilot, as it happens. You just have to override the urge to turn your ship round and go back to look for the yacht!

F. van de Ridder · Post by **F. van de Ridder** » Wed, 4. Apr 07, 10:14

Okay man, thanks for the tip! I flew back all the time before it should have been going through

Tritous · Post by **Tritous** » Fri, 25. Jul 08, 02:31

sadly it doesnt seem to be coming through for me either, even if i wait.

Scarecrow · Post by **Scarecrow** » Fri, 25. Jul 08, 02:54

How long are you waiting?

It can seem like it's taking forever.

eladan · Post by **eladan** » Fri, 25. Jul 08, 03:02

Tritous wrote:sadly it doesnt seem to be coming through for me either, even if i wait.

That can happen if you haven't gone far enough from the gate, I've found. (Or maybe too far as well.) As mentioned, best to use autopilot if you aren't. Then just let it fly itself far enough away, and it will automatically stop.

memoriesoff · Post by **memoriesoff** » Fri, 25. Jul 08, 16:21

shoot the beam to the object and it will works.

b0bst3r · Post by **b0bst3r** » Fri, 25. Jul 08, 16:56

Regarding the gating when towing. I found out that if the Hyperion is close to you when you gate through it will not take long to follow. What I did when gating was to gate and then wait and do NOTHING. My ship auto sped up then came to a complete stop a few KM from the gate.

Then I hit J looking through the reverse turret until it came through then switched to front view and sped up again.

If your tow line is long it can take some time to come through.

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Tractor Beam, Me and Bala Gi

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