Tractor Beam & Moving Stations

rujikin · Post by **rujikin** » Wed, 19. May 10, 06:16

Ok, I have the tractor beam and I am trying to move my mine. I shoot it and a green glow appears yet nothing moves... How do you get this thing to work?

Catra · Post by **Catra** » Wed, 19. May 10, 06:26

keep moving closer untill it locks on.

rujikin · Post by **rujikin** » Wed, 19. May 10, 06:28

Catra wrote:keep moving closer untill it locks on.

Locks on? You mean you get a targeting thingy?

Catra · Post by **Catra** » Wed, 19. May 10, 06:30

itll change color.

rujikin · Post by **rujikin** » Wed, 19. May 10, 06:33

Kay.. So after I shoot the rock and it turns green what do I do? Do I need to buy a harpoon and tow cable?

Aro · Post by **Aro** » Wed, 19. May 10, 07:12

Get really close and shoot the beam. After the green stuff vanishes a new beam will "link" you to the station. Now just move your ship in the direction you want to drag the station.

rujikin · Post by **rujikin** » Wed, 19. May 10, 07:33

Aro wrote:Get really close and shoot the beam. After the green stuff vanishes a new beam will "link" you to the station. Now just move your ship in the direction you want to drag the station.

Ah, its a beam-cable! Thanks. Any idea on the max speed you can go?

Catra · Post by **Catra** » Wed, 19. May 10, 07:39

rujikin wrote:
Aro wrote:Get really close and shoot the beam. After the green stuff vanishes a new beam will "link" you to the station. Now just move your ship in the direction you want to drag the station.
Ah, its a beam-cable! Thanks. Any idea on the max speed you can go?

80 m/s.

Infekted · Post by **Infekted** » Wed, 19. May 10, 11:55

Be careful you dont hit things when moving it lol

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Wed, 19. May 10, 12:22

I have read that that larger towing ships have bigger collision avoidance areas. Not tested,

but if set on auto plot to "move to position",it will try to avoid collisions.

Good use of external view,especially if piloting it yourself,is recommended.

Some even place sats as points of destination.
I have tried that and can recommend placement before towing.( I placed them 4 grid squares apart ,in a line.)

Have at least one Advance sat,so that you can have local video when placing stations etc.

Lord Dakier · Post by **Lord Dakier** » Wed, 19. May 10, 12:23

Infekted wrote:Be careful you dont hit things when moving it lol

Hmmm I wonder if you could tractor beam a station into a ship lol.

Infekted · Post by **Infekted** » Wed, 19. May 10, 12:50

Lord_Dakier wrote:
Infekted wrote:Be careful you dont hit things when moving it lol
Hmmm I wonder if you could tractor beam a station into a ship lol.

Yep you can, intentionaly or not. Infact sometimes, -not- hitting ships is a pain lol

Patholos · Post by **Patholos** » Wed, 19. May 10, 14:39

Just tow it infront of a gate and laugh devilishly when the AI tries to autopillock its way out of danger to no avail

Krytoss6 · Post by **Krytoss6** » Wed, 19. May 10, 17:23

can you move other peoples stations or just your own? that could be interesting... the Mad Sector Re-organizer strikes again

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Wed, 19. May 10, 17:34

Just your own.
As it is a laser,races will take it as a hostile action if you try.
The same with repair laser.

Balkoth68 · Post by **Balkoth68** » Thu, 20. May 10, 06:58

that brings up a question thats been bothering me. Is the video from advance sats something not in reunion? Ive been trying forever to figure this out. Ive read where people talk about the tab in the system window for video, but I havent seen one yet. The option doesnt seem to be there at all. Anyone know why this would be missing?
Im playing X3R 2.5, and ive tried finding it with advanced sats both in and out of sector.

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Thu, 20. May 10, 10:54

in sector ,bring up the map and press K

use HOME and END keys to zoom in or out.

rujikin · Post by **rujikin** » Thu, 20. May 10, 19:12

Krytoss6 wrote:can you move other peoples stations or just your own? that could be interesting... the Mad Sector Re-organizer strikes again

You can move your own stations into NPC stations to begin a monopoly of a product

Just did it with 1/3 meatsteak cahoon factories. I'm Selling my Meatsteaks like crazy now.

Killed my rep though, but it was a one time 6 rank hit

Not like I cannot get it back in a few build missions

Balkoth68 · Post by **Balkoth68** » Sat, 22. May 10, 03:16

aight, so when the sector map screen changes to sort of a more greyish look, thats the video? I guess Ive seen that and didnt realize thats what people meant.
I had read that there was a small tab for this view up in the corner of the window next to the others and couldnt find that tab, so I figured there was something I hadnt seen yet.

thnx

adb0899 · Post by **adb0899** » Wed, 4. Feb 15, 22:44

can you move the station to another sector. i just realized that my station is is a race zone that doesn't buy the product lol :{

will the tractor be work with jumps or something?

i built a advanced satellite factory in terran space.... sigh

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Tractor Beam & Moving Stations

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