Tractor Beam will not fire?
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Tractor Beam will not fire?
Hi all, Sorry if this is me being stupid but I cannot get my tractor beam to fire (at all).
I have just bought the TB and when I entered the rear turret, I removed the other lasers and installed the TB. To my amazement, I cannot get the thing to fire. I have tried everything I can think of including assigning and using different groups and installing on the front turret but all to no avail!
I have used TB's before on previous saves (and different ships) but it says it is compatible with the Magnetar, it will install onto the turrets but nothing else works. There is no green or red laser beam, no problem with locking on yet as I can't even fire, and I have tried being as close as I can to my mine I am trying to move. The turrets move freely and fire normal lasers with my mouse and Ctrl so I am a little stumped.
Any ideas on what is stopping the TB from firing?
I have just bought the TB and when I entered the rear turret, I removed the other lasers and installed the TB. To my amazement, I cannot get the thing to fire. I have tried everything I can think of including assigning and using different groups and installing on the front turret but all to no avail!
I have used TB's before on previous saves (and different ships) but it says it is compatible with the Magnetar, it will install onto the turrets but nothing else works. There is no green or red laser beam, no problem with locking on yet as I can't even fire, and I have tried being as close as I can to my mine I am trying to move. The turrets move freely and fire normal lasers with my mouse and Ctrl so I am a little stumped.
Any ideas on what is stopping the TB from firing?
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Lack of laser energy.
iirc, the Magnetar doesn't have enough (nor do most ships smaller than M6, even though they can mount one).
http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/faq_ ... &version=9
iirc, the Magnetar doesn't have enough (nor do most ships smaller than M6, even though they can mount one).
http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/faq_ ... &version=9
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The beam continuing to fire after locking on is expected--you'd have difficulty towing anything if you had to keep firing the beam continuously. Turning away from any target and firing into deep space should break the beam lock without having to dock anywhere.Jannik2099 wrote:I dont know if it is a bug but i only have to fire the tractor beam once and then i have to dock to stop the tractor beam (i am playing ap and using the cockpit mod)
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