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how do i use the tractor beam? |
darkova
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: May 18, 2010
Posts: 7
|  Posted: 2010-05-19 09:39
i was playing the begginer server using an extractor outfitted with tractor beams however no matter how close i got to another ship the beams did not want to activate (i wanted to try and throw ship into a nearby planet)
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2010-05-19 09:42
You can only use tractor beams on objects - not ships.
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darkova
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: May 18, 2010
Posts: 7
| Posted: 2010-05-19 09:46
darn
its just that doran's device guide said that it can move ships around and not just objects
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Talien
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Joined: May 11, 2010
Posts: 2044
From: Michigan
| Posted: 2010-05-19 09:48
Disappointing yes, but you CAN tractor platforms, and since a lot of people put them in very close proximity to a planet it's rather easy to make them crash into it.
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darkova
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: May 18, 2010
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| Posted: 2010-05-19 09:55
does the size of my ship have any bearing on how much control i have over the object or platform?
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Talien
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From: Michigan
| Posted: 2010-05-19 09:56
Not that I've noticed.
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darkova
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Joined: May 18, 2010
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| Posted: 2010-05-19 09:58
i see
thank you for answering my questions
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BackAlley
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Joined: September 24, 2002
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From: Pittsburgh,Pa. USA
| Posted: 2010-05-19 10:52
Whew ....I got the feeling he was another Joseph in the Making....
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Lrd_Hunter
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Joined: August 16, 2006
Posts: 245
| Posted: 2010-05-19 14:50
the manual a little out of date you use to be able to push or pull ships but what they used to call and tractor scout (the exctor full outfiteed with tractor beams) they used it ti push ships into planet and people thought it wasn't funny so was put into the roc not to do it but then latter they just removed that option now it just another system that has no real use in darkspace now
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darkova
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Joined: May 18, 2010
Posts: 7
| Posted: 2010-05-19 15:17
well you could just use it to move enemy platforms into planets i dont really mind that it doesnt work on ships
and who was joseph?
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Delando
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Joined: May 04, 2007
Posts: 260
| Posted: 2010-05-19 16:50
I'm pretty sure that's still against ROC. even if it were not, it's look down upon, in the same manners as scraping planets, mirving, SYing and dictors.
If u want to risk it, prep u self to face some angry dread giving ur a angry-disruptor-shower, repeatedly.
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doda *EP5 no longer exception...*
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Joined: December 11, 2005
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From: happy land
| Posted: 2010-05-19 17:43
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On 2010-05-19 16:50, Delando wrote:
I'm pretty sure that's still against ROC. even if it were not, it's look down upon, in the same manners as scraping planets, mirving, SYing and dictors.
If u want to risk it, prep u self to face some angry dread giving ur a angry-disruptor-shower, repeatedly.
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If I remember right that rule was against tractoring players through planets when you were on the OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLANET. Thus giving them no chance at stopping you.
Tractoring players was perfictially fine (atleast when I was around), yes some ppl may hate it, but honestly it was quite funny  .
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Katejina
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Joined: February 13, 2010
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From: katejina
| Posted: 2010-05-19 17:45
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On 2010-05-19 09:42, BackSlash wrote:
You can only use tractor beams on objects - not ships.
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Which i think is a bad idea still and never should of been "fixed" like that
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Azreal
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Joined: March 14, 2004
Posts: 2816
From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2010-05-19 18:08
yeah I think Doda is right. It was when u could pull a station thru the planet. I dont remember tractoring being a violation outside of that.
In the older days, the realy best use was to shove away ships who were trying to park under your station. Hated that lol.
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