Guide: How to Use the Tractor Beam

[summon_libre]

towing L mines is still a painful experience

whats weird is that IF you manage to get a stable lock, all is fine - but most the time it just spins and detaches. using a dragon i had to just keep reversing and re-attaching until it finally attached properly (though for some reason it spain wildly at the start and came back, then remained stable), at which point i was able to turn around and fly at 80ms for 120km to my complex

[Rapier]

You pull it, but it takes a minute for it to come through just keep going at 80 kps and it will follow but it does take a little while.

Or, if you're cheeky, while you're waiting, jump accross the sector to the next gate and fly through that. The Yacht will keep following accross the whole sector, and the next, and the next. It will just keep following you whilst you remain in whatever ship you're towing from (I'm not sure if it will keep following the ship if you get out of it though).

[WaddleDoodle]

Hi, I read through all of this thread, but I'm still having problems.

I'm using v 2.0.2, and I've mounted a tractor beam on my Centuar. I'm trying to tow a ship, but I'm having absolutly no sucess.

I can't seem to get a lock. I click my shoot button, while targeting a Nova (Bala Gi missions), and the reticle shakes a bit, turns red momentarily, and then goes back to normal. The beam is a purple color.

What am I doing wrong? I can't seem to figure it out, and I can't complete the missions without being able to tow ships. Thanks for your help.


Edit: I can lock onto my advanced sat that is sitting right next to the ship, but when I lock on the ship.....nada.

[pjknibbs]

If you don't own the ship and it has shields then you won't be able to tow it--and why would you want to tow it anyway? Just jump out, claim it, and tell it to follow you, it'll be a lot easier.

[WaddleDoodle]

Thanks. That's what I ended up doing. I had read something that you needed to tow the ship somewhere.

[pjknibbs]

They were talking about the Hyperion which is part of the Bala Gi missions--that's also found in the unknown sector near Maelstrom.