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Thread: Y-8 Mining Guide (Working around the known bugs)
Narut0
Fri May 13, 2005 12:04 am
#14
yep i noticed it, Bloody thing is still bugged
cos it don't pull anything
i have only tryed it solo at the moment but im gonna try it with a crew soon.
cos it don't pull anything
i have only tryed it solo at the moment but im gonna try it with a crew soon.
Bhelzebub
Tue May 17, 2005 7:17 am
#15
I tried this setup and was thrilled to see that i could fire the tractor beam from the pilot seat while the beam was placed in the lower turret...but it doesnt work
The tractor beam appears to fire but it doesnt actually bring in any asteroids.
Its cool and nice to mine with the Y-8 but i have to stick with a large cargo hold and one mining laser.
In the end its faster to mine with a B-wing or similar (something with at least 2 sp weapons). I can load a crewman to handle the tractor/turret but then we have the issue with the fire arc and i think tractor turrets dont work as they should (IE they dont bring in the asteroids, even though manned by a player)
So Y-8, large bugged thing that is obsolute when it comes to mining.
Waarangel
Tue May 17, 2005 9:02 am
#16
Anyone else notice you can't move items you drop on your ship up or down?
Aidy
Tue May 17, 2005 2:21 pm
#17
I notice a lot of you saying mining laser is bugged and no chunks are comming off asteroids.
I've hit this problem (well not really problem, read on) several times in both Y-8 and a fighter class ship, all thats happened is the current asteroid has been "used up". Keep blasting the living hell out of it until it totally blows up. Give it a second or two and a new one will spawn ripe for mining.
On occasions I've found moving away from it (around the 700m mark) then going back to it and everything works as normal. Give it a try.
I've hit this problem (well not really problem, read on) several times in both Y-8 and a fighter class ship, all thats happened is the current asteroid has been "used up". Keep blasting the living hell out of it until it totally blows up. Give it a second or two and a new one will spawn ripe for mining.
On occasions I've found moving away from it (around the 700m mark) then going back to it and everything works as normal. Give it a try.
ArdenStarmariner
Tue May 17, 2005 3:53 pm
#18
Tried this till I was blue in the face. The tractor beam can be activated by the pilot. But it wont tractor any small chunks no matter how you aim or try it. So this is a bunch of baloney. It doesn't work.
Right now I can't see why SOE even bothered to do this Y-8 Mining Ship. It's not usable.
Right now I can't see why SOE even bothered to do this Y-8 Mining Ship. It's not usable.
Message Edited by ArdenStarmariner on 05-17-2005 06:53 PM
Kingkrunchy
Wed May 18, 2005 2:11 am
#19
I brought a friend up yesterday we tried mining from 3 different astroids no luck we thought it might of been the system we were in so we hyped to another system tried again with 2 astroids still no chunks were breaking off I had a mining class II and he was using a mining class I in the top turret.
EnFERn0
Fri May 20, 2005 7:36 am
#20
Great guide, but Tractor beam in this thing is utterly useless on the Y-8. How do you aim with it?
riotcontrol
Fri May 20, 2005 9:01 am
#21
Waarangel wrote:
Anyone else notice you can't move items you drop on your ship up or down?
Yes. You get a player_structure:[error_move_item] error. I'm waiting for this to get fixed to properly furnish the ship. Bah.
RPGreg
Fri May 20, 2005 11:50 am
#22
Four Asteroid available. All are empty. I don't think that I can destroy the Asteroid. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm just starting the first Mining Mission (Silicilastic Ore) and can't get anything to break off the four asteroids that are in Corellian Space.
**EDIT** As soon as I posted and went back, the Asteroid blew up and I was mining w/i minutes.
Greg
Message Edited by RPGreg on 05-20-2005 12:08 PM
Message Edited by RPGreg on 05-20-2005 12:42 PM
Narut0
Sun May 22, 2005 6:07 pm
#23
seems www.SWGcenter.com have ripped off my guide without my permission.
I am real P***ed off about this, I know that its nice they put it on thier website n all but its the policy that i read that i DO NOT AGREE with.
i sent an email to the webmaster but i doubt it will be responded to anytime soon.
personly all i want is an appoligy or them to remove the guide from thier website. i will settel for an appoligy unless someone cashhed in on my guide as this website pays for guides as i understand.
I am real P***ed off about this, I know that its nice they put it on thier website n all but its the policy that i read that i DO NOT AGREE with.
i sent an email to the webmaster but i doubt it will be responded to anytime soon.
personly all i want is an appoligy or them to remove the guide from thier website. i will settel for an appoligy unless someone cashhed in on my guide as this website pays for guides as i understand.
SpacePunk
Mon May 23, 2005 7:47 pm
#24
Narut0 wrote:
seems www.SWGcenter.com have ripped off my guide without my permission.
I am real P***ed off about this, I know that its nice they put it on thier website n all but its the policy that i read that i DO NOT AGREE with.
i sent an email to the webmaster but i doubt it will be responded to anytime soon.
personly all i want is an appoligy or them to remove the guide from thier website. i will settel for an appoligy unless someone cashhed in on my guide as this website pays for guides as i understand.
Well, if that's the case, they violated your copyright. If someone else sold them your material without your permission then it turns criminal.
Marilan
Tue May 24, 2005 5:02 am
#25
I am having the same prob! I can shoot all I want at an asteroid and nothing happens! In fact the Y-8 capacitor (powering the elite Y-8 laser I have equipped) drains firing until I actually come within range of an asteroid where firing the lasers have no effect on it whatsoever! I also have a Y-8 reactor equipped and have tried with and without the tractor beam! Why release a mining ship that doesn't even function whatsoever? It's very seldom but I wish I was a lawyer sometimes! lol! Anyone ever here of FALSE ADVERTISING!
Narut0
Tue May 24, 2005 6:06 am
#26
unfortunetly current Y-8 problems include a pilot to be at the captain chair for a gunner to break up rocks
also if an astroid has released around 4 to 8 chunks that have not been destroyed the astroid no longer spawns chunks and thus needs to be destroyed its self.
outher bugs include a reactor plasma conduit beeing placed behind a wall making it unaccsessable
lack of a loot box, tractor beams are still camp (gay)
and don't work blah blah blah
also if an astroid has released around 4 to 8 chunks that have not been destroyed the astroid no longer spawns chunks and thus needs to be destroyed its self.
outher bugs include a reactor plasma conduit beeing placed behind a wall making it unaccsessable
lack of a loot box, tractor beams are still camp (gay)
and don't work blah blah blah