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I found out WHY the tractor beams do not work....

It is all part of an Imperial under cover Space operation...

I found the cam...

Any Space area Waypoint 0 0 300 and face 0 0 0 then hop in your tractor beam enabled turret ( does not work in X-Wing/Ties or other small craft, only POB ships )

Gotta run... those imperials may " want a word with me " after finding this one out......

I crafted a Y-8 mining laser (had to do something with that diamond), put it into weapon slot 2, as suggested by the guide, and went after an iron asteroid. It did absolutely nothing. Did an /examine in case the asteroid needed to be destroyed first, and I could see my shots weren't making the slightest difference.

What is the point of having this ship if t can't do what it is supposed to do?

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Narut0 wrote:
currenly the Y-8 will only let you use a Turret mounted mining laser if someone is piloting the ship, if there is no one behind the wheel then that Y-8 mining laser is just gonna shoot of dud fireworks

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And the devs have a reason for this?

I assume this means that there is no way to use the thing solo (for mining)? (I guess I will redeed the Y-8 so I can put the interior stuff back into my YT-1300. It was really boring having to empty it in the first place, just to check out a useless ship.)

Is there any way to solo mine with a cargohold bigger than 1550?

Thanks for the greatest guide ever! See i learned from space mining, that if no new rock are pulled of the astroides on your initial lasermining, then just mine the astroide down to zero, and it will wanisch and a new one will respawn. That new astroide are full of rocks, that will go off after 5-10 shuts each. Have funn!

-Fleas, EUROPE-CHIMERA

try run the astroide conditione down to zero, that will make it respawn, and the new astroide can be mined. Rocks will come off ewery 5-10th. shot. Have funn.

Fleas, EUROPE-ChiMERA

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Drackster wrote:

try run the astroide conditione down to zero, that will make it respawn, and the new astroide can be mined. Rocks will come off ewery 5-10th. shot. Have funn.

Fleas, EUROPE-ChiMERA

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If you are referring to my comment....that doesn't work. As I said, when I use /examine I can see that the asteroid is still in maximum condition. All the shooting in the world with that laser (which is the Y-8 specific one) does absolutely nothing.

Are others seeing something happen when they use a mining laser in the pilot weapon of the Y-8?

To get POB ships, thats including the Y-8 to actually work, and they do work if:

You use a engine overload program and go over an engine speed of 600+ at all times. This is required for the lasers to work, and that includes the turrets.

If you do not use a overload engine program, it won't matter the speed, it will not work. If you go slower than 600, it will not work.

I have tested it out. Makes mining very difficult since the asteroids move at around 400 speed. So, it is easy to over shoot them really quickly.

updated bugs :/ cos i found more over the past week.

The tractor beam in turret #1 doesn't work regardless if you use a player crafted one or not. You can toggle the beam on and off all you want from the pilot chair but it wont suck up any rocks. It won't even effect their motion whatsoever. I've tried every single way I can think of as well as all the "tips" posted here. It simply will not work. Your Y-8 tractor beam tip here in your guide is just plain false, wrong, and the Y-8 is a POS.

nybbler you click on the option tab to the right top of the post it will allow you to edit from there