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Thread: Y-8 Mining Mission Walk through start to finish
omadnay wrote:
I have no idea if this will solve your problems or not...
But I use the tractor beam through the "Tractor Beam Toggle" command.
I mapped the "Tracto Beam Toggle" Command (Through the Options: Keymap) to one of my joystick buttons, so all I have to do is press it once and the tractor beam turns on... I press it again to shut it off.
That did it.Major/hug for you. In fact, I did it with all my weapons and ordinance loaded...but just stayed away from the "Trigger". I exclusively used the "Toggle Tractor Beam" command. Interestingly, I still got my "Incrementing Count" messages along with the cargo being transfered directly into my inventory. However, this time, I got a "Mission Successful".
Thank you so much for your advice.
Erel wrote:
omadnay wrote:
I have no idea if this will solve your problems or not...
But I use the tractor beam through the "Tractor Beam Toggle" command.
I mapped the "Tracto Beam Toggle" Command (Through the Options: Keymap) to one of my joystick buttons, so all I have to do is press it once and the tractor beam turns on... I press it again to shut it off.
That did it. Major /hug for you. In fact, I did it with all my weapons and ordinance loaded...but just stayed away from the "Trigger". I exclusively used the "Toggle Tractor Beam" command. Interestingly, I still got my "Incrementing Count" messages along with the cargo being transfered directly into my inventory. However, this time, I got a "Mission Successful".
Thank you so much for your advice.
Yay!!
Glad to help!
To the poster that asked what exactly was bugged... the escort mission (I believe the 7th mission) generates no waypoint and no escort ship for you to escort... so no chance of even starting the actual mission in space.
Fortunately it will finally be fixed soon(tm).
- Omadda Szool
Kauri
May the force be with you.
CadetStorm wrote:
CST104 said:
You can target them manually by hitting X (targets an object directly in front of you).
Cadetstorm said:
I hit X key until the cows come home. I can neither target anything with X except the main asteroid, and nothing ever ends up in my cargo bay. Also, when I inspect and then dock, sometimes it says I looted the item, but it neither ends up in my cargo bay or in my invntory. Email discussions are welcome. I sure would like to learn how to mine asteroids w/o a tractor beam so I can craft a tracotr beam. I saw a TB for sale but it was like 3 mil.
Anyone on Naritus server want to run Rebel space missions with me send me email or email me or send tell in game.
My name in game on Naritus is Khaybel and I am a Master Shipwright.
Make sure you have mapped the x key to target whatever is under your reticle. Some people remap their keyboards, so x may not do the same thing for you. Then you get the little bitty pieces (they can be hard to see) within the circle in the middle of your screen and press x, and they should be targettable. Once you're within 400m or so, they will also show a green cross-hair target. Hit it with your laser beam, usually just once should do it. If you don't get these little pieces you can still fill your cargo hold, but it's nice to get every bit you can.
It'll be fixed in Publish 24. Look around for the patch notes ro read about it
Erel wrote:
omadnay wrote:
I have no idea if this will solve your problems or not...
But I use the tractor beam through the "Tractor Beam Toggle" command.
I mapped the "Tracto Beam Toggle" Command (Through the Options: Keymap) to one of my joystick buttons, so all I have to do is press it once and the tractor beam turns on... I press it again to shut it off.
That did it.Major/hug for you. In fact, I did it with all my weapons and ordinance loaded...but just stayed away from the "Trigger". I exclusively used the "Toggle Tractor Beam" command. Interestingly, I still got my "Incrementing Count" messages along with the cargo being transfered directly into my inventory. However, this time, I got a "Mission Successful".
Thank you so much for your advice.
Being the studius nerd I am I read this entire thread for a solution to this very problem.
I am sad to report that doing all this is STILL blowing up the ship for me.
empty cargo bay, no weapons turned on, using the toggle command from the keyboard (I even have it on it's default 6), and the tractor beam STILL blows up the shop, but no mission successfull. But I'm not even getting the 500 compensory resourse anymore.
Mining in my Firespray with the tractor beam set to wpn slot 2.
any other suggestions?
Ihareo wrote:
empty cargo bay, no weapons turned on, using the toggle command from the keyboard (I even have it on it's default 6), and the tractor beam STILL blows up the shop, but no mission successfull. But I'm not even getting the 500 compensory resourse anymore.
Mining in my Firespray with the tractor beam set to wpn slot 2.
any other suggestions?
When it finally worked for me, I had a Mining Laser in Weapon 1, Tractor Beam in Weapon 2, and two Ordinanance packs in their respective Slots. Did you use Ctrl-O, Keymap, Space to identify your "Toggle Tractor Beam" command? Also, check "G" to verify your weapons groups. I know...it's all been said.
It took me like 9 attempts to get this to work for me. And, even then, it didn't work "as intended". I never got attacked during this process, I got "Incrementing Count" messages, and I got a direct resource transfer to my inventory. None of this is normal. Perhaps just keep at it?!. As horrid as that sounds. Good luck, hon. I hope you're not getting as frustrated as I was.
Worst case...you could always wait for Pub24...hoping for a Fix for this mission along with Mission 7. . Regardless, keep us updated...kay?
Erel wrote:
Ihareo wrote:
empty cargo bay, no weapons turned on, using the toggle command from the keyboard (I even have it on it's default 6), and the tractor beam STILL blows up the shop, but no mission successfull. But I'm not even getting the 500 compensory resourse anymore.
Mining in my Firespray with the tractor beam set to wpn slot 2.
any other suggestions?
When it finally worked for me, I had a Mining Laser in Weapon 1, Tractor Beam in Weapon 2, and two Ordinanance packs in their respective Slots. Did you use Ctrl-O, Keymap, Space to identify your "Toggle Tractor Beam" command? Also, check "G" to verify your weapons groups. I know...it's all been said.
It took me like 9 attempts to get this to work for me. And, even then, it didn't work "as intended". I never got attacked during this process, I got "Incrementing Count" messages, and I got a direct resource transfer to my inventory. None of this is normal. Perhaps just keep at it?!. As horrid as that sounds. Good luck, hon. I hope you're not getting as frustrated as I was.
Worst case...you could always wait for Pub24...hoping for a Fix for this mission along with Mission 7. . Regardless, keep us updated...kay?
*pout* I did it for the tenth time last night (I now have 5000 of the iron resource it drops).
I'll reconfigure the tractor to the space bar, maybe that will do it. I currently have it configured to the '6' key.
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haristyles wrote:
For those who are having the freighter blow up. I did the quest up to Part 7 last night/this morning. I tractored the freighter when I got close, got the Incrementing Count message on screen, my count went to 240 units remaining (I think) then the ship blew up. I got a mission succesfull though so I went back to Koh (I think) and got the next part of the quest underway. Maybe I just got lucky but like everyoen else, I'm now stuck at part 7 with no convoy wp.
That is suppose to happen when you do the tractor part on the ship, EVERYONE is stuck at the convoy escort.
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