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Thread: tractor beam problem
I did this mission just the other day and didnt have a problem with it. You are correct, if you put the tractor beam in weapon 2, you can fire it by pressing 2...just remember to hold down the button. Don't forget to take any other weapons out of group 2 as well, as you can destroy the freighter if you blast him. Also, be sure that you are fairly close to the freighter, I think I 'beamed' him from 300m or so. And I found it helped if I targeted the middle (ie, cargo bay) of the freighter and sort of scanned the beam in that general area.
If you are getting the cargo, you will get a system message on your screen telling you that you have transferred or uploaded cargo.
Takes a few seconds to drain off the resources and complete the mission.
Ive tried from all distances, and you are right , I have destroyed the freighter twice trying to get tractor beam to work with weapon 2 button. Even though there are no weapons in slot 2 only the beam it still seems cap[able of firing?????
it is because the freighter doesnt realise the beam is on it, that I think is the problem , also I have never triggered the fighter attack.......
I've never had a problem killing the freighter with the tractor beam, so I'm not sure why that alone would be killing the freighter. After you loot all the resources off the freighter though it will get destroyed, maybe this is happening to you instead of you actually killing the ship, so be sure to check your quest log as well in case you got lucky and didnt spawn any fighters. And, if I remember correctly too, any successful tractor beam hit will show in the spatial chat log. And, I also hit him broadside with the beam and not head on or from behind. Those are the only other details I can think of at the moment that might be different.
I also found that the fighters spawned almost immediately after my first successful tractor beam hit.
The only other thing I can think is to try emptying all the gun groups and only putting the tractor beam in, so take all of your weapons, even the mining laser, out of the active slots. Take missles out as well if you have any loaded too. If the fighters spawn you have enought time to re-tool the armaments before you get into the thick of it.