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Thread: Space Mining Tip
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Molique
Wed May 25, 2005 1:54 pm
#14
RabidDoozer wrote:
Ok, just humor me on this one, how do you get a tractor beam, step by step, to toggle on and stay on? Is there a command for this or a way to get it into your toolbar?
There's also a command line, something like /ship weapon toggleTractor...
Ashet
Thu May 26, 2005 8:52 am
#15
To toggle the tractor beam, I hit the 'G' key and bring up my weapon groups. I assign the tractor to its own weapon group - in my case '6'. By hitting the '6' key from then on toggles it on and off.
Also, a crafted tractor beam works so much better than the quest equipment. So does a crafted laser.
I also put a macro on my toolbar that simply does a /target ast. Mining is simply firing my laser to break off a chunk, hitting the hot key to target, switching on the tractor beam, then hitting the hotkey to autopilot.
So mining is
1: Break off chunk
2: target ast, tractor on, autopilot
3: Blast chunk into smaller chunks. (most of which get picked up)
4: If any smaller chunks exist, alternate between target ast and autopilot till they are all gone, tractor off
Also, a crafted tractor beam works so much better than the quest equipment. So does a crafted laser.
I also put a macro on my toolbar that simply does a /target ast. Mining is simply firing my laser to break off a chunk, hitting the hot key to target, switching on the tractor beam, then hitting the hotkey to autopilot.
So mining is
1: Break off chunk
2: target ast, tractor on, autopilot
3: Blast chunk into smaller chunks. (most of which get picked up)
4: If any smaller chunks exist, alternate between target ast and autopilot till they are all gone, tractor off
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