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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 26, 2001, 11:29:00 pm
Just give a beam a mass of ~ -100000 and pull around a Sath!
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Joey_21 on July 26, 2001, 11:31:00 pm
Tractor beams... does this mean that negative mass values on weapons in FS2 actually make the ships travel towards you?

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 26, 2001, 11:34:00 pm
Yes, but it takes massive mass values to move any capship. And a beam w/ -1000 mass hitting a fighter can really mess up your position.
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Joey_21 on July 26, 2001, 11:35:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009:
And a beam w/ -1000 mass hitting a fighter can really mess up your position.

Ouch!
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 26, 2001, 11:40:00 pm
Luckily, my Ulysses had an "invulnerable" tag so I only go slammed into the Collosus' turret at ~500 m/s. Interestingly enough, I bounced off...
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Daedalus on July 26, 2001, 11:46:00 pm
Yeah, that's the one problem with a tractor beam, is you have to find a way to keep the fighters out of it, or they might start killing themselves on the TugShip™.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Setekh on July 27, 2001, 06:27:00 am
Whoa, very cool! Didn't know it worked!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Nico on July 27, 2001, 06:31:00 am
OK, I think you're ready to try that:
give a missile with a negative speed shockwave  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (who is talking about black hole bomb?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) )
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: phreak on July 27, 2001, 10:23:00 am
The real kicker is to have a mjolnir with a kamakazie flag and tractor beam.
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Taristin on July 27, 2001, 11:04:00 am
The real cool thing is the repair beam that fozzy made. It actually repairs subsystems, and can be made to repair the hull too.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

just put the - with the other stats.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Taristin on July 27, 2001, 11:05:00 am
 
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Originally posted by PhReAk:
The real kicker is to have a mjolnir with a kamakazie flag and tractor beam.

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Sushi on July 27, 2001, 05:14:00 pm
Actually, if you want a beam to CAPTURE ships, here's what you do-

Have one beam with a range of say, 2000, that pulls the ship in. Have a second beam with a range of 500 that does no damage but pushes out with equal force or maybe a little more...Get them both to fire on a ship, and there you go- the ship will get dragged in, then held in place by the two counteracting beams.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)



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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Sandwich on July 27, 2001, 05:29:00 pm
Hmmm... speaking of messing around with the mass... how about a bomb defense beam. Type 3, with 10 shots or so, and a high fire rate. No damage, but fairly high mass. Would it knock those bombs back into the bombers noses?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 27, 2001, 06:26:00 pm
Be a cool antiflail gun, too. Put it on a tough-***  bomber and you have the "headbutt gun". I gotta try that- I do most of my damage by ramming into stuff anyway.

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Alikchi on July 27, 2001, 08:12:00 pm
Sweet.
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: The Avenger on July 28, 2001, 03:48:00 pm
there seem to be many possiblilities i shall give them some conciedration in my campaign....how about tractorbeaming into subspace?

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Sandwich on July 28, 2001, 04:24:00 pm
Ok, where in the TBL data do I make a number negative in order for it to repair a ship?

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: YodaSean on July 28, 2001, 04:37:00 pm
The damage level of the weapon.  I have to try some of these out.  Sounds much more interesting than my subspace nebulas!

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Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: Maximus on July 29, 2001, 02:25:00 pm
Am i missing somethin here? I edited the BFGreen beam and gave it a mass of -10000. I put the beam on a mjolnir and had it fire at a Fenris. Nothing happened! Then i upped the negative mass to -900000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. Still nothing! Is there something else you have to edit?
Title: Tractor beams in FS2 actually work...
Post by: phreak on July 29, 2001, 02:47:00 pm
i think so since mine wont work either.