[Prophet]

I remember seeing that post too (tractor beam). But when I tried it, it didn't work. So I just tohught I was dumb and forgot the whole thing ASAP.

It could work in theory, but does it work in reality?

[karajorma]

I believe it was in the "trick of the week" thread on the VBB

[kasperl]

I only posted it because I read it.

Read my siggy. The newbie part may be a bit old with 6k posts, but the rest is still correct.

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by Goober5000
I thought someone did try it and that's why it entered the repository of tips and tricks?
 

It's entered the repository of tips and tricks because it ought to work. Negative mass works fine for pulse lasers, so logically, if you want a tractor beam, use the same technique and apply it to a beam. Once a few people thing of it, others pick up on it and pass it along when people ask about it without actually trying it. And the people who're told about it do what Prophet do - try, fail and then assume they're doing something wrong and find a way around the problem/ ignore the fact that they ever had a problem in the first place.

TI had/has a rather awesome mission planned that involves tractor beams, so I played with this awhile ago. No joy.

[phreak]

*bump*

still haven't had time to test it, especially when the code changes i made were on the pc that i dont use that often.  If i have nothing to do this weekend, i'll be able to get the gameplay and table logic into cvs.

My plot to turn Freespace into Iwar2 continues apace.

where do you think i got the idea?

[mikhael]

Bless you, Phreak. Bless you.