Great Idea

[Immunity]

What would be "cool" is a tractor beam that could drag small ships.

Something like a gun that would shoot a small projectile like the size a asteroid, and trap the ship inside of it?
Just an Idea that might happen someday.

Thou there might be a need of a physics engine.

As for the use I mean like for police tring to capture human players or something.

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TalosIII-Kruger Miner
TalosIV-Freelance Trader

All your base are belong to me.

[13CentKiller]

Thou there might be a need of a physics engine.

Good luck with that:P

I don't think this is possible for Freelancer

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"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."

[Marburg]

It is a good idea, but I think 13 is right...if it could be done, it probably would have been done by now.

Ah well.

Last December, I RP'ed a tow-cable. There was no visual to go with it, but I got the point across pretty well.

We just gotta work w/ what we've got.:cool:

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[Immunity]

Yeah I know. Good Idea, and all.

The only way I see it withought a physics engine is something like a instant teleporter that keeps the player within X amount of distance.

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TalosIII-Kruger Miner
TalosIV-Freelance Trader

All your base are belong to me.

[Turkish]

It might be possible utilising the current tractor beam and some edits, maybe some hook work. I doubt it though.

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I have a fetish for all things Norse.

[Marburg]

Yeah I know. Good Idea, and all.

The only way I see it withought a physics engine is something like a instant teleporter that keeps the player within X amount of distance.

Or privately asking the one being towed to fly very close behind your thruster trail till you get to where you're going.:)

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[Jinx]

the easiest way to drag a target is to get into formation. - not a perfect way - but at least the other ship follows automaticly. of course you don t see a cable or a beam then - and you cannot drag someone that doesn t want to be dragged.



but a lot of RP is left to imagination and to how the other players roleplay "with" you. ( cloaking of ships, jumping out of a system not using a jumphole, defense measures such as planetary missiles, planetary bombardements etc. etc. )

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Shipdesigns made for DiscoveryGC

[Rmlavine]

It might be possible utilising the current tractor beam and some edits, maybe some hook work. I doubt it though.

The current tractor beam doesn't actually _drag_ anything. You'll notice that anything you're tractoring doesn't physically move; it actually disappears after a few seconds of being hit (but remaining immobile).

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Coriando [TBH]-- Corsair; Titan
Ace_Eightly-- Independent Trader; Kushan Freighter

[Horon]

Ok, so you engage the beam, fly 50k to your destination, turn off the beam, and the target warps to you.....PERFECT! Who's gonna do the coding? :unsure:

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While being quite funny, your sig was the biggest one i've ever seen so far. No more than 700x250 please. ~utrack
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