But there was a strange observation: i've seen really many containers in the explosion cloud, but when i came into it and started scooping one of them just exploded before my viewport with a strange sound of popping bubble (clearly distinct from collision sound). And suddenly all canisters vanished expect three or four. Is it related to tractor beam function somehow? I've noticed it doing weird things - once it reflected a metal fragment with a speed far beyond any reasonamble limit - it vanished almost instantly, i've just seen a spark on the IFF screen..Tractor beam destroying containers?
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Tractor beam destroying containers?
Well, tractor beam is fun But there was a strange observation: i've seen really many containers in the explosion cloud, but when i came into it and started scooping one of them just exploded before my viewport with a strange sound of popping bubble (clearly distinct from collision sound). And suddenly all canisters vanished expect three or four. Is it related to tractor beam function somehow? I've noticed it doing weird things - once it reflected a metal fragment with a speed far beyond any reasonamble limit - it vanished almost instantly, i've just seen a spark on the IFF screen..
But there was a strange observation: i've seen really many containers in the explosion cloud, but when i came into it and started scooping one of them just exploded before my viewport with a strange sound of popping bubble (clearly distinct from collision sound). And suddenly all canisters vanished expect three or four. Is it related to tractor beam function somehow? I've noticed it doing weird things - once it reflected a metal fragment with a speed far beyond any reasonamble limit - it vanished almost instantly, i've just seen a spark on the IFF screen..-
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Re: Tractor beam destroying containers?
Does anybody have any idea as to what this 2006 "tractor beam" might be?
It is presumably a 2006 translation from the Russian.
Thargoid produced a demo OXP in 2010.
Okti created one inside Coyote's Run c.2011
Phkb produced a Cargo Stopper in 2018
Might it be part of the vanilla game code's Cargo Scoops?
Reference: https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Tractor_Beam
It is presumably a 2006 translation from the Russian.
Thargoid produced a demo OXP in 2010.
Okti created one inside Coyote's Run c.2011
Phkb produced a Cargo Stopper in 2018
Might it be part of the vanilla game code's Cargo Scoops?
Reference: https://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Tractor_Beam
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