DarkLantern88 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 So I can't seem to find anything about this anywhere, but what's with NPC's having what look like lasers to I'm assume dock with the stations? Are these something we can get as players or is it just for aesthetics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gontarekt Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 As far as I know, Only NPC's have this ability, Players can't do it themselves. And yes it's like a tractor beam from the looks of it where it pulls and repels the cargo ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamo Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Yup. Blue for pulling, Orange for pushing. It's a docking aid for NPC ships so they do not damage the stations while docking :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinchoX Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 They should make a module that adds this "aid" to players as well, so we can go lazy-er and let the ship dock/undock itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrooblord Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I have wanted this functionality for a while, and I've made a mod for it that does exactly that: AutoDock. I've been sitting on it for months, never quite satisfied 100% and wanting to perfect it, but you know what, that's silly. Why don't I give it to the community right now? Maybe I'll look into polishing the rough edges some time, but until then, have a mod that does basically 99% of what you wanted. ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLantern88 Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 That just sounds awesome! My giant cargo hauler takes forever to dock sometimes and it'd be nice to kind of auto-dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DivineEvil Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Well, technically there's such a tool accessible to a player. It's just Force turrets with Self-Pull and Self-Push respectively, which NPCs fire onto the docking hatch block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrooblord Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Actually they do not! The Docks themselves activate tractor beams. It's a fully automatic process with no participation from the docking ship whatsoever, other than signalling the Station that it would like to dock. But yes, Force Turrets might achieve what you want. But then you need to sacrifice those lovely Turret Slots...... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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