Tractor Beams able to target allies

[finite trout]

I'm in a co-op game witha couple friends, and one had an engine room get destroyed, so he asked me to use my tractor beams to tow him to somewhere he could repair so he doesn't waste engine power. I then had to explain that nothing can target allies in career. Could tractor beams get the ability to target allies so this could be avoided in the future?

[hidden cypress]

if you select the TB there will be an option in the bottom left "Target Tractor Beam" CTRL + T should be the hot key

[median umbra]

can't target allies like that

[hidden cypress]

odd cause it worked for my second ship

[median umbra]

you can target your own stuff

you can't target other players on your team

[hidden cypress]

thats kinda odd you cant

just goes to how i never play MP lol

[median umbra]

probably to prevent trolling

[hidden cypress]

true

[median umbra]

i think having the ability to untarget any allied tractor beams targetting you would probably be the best call

[rustic hawk]

OP you can solve this issue by giving your friend control of your ship that has the TB and then have your friend tow himself to a station

[median umbra]

or just make a pusher ship with a big structure scoop and just s h o v e

but i do think this is a good idea and would open up more opportunities

[prisma flint]

Why should people prevent such a thing :)? Your friend left his PC for a few minutes and you just throw him into the sun

[prisma flint]

Yeah but it can very expensive

[warm salmon]

Could be solvable by adding a toggle so you can enable or disable being able to have other players on your team use tractor beam on you

That way trolling can be prevented but you can opt in to enable it if you want to

[tropic whale]

100% agreed! Like you said, allows players to opt-in to whether they want allied tractor beams to affect them or not. 😁👍

[median umbra]

cheaper than enough TBs to drag someone and the power and crew to supply them

steel is the most common resource, with the possible exception of ammo

[median umbra]

aye, and/or some way to force-untarget allied TBs targetting you