#Comm range limits Manipulator

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keen bough
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Manipulator Beam range (450m) Seems to be limited by Comm range (400m) when transferring between ships. Not sure if intended.

I remember being able to transfer crew between two ships well beyond beam range. This worked because the manipulator beams overlapped. This seems to no longer work at all and transferring has a hard 400m limit. I've tested with ships using Sensor Arrays both normal and overclocked to see if visual range effects this with no difference. You can hail but menu will show blank. Using them to pick up resources up to 450m from the beam part seems to work fine as well as crew assist from other ships. Just seems odd to have a hard limit to transferring between ships when this is something that manipulator beams can and will do.

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Old gif of transferring crew between ships with beams.