Tractor beam woes

[Niuq]

Any advice on how to build for the Tractor beam and hualing beds?

Tryed a scorpion shape with beds in front, tractor in the rear raised up.
The pull in function no matter how far back i moved the beam would stop just before the front of the hualing bed.

Is a pick up truck shape with tractor in front the only way this damn thing will sort of behave 20% of the time?

[Sierra-Six-Four]

Just don't use the beds, take a fragmenter, cabon generator and a single small base stud so u can place them near your recources and move the smaler ones with the tractor beam near the fragmenter and bigger ones u can cut them up with your recource lasers and move the split ones also near the fragmenter.
later with the terrain deformer u can just excavate everything and the fragmenter will give u more from it than any other method u could use.

[Gugnarr the Mighty Thewed]

Additional to the terrain deformer, unlock it in a game so you can build your own.
It STAYS unlocked in future games, giving you a huge heads up in gameplay.
Only needs 15 refined materials to build.

[Harrzack]

At what rocket level does the terrain defomer and or mining laser become avail?

[Zengrath]

I was super disappointing to find bed doesn't work like told game, i expected it to automatically grab resources and float them onto the bed like old game did. i am now baffled as to how to use it in any effective way.

[xethier]

Originally posted by Zengrath:

I was super disappointing to find bed doesn't work like told game, i expected it to automatically grab resources and float them onto the bed like old game did. i am now baffled as to how to use it in any effective way.

it seems like they designed it to be operated in conjunction with other players.
but it's lackluster operation and use makes it a substandard option right now.
hopefully they figure out how to make it worth the effort in the future.

[Gugnarr the Mighty Thewed]

Originally posted by Harrzack:

At what rocket level does the terrain defomer and or mining laser become avail?

mining laser comes at the start of the game, terrain deformer is on mission 12-13.
It's expensive, but you only have to get it once.
once it's unlocked, it can be built with 1 refined copper, 5 ref silicon, 1ref iron.

IT makes a huge difference, as you get even more than chopping them up and delivering them to the fragmenter.
Real easy too. build fragmenter right next to resource pile. drill. done.
You can drill out the whole lot and leave the boulders loose. add a silo, and then go for a walk.
come back a few mins later to hundreds of resources.

[Niuq]

While these are all great suggestions, none answered the question.

Tractor beam up front, hauling beds in the rear worked best for me.

[Harrzack]

@Gugnarr - thanks for the levels for mining laser - seems i have a LONG road to go!

[Crazy_clay78YT]

my method has been to lift it up and get it as far away as possible, then start driving and pulling it in, then let go when it gets close and it should fall in the bed. also i recommend having walls around your beds in case you run out of battery while theyre activated. my miner also has 11 flat beds though, so.