Holy crap, watching the disaster that is tractor-based cargo loading on full display here! CiG has a lot to improve to make this not a complete frustration!
I usually do the cargo hauling with my org and it goes much smoother with a few people loading and unloading. When you’re doing them alone they tend to get a little cumbersome.
After having the StarMax for a while, I finally did a proper haul with it. I whipped out my ATLS and had MaxLift on my person just in case. What I found out is that while the ATLS is great for loading ship like the Taurus, loading ships like the StarMax makes it very clunky and time consuming. I used the ATLS for simply moving the crates off the freight elevator quickly and made staging areas where I would use my MaxLift to move the crates onto the grid. When I finally figured that out, it went by much faster. However pulling the crates off the cargo grid was problematic. They were "sticky" and hard to remove. I was working with 16scu crates, you're working with 8scu crates. I had issues with the ATLS being quite clunky and clumsy, even the StarMax itself having issues with collision. From now on I'll just let autoload do the work.
I have tested twice and it takes me 7.5 minutes to load 192 using a Maxilift. It does take another 4 minutes to get those fiddly 4scu crates in but there are 8 of those so two should take 1 minute to give a total of 200acu in 8.5 minutes.
Sadly the boxes keep banging on the SL's hull. I hope they improve the ATLS so we can control the tractor beam better. I hate scratching and bruising my baby
Starlancer Max quickly found it's way into my heart, I do wish the crates were less finnicky on the drop down pad, size 8 and ups love the get hung up on the bottom lip too. Other than that, I love the ship, easily one of my favorites and I eagerly await the TAC.
Like someone else commented I think the ATLS works best when used with a dropdown cargo system like that in the Taurus. If they can tweak the ATLS to prevent the crate collisions and just use the visual ground travel guide even on inclines like a ramp it would be close to perfect.
Lol cargo bay that get blocked by the hull. It may look bad but the Max needs landing gear / height extensions so that the entire lift is viable and has clearance not just 85% of it
I really cannot stand the ATLS in it's current state. It has ZERO spatial awareness for pulling/setting cargo. If you're not fast enough to look where you want to set it, you get blinded by the box. Picking a box up again after setting it down to readjust or re-set the box feels janky and useless. And above all of that, it literally tears up your ships hull while trying to load. MAYBE this isn't such a huge problem for a ship like the Hull A -> E, but damn that thing is janky as hell. BUT I WILL ADMIT, it's an absolutely invaluable tool when you learn how to use it properly. I'll stick to my MaxLift for now, but maybe when it gets revisited i'll buy another ATLS. Great little vid, Chicken.
@@edgerunnerwhitelake not sure if you knew about this, but cig made cargo boxes deal zero damage to your ship. So it’s safe. But yeah their is still some decent jank with the ATLS
@@FriedChickin Actual news to me. I'm surprised, but thankful that they wont make my vulture and starlancer explode into a fireball for moving 3 pixels in the wrong direction. haha.
Alrighty then - now do the exact same with the maxlift - I'd recommend purchasing scrap or waste in the exact containers you used for this demonstration Or are you to uhm Chicken
@@recgar with the handheld it would definitely take a lot longer but with 24/32 SMU crates I’m probably sure I could beat the 530 time without no issue. Just have to get them to spawn.
@FriedChickin four 24 scu, two 8 scu and four 4 scu in the middle cargo bay. Then, in the rear, I had six 24scu, two 8scu , and eight 4scu on top of the cargo along the wall. Before I put the last 8 scu, I walked my Atls onto the gain way and then loaded the last 8 scu.
I can’t figure out why the 32scu crate missions are not spawning for me. Could of been done faster!
Holy crap, watching the disaster that is tractor-based cargo loading on full display here! CiG has a lot to improve to make this not a complete frustration!
Yeah it’s still in its infancy stages so it will only get better with time!
I usually do the cargo hauling with my org and it goes much smoother with a few people loading and unloading. When you’re doing them alone they tend to get a little cumbersome.
@@johnnytrongaming no with the Argo it’s pretty easy fast, although some ships are difficult to load versus others
After having the StarMax for a while, I finally did a proper haul with it. I whipped out my ATLS and had MaxLift on my person just in case. What I found out is that while the ATLS is great for loading ship like the Taurus, loading ships like the StarMax makes it very clunky and time consuming. I used the ATLS for simply moving the crates off the freight elevator quickly and made staging areas where I would use my MaxLift to move the crates onto the grid. When I finally figured that out, it went by much faster. However pulling the crates off the cargo grid was problematic. They were "sticky" and hard to remove. I was working with 16scu crates, you're working with 8scu crates. I had issues with the ATLS being quite clunky and clumsy, even the StarMax itself having issues with collision. From now on I'll just let autoload do the work.
I have tested twice and it takes me 7.5 minutes to load 192 using a Maxilift. It does take another 4 minutes to get those fiddly 4scu crates in but there are 8 of those so two should take 1 minute to give a total of 200acu in 8.5 minutes.
I know I could have gotten a better time if I didn’t struggle at the start. Also if I had the 24/32 scu crates. Would of been done much sooner
Sadly the boxes keep banging on the SL's hull. I hope they improve the ATLS so we can control the tractor beam better. I hate scratching and bruising my baby
Starlancer Max quickly found it's way into my heart, I do wish the crates were less finnicky on the drop down pad, size 8 and ups love the get hung up on the bottom lip too. Other than that, I love the ship, easily one of my favorites and I eagerly await the TAC.
@@EvilDuckFilms 16scu struggles
Like the music
Like someone else commented I think the ATLS works best when used with a dropdown cargo system like that in the Taurus. If they can tweak the ATLS to prevent the crate collisions and just use the visual ground travel guide even on inclines like a ramp it would be close to perfect.
Lol cargo bay that get blocked by the hull. It may look bad but the Max needs landing gear / height extensions so that the entire lift is viable and has clearance not just 85% of it
nice
7:50 ayo!! Why da fuqq is there a dead body??🤔Also this makes me want to get a ATLS now
He tried me!
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Just buy it ingame.
I really cannot stand the ATLS in it's current state. It has ZERO spatial awareness for pulling/setting cargo. If you're not fast enough to look where you want to set it, you get blinded by the box. Picking a box up again after setting it down to readjust or re-set the box feels janky and useless. And above all of that, it literally tears up your ships hull while trying to load. MAYBE this isn't such a huge problem for a ship like the Hull A -> E, but damn that thing is janky as hell.
BUT I WILL ADMIT, it's an absolutely invaluable tool when you learn how to use it properly. I'll stick to my MaxLift for now, but maybe when it gets revisited i'll buy another ATLS.
Great little vid, Chicken.
@@edgerunnerwhitelake not sure if you knew about this, but cig made cargo boxes deal zero damage to your ship. So it’s safe. But yeah their is still some decent jank with the ATLS
@@FriedChickin Actual news to me. I'm surprised, but thankful that they wont make my vulture and starlancer explode into a fireball for moving 3 pixels in the wrong direction. haha.
@ yeah when the ATLS first dropped is was destroying ships left and right. They fixed it fast.
No damage while tractoring or cargo boxes do no damage at all.
On top of that the ATLS blocks your view when loading large boxes. and it might kill you if you heave it up with a multitool.
Try to move right to left with Z key pressed (W for French Keyboard) much much faster !!
Really? Man that’s a pro tip!
Alrighty then - now do the exact same with the maxlift - I'd recommend purchasing scrap or waste in the exact containers you used for this demonstration
Or are you to uhm Chicken
If I can get the 24/32 scu crates to spawn I’d be a breeze
@@FriedChickin The catch - will you beat your 5:30 time on the ATLS? If not, how much longer will it take? I'm guessing you'll need about 7 minutes.
@@recgar with the handheld it would definitely take a lot longer but with 24/32 SMU crates I’m probably sure I could beat the 530 time without no issue. Just have to get them to spawn.
That's weak, I loaded 320scu of cargo and an Argo Atls into my Starlancer Max in the same time limit.
@@redraptor418 no way 🤣🤣🤣 where did you stick the extra cargo? I can’t get the 32scu crates to spawn for some reason. Would have been way faster.
@@FriedChickin Up your butt bro kekW
@FriedChickin four 24 scu, two 8 scu and four 4 scu in the middle cargo bay. Then, in the rear, I had six 24scu, two 8scu , and eight 4scu on top of the cargo along the wall. Before I put the last 8 scu, I walked my Atls onto the gain way and then loaded the last 8 scu.
This is weak sauce time I just paid 12 Thai boys to load my star lancer for me while I watched (I legit paid 4 players to load my cargo for me lmao)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 gotta keep the noobs working?
Pulled up into the Home Depot parking lot?
@@johnnytrongaming 🤣🤣🤣 Damn!!!