VO 1.8.768 includes:

- Added a bindable command to enable 'Selective Tractor Beam' mode which allows using the tractor beam to retrieve the selected nearby crate instead of all of the nearby crates. The command to toggle the feature is /cargotractorselective and can take an optional 1 or 0 to turn it on or off explicitly. It is also listed as 'Toggle Selective Tractor (targeted crate only)' in the Options -> Advanced -> Controls -> Keyboard settings menu.

Another improvement sourced from player request on the Suggestions Forum.

Other "long-horizon" development is on-going. Bigger projects take time, but things are moving forward. More substantive announcements likely in the coming month.