[1.1-1.2][MODLIST] Rikiki's MiningCo (05-04-2020)

[Oblitus]

Mining turret is a cool idea, but you should be desperate to use it. Without efficiency, it is extremely slow and wastes half of the ore, and with it mines somewhere at level 5 miner. Add 3000 research points, plasteel requirement, 1500 W power consumption, 3x3 tile size, mandatory power line... Hey, pirate merchant, how much for a slave with mining passion again?

[Rikiki]

Mining turret is a cool idea, but you should be desperate to use it. Without efficiency, it is extremely slow and wastes half of the ore, and with it mines somewhere at level 5 miner. Add 3000 research points, plasteel requirement, 1500 W power consumption, 3x3 tile size, mandatory power line... Hey, pirate merchant, how much for a slave with mining passion again?

You are right, it still needs some balancing and tweaks. Thanks for your feedback!

[Oblitus]

Mining turret is a cool idea, but you should be desperate to use it. Without efficiency, it is extremely slow and wastes half of the ore, and with it mines somewhere at level 5 miner. Add 3000 research points, plasteel requirement, 1500 W power consumption, 3x3 tile size, mandatory power line... Hey, pirate merchant, how much for a slave with mining passion again?

You are right, it still needs some balancing and tweaks. Thanks for your feedback!

Well, this is what one improved turret can do in one ingame year of non-stop digging:
http://i.imgur.com/YD4oglG.jpg

[Canute]

Btw. can you add tracks to the mining turret, so it can slowly move/follow ore veins ?

[Rikiki]

Drill turret has been buffed thanks to your comments:
- optional power,
- can be manned,
- increased range,
- increased drill efficiency
- changed cost.

Btw. can you add tracks to the mining turret, so it can slowly move/follow ore veins ?

It would be really hard to do I think. I will pass on this. I have other fun projects underway.

[Rikiki]

Improved spotlight turret performances.
It can now blind hostile target if it is facing the turret.

Note: hostiles with bionic eye/power helmet are also blinded. I am wondering if they should be immune to it. What do you think?

[Oblitus]

Improved spotlight turret performances.
It can now blind hostile target if it is facing the turret.

Note: hostiles with bionic eye/power helmet are also blinded. I am wondering if they should be immune to it. What do you think?

Maybe they should recover instantly when turned from turret. But probably not immune - dynamic range is a thing...

[Oblitus]

Tried new mining turret. Much better now, but turn speed is now a bottleneck. It spends more than half of time turning around, and manning/powering doesn't seem to have any effect on turn rate.

[Rikiki]

Tried new mining turret. Much better now, but turn speed is now a bottleneck. It spends more than half of time turning around, and manning/powering doesn't seem to have any effect on turn rate.

Thanks for the feedback!
Well it is an heavy mining turret, not a battle asset with targetting speed requirements.
So I think I will leave it as it is for now.

[Oblitus]

Tried new mining turret. Much better now, but turn speed is now a bottleneck. It spends more than half of time turning around, and manning/powering doesn't seem to have any effect on turn rate.

Thanks for the feedback!
Well it is an heavy mining turret, not a battle asset with targetting speed requirements.
So I think I will leave it as it is for now.

The problem is in how it chooses target. If you dig a tunnel and set it in center of a planned room, it would rotate at 90 or 180 degrees after each block it digs. Maybe change targeting then, to choose one which would require least turning around?

[Rikiki]

@Oblitus: you are completely right about turn rate. I buffed it when turret is powered.

[maculator]

This is an more than awsome collection. As soon as I screwed up my current colony I'll go mining!

[sirgzu]

does the mobile scanner work with 3rd party ores like SPQRim copper and iron veins?

[werty112]

*sees force field mod* 'How that tiny shield is going to protect us?'

*EDIT* Also I have problem with driller: It can't be operated by colonists

[Canute]

Sure, the force field is much smaller then the ones from ED-Shields.
But thats the adv. too since ED-shield just got 1 shield pool for the complete surface, the force field is segmented, and even can protect you from some other direction while one segment is down.

About driller

Features
Adds a new turret: the drill turret.
- automatically drill nearby ores and natural rocks.

I think automatically means, they can't be manned with colonists.