How to add resource to new resource category?

[Amidamaru4433]

How I can to add resource to new resource category? For example, I have ore, which is can mineable only with special expensive mining drill.
I create new category:

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data:extend({
{
    type = "resource-category",
    name = "new_ore"
  },
})

and adding to my mining drill this property

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resource_categories = {"new_ore"},

But I don't understand, how to add my resource to this category, resources haven't properties, associated with categories. Pls, help me solve this problem

[daniel34]

Moved from Modding interface requests to Modding help.

crude-oil has this in the resources.lua:

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    category = "basic-fluid",

The other resources don't have such a line, so I assume the default value is basic-solid, since the vanilla game only has basic-solid and basic-fluid as resource categories.

Have you tried setting the category that way?

Another approach you could take is setting the mining hardness of your new ore a little bit higher, and give your new mining drill a little bit more mining power, so the ore can only be mined with your mining drill. I'm not sure how that mining drill would interact with existing ores though.

[Amidamaru4433]

crude-oil has this in the resources.lua:

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    category = "basic-fluid",

wow, [category = "new_ore",] is really work! Now my miner can be placed only on my ore, which is what I wanted! how could I not notice such an easy decision... I checked everything, but I always ignored the oil.
Big thanks for fast and useful help!