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Mining In a Line
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 11:28 pm
by PrimeEagle
I know the mining radius of miners can be adjusted, but can anyone think of a way to make a miner mine in a line in a single direction? For example, the miner mines the tile underneath it plus several tiles in a line in one direction only.
Re: Mining In a Line
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 6:46 am
by PFQNiet
Unfortunately not, the mining radius is always a square.
Re: Mining In a Line
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 8:34 pm
by robot256
If you really wanted, you could make invisible companion drills that your mod places next to the center drill automatically. The effective zone would be the sum of the squares then. The side drills could have their result item placement vectors set to output on the center drill's belt, and they all have their speed cut in 1/3. (The tooltip for the center drill would only show its 1/3).
Re: Mining In a Line
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:33 pm
by PrimeEagle
robot256 wrote: Fri Oct 28, 2022 8:34 pm
If you really wanted, you could make invisible companion drills that your mod places next to the center drill automatically. The effective zone would be the sum of the squares then. The side drills could have their result item placement vectors set to output on the center drill's belt, and they all have their speed cut in 1/3. (The tooltip for the center drill would only show its 1/3).
You can have a drill output somewhere not adjacent to itself?
Re: Mining In a Line
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:50 pm
by robot256
I don't know for sure. It would be worth trying, the docs don't mention a limit but there might be one anyways.
Re: Mining In a Line
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:05 am
by Silari
Huh turns out you totally can put the vector outside the nominal bounds of the miner. Not sure if there's a limit, but you could certainly do the multiple miners in a row trick.
Re: Mining In a Line
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:54 am
by PrimeEagle
That's great, thanks!