So I've managed to locate a couple of geyser fields, and now I'm trying my hand at finding some volcanic sites. But I was wondering, do volcanoes (i.e. iron magma, silicate magma, etc.) spawn in big groups/fields just like geysers do, or are they usually just single stacks and in which case probably a lot trickier to find?
Do volcanoes show up in big fields like geysers do?
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Technically all the sites we are finding are volcanic sites, the difference between geysers and fumaroles is fairly subtle, none of them are actually volcanoes. The main difference between fumaroles and geysers is the moisture content, geysers tend to be composed of mainly boiling liquid whereas fumaroles tend to be superheated gas but the origin of both is very similar. So there are no real volcanoes in the game yet and the fields of fumaroles and geysers are basically identical in size and shape, so no harder to find really.
Okay, well, in my book 'iron magma' implies a volcano. But at any rate, semantics aside, when I said 'volcanism' I meant things like iron magma, silicate magma, etc.
What you have to remember is that most of the small active bodies we find volcanism on are actually active due to gravitational stress not volcanic activity of the type you see on earth, the iron magma is likely of fairly shallow origin, super heated iron rich rock probably from no more than one or two km below the surface. You might find volcanoes on the larger bodies 2,000km + in radius, but not these little ones.
Yes, I know. I pride myself on being a complete nerd. lol. That said, I'd still call it 'volcanism' even if only colloquially.
Same here, it's vulcanism in game and also called that by FDEV. Personally I can't wait for landing on magma planets, with no atmosphere of course, that's supposed to be one of the next steps before atmosphere, can you imagine setting down next to one of the huge lava fields on those planets, I wonder if it will hurt accidentally landing in one! I hope so.