The Mining discussion thread.
I also suspect the current problems with lack of commodities for trading is because of a lack of raw materials going to the refineries and onwards. It makes sense, and anyone who played the X series of games (before rebirth) knows that Energy Cells were one of the main resources of the games without which stations could not replenish their own stocks.
Given the depth that has gone into the rest of the game I doubt the manufacturing economies in Elite are some simple, cheap, model.
Given the depth that has gone into the rest of the game I doubt the manufacturing economies in Elite are some simple, cheap, model.
I'd be very surprised if that was the case, after how thorough they've been with testing everything else (and the amount of bugs they've fixed) I'm sure they know better than to assume "nothing can go wrong with mining". I'm hoping it'll be in beta 3 but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Well, they don't actually need the public to test everything, if it tested as expected in-house they very likely would put changes in that for a post release patch, but the actual function just may not need testing.
I'm not saying they couldn't keep mining back until release, I'm just saying that given how they've run the beta so far that it seems unlikely. After all, what might work perfectly on all their in-house systems might break with certain sets of drivers or something and really, why would they hold back mining of all things? Some sort of unique event that they don't want to spoil, sure, hold that back - but shooting rocks and picking up the bits?
I thought it was slated for part of the core game, with the post release stuff being proper expansions like landing on planets, walking in stations, etc. I could be wrong though.
Mining!
Yes finally...
Looks like it just drops canisters as you mine it and you gotta scoop it using an extraction module. From what I could see from the radar but its just your usual beam type laser. Nothing fancy.
"On the 28th of October, you will have the capability to mine them for profit. You will need two items to do this – a mining laser and an extraction module. After scanning for possible profitable content, you will set to work on your ‘claim’ with the laser."
Yes finally...
Looks like it just drops canisters as you mine it and you gotta scoop it using an extraction module. From what I could see from the radar but its just your usual beam type laser. Nothing fancy.
"On the 28th of October, you will have the capability to mine them for profit. You will need two items to do this – a mining laser and an extraction module. After scanning for possible profitable content, you will set to work on your ‘claim’ with the laser."
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I believe that when you laser a rock it will drop smaller rocks? lol
Also you scoop the stuff with your cargo scoop and then the extraction module breaks down the rocks to reveal the goodies within.
No it will fragment rocks that can fit into your cargo collector.
Storage room on stations / Mining
Hi there!
Being a backer from the start of it all and participating in Alpha / Beta so far, Elite has made some progress in many aspects, but understandably still lacks content & (fine-)tuning.
That said, I have a question concerning the mining which will be introduced in Beta 3: is it possible to store all the stuff somewhere? I know we will be able to have some sort of hangar coming, but I was not able to find anything definitive on the subject of personal storage space on stations etc.
Did I miss any design draft where this was discussed earlier?
Thank you!
Hi there!
Being a backer from the start of it all and participating in Alpha / Beta so far, Elite has made some progress in many aspects, but understandably still lacks content & (fine-)tuning.
That said, I have a question concerning the mining which will be introduced in Beta 3: is it possible to store all the stuff somewhere? I know we will be able to have some sort of hangar coming, but I was not able to find anything definitive on the subject of personal storage space on stations etc.
Did I miss any design draft where this was discussed earlier?
Thank you!
You can see the revised version of the DDF here:
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7196
I don't think you can store mined materials; you mine them and sell them.
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7196
I don't think you can store mined materials; you mine them and sell them.
Lugalbandak
Banned
With multi ships in hangars , maybe you can buy a lakon 9 as warehouse and trade between ships.
but i couldnt find anything on it
but i couldnt find anything on it
How will mining work?
Sorry if it is posted elsewhere, but how will mining work? What mods/eq do you need to be successful?
Sorry if it is posted elsewhere, but how will mining work? What mods/eq do you need to be successful?
Hello sir! Its not much but currently it is all that we know on how the mining mechanic will work in beta 3. It is explained in newsletter 45
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=fdacb0a6c0
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=fdacb0a6c0
Clues here also:
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7196
http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7196
Will pirated, newly mined ore be flagged as stolen?
Will newly mined ore, obtained via piracy, be flagged as stolen? I can see how this could go either way. On the one hand, it is simply ore and has no marker of ownership, on the other the mining and processing ship, as part of the processing, could be putting it into canisters that are flagged for ownership.
What do you think?
Will newly mined ore, obtained via piracy, be flagged as stolen? I can see how this could go either way. On the one hand, it is simply ore and has no marker of ownership, on the other the mining and processing ship, as part of the processing, could be putting it into canisters that are flagged for ownership.
What do you think?
The way you described it is probably the way it's gonna work. If the ore has already been placed into a canister by the miner which is stamped with his ID, then that canister should be considered stolen if it's in the possession of another player. However if another player scoops up the chunks resulting in the mining process, than the ore is his.
Miners just need to pay attention to whomever is close near their operation as they work.
Miners just need to pay attention to whomever is close near their operation as they work.