Prospecting. The heck?!

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Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby PRT-Drunkard » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:38 am

Okay. I'm getting annoyed. I tried prospecting in the middle of my town to see what'd happen. Very narrow pie slice! I move a few feet in the direction the pie slice was pointing... "No Minerals Found".

I try again a minute later. Theres no pie slice now, but the entire "dowsing" arrow shoots out red around me! I try building a mine hole where I'm standing. "You cannot build this here!" - Prospect again. "No Minerals Found".

Whats going on, man? Whats going on?
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby jgudge » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:41 am

PRT-Drunkard wrote:Okay. I'm getting annoyed. I tried prospecting in the middle of my town to see what'd happen. Very narrow pie slice! I move a few feet in the direction the pie slice was pointing... "No Minerals Found".

I try again a minute later. Theres no pie slice now, but the entire "dowsing" arrow shoots out red around me! I try building a mine hole where I'm standing. "You cannot build this here!" - Prospect again. "No Minerals Found".

Whats going on, man? Whats going on?


I am confuse about this as well. Loftar mentioned something about a glitch with the prospecting system, and i'm very much interested in what this pie slice business is all about. I've had it several times so far.

Dev or experienced player answer please?
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby sabinati » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:42 am

you couldn't build because it needs to be paved.

also: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14309
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby jgudge » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:50 am

Yeah, personally i looked it up, but it doesn't mention anything about how close the mineral is, and why it says "there appears to be XXXXXX below" sometimes, and other times it only shows a dowsing with a sliver. Shouldn't it be that when you move in that direction that you get the "mineral below" message, not "No minerals"? It's confusing, i'm using rustroot extract q23 atm.
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby sabinati » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:52 am

loftar did say (somewhere) that it was a little buggy and he was working on it
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby jgudge » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:57 am

sabinati wrote:loftar did say (somewhere) that it was a little buggy and he was working on it

Ok, i read something about next server reset possibly fixing it. I will wait with baited breath.

In the meantime, should i hit up the walls where it pointed, i tested it, and i got nothing, but maybe deeper, or should i dismiss it you think.
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby Moogie » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:58 am

Depends. If you've got a limited supply you might want to wait until you know you're getting accurate directions.
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby PRT-Drunkard » Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:01 am

Oh, I had plenty. Up until I accidentally emptied a full jar of q20 extract. D'oh.
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby jgudge » Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:06 am

Moogie wrote:Depends. If you've got a limited supply you might want to wait until you know you're getting accurate directions.

That's just the thing though, in my case, i go towards the direction, and it says there's nothing.

It did this before, but then i mined the wall it pointed at, and there was tin in it.

I prospected beside the tin vein and it said there was nothing! WTF. Obviously there's something, i'm still pulling stuff from it now. lol
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Re: Prospecting. The heck?!

Postby Sarge » Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:55 pm

OK, prospecting is clearly still fucked. I tried to prospect in a cave, with 1 jar of rustroot q32, 4 consecutive attempts without moving. results:

1. No minerals found
2. Pie indicator north
3. Pie chart, no indicator (blank)
4. No minerals found

Bleh. :x
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