The most dmg taken from a cave-in?

[thais]

is it true that if you don't mine more than 4 tiles straight up you don't get cave-ins?

[kralmir]

christ how are you not dead yet?

you can mine in this manner and LIKELY not get caveins

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etc, x being you can dig that and o being dont dig or you die

[ddhoward]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2aIcKZSXt8

I like this guy's method. Allows for a tunnel 5 tiles wide, without supports. You just have to be VERY EXTREMELY cautious about the exact tile you are standing on when mining out a given tile.

[mvgulik]

Allows for a tunnel 5 tiles wide

... Take a other look at video, and note the second pattern ... (3*N)-1 ...

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There was a recent other topic about this. But cant find it again.

[Deadlift_pro]

i took a 900 damage hit on level 3, not a fuck was given though so i just kept minebotting

[ddhoward]

Allows for a tunnel 5 tiles wide

... Take a other look at video, and note the second pattern ... (3*N)-1 ...

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you're trying to say here.

What second pattern do you speak of?

[thais]

christ how are you not dead yet?

you can mine in this manner and LIKELY not get caveins

oxxxo
oxooo
oxxxo
oooxo
oxxxo

etc, x being you can dig that and o being dont dig or you die

lol, i almost died quite a few times because of cave-ins. i thought i was doing it right ;_;

[schweinausholz]

I've taken 800 damage on lvl 1 actually. The way cave ins work is that each layer goes up in base damage (50,100,200,400,800) and then there's a random chance of how many "rocks" actually hit you (doesn't seem to be related to the number of boulders that fall though, which I find odd). As such, the *minimum* damage on L5 is 800. And, as I said, I was hit with 16x the base damage on level one.

Yeah... don't mine without supports below level 1. Safest rule I've come by with regards to mining.

Mining just got scary. Do you remember if there were any boulders lying in your surroundings when you got hit?