Criperum Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 For me it feels tedious to dig a huge hole in the soil or gravel to get to the single stone block to propick it. As i know in real life geologists examine and break loose stones found on the ground to get the general impression of what they can find under the ground without actually digging. I think it would be nice to get that ability in the game. Like you use propick on a loose stone(or three) and it gives you some less precise info about possible ores in the chunk. Or even better loose stones can be just included in the list of blocks that can be propicked with the first mode. I mean for example you propick one loose stone and 2 blocks, 2 loose stones and 1 block etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junawood Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Владислав Кудряшов said: As i know in real life geologists examine and break loose stones found on the ground to get the general impression of what they can find under the ground without actually digging. That's already the case. For example, if you find a peridotit stone, there'll be a peridotit layer where you might find peridot or olivine, which you can't find in other stone types, or things like copper or iron. Found a chalk stone? You will find chalk and maybe certain other stuff underneath, but not tin or bismuth or certain other stuff, at least in the chalk layer. Bauxit? Nothing. Want to find tin that's close to the top? Look in areas with peridotit, andesite, granite, basalt, phyllite or slate stones. Found suevite stones? Great indicator for meteorites and maybe some diamonds. Want to use obsidian instead of flint? Look for basalt. And so on... The info where to find what is in the handbook. And of course, if you find a stone with, for example, copper in it, just dig straig down a couple of blocks and you'll find a small surface deposit. Edited November 20, 2020 by junawood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criperum Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 That's not what I meant. It's more about getting rid the irritating digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redram Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Fun fact: it used to actually be the case that you could prospect loose stones. That was a bug though, and was fixed. So given that it was already that way at one time and fixed to not be that way, I don't think it'll go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criperum Posted November 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Well. Who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feone Varen Posted November 20, 2020 Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 Would be a nice tweak, the random holes it currently leaves behind irk me a bit. Other visual indications of goodies underground would also be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell Ellington Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 The biggest issue with implementing this would be that carrying around a stack of loose stones to place would be the best way to prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feone Varen Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 8 hours ago, Maxwell Ellington said: The biggest issue with implementing this would be that carrying around a stack of loose stones to place would be the best way to prospect. Hm I don't really notice a shortage of stones on the ground usually, not sure if this will have that much impact there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criperum Posted November 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Can you place a stone on the ground so it became loose stone again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redram Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Владислав Кудряшов said: Can you place a stone on the ground so it became loose stone again? Yes, just crouch and right click, just like placing ceramics and so forth. Won't work with flint, but works with all other general stones afaik. And yes this is exactly how it was used before it was patched out - carry around a bunch of stones and place them conveniently for easy prospecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 I personally wish the propic could just work if you right clicked a block or something. Having to make random holes in the ground is annoying and to top it off, the propic isn't really that fast at digging, making it all the more annoying. 2 hours ago, Feone Varen said: Hm I don't really notice a shortage of stones on the ground usually, not sure if this will have that much impact there. I think the point is being able to prospect exactly where you want easily, making it much easier to make a sample grid. Which I guess is kind of an exploit, but I dunno, is having people dig down for like 2~3 blocks of dirt when they want to prospect really that important? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Criperum Posted November 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 If it is only about digging 2-3 blocks. Soil tend to fall. so you have to dig more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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