Prospector

by Mylon

Adds prospecting to enrich ore patches. Extends the lifetime of ore patches with some investment, but comes with the drawback of making mining slower.

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13 days ago
0.14 - 2.0
3.45K
Mining

Changelog

Version: 2.0.1
Date: 2024-11-04
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed mining drills not waking up when previously depleted ore was upgraded.
Version: 2.0.0
Date: 2024-11-04
  Changes:
    - Updated for Factorio 2.0
Version: 1.0.32
Date: 2023-06-07
  Changes:
    - Added an exception to RP Warfare's slag turret's slag patches.
Version: 1.0.31
Date: 2020-12-19
  Changes:
    - Added support for Deadlock's Stacked mining.  Stacked ores deplete and can be upgraded.
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an error introduced causing depleted ores to not correctly transform into placeholders.
Version: 1.0.30
Date: 2020-12-18
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an error introduced in the last update preventing placeholders from upgrading.
Version: 1.0.29
Date: 2020-12-17
  Bugfixes:
    - Extra check for prospecting altered ores (specifically Stacked Mining)
Version: 1.0.28
Date: 2020-11-24
  Changes:
    - Updated for Factorio 1.1
Version: 1.0.27
Date: 2020-10-25
  Changes:
    - Refactored code to streamine extendability.  (Procedurally generated tiers soon?)
  Bugfixes:
    - Placeholder ores are now marked as not minable.  Certain mods, like AAI Vehicles: Miner, respect this flag to prevent mining.
    - Prospectors no longer delete oil in Krastorio2.
Version: 1.0.26
Date: 2020-08-21
  Changes:
    - Added compatability for Tiberium Dawn
Version: 1.0.25
Date: 2020-07-02
  Bugfixes:
    - Prospectors now ignore infinite resources.
Version: 1.0.24
Date: 2020-06-30
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a script error if a surface becomes invalid.
Version: 1.0.23
Date: 2020-06-11
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an error when upgrading resources.
Version: 1.0.22
Date: 2020-06-10
  Changes:
    - Removed dummy entity.  Visualization added directly to Prospector.
    - Prospector now shows working radius on mouseover instead of only during building.
    - Fixed Prospector-2's radius being slightly larger than the indicated range.
Version: 1.0.21
Date: 2020-05-26
  Changes:
    - Added script_raised_built for upgraded ores
    - Added script_raised_destroyed for upgraded ores
  Bugfixes:
    - Added an extra check to prevent upgrading non-upgradable ores.
Version: 1.0.20
Date: 2020-05-15
  Changes:
    - Adjusted tier 2 and tier 3 mining times to be multipliers on the existing mining time.  Prospecting modded ores no longer has the potential to make them mine faster!
Version: 1.0.19
Date: 2020-05-15
  Changes:
    - Increased cost of second tier of prospecting to 200 packs
    - Prospector 1 energy usage increased by 50%
    - Prospector 2 energy usage increased by 50%
    - Prospector 2 radius increased to 25 tiles.
    - Base ore amount changed from 50% to 66.7%.
    - Tier 2 ore amount changed from 100% (cumulative) to 133.3% (cumulative)
    - Tier 3 ore amount changed from 300% (cumulative) to 400% (cumulative)
Version: 1.0.18
Date: 2020.05.10
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed incorrect icon sizes
Version: 1.0.17
Date: 2020.04.19
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an incompatabiity with Krastorio2
Version: 1.0.16
Date: 2020.04.19
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed an incompatabiity with Krastorio2
Version: 1.0.15
Date: 2019.12.06
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a crash if ores didn't have an HR version specified
Version: 1.0.13
Date: 2019.11.26
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed crash if ore wasn't spawned via normal means
    - Added support for script_raised ores.
Version: 1.0.12
Date: 2019.11.24
  Changes:
    - Added support for on_script_built (e.g. built by Bluebuild)
Version: 1.0.11
Date: 2019.10.09
  Changes:
    - Tweaked placeholder resources to be more clear how to upgrade them.
    - Reduced the amount by which non-prospected resources are nerfed.  Fully prospected ores now yield double resourced compared to vanilla ores, but this is offset by the need to prospect and slower mining times.
Version: 1.0.10
Date: 2019.09.29
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed bug where a prospector mk 2 would cause an error when there was nothing left to prospect
    - Fixed bug where Prospect mk 1 would fail to start if only placeholder ores were in range.
    - Placeholder resources no longer block newly placed miners from mining.
Version: 1.0.9
Date: 2019.09.23
  Changes:
    - Deeper ores take more time to mine as intended.  +75% for tier 2 and +150% for tier 3.
  Bugfixes:
    - Prospector mk2 recipe had the wrong localization name.
Version: 1.0.8
Date: 2019.09.09
  Added:
    - Added support for Industrial Revolution
    - Prospector now shows valid prospecting radius when placing.
    - Prospector shows a warning icon when there's no valid ores in its radius to upgrade.
  Removed:
    - Tier 2 and tier 3 miners removed.  The original intent was to make veins and seams require higher powered miners but this is no longer possible with hardness removed.
Version: 1.0.7
Date: 2019.09.03
  Added:
    - Prospectors now generate an alert for the force when there's no longer any valid ore in their range.
  Bugfixes:
    - Went back to using old internal tracking for resource spawn amount as initial_amount was not what I thought it was.
    - Placeholder veins (future seams) waiting to be upgraded no longer can be mined.
Version: 1.0.6
Date: 2019.09.03
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed a possible crash if a resource did not have an initial_amount (such as when created by script)
    - Prospectors now return the correct version when mined
Version: 1.0.5
Date: 2019.09.03
  Bugfixes:
    - Finite fluid resources could cause a crash when depleted
Version: 1.0.4
Date: 9. 3. 2019
  Changed:
    - Updated for 0.17
  Bugfixes:
    - Mining a prospector mk 2 no longer returns a prospector mk 1.
    - Ore now reads the initial_amount value and should be more future proof with other mods that modify ore like RSO.
Version: 1.0.3
Date: 8. 3. 2018
  Changed:
    - Adjusted the values of higher tier ores and mining drills.  Should make it possible to mine higher tier angelbob ores with the Mk 1 drill.
  Bugfixes:
    - When starting a new game or converting a save, very small ore amounts will no longer cause a crash to main menu.
Version: 1.0.2
Date: 28. 2. 2018
  Bugfixes:
    - Added tint to Prospector and Prospector mk 2 entities as intended.
Version: 1.0.1
Date: 16. 12. 2017
  Changed:
    - Updated for 0.16