Automated Mining in Horizons

[Emasher]

That's a terrible downside for servers. Flowing blocks are a real PITA for servers.

You'll only ever have flowing water if you run into a cave or something. It places a source block every time it mines a block, so once it's done, it won't cause any more lag than an ocean.

The real downside is that it's a lot more complicated to set up than a quarry (especially if you're using slickwater), and can't mine out as large an area at once. The max is an 8 or 9 block radius if I remember correctly.

 

[tedyhere]

You'll only ever have flowing water if you run into a cave or something. It places a source block every time it mines a block, so once it's done, it won't cause any more lag than an ocean.

The real downside is that it's a lot more complicated to set up than a quarry (especially if you're using slickwater), and can't mine out as large an area at once. The max is an 8 or 9 block radius if I remember correctly.

I will take the downside of smaller area with the added bonus of no gaping holes in the landscape

 

[Emasher]

On that note, another advantage is that there's no penalty for starting underground. The husher can start mining right away without clearing out terrain for a frame.

 

[xjjon]

Any more ideas?

 

[KirinDave]

You'll only ever have flowing water if you run into a cave or something. It places a source block every time it mines a block, so once it's done, it won't cause any more lag than an ocean.

The real downside is that it's a lot more complicated to set up than a quarry (especially if you're using slickwater), and can't mine out as large an area at once. The max is an 8 or 9 block radius if I remember correctly.

In general, Engineer's Toolbox is a very fun but decidedly hardmode mod. People don't go to the husher because they're like, "Oh man a quarry would be too difficult."

 

[Luminus]

What about the Arcane Bore? From all I've seen, it doesn't throw Flux around anymore.

 

[xjjon]

Well it's not exactly scalable..

 

[Hoff]

Well it's not exactly scalable..

Again; Rotary's Boring Machine. Mines horizontally to infinity with only the machine itself needing to be chunkloaded. It's also not terribly difficult(albeit costly) to get it working on free energy.

 

[KirinDave]

Again; Rotary's Boring Machine. Mines horizontally to infinity with only the machine itself needing to be chunkloaded. It's also not terribly difficult(albeit costly) to get it working on free energy.

It is... not inexpensive.

 

[Hoff]

Who needs that 1000 iron anyway?

 

[KirinDave]

Who needs that 1000 iron anyway?

Fully kitted SC2 miner w/ Galgadorian drill is actually cheaper!

 

[Hoff]

Fully kitted SC2 miner w/ Galgadorian drill is actually cheaper!

Probably but requires more access to more parts of the game. Lower cost/rarer materials vs higher cost/common materials. But if you got the resources; why not both?

 

[KirinDave]

Probably but requires more access to more parts of the game. Lower cost/rarer materials vs higher cost/common materials. But if you got the resources; why not both?

Mostly because the Rotary Bore is less useful and flexible. It does not cover the same area as quickly or as fuel efficiently (although it can run on flowing water, i guess?)

I was a doubter for SC2 miners and then I something that is cheaper andand faster than a quarry, can use fortune and silk touch, and no limit on the area it covers.

 

[Hoff]

Mostly because the Rotary Bore is less useful and flexible. It does not cover the same area as quickly or as fuel efficiently (although it can run on flowing water, i guess?)

I was a doubter for SC2 miners and then I something that is cheaper andand faster than a quarry, can use fortune and silk touch, and no limit on the area it covers.

I disagree with the useful. I can have the bore running on water far sooner than a full galga drill. Also super simple. I like super simple.

 

[KirinDave]

I disagree with the useful. I can have the bore running on water far sooner than a full galga drill. Also super simple. I like super simple.

The durability and range on the T2 drill is more than sufficient to start.

 

[Hoff]

The durability and range on the T2 drill is more than sufficient to start.

Guess it comes down to taste then. I simply don't like building processing for the drill type stuff(Rails) or coming up with fancy solutions to moving it back to where it's mining without wasting so much that it runs out of fuel.

 

[KirinDave]

Guess it comes down to taste then. I simply don't like building processing for the drill type stuff(Rails) or coming up with fancy solutions to moving it back to where it's mining without wasting so much that it runs out of fuel.

If you haven't, I invite you to watch how I do it. It minimizes travel time while maximizing output. It has a horizontal profile like a quarry but a vertical profile that is a slice of exactly the ores you want.

And tbh, I do it poorly. After building it once I see a half dozen ways it could be better. You don't even need a huge stock of rails, just a few stacks will let you cover a wide area with a small line of redstone. SC2 has been reworked to make even extremely complex rail systems much easier.

 

[Hoff]

If you haven't, I invite you to watch how I do it. It minimizes travel time while maximizing output. It has a horizontal profile like a quarry but a vertical profile that is a slice of exactly the ores you want.

And tbh, I do it poorly. After building it once I see a half dozen ways it could be better. You don't even need a huge stock of rails, just a few stacks will let you cover a wide area with a small line of redstone. SC2 has been reworked to make even extremely complex rail systems much easier.

I might give it a look but I've given SC2 a try in the past and it just never fit the bill for me.

 

[PonyKuu]

Boring machine can be enchanted, BTW :3

 

[Tristam Izumi]

Again; Rotary's Boring Machine. Mines horizontally to infinity with only the machine itself needing to be chunkloaded. It's also not terribly difficult(albeit costly) to get it working on free energy.

Boring machine can be enchanted, BTW :3

Does anyone else find it incredibly hard not to make puns about the Boring Machine?