Automated Mining in Horizons

[xjjon]

Anyone have good suggestions? I tried the boring machine and it's more of a tunnel bore. Anything like a quarry?

 

[_bk]

Since computercraft is missing early game is kinda slow, installed BC3 though for quarry support - but basicly asking the same question... would be nice having a solution....

 

[un worry]

ore generation appears to be significantly bumped up from previous packs, so caving wont be so much of a chore. in fact, my first excursion to Y40 felt like a tour of a dense ores age

 

[xjjon]

Really? I spent a couple hours branch mining at Y40 and Y13 and didn't yield much more than regular. I haven't found any caves though, using ATG and all I don't see any ravines atm.

 

[Yusunoha]

Really? I spent a couple hours branch mining at Y40 and Y13 and didn't yield much more than regular. I haven't found any caves though, using ATG and all I don't see any ravines atm.

I am not sure if this is true, but the ores might be more evenly spread around the y levels instead of being around a solid y level.
if you're really in need of more ores you could try going to the Deep Dark and mine a bit over there.

 

[xjjon]

What's this deep dark you speak of? And how does one access it?

 

[tedyhere]

Husher from Engineers toolbox with a range upgrade using slickwater and no power will mine to obsidian with no problem

 

[Yusunoha]

What's this deep dark you speak of? And how does one access it?

Deep Dark is from the mod Extra Utilities. you'll need to craft a portal block to be able to get access to the deep dark, though it'll cost you quite a bit of cobble and even some diamonds. but be careful though...

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man, this meme is hard to get text onto...

 

[EnzymeA113]

IC2 miners.

 

[PierceSG]

IC2 miners.

I thought IC2 isn't inside Horizons?

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[Hoff]

It's not.

RotaryCraft adds a couple miners. Craft the book to read about them.

 

[tedyhere]

Like I said, Engineer Toolkit Hushers mine just fine when supplied with water, water+power, slickwater or slickwater+power they can mine 3x3 default and be extended out with a range extender. On the plus side they leave the fluid behind so you don't have mobs spawning in your mine.

 

[Hoff]

Like I said, Engineer Toolkit Hushers mine just fine when supplied with water, water+power, slickwater or slickwater+power they can mine 3x3 default and be extended out with a range extender. On the plus side they leave the fluid behind so you don't have mobs spawning in your mine.

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

 

[KirinDave]

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

It's really not so bad the EngT deploys them. We're not talking about propagating the flow across a lava sea here. We're talking about a 5x5 space.

 

[Hoff]

It's really not so bad the EngT deploys them. We're not talking about propagating the flow across a lava sea here. We're talking about a 5x5 space.

Ah I see. Good to note then.

 

[KirinDave]

Ah I see. Good to note then.

That said, doesn't Horizons have SC2? It's bar none one of the most straightforward and effective perpetual miners in the ecosystem.

 

[tedyhere]

That said, doesn't Horizons have SC2? It's bar none one of the most straightforward and effective perpetual miners in the ecosystem.

No it does not have SC2

 

[KirinDave]

No it does not have SC2

My bad then.

The husher is a pretty good block, though. Very fun to use. Fairly involved and good returns.

 

[tedyhere]

And the no power requirement with slickwater is a plus, just need to prepare ahead of time with processing of slickwater

 

[un worry]

In case you're interested, I just posted the results for all ores from a 100-chunk quarry to bedrock.
http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/threads/horizons-new-ores-and-world-generation-stats.35572/

Gosh there's a lot of new ores (well, maybe not for KD and others who have been RR-ing)