10-05-2009, 01:41 AM
4.85 Mining Update
Some minutes ago Cannon announced to me over a call that he was shutting down the server to upload the update, so it seemed that it'd be best to get this out the door. As such it might be a tad more spartan (kick) than one might hope.
But, without further ado.
[color=#FFCC66]Credits.
Cannon, for the guiding vision, organization, flhook code, testing, commodity sale design, field design, testing and making this expansion both possible and actual.
Blodo, for commodity design, coding, field design and testing and inforcards.
NEXUS and Seth Karlo for field design.
Cannon, for the guiding vision, organization, flhook code, testing, commodity sale design, field design, testing and making this expansion both possible and actual.
Blodo, for commodity design, coding, field design and testing and inforcards.
NEXUS and Seth Karlo for field design.
The Skinny
We're going to be powering up the mining mod very slowly. We've made a lot of changes and there are a lot of things to make happen. I will be updating you to new changes as they happen and providing more comprehensive guides.
As of right now the mining mod is turned OFF.
This means that there are no ID/IFF/Ship bonuses to mining. So do not report low yeilds.
However, we have turned on an experimental system which will provide sale bonuses to different commodities at different locations. So while your hold will fill slowly, you can still make money.
Commodity Sell List
Local Sell Points:
Niobium, Leeds New London, New London
Niobium, Tau-37 Java Station, Tau-23
Diamonds, Omega11 Ring, New Berlin
Diamonds, Dresden Ring, New Berlin
Platinum, Pennsylvania Pueblo Station, Colorado
Distant Sell Points:
Niobium, New Tokyo
Diamonds, New Tokyo
Diamonds, New Tokyo
Platinum, New London
Field Changes
[color=#99FF99]Liberty
Platinum added to the ring of planet Tremont. The large green one you see on your left when you undock from Erie.
Bretonia
Three new gold fields added to Dublin, all to the northeast.
New Beryllium field added to Cambridge, between the Cambridge/New London Jumpgate.
Toxic Waste added to Leeds smug fields.
Rheinland
New Fields added to Omega 11, the further you go from Solarius station the stronger the fields become. Each new "mini field" is marked by a nav buoy.
New Omega 7 mining fields added further abroad. These new fields will be the ones with a mining bonus.
New Dresden mining fields added further abroad. These new fields will be the ones with a mining bonus.
Kusari
Alien Organisms added to Sigma 19 and Hokkaido
The Taus
New Niobium field added to Tau-37, between Faulkland and the Alpha cloud.
Tau-23 Niobium fields moved to the left side of the map