New to the Discovery mod but really enjoying it so far. I’ve always loved mining in Freelancer so thought I would give it a try here. Read up on all the rules I could find, including rereading the excellent Discovery Mining Guide several times.
I did a /restart to give me full green with Samura and am carrying my Samura ID. Bought a good mining ship the Anki and loaded up the turrets with Light Mining Array guns only. I can fly into the gas clouds of Sigma-19 and in no time load up the hold with Helium-3.
But I cannot mine a rock no matter where I go. I understand the fields are different here than vanilla, so I’m careful to get inside a cloud that shows up on the nav map. I’ve tried several different fields in several different systems and never once brought in a piece of ore or metal.
I’m sure everything in the mod is working fine, so clearly I don’t understand something about mining in Discovery. Can anyone let me know what I missed? Thanks a ton for the help.
Looking forward to seeing you out there soon. Arigatou!
Samura doesn't get many mining opportunities. Afaik it's mostly just Helium-3, Platinum Ore, Alien Organisms, and raw hydrocarbons. Aside from these ores, Samura will not mine things like gold or cobalt etc. To mine those types of ores you'd need an appropriate ID. Within the mining guide you referenced is a guide that shows each ID and what they mine.
New miners are always welcome. If you want to use Discord, there's a very nice server for the miners, where you could have a chance to find employers. I certainly will look for one in few minutes.
Otherwise, there are player bases buying your mined ore or gas, they pay a good price. Could be worth mining with a Kamome or a Hegemon to supply them.