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[request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:03 am
by Mylon
This is for my mod Prospector, here: https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Mylon/Prospector

I'd love to have a custom graphics for higher tier drills (even something as simple as icon to help differentiate it in the item list, I'm working on seeing if a recolor can change the graphics) but I also need a custom graphic for the prospector which locates deeper ores to mine. Right now I'm using the radar. I would also like a fracker graphic that works like the radar (buffs nearby oil deposits).

I would very much appreciate any contributions on this.

Re: [request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:24 pm
by darkfrei
Can you add some references?

Re: [request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:36 pm
by darkfrei
Something like this? 2x2 tiles, shift by y is around 1.5.
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Re: [request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:09 am
by Mylon
I was thinking maybe something like a big giant auger. Like this: http://www.starindustries.com/Auger_files/Auger2011.jpg
Though something like this would be cool too: http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/w ... avator.jpg

Re: [request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:52 pm
by darkfrei
I was thinking about hydraulic fracturing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

OK, what size do you need?

Re: [request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 7:23 pm
by Mylon
Oh, I'm not even sure what a hydraulic fracturer would look like. I was thinking 3x3 for simplicity.

Re: [request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:32 pm
by Arucard
Mylon wrote:...Though something like this would be cool too: http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/w ... avator.jpg
Holy crap, is that thing real!? Suddenly I want a giant saw blade I can install on the car to mow down forests.

Anyway, something like an oil rig would look good, mod sounds very interesting by the way.

Re: [request] Prospector mod prospectors and drills

Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:52 pm
by Mylon
The mod is more or less 'done'. It's playable but not very pretty due to lack of graphics.