Marking mining area

[Nova]

It would be nice to see the area where other miner already mine, when we want to build another miner.

[rk84]

I think it would look messy with power areas and I don't have any problems with placing miners. 0-2 tiles between miners and its good to go.

[kovarex]

This have been done for 0.7.5, it is shown when you are building the mining drill or selecting it. Check it out

[rk84]

haha. I will update tomorrow.

[Nova]

This have been done for 0.7.5, it is shown when you are building the mining drill or selecting it. Check it out

I mean see the area of EVERY mining drill already placed. To see which area is not already covered or double covered.

[Dakkanor]

thats an interesting idea, not somthing that i think about as i can usually recognise spots which aren't getting mined almost instantly, i might be easier because i spread my miners out so that there are always 2 tiles between each mine, no more no less. any break in the pattern is a dead spot which needs to be fixed, OR a redundant spot, which needs to be fixed.

[Nova]

The problem is: There are power poles and belts between the mining drills, moreover the ore field is not rectangular.

[Dakkanor]

The problem is: There are power poles and belts between the mining drills, moreover the ore field is not rectangular.

true enough, though i tend to simply not see the power poles unless
A)im specifically dealing with them
or B) they're the big ones/substations

power poles and belts aren't an issue as they simply become part of the pattern, the mines go out in a grid and then the poles get placed in specific points relatve to the mines, same thing with the belts.

as for the deposit shape, i tend to lean more towards the ascetic pattern of the mine first rather that practicality i.e. my mines usually look like you placed the pattern down and then simply removed the mines which didn't have anything to dig out.


i don't even know if the way i do things make sense, its just how my OCD tendency come's out and influences my building style

[SilverWarior]

Since the amount of ore tiles mine covers doesn't affect the mine spped but only the maximal amount of ore thet mine will mine it is perfectly Ok to place a mine over just a few ore blocks.
So I suggest using the simpliest pattern for it.

[ssilk]

I place mines dependend on density of the mine-field. In the inner the mines usually have more ore. You can see that before placing. So I place the miners eventually directly besides or leave maximum 2 tiles space. As result the mines at the borders are not so fast empty and the inner mines are faster empty, which means I have a more constant flow.

For big fields I try to make a setup like here https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... orage5.jpg . What I mean is, that I have straight belt-lines - they are the borders of my layout - and then I try to fill up with miners from both sides. The advantage of this layout is, that it can be used directly for a train-station (there where the chests are, but differently directions.

For smaller resource-fields I don't mind, any layout is good.