Asteroid Mining available!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mishka · Post by **Mishka** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:32 pm

Let your auto updater run coz asteroid mining kits are available to purchase in space station!!!

Mishka · Post by **Mishka** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:39 pm

So.................. how do I use it?

Sab · Post by **Sab** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:13 pm

Find a star system with an asteroid belt, it will be the brighter dots that are in an orbit around the sun. Fly into the belt and find an asteroid. Get close enough to the asteroid where you will see a box pop up to start mining. As long as you have your mining kit, your all set.

Only thing I saw that didn't work well was if you were to open new boxes or get slightly out of skew with the asteroid it would stop and you would have to start over again.

SirMelsereth · Post by **SirMelsereth** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:11 pm

*Giggles in a manly let gleeful manner, and goes to buy mining kit*

Theros_12 · Post by **Theros_12** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:23 pm

Sab wrote:Find a star system with an asteroid belt, it will be the brighter dots that are in an orbit around the sun. Fly into the belt and find an asteroid. Get close enough to the asteroid where you will see a box pop up to start mining. As long as you have your mining kit, your all set.

Only thing I saw that didn't work well was if you were to open new boxes or get slightly out of skew with the asteroid it would stop and you would have to start over again.

Thats only because it like real life, where if you were in space mining an asteroid, you wouldn't be able to move when you were mining

Mishka · Post by **Mishka** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:50 pm

I still dont get it, I bought the kit, I get close to the asteroid but no box appears, how close should I be? And in what position? And where in the screen must this box appear?

Mishka · Post by **Mishka** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:53 pm

I also noticed the kit doesn't appear in the inventory list, does it appear on yours?

NooB · Post by **NooB** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:54 pm

Anybody know a planet u can Infimp to that has asteroids?

Gavinbaisk · Post by **Gavinbaisk** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:21 pm

NooB wrote:Anybody know a planet u can Infimp to that has asteroids?

Megacityone as some when you head towards the planet on the otherside of the system. I couldn't do it but i noticed someone else mine there earlier

Mishka · Post by **Mishka** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:26 pm

All systems have an asteroid belt. For those who have problems seing it:

Press F5 for system map

In the system map there are croses that represent the location of a planet, the cross has the name of the planet on top. There are yellow dots that make a circle around the star representing the planets orbits. And last, if you look closely there is another circle in the map sorrounding the star of white bluish irregular shaped dots. That is the asteroid belt, the white bluish irregular shaped dots sorrounding the star. Every system has an asteroid belt.

Mishka · Post by **Mishka** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:31 pm

Now that I haven't been able to mine asteroids, I will look for the diferent colour stars. I will first try to infimp to Biplaneworld. Maybe it is a blue star.

-Edit-

WOOT thanks MIT!!!!!!! I just saw a diferent colour star. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They look awesome and you game is getting better and better.

Post by **Fooli** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:43 pm

Mining works for me.

- the fact the kit doesn't show in your inventory is, I imagine, just a bug

- I'm not convinced the whole system is working as it should, but it definitely works. What I had to do was approach an asteroid, get verrrry close; kill the drives so your speed is zero; then press F7 to bring up ship's inventory. With the inventory screen open, the mining dialogue appears and you can click the button.

I'd be surprised if that's the way mit intended it to work (he was prolly just drunk again) but it does work for me. I've just spent ten minutes earning, er... about 20cr. Great.
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(nah it's really great actually... like fishing in space. The suspense! :)

Sab · Post by **Sab** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:45 pm

I was able to mine, I had to be really, really close to the asteroid to mine it. And had to approach it very slowly in order for the box to appear. Center the asteroid in your window and you should have the box pop up.

While I agree you shouldn't be able to move about in space or perhaps shoot weapons while mining, you should still be able to do trivial things such as check prices or inventory while mining. Just my opinion though.

Sab · Post by **Sab** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:47 pm

The best thing that I see about the mining, aside from new players having something else to do, is if you get stuck with full cargo and no fuel. Mining offers you a chance to get some uridium without having to jettison your whole cargo for a massive loss.

Mishka · Post by **Mishka** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:47 pm

Thanks guys, I figured it out.

Priest · Post by **Priest** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:54 pm

I got a pack and all i had was 200
i infinted and lost it. That was a lot of hard work could i have it back?

Post by **Mit** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:42 am

the fact the kit doesn't show in your inventory is, I imagine, just a bug

Fixed 0.50.5