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-= Drill=HERE! =-

Drill=>HERE! provides you with GPS points DIRECTLY OVER the Ore!

Great for
• GPS guided miners (SAM+PAM, etc.)
  
• Auto-deploy bases (AI or not!)
  
• Nanobot mining

Deep ore mining? NO PROBLEM!
Drill=>HERE! provides you with THREE critical GPS points:

• GPS Position of the ORE
  
• GPS SURFACE position just above the ORE (i.e., put your drill rig here - you WILL hit the ore you want!)
  
• GPS DRILL POINT where you can send a flying miner and drill STRAIGHT DOWN for a 100% Guaranteed 'payday'!
  
• GPS ORBIT POINT (optional) gives you "edge of space" point to park your drop/mother ship directly above the ore!

Drill=>HERE! provides you with the GPS points to drop - right on top of the ore you need the most!

If you can see the Ore on your HUD, you can use Drill=>HERE! and get GPS points to have your miner going into the ore INSTANTLY!
(you must be in a gravity well of a planet for this to work - sorry.... no 'space' or 'asteroids' allowed.... - talk to Keen!)

Wh.... what!?

Know this - if you can see the GPS on the HUD, you can get GPS points to deploy your drills DIRECTLY OVER THE ORE!

YES, that means you can drop an explorer pod with an Ore Detector, use this script from your 'near orbit' ship, point/click and get the GPS right over the Ore on the planet - WITHOUT EVER GOING TO THE PLANET (unless you want to! :) .....

Then, send a SAM/PAM drill, auto-deploying base..... - whatever..... and START DRILLING your Ore!
(yes, it is that cool....)

Sounds awesome. You're dragging me in... 😆

That's the point - as well as this one...


While Drill=>HERE! is more accurate at closer levels, setting points from 'edge' of gravity still will give you 'horseshoes/hand grenades' close - and CLOSER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO 100% ALIGNMENT.


Any reason this wouldn't work on a hosted MP server?
should work fine on any setup - as long as scripts are allowed in the world

1. Create any 'explorer' ship you like with these minimums:
   a. Cockpit (this can likely be used with drone/Cameras {UNTESTED/UNSUPPORTED/FUTURE?}, but it is much simpler to use a Cockpit)
   b. Remote Control (even though you will be flying this ship to do your scans, the RC IS required to access the 'internal' software!)
   c. LCD (it can be a 'corner' or something small {cockpit screens are a possible future feature})
   d. "stop anywhere at any angle" thrusters (enough for the planet/conditions you want to work in)
   e. a Programmable Block (PB) to run the Drill=>HERE! (this one...) script
   
   
2. Depending on your setup, you may need/want a 'probe' or base, etc. to show the Ore positions (large grid Ore Detector highly recommended) - deployed to the planet (you must see the Ores on the HUD)
   
   
3. Use your 'explorer' and point the crosshairs toward the Ore of your choice (see pic "coming soon") and make note of the distance the HUD shows you.
   
   
4. Go into the Control panel, select the PB of Drill=>HERE! and scroll down to the 'Argument' area where you will enter a command with the format:
   DRILL ORENAME DISTANCE
   Where
   "ORENAME" is the name you want to see on your HUD (can be anything, but NO SPACES)
   "DISTANCE" is the distance shown from the HUD (must be in METERS!!!)
   NOTE You may also optionally enter a 4th part with the distance to 'edge of space' and get an ORBIT HERE point on your GPS. To determine this height, go to the edge of your planet's gravity well and note the altitude. (PRO TIP: If you want to park your mothership in space, just add a few meters! Then use your explorer ship just inside the gravity well to mark more ore!)
   
   
5. Click 'Run'
   
   
6. Open up the Drill=>HERE! LCD and select 'Edit Text'. You will see the GPS points for ORE, EST. SURFACE and DRILL which will automatically be copied to your GPS tab.
   
   
7. Go to the GPS tab and scroll to the bottom of the list (probably already selected/close) and select the GPS point(s) you want to display then click the 'Show on HUD' button.

Use the points you just added to deploy your miners!

YUP! If you use the Nanobot Fill n Drill mod, use my Nanobot GPS Drilling script along with Drill=>HERE! and you will be gathering ore faster than a speeding 'nano' (or is that 'bot' :)

Basically you fly around in your 'explorer' ship (like you do anyway when you are looking for Ore...), find the Ore you want to drill, tag it with what you see on the HUD using this Drill=>HERE! script and the script will do some 'magic' to make more GPS points that are on the surface and the (configurable by you) point DIRECTLY ABOVE THE ORE where you just send your drill!

and, yes, it works really well (beams with pride emoticon!)

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3296158808
find Ore GPS points FAST (great for auto-deploy bases, deep drilling and of course, Nanobot GPS Drilling!)

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2869938767
Automate Your World, control your inventory and make your drones behave!

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2861428091
Control your BnR bots by direction, groups and patterns

always know WHERE your drones are as well as their condition
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2856836020

maintained and updated version of the BEST autopilot script around!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2892105352

quick and easy positioning of Nanobot Drill and Fill System via GPS!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3296512822

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