No idea mate, I made this 6 years ago, might be something they changed in the SBC files, I'm surprised it still works tbh.

This is really an awesome help for me. When I try to set an amount to maintain in the assembler, it only offers me magnesium powder. I can still manually produce it from the production screen though. Is that something with this mode or should I be looking elsewhere?

Tested today 02/02/2025 with no other mods. Works fine.

If its crashing for you, need more information - like what it says in the log.

it seems to crash for me.

still works July 5th 2024

Still works?

Doesn't work :(

i mistook this for the deep ore one no everything is fine for me

woops wrong mod

Mod is basic SBC edits to make a blueprint so easy to update - is it doing something unexpected?

it should the non stone variant still works so yeah

Hello there, does this mod still work with the current game version?

Just searched and found at least 100 gravel sifters! Most seem to be unmaintained though.

I think you could solve the problem @lare26 has if this worked like the "Ore from electricity" generator. Basically make stone refine into all the ingots! Wouldn't be surprised if there already is a mod for it though.

Hi, the mod still works?

Nope :)

I remember something. It seems to freeze the API for as long as it takes to produce the ore. Does that help in any way?

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2783385218

Nah its just a plain text file XML, notepad++ is what I use.

To be honest even if you identify the conflict I wouldn't be able to do anything I simple just add a recipe entry in the Vanilla assembler :D

I actually coded a generator mod that uses the ModAPI you can use if you like, it works differently though, I made it to be able to grab ores from all mods though which was an often request feature from this mod that I couldn't achieve via editing the SBC files.

Thank you for your replies. I am going to look into the SBC file/s. Is there a specific program required to open and edit those? Or can I just use notepad or Note++? And would you like an update?

Bahahaha, I play with at least 50 bare minimum including my own local ones I make.

This is just a simple SBC file edit which are files which Keen's game code reads to build Vanilla functionality, no coding required so if any of your other mods messes with recipes added to assemblers it might cause a conflict.

What type of mods are most likely. I collect mods like boss's collect an unfair amount of your earnings. :P

Tested. Works fine, mod conflict?

Every time I que up some ore, the game freezes. It seems to grow longer the more ore I que up.

Glad to hear you're enjoying it, you're explanation is pretty much the reason I made this mod, hahaha :D

Without this mod the game is actually just unplayable. Due to how sparse and rare materials are in the game, also it can just be random chance you can even get the materials you need, it ruins the game. Being able to convert stone to ores then the ores into their refined versions is balanced as far as I'm concerned and makes the game actually playable because now the player can gather the materials they need to build at least something small. Previously you could be missing one critical ore and then spend literally hours wandering planets and/or asteroid fields just trying to find the correct ore. I would have completely given up on this game and never played it again had it not been for your mod. Thank you very much and I hope this mod doesn't ever go obsolete as that will be the end of Space Engineers for me.

ya im not a modder and wouldnt know where to begain but I will try

Sorry mate, I'm back at work now, don't have any time for modding really. Its a simple textfile edit, you could probably figure out how to do it yourself by looking in the modding guides around changing SBC files.

any oil sand as well please since it is part of the same mod

Can this mod PLEASE be updated to be compatable and work with Industrial Overhaul. Really could use the aluminum as I havent found any and ive been at t for 6 hours

and how i am going to battle my friends now

can you please make that basic assemblers make ore too,because i am going to make a server,and i wanted it to be about big ships and stuff, but i can never find any ores of magnesium for guns, and cobalt for grids from start

Hmm I just tried it and didnt get that, if I put stone in the refinery or a cargo the refinery automatically makes it into Gravel.

Kinda thinking I should change the recipes on this to use gravel instead of stone based on that.

If I load stone directly into the assembler though it just sits there until I choose an ore to make.

Is it not working like this for you? Also, are you using other mods?

So I've got an issue where anytime stone goes into the assembler it turns it into gravel and what not instead of being turned into what ever metal I'm wanting it to be

loved the mod, would be giving the it a like and a few awards :)

"My mates and I are just lazy bastards who can't be bothered to look for the actual ore deposits :P"

Pretty much my motivation for making it too, hahaha

It looks like the mod just works too fast for the game engine to catch up causing it to freeze. Since the stone conversion takes so little time and the assembler from the other mod works so fast, bam, recipe for disaster. That's not counting the possible mod conflict as you pointed out. Still, amazing work. My mates and I are just lazy bastards who can't be bothered to look for the actual ore deposits :P but we want to mine too so this is a good compromise for us.

Yeah, they both write to the same files too.

This isn't a script mod, just SBC text file edits that the game loads when it starts. I can easily imagine trying to put too much stuff through the lumbering beast that makes up the games resourcing system would easily result in crashes as well.

definitely not your mod's fault. looks like the assemblers from the other mod are working too fast making the sim speed go down drastically which crashes the game.

Works for me. However, weird crashes every time I craft Uranium with this mod https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=820259930

EDIT: the crash occurs for any ore when I craft too much with the higher tiers of assemblers.

I wasnt sure if it worked or not. Good to know. Thank you

I just tested it, it works perfectly fine? If its not for you, might be mod conflict.

https://imgur.com/a/sM6yxxD

Any news on getting it to work? Would love to use this mod

Hmm its a fairly simple mod. Basically just SBC files. I'll take a look this weekend if I get a chance.

Somebody should update this.

Mod doesn't work.

It didn't work for me.

does this mod still work? i tried to used it and it doesnt work just wondering if im doing something wrong

whell you still need stone for this mod

I’ve answered my own question, enabled creative mode with ALT+F10, created a large assembler and hey presto!

Awesome mod, mining is so dull even with ships.......