My auto drills are not detecting any resource below and decide to mine stone chunks

Originally posted by shrvm<3:

My auto drills are not detecting any resource below and decide to mine stone chunks

it is not drilling basically? are you trying to drill mod resources or base game resources?

Stone chunks are default when there are no actual resource. remember to also have used the deep scanner to scan deep resource deposits.

Originally posted by Verakum:

Originally posted by shrvm<3:

My auto drills are not detecting any resource below and decide to mine stone chunks

it is not drilling basically? are you trying to drill mod resources or base game resources?

Stone chunks are default when there are no actual resource. remember to also have used the deep scanner to scan deep resource deposits.

Thnaks for answering!! I put my autodrills on top of plasteel and steel deposits, they still only mine stone chunks. When placing autodrills on top of the deposit, the icon that indicates whats below doesnt appear too https://imgur.com/a/g7Vxwsp

Originally posted by shrvm<3:

Originally posted by Verakum:

it is not drilling basically? are you trying to drill mod resources or base game resources?

Stone chunks are default when there are no actual resource. remember to also have used the deep scanner to scan deep resource deposits.

Thnaks for answering!! I put my autodrills on top of plasteel and steel deposits, they still only mine stone chunks. When placing autodrills on top of the deposit, the icon that indicates whats below doesnt appear too https://imgur.com/a/g7Vxwsp

Ok, usually when you place an auto drill a white kind of overlay should appear showing the mining area, a smart drill for example has a mining area of 1 square (below it) same for the normal auto drill, the giant drill has a bigger area, but has higher chance of dropping stones.

I think the top right corner drill is an autodrill one and it has nothing below it so I bet it is mining chunks only the other 2 should still mine plasteel in this case... try keeeping one autodrill and it should work ... if the issue still exists maybe share your savegame?

Edit: No other player has reported issues so I would need to dig deeper (No pun intended)

Originally posted by Verakum:

Originally posted by shrvm<3:

Thnaks for answering!! I put my autodrills on top of plasteel and steel deposits, they still only mine stone chunks. When placing autodrills on top of the deposit, the icon that indicates whats below doesnt appear too https://imgur.com/a/g7Vxwsp

Ok, usually when you place an auto drill a white kind of overlay should appear showing the mining area, a smart drill for example has a mining area of 1 square (below it) same for the normal auto drill, the giant drill has a bigger area, but has higher chance of dropping stones.

I think the top right corner drill is an autodrill one and it has nothing below it so I bet it is mining chunks only the other 2 should still mine plasteel in this case... try keeeping one autodrill and it should work ... if the issue still exists maybe share your savegame?

Edit: No other player has reported issues so I would need to dig deeper (No pun intended)

how do i send you my save?

Originally posted by shrvm<3:

Originally posted by Verakum:

Ok, usually when you place an auto drill a white kind of overlay should appear showing the mining area, a smart drill for example has a mining area of 1 square (below it) same for the normal auto drill, the giant drill has a bigger area, but has higher chance of dropping stones.

I think the top right corner drill is an autodrill one and it has nothing below it so I bet it is mining chunks only the other 2 should still mine plasteel in this case... try keeeping one autodrill and it should work ... if the issue still exists maybe share your savegame?

Edit: No other player has reported issues so I would need to dig deeper (No pun intended)

how do i send you my save?

Hello Sorry the delay, I have no idea, maybe upload it somewhere and send the link?

Oh, I just encountered this. it seemed to start when i added Ore Overlay mod, so my ground scanners could see through the walls. my autodrills no longer work and i am sad

edit: no dice, removed ore overlay and still not working. wrong culprit. it could be anything in my over 400modpack, my colony only just got fabrication up from tribal through medieval overhaul. got vanilla enhanced, vehicles, rimfeller and grimhammer in here too, its a mess. cursed for sure always breaking, this is just another. fun though

Oh, I am so sorry to hear it will be hard to determine, many people claim the mod is working fine so identifying the issue would be hard :(

Yea.. This has only just started in this playthrough, previous colonies have worked 100% ok. gotta be one of the new mods i added in this colony. I also have DeepRim enabled on this one, dont usually have that. seems to be causing problems with DubsBadHygiene, can see the water pipes on different map tiles. speculation purely. i accept the risks of mod bloat

When trying to adjust the slider in the drill settings for giant autodrill, it moves basic autodrill instead

I have the same problem too, my first gameplay it work fine, but the second gameplay it only mine chunk and doesnt see any underground vent

One thing im noticed is for both gameplay, the drill still show the green area which indicate mineral below, but it doesnt show what mineral it is, i have to click back to my scanner to know what mineral that green area is

Im also try to change the mod load but it still not working, it so sad, i just want to have less work for my colonist

ohhhh I think that if you are using the auto drill as a scanner that is the issue, this will show the minerals but will not "unlock it" maybe I need to test it, I havent played the game in a long while so it is hard to debug sorry for the issues this is more of a hobby project for me :/