Question about the autominer

suraimu · October 24, 2011 at 1:03 PM

Am I missing something about how the Scanners work with the autominer? I don't seem to get any difference in results whether I put either scanner in the Autominer or leave that slot empty - it just digs straight down in a 1x1 column to the bedrock and stops.

Thanks!

SilvaDreams · October 24, 2011 at 3:21 PM

Visibly from where you are yes it only digs straight down, with the OC/OV scanner in there it respectfully scans and digs out ores within a 5x5 and 9x9 area

MJEvans · October 24, 2011 at 3:50 PM

If you want to watch what's going on grab one of the 'wallhacks/xray' texture packs (there's an OK one linked on the normal minecraft wiki): it can be quite fun to watch the miner in action and is also a good way of troubleshooting it hitting crap in the new features like abandoned mines.

suraimu · October 25, 2011 at 10:32 AM

Ahhhh, that explains it. I was expecting something more like what Buildcraft's quarry leaves behind.

Thanks!

Alblaka · October 25, 2011 at 12:53 PM Official Post

It was intentionally coded to grab as minimal useless cobble as possible. It will only dig down and towards the ores.