Mining
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[edit] Mining Overview
- Players will mine ore from 'nodes' on an asteroid's surface.
- Mining an asteroid does not destroy it, only the ore nodes on its surface are consumed.
- The ore nodes will respawn, but they will not always be in the exact same place on an asteroid, or be of the same type. The parent asteroid will define the possible kinds of ore and the physical asteroid types themselves will remain easy to identify.
- The same AI system that handles loot will be used to handle what ore is recovered from an ore node.
- Ore is refined into materials for manufacturing and production.
- Basic mining will require only a mining laser.
- Haulers will be needed to move material from way stations to other, more centralised points of exchange.
- Specialized mining ships will be available (see Galactic Database under the Commercial Ships section).
[edit] Differences between Jumpgate Classic and Jumpgate Evolution
- Most asteroids in Jumpgate Evolution are considerably larger than in Jumpgate Classic.
- Asteroids will not turn blue after being mined as they are no longer the object being mined. Instead, players will mine nodes on the asteroid's surface.
- Each node will offer maybe 1-3 ore types, instead of fractions of dozens of commodities, but what you get when you mine a node will be random.
- There will be more than five kinds of ore.
- The ore nodes are handled by the AI code, and as such are a separate entity to asteroids.
- Nodes will take approximately 5 seconds to mine before being exhausted.
[edit] Known Ore Types
- Common
- Ice
- Precious
- Radioactive
- Semifluxor
- Industrial Metals
- Exotic Metals
- Precious Metals
- Minerals
- Semiconductors
- Crystals
- Volatiles
[edit] Sources
- Most of the information on this page is from Quantar Unite, courtesy of Istvan, a developer employed by NetDevil. It only describes a starting point for the Mining system in Jumpgate Evolution and is not confirmed to be the final outcome.
