easy prospecting does nothing - 100% confirmed

[Xeonzs]

Disabled all mods, started a new game, prospecting radius/area and map same, values are the of water/fertility, veins are same quality, enabling/disabling it makes no difference.

Does absolutely nothing.

[GIJoe597]

My understanding is that option removes the science skill need to prospect. It does not change the location, quantity or quality of ore/water/fertile land.

[Shidan]

I'm actually surprised the option is still in the menu. It was confirmed years ago as doing nothing, I expected it to be removed from the list eventually.

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

This only really show's where resources are.
You can bypass it all by using the build menu wireframe as it gives 100% accuracy when you move the wireframe over the land.

Science skill not needed.
The system never really worked correctly.

[bunny de fluff]

The higher the science skill, the more zoomed out and larger the prospected map display iirc

[Xeonzs]

Originally posted by GIJoe597:

My understanding is that option removes the science skill need to prospect. It does not change the location, quantity or quality of ore/water/fertile land.

that's what I thought originally, but nope, just tested it without mods, vanilla game fresh starts, does nothing, 1 science same result with or without easy prospecting.

Originally posted by Shidan:

I'm actually surprised the option is still in the menu. It was confirmed years ago as doing nothing, I expected it to be removed from the list eventually.

Originally posted by HaTsUnE_NeKo:

This only really show's where resources are.
You can bypass it all by using the build menu wireframe as it gives 100% accuracy when you move the wireframe over the land.

Science skill not needed.
The system never really worked correctly.

Yea I saw the comments of you 2 over the last 2 years on similar topics, I tested to see if it was fixed yet, but no.

Originally posted by bunny de fluff:

The higher the science skill, the more zoomed out and larger the prospected map display iirc

Well that's unrelated though, that's just science doing what science is supposed to be doing.
I'm talking about the advanced options checkbox when starting a new game.