Best way to dig a big hole?

[Kloud77]

I need to dig a big hole, easiest is best in this case, around 100x100 at least, while about 50-100 deep.

Any suggestions on how to go about this? Voxel, mod, ect, all ideas welcome.

[RedCap]

use warheads there fun to use, and if your in creative its even easyer.

[Kloud77]

Originally posted by RedCap:

use warheads there fun to use, and if your in creative its even easyer.

I tried digging a tunnel straight down once with them, did not seem to accurate so that had not come to mind... I guess I could build a large grid with markers on where to drop so that it is fairly straight down. Thanks!

Other ideas obviously still welcome...

Another thought I just had was to somehow drill the outside edges then use voxel to make cleanup work in the middle of it a sinch...

[Vortacoil]

build a grid of warheads the size that you want the hole to be, then copy it then press control v over where you want the hole to be.

[Kloud77]

Working on making 'cubes of warheads' but it isn't very clean, nor does it make them all explode which is troublesome..

https://postimg.org/gallery/34t0i4q6c/8944cfeb/ is a url to the screenshots of progress so far..

[Abisius Xarvenius Carbensius]

why warheads and not with a simple drill?`and i mena no drillpalttform, only a drill ;)

[Kloud77]

Originally posted by Abisius:

why warheads and not with a simple drill?`and i mena no drillpalttform, only a drill ;)

A drill that is 100x100 blocks?

[Abisius Xarvenius Carbensius]

nope, but it give different drilmods, my favorite:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=475375953

and then place an open box that is a bit smaller than the size you want, dirll with rk
after endign this place the box of the size you want and drll the rest out with lk

[Kloud77]

Originally posted by Abisius:

nope, but it give different drilmods, my favorite:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=475375953

and then place an open box that is a bit smaller than the size you want, dirll with rk
after endign this place the box of the size you want and drll the rest out with lk

Interesting.. However, with this it takes a few minutes to setup, mostly making a platform to copy to clipboard that is the correct size, then within 10 or so pastes and drops, I had a hole as deep as the last one in that screen shot.

For building a giant hole, this seems less time consuming. But thanks for the heads up on the drill - that thing has to be a new toy of mine :)

[Abisius Xarvenius Carbensius]

it is not so fast then the explosives, but more survival friendly and you can work more acurate and for pürecision work a single vaniladrill or a handdrill

[Kloud77]

I'm going to give this thing a shot at the detail digging once I make the larger hole. I figure I can dig out 100x100 and 150 deep in about 20 minutes with the platform warheads, so the drill you suggested will be super useful for digging out the areas to the sides at the bottom and making hallways / ect.

[Darkaiser]

Originally posted by Tick:

I'm going to give this thing a shot at the detail digging once I make the larger hole. I figure I can dig out 100x100 and 150 deep in about 20 minutes with the platform warheads, so the drill you suggested will be super useful for digging out the areas to the sides at the bottom and making hallways / ect.

Ok...now I gotta ask...what on earth are you going to do with a hole that big?

[Kloud77]

Originally posted by Darkaiser:

Ok...now I gotta ask...what on earth are you going to do with a hole that big?

Well... I am thinking to make a sub-terrain base large enough that I can take my larger ships down there and land them under ground. If you check my workshop you can see that a few of my ships are a bit larger...

This way I have a base, with a garage for my ships, that is protected from those nasty events that happen every 10 minutes.

[Dan2D3D]

Hi Tick, I use the Voxel tools or Rocket Launchers to make tunnels of all shapes.

You could try with 100X100 Large Rocket launchers, hoping the game will not crash.