Detecting mountain ore

[Sussex]

I`ve tried looking around but cant find exactly what i`m looking for.

Does anyone know of any mods that can detect ore veins within mountains ?

many thanks

[grapplehoeker]

No mod required.
Just strip mine - mine out in long lines and space them out by 3 apart. That will give you a greater chance of locating a shallow deposit.
For deep deposits you just have to research the right tech advancement.
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Ground-penetrating_scanner
In addition to what the Wiki states, when you power this up and click on it, all deep deposits of all types will show up on the map as areas of green. The various sizes of the deposits will give you a better clue as to what they contain.
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Deep_drill

[DaLagga]

Here's a great detailed tutorial for optimal exploratory mining.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc_2qI6y2GQ

[Sussex]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

No mod required.
Just strip mine - mine out in long lines and space them out by 3 apart. That will give you a greater chance of locating a shallow deposit.
For deep deposits you just have to research the right tech advancement.
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Ground-penetrating_scanner
In addition to what the Wiki states, when you power this up and click on it, all deep deposits of all types will show up on the map as areas of green. The various sizes of the deposits will give you a better clue as to what they contain.
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Deep_drill

Yea, I knew about the deep scanner and drill, just wondered about mountains as i`m in a mountainous area.

I guess the tip is strip mining and props to DaLagga, i`ll watch the video right now, cheers.

[Sussex]

Originally posted by Virusboy:

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

No mod required.
Just strip mine - mine out in long lines and space them out by 3 apart. That will give you a greater chance of locating a shallow deposit.
For deep deposits you just have to research the right tech advancement.
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Ground-penetrating_scanner
In addition to what the Wiki states, when you power this up and click on it, all deep deposits of all types will show up on the map as areas of green. The various sizes of the deposits will give you a better clue as to what they contain.
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Deep_drill

Yea, I knew about the deep scanner and drill, just wondered about mountains as i`m in a mountainous area.

I guess the tip is strip mining and props to DaLagga, i`ll watch the video right now, cheers.

just after a bit of gold and plasteel and theres none readily visible. trade ships are random and i just wanted a quick fix. Micro-analyser for starters.

EDIT: LOL quoted my own post my mistake

[Astasia]

You can turn on dev mode, one of the tabs at the top has a big checklist, one of those options is to draw fog. If you turn that off you can see all the surface ores in a mountain map. I don't know of any mods that do anything similar.