OK new question...I got a new subsurface missile launcher to learn to use, but either I don't know how or its not working

[kevin398_727]

I went out mining, found a nice asteroid with ore in it, and some icons showing ore deposits too. mined the ore out with the mining beam, then set up and identified an icon coming around as the same ore as before. targeted it as it got closer and the targeting rectical changed to two layers instead of one. I fired... missiles hit dirt, but no ore flies off...nothing happened. waited until the same one came around again and fired twice more...the icon disappeared but no ore. did this for practice on all of them and they all disappeared with no ore being thrown out. so asking why that is? does that launcher need a special scanner installed or something? Because I used up almost a full load of missiles and got nothing.

[Planewalker]

Adding things to the ignore filter will prevent them from showing.

[kevin398_727]

I dont even know how to do that so mine is set to default...lol

[Tarzan]

When using subsurface you have to hold the fire button down to start the mini game

[kevin398_727]

ah, ok that makes more sense, and since it got brought up..how do you set things you dont want?

[klaxxin]

just target the subsurface material , click the drill and keep pressing , then look at your down left corner and (if the drill is set right) a small mini game will start , and the game is pretty straight foward..

hope it helped! happy drilling!!

[Heimdall313]

https://youtu.be/2bnBHhH1tc4

Shows tools, and kinda how to do it. You need Pulse Wave Analyzer, SubSurface Displacement Missile (small or medium, medium just has more ammo), Refinery, Prospector Limpet Controller, Collector Limpet Controller, Cargo room, at absolute minimum.

To ignore materials as discussed above, when you have fragments or chunks broken off (the things your limpets are grabbing) you can open your Contacts menu, left hand panel, and select a chunk/fragment, and you'll see an Ignore option.

Icy, you want to ignore anything that isn't Tritium, Low Temp Diamond, Void Opal, Grandidterite. Icy generally sucks to mine. Bromillite is also OK to mine, but is mostly mined for Mining Rush missions.
Metallic stuff, ignore everything that isn't Platinum, Palladium, Osmium, Painite for laser mining, and pretty sure ALL the ores from deep core are good in non-Icy asteroids.

I mostly use SubSurface as an extra tool for Laser Mining, since it only really takes one Small hardpoint to add on.

Any questions, let me know, I do all types of mining.

[kevin398_727]

OK it got mentioned to remove some cheap stuff by adding them to an ignore type list...where is that? I never used it yet but it would be nice to know.

[Mad Man Moon]

Originally posted by kevin398_727:

OK it got mentioned to remove some cheap stuff by adding them to an ignore type list...where is that? I never used it yet but it would be nice to know.

left panel (press 1 on a keyboard), third tab (i think), scroll down and you will see all the stuff you have mined off the rock, select one and just to the right of it a list will appear offering you the ability to add/remove them to the ignore list.

[kevin398_727]

thanks Mad Man, having that info saves me a lot of hassle, now most of that junk gets ignored.