Mining Speed (infinite blocks and standard)

[BuckBuckerson]

So what happens when youre trying to dig out a HUGE underground base out of a mountain and its taking too long? Or when you need 10K stone bricks but don't have 30 hours to mine it all, use this....

1) locate your steam folder (normally labeled 'steamapps' and open the folder
2) go into the folder labeled 'common'
3) Locate and open the 'Colony Survival' folder
4) open 'game data' folder
5) right in that folder you'll see a file called 'types.json', open that using notepad
6) next, find the desireable material you want to mine (for instance dirt) and paste this command at the bottom of that section BEFORE the end bracket

"destructionTime" : 600

NOTE: to change the time it takes to mine a single block, change the numbers...simple for a super fast mining time i recomend using 100

for dirt the entire block will look like this

"dirt" : {
"npcLimit" : 0,
"isFertile" : true,
"sideall" : "SELF",
"onRemoveAudio" : "grassDelete",
"onPlaceAudio" : "dirtPlace"
"destructionTime" : 100
},

MAKE SURE THE INDENTS LINE UP!!!

This can be inserted or deleted from any "minable" material at any time as long as you're not in game, if you want to impliment the changes simply save the file, you don't have to close it. Impliment of changes occur while loading into the single player save world, meaning you can return the main menu, change the mining speed, and go right back into the world WITHOUT closing the game completely.

To set the mining speed back to normal simply delete the line and set it back to "stock"

"dirt" : {
"npcLimit" : 0,
"isFertile" : true,
"sideall" : "SELF",
"onRemoveAudio" : "grassDelete",
"onPlaceAudio" : "dirtPlace"
},

MAKE SURE YOU DELETE THE EXTRA SPACE

Also, becuase that line is only for that material if you are mining like a crazy man but DON'T want to go into certain areas, surround the area you want to mine in a different material (i recomend stone bricks because they take a while to mine so you can catch yourself before mining through it.

Any questions or comments let me know in the comments and I'll be more than happy to try and help. I am not a master coder or a programmer by any means but I know my way around a computer and will do the best I can

[Nuttycide]

Umm, you can set up some miners to mine the stone on the bottem of the map. But if your expand the mine thats all on the player.

[Koutetsusteel]

You can change the mining speed of blocks in the types.json file. Add (or edit) the entry:
"destructionTime" : #
(where # is the time in milliseconds )

There are numerous types.json files, but the one that you need is located in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Colony Survival\gamedata

For example, if you wanted to change the destruction (mining) speed of infinite iron blocks, change:

"infiniteiron" : {
"onRemoveType" : "ironore",
"onRemoveAudio" : "stoneDelete",
"destructionTime" : 1250,
"sideall" : "SELF",
"isDestructible" : false
},

to something more like:

"infiniteiron" : {
"onRemoveType" : "ironore",
"onRemoveAudio" : "stoneDelete",
"destructionTime" : 50,
"sideall" : "SELF",
"isDestructible" : false
},


You can do this with I think every block in the game. If the entry doesn't have a "destructionTime" entry inside of it, just add it.

Disclaimer: This post doesn't really allow for proper formatting of the entries, so make sure you follow the correct format inside the file itself.

[BuckBuckerson]

True you can set up miners, but as soon as you add NPC's zombies start coming, This is if you want to build a castle or fortress FIRST. or if they just aren't mining fast enough for your insane building speed

[Koutetsusteel]

When I posted my response, you didn't have any of the steps/information in your original post... lol

[SourceUnknown]

Koutetsusteel, when you gonna make a guide/mod for making our own custom blocks in game?

[BuckBuckerson]

Yeah sorry, i accidently hit tab and enter before I was done typing, had to go back and edit for the rest haha and do any of you know if there are any stairs in the game? mod wise or anything?

[Drek Durshell]

Originally posted by GasTheFanz:

Koutetsusteel, when you gonna make a guide/mod for making our own custom blocks in game?

There is a guide on page 2 of the custom block thread.
Though it is a bit backwards finding it.

[MasterWangChung]

May aswell just enable cheats and give yourself the items if you need it. Seems a little broken pencil, spend some time playing the game and enjoy yourself, shouldn't be done with a map idea in a few hours imo.