Mining asteroids with a"mining laser module" advice needed

[Isaac1000]

I put a mining laser module on my CV. I push access. I get nothing. It is like it isn't there. How do i access it ? I am thinking it is just a place holder for the future tool.

[ravien_ff]

You access it from the pilot seat just like any other fixed weapon. It's a fixed weapon, there's no accessing it.

[Isaac1000]

You are 100% correct. Sorry for being an alarmist.

[TaTu <DK>]

Have you remembered and put a cargo box up to it.

[Isaac1000]

Originally posted by TaTu <DK>:

Have you remembered and put a cargo box up to it.

No, I have not. That was my next question. It is telling me I need a "harvester box" , I looked on my advanced constructor and there is no such animal. How do I build said cargo box please?

[Isaac1000]

I just looked up some old posts on this subject and the name of the harvester box was changed to cargo box ( ore and wood ). I will check it out later. I also noticed it is falling under the HV tech tree, but the laser is for a CV.

[BlazeD]

There is a version of the cargo(ore and wood) box for the CV as well. It is much higher level than the HV one.

[Isaac1000]

Originally posted by BlazeD:

There is a version of the cargo(ore and wood) box for the CV as well. It is much higher level than the HV one.

Thanks , I'll check it out later.

[ravien_ff]

Container Controller (Ore and Wood) is what you're looking for. Make sure it's the CV version and not the HV version (it should have a yellow dot not a blue dot). Place it anywhere on your ship, locations does not matter.

If you're playing with mass/volume enabled, you can also place container extenders directly touching it (or touching other extenders) to increase the storage space available. If you're playing without mass/volume (the default setting) then you don't need to do this.

Ore mined with the laser will automatically go into the container controller. The mining laser by default is only usable in space for mining asteroids though, not on planets.

[Isaac1000]

Originally posted by ravien_ff:

Container Controller (Ore and Wood) is what you're looking for. Make sure it's the CV version and not the HV version (it should have a yellow dot not a blue dot). Place it anywhere on your ship, locations does not matter.

If you're playing with mass/volume enabled, you can also place container extenders directly touching it (or touching other extenders) to increase the storage space available. If you're playing without mass/volume (the default setting) then you don't need to do this.

Ore mined with the laser will automatically go into the container controller. The mining laser by default is only usable in space for mining asteroids though, not on planets.

Thank you for all the additional info. So I take it that if i connect my containers with extenders then my constructor will pull from all connected containers when I build.

[ravien_ff]

Originally posted by Isaac1000:

Originally posted by ravien_ff:

Container Controller (Ore and Wood) is what you're looking for. Make sure it's the CV version and not the HV version (it should have a yellow dot not a blue dot). Place it anywhere on your ship, locations does not matter.

If you're playing with mass/volume enabled, you can also place container extenders directly touching it (or touching other extenders) to increase the storage space available. If you're playing without mass/volume (the default setting) then you don't need to do this.

Ore mined with the laser will automatically go into the container controller. The mining laser by default is only usable in space for mining asteroids though, not on planets.

Thank you for all the additional info. So I take it that if i connect my containers with extenders then my constructor will pull from all connected containers when I build.

Constructors can only be connected to one container for input, and one container for output.
Extenders simply increase the volume of the container controller they are placed next to. They don't connect different containers together. Think of it like creating a modular cargo bay, you need 1 container controller, and 0-39 container extenders placed directly next to said controller or other extenders. Each one adds 8,000 volume to the container controller.