Auto mining not working

[Theodore Roosevelt]

Hi everyone im fairly new to this game i cant seem to get the auto mining to work any tips would be great

[Theodore Roosevelt]

The behavior is set to Sector Automine 0/5 stars which is weird the pilot has 2 stars the ware is silicon but he's full on ore
And it says anchor space is Argon Prime/ Argon Prime

[Thanh]

Try to sell manually the ore somewhere and he will start to mine silicon. And check if there is a place to sell silicon in Argon Prime.

[Theodore Roosevelt]

i will try this thank you

[Theodore Roosevelt]

No its still not working im wondering if it has something to do with the fact he has zero stars next to auto min

[Wraith]

Originally posted by Mr.Kingsman9:

No its still not working im wondering if it has something to do with the fact he has zero stars next to auto min

It might actually be because there no silicon in Argon Prime.
So he can't actually mine and because he set to silicon and sector automining on Argon Prime he pretty much dead in the water.

[=X-men=]

Originally posted by Mr.Kingsman9:

Hi everyone im fairly new to this game i cant seem to get the auto mining to work any tips would be great

Find more reach sector's or use repet orders, this is after 4.0 mining updates. Do mining in OOS mode.

Mining work but its slowed now, resources deplet faster.

[Scipione]

what du you mean with "it does not work" ?
Is he mining at all ? is the cargo full and he is not selling ?
Do you have a trade computer onboard ?
Do you have sattelite coverage at the selling destiantions ?
Do you have resource probes deployed ?

[blackphoenixx]

The reason it doesn't work is because there's nothing to mine in Argon Prime. What little resources the system has is constantly depleted by NPC miners.

For low-star autominers to be profitable you need a sector with both a high amount of the resource you want and at least one buyer for it.
Argon Prime has the latter but not the former.

For good starting sectors check Pious Mists XI and IV, Grand Exchange, Second Contact II, Segaris and Cardinal's Redress, those have plenty of minerals and usually a few refineries to sell to. Use the trade filters to check what's in demand where.

Your miner also needs to know what stations are buying, so you need to either place satellites or have a ship constantly fly around to refresh trade information.

[Theodore Roosevelt]

So, if I don't have satellite near the stations it won't sell there also I have resource probs down in the near by sector but he won't go over there, there is no option to have them travel to different sectors to mine and stuff. And yes the cargo is full but he won't sell his goods

[Wraith]

Originally posted by Mr.Kingsman9:

So, if I don't have satellite near the stations it won't sell there also I have resource probs down in the near by sector but he won't go over there, there is no option to have them travel to different sectors to mine and stuff. And yes the cargo is full but he won't sell his goods

Sector automine (first one) mean he can only mine in his anchored sector and sell to a refinery in his anchored sector.

So you have to find a sector that has both resource and refinery in same location.

Certain sector though counts as the same one.
A good example is grand exchange it is connected by super highway instead of gates or accelerators and is counted as one sector.
So a sector autominer who is anchored in grand exchange can mine and sell in all three grand exchange sector.

Now back to my question is he a silicon miner?
If so I don't think silicon is even in Argon Prime so that might be why he acting strangely.

[Theodore Roosevelt]

Originally posted by Wraith:

Originally posted by Mr.Kingsman9:

So, if I don't have satellite near the stations it won't sell there also I have resource probs down in the near by sector but he won't go over there, there is no option to have them travel to different sectors to mine and stuff. And yes the cargo is full but he won't sell his goods

Sector automine (first one) mean he can only mine in his anchored sector and sell to a refinery in his anchored sector.

So you have to find a sector that has both resource and refinery in same location.

Certain sector though counts as the same one.
A good example is grand exchange it is connected by super highway instead of gates or accelerators and is counted as one sector.
So a sector autominer who is anchored in grand exchange can mine and sell in all three grand exchange sector.

Now back to my question is he a silicon miner?
If so I don't think silicon is even in Argon Prime so that might be why he acting strangely.

Ohh okay so he is currently a silicone miner because I switched him off of ore because he wasn't selling so I wanted to see if he would sell what he has. As far as the options how do I get his stars to go up when it comes to mining because he's a 2 star pilot but the auto mine option has 0 stars

[Wraith]

I recommend you relocate to a better sector argon prime is garbage for resources now.

Miners and traders don’t really level up piloting well because of low amount of leveling procs.

Combat and exploration is how you get 3-5 star pilot

[blackphoenixx]

Originally posted by Wraith:

Combat and exploration is how you get 3-5 star pilot

In the long term, yes. To make a new start a little smoother your best bet is joining the Antigone and Segaris trade guilds and just doing a few easy missions.

They only cost 50k each to join, their missions usually pay more than the general missions you can grab and if you spend your time cruising around Segaris and Antigone you get mission offers from both in either sector.

The missions that give 2-star seminars also often give 1-2 1-star seminars (look at the briefing) for completing their sub steps so it's pretty fast and you need to do something to earn money anyway, might as well get that extra benefit.