Mining Drones

[Zerkom | Gottimperator]

Could we get a autmated Mining drones AI ?? example .. il have 50-100 Mining fighters in my ship, fly in a asteroid field and give order then they start mining...i can change prioritys to like Titanium > Iron > Stone
and system upgrades for mining range..

sry for bad english

have fun playing

[Lance Patchwork]

Fighter specialy mining and salvaging one need a better targeting algortytmn, if it would use the same targeting algorytmn than the automated turret man that would be awesome, but as of right now they are a bit of a chore to use, personaly i dont use the mining one, not worth it, get a decent size ship, drop in a few very good unarmed turret bonus extension and drop in tons of automated turret and that will most likely end up being faster, thats if you go the civilian way, personaly i love big booms so i dont mine, i kill :D

[Zerkom | Gottimperator]

yes thats why i mention it you have to select each asteroid alone, if this could be autmated and you have a large enough minig fighter fleet you could slowly traverse through a mine field and get the resources.

maybe a control for max speed would be interesting mostly when im fighting or mining im either way to slow or way to fast, no real constant control

[HammerRideren]

theres a mod out there called Carrier Command.

Google it

"Avorion Carrier Command"
theres a very simple guide on how to get it to work.. its very good for salvaging and mining

[theslay66]

Alternatively you give command to your mothership to mine, it will launch all its mining drone and mine up the sector for you until there is nothing left while you can do something else during this time (like cleaning the sector from pirates/xsotans in a dedicated combat ship).

You can also give it some fighters for self-defense, as well as some independent targetting turrets on defense mode. Don't give it any non-independent turrets, and don't forget to put them on defense (auto-targetting may work too), or they will be used by your ship to "mine" the roids. The AI is smarter when it comes to drones, launching either fighters, miners or salvagers as needed.

This way with a large fleet of mining drones you will be able to clear sectors pretty fast.

[The Waffle that Lurks]

I have 3 mining vessels travel with my Super Dreadnought. They are literally cubes with a hangar built through the middle, 3 thrusters ,and 1 engine. I warp in order them to mine and I kill anything that shows up.