Mini Excavator and Mini Washplant Evaluation

[Construct58]

I read all the negative evals before I bought the DLC. So I decided to do an honest eval for reference. On normal game setting Old Arnold site I panned the first 17 oz of gold to get started. At 9:09 am 1st day I had $39, 17.038 oz gold. By 10:30 I was digging with the mini ex. It digs well and can feed the mini wash plant only at full reach to get high enough. The main issue is it will not sit on a slope. I found it does better with the long side of the tracks facing downhill. It does need an overhaul of the pivot system for the steering and traction ability. Even with its shortcomings and taking my time the hogpan pit was empty by 12:45 pm and all ore processed. Final totals $789, 64.314 oz Gold, 8 Oz Magnetite in a bucket and a 1.23 oz gold bar. The mini ex digs very well on flat ground and can feed the mini wash plant just fine if you keep it uphill of it or at arms length. To the Devs' The cab needs to be centered on the tracks and the rotation of the steering moved to the center of the tracks also. A final note, the Skid steers are fine. They act just like the real thing, bouncy, twitchy, jerky, I love it. There is a reason most manufacturers started putting tracks on them. If you think they are out of control, you've never spent much time in a real one. My worthless opinion is the DLC is easily worth the money. Most people waste more than that every day on junk food or caffeine drinks.

[dreadx]

How much gold it gathered is not a function of the excavator and therefore not relevant for evaluation.
The thing you also missed is that the exit of the mini-excavator is defined relative to the tracks and not the cabin. If you rotate the cabin 180 degrees relative to the tracks, you exit on the wrong side.
This also causes a problem with exiting the cab when something is blocking the door. It is not blocking the door when you enter it.....
New team are a fresh set of model-makers (using cad-files from manufactorers and still getting it wrong) and they don't have a clue about simulating ..... or how not to deliver sloppy work.

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by dreadx:

How much gold it gathered is not a function of the excavator and therefore not relevant for evaluation.

It pretty much is though. In an economics simulation you need to be aware about how much money you can make with any given machine, otherwise you'll go bankrupt if you've more expenditures than earning due to ignoring the potential of the stuff you've bought. Like you're not gonna earn enough to pay like 100k of loan payments with a small excavator, because it is physically not capable of digging up enough gold for it.

[Quantifiably Inert]

Originally posted by dreadx:

How much gold it gathered is not a function of the excavator and therefore not relevant for evaluation.
The thing you also missed is that the exit of the mini-excavator is defined relative to the tracks and not the cabin. If you rotate the cabin 180 degrees relative to the tracks, you exit on the wrong side.
This also causes a problem with exiting the cab when something is blocking the door. It is not blocking the door when you enter it.....
New team are a fresh set of model-makers (using cad-files from manufactorers and still getting it wrong) and they don't have a clue about simulating ..... or how not to deliver sloppy work.

So the bucket size of an excavator has no relevance to the amount of gold is gathered.

This statement of yours goes quite nicely with your ignorance on how the game is developed. Lots of mouth, absolutely no experience to back it up. 2024 thuglife. LOL

[Construct58]

I have a very good understanding of how the game is developed. If you need instructions on how to park the excavator to be able to get out of it, I can write up a Comprehensive Manual on that subject for you.

[Simon McAllister]

Gold extracted depends on the equipment. But also the amount of earth you move. The more you move the more you will get. But some equipment is more efficient than others. The mini excavator and mini washplant. The text for it makes it out that its a step between a hog pan setup and the larger mobile washplant. For clearing the material out of the hogpan area. Sadly they didn't make it easier to get the two into a position to use in the hogpan area. Perhaps something they may fix or improve in the sequel.