Captain of Industry

Captain of Industry

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Soil Test
By Undying29
See how far various soil types spread when dumped
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Description of my soil test
I wanted to know how far various types of soil would spread when dumped in a pile. I tested all available soil to me in my game.
Test Results
Without wait, here are the test results from a height of 5:

Soil Type
Distance
Waste
9
Dirt
10
Slag
5
Sand
12
Slag Crushed
8
Rock
4
Gravel
6
Coal
4
Iron Ore
3
Copper Ore
3
Limestone
4
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Conclusion
I'm not surprised by the results, this seems very realistic, much like other features of this game.

We could use this knowledge to create a "wall" of rock or slag before dumping waste in the ocean.

I also noticed that when digging the results are very similar. It's harder to test this because when digging you can't guarantee to get a single type of soil. For example, when digging into Coal/Iron/Copper we usually get some dirt/rock/gravel, and there could be a top level of dirt as well. So results may vary.

However, if the soil is mostly Coal/Iron/Copper or even Rock, I may not bother with retaining wall as using them (especially staggered every 5 levels) will result in taking much more space.
23 Comments
Peter34 Jun 5, 2023 @ 2:52am 
That'd be nice. Sadly, old saves from v0.4 can't be used in v0.5, so it might be too much trouble to set it all up anew.

Also, while I absolutely do appreiciate all the effort behind Undying's experiment, what it did was to confirm that stuff behaves like we'd intuitively expect it to:

Sand spreads a whole lot, Dirt a bit less, Rock very little.

Slags doesn't spread much, except it spreads a bunch more if Crushed. So we can already anticipate how Quartz will behave.
FireLord6127 Jun 5, 2023 @ 1:33am 
could you test quartz now that it's a feature on the island?
MDW Jan 30, 2023 @ 12:17pm 
So,, which one is best for docking ship?
I am having problem to create 2nd cargo depot on the other side of the island..

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2926066787
Evilreaver Nov 1, 2022 @ 5:04pm 
how is it harder to test digging, you literally have a method of placing a 100% pure block of X to mine through, you goofball
Peter34 Jul 16, 2022 @ 5:18pm 
On the other hand, your test suggest that Gravel retains its own behaviour, at least for the purpose of dumping.
Peter34 Jul 5, 2022 @ 7:57am 
I heard that if you dump Compost, it automatically becomes Dirt voxels. Presumably if you dump Gravel, it becomes Rock or Dirt or something, to keep mining relatively simple.
Undying29  [author] Jul 4, 2022 @ 5:11pm 
I think gravel can only be made from rock in the crusher
legionaer20 Jul 3, 2022 @ 9:21am 
is it even possible to mine gravel directly? i was thinking you need a crusher to get gravel from rocks
Tankroller Jun 25, 2022 @ 5:55pm 
@jamiechi i ran into that as well, grab a trade hub/harbor or any other building that needs ocean access, wherever the dumping cuts off, if the indicators for ocean access are red, that's the edge of the map.
Undying29  [author] Jun 25, 2022 @ 6:39am 
@jamiechi Probably a bug, I recommend that you report it to the developers