Last edited by Wraith ; Jun 28, 2021 @ 2:12am. It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. Copyright 2023 Robin Scott. I guess this means the game determines that PAR engines are best. (More Testing needed but you might not need a mining laser for Automining). by Tempest Wed, 11. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. yes, did anybody know, thar Asteroids respawn? You need a big (L) ship to do it, it needs drones, and only the A. Please post any spoilers for X4: Foundations here. So far the best medium miner is the Argon Drill.. (thats the name of the ship Drill) The Sunder Is a Gas (Liquid) miner. 5. Nov 20, 18:14, Post All the software you need is bought and included in game. And your done. Select Max settings then immediately set to min settings (this gives you a better pilot - its a bug). by Nikola515 Thu, 13. I've noticed that not that many stations demand gas. They are affordable and easily obtainable at Warfs. X4: FOUNDATIONS, the long awaited sequel in the long running X series brings our most sophisticated universe SIMULATION ever. Comm him and select option for him to start. Teladi sentinel carriers make good traders. Dec 18, 00:27, Post Log in to view your list of favourite games. Aug 19, 16:29, Post by sentenced-1989 Fri, 13. 1. The best I've seen so far for ore/silicon was something like 22/km, while doing a prospection mission for the Teladi in Grand Exchange III. Aug 19, 00:24, Post All rights reserved. by Vectorial1024 Mon, 26. [4.10 with all expansions] Good places for gas mining? Mercury makes more sense early for helium mining. There is an easier way then the automine behavior, if you've scouted the sector but don't have resource probes down. X4 Foundations Auto Mining AutoMine Guide - Cyber Space Gamers Thats why its called a Mining vessel! Aug 19, 14:47, Post The captain will take care of the rest! chevron_right. I think you need to just fly in gas and it will automatically collect gas (that's what I heard anyway). Had this happen, they just dont do anything anymore! Hey for guys manning for awhile are your miners running out of resources to mine? It's not world hunger because we can't feed poor,it's because there will never be enough to feed the rich .. 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Why? i am mining and grand exchange on for ore and one for silicon but they having trouble finding ore takes a very long time to fill up the hull i will look at the other spots you mentioned thx. 2. Warfs sell Small Vessels and Medium Vessels. You have to buy a ship that is a mining vessel. Also feel free after reading Blog to check out our Affiliate Site: So my first auto miner set up in argon prime is working flawless. If your AutoMiners Get STUCK!! Nov 20, 02:45, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. finally rather the bad coding of mining!! Computer Science student, suddenly dissident. Below this you have two choices Gate Distance and Wares. On start you get a random amount depletness, but the max amount is always the same. Anyone can tell me where are good sectors to mine with close refineries nearby with the 4.0 update? Your pilot will sometimes wait with a full load for a few minutes. Aug 19, 00:51, Post Unlike the mineral variant you do not need a weapon . May 20, 05:00, Post also using resource probes helps, i believe it helps the miners locate the best nodes to mine. Don't recall if so in 4.00 but in 4.10 the Nopileos' Fortune resource patch (aka smoke pipe patch) seems to stretch on for very long distances. But the best way are stations. Install hundreds of mods with the click of a button. 4. 5. He creates 3 prototype miners with cutting edge space-pokeball storage technology to fit 900k units in each ship. by Vectorial1024 Mon, 26. Dec 18, 11:53, Post 13 Getting the trade subscription for a race/faction, while expensive, it provides trade info for all discovered stations, present and discovered in the future. Remove all the consumables you dont need for a ship you wont fly except maybe a few sats to drop off now and again remotely. The AI while being rendered is garbage and he will crash into things and all kinds of strange things. by Vectorial1024 Wed, 28. 9. ). Do NOT follow your AI pilot and watch him work. X4 Wiki: It turns out the Chthonios is still the winner. (I buy the license and don't bother with sats before I can buy those). document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Design a site like this with WordPress.com, X4 Foundations How To Build A StationGuide, X4 Foundations Custom Logo, Ship PicturesGuide. Fly every ship, TRADE and FIGHT to BUILD your empire with modular station construction and THINK carefully when embarking on an epic journey. Can have a bunch of defensive turrets and just couple mining (keep NPC safe). Silicon require a good captain and other factors to mine at a good rate in 4.0. (they dont have the built in software. Cookie Notice (LogOut/ Than go into your info tab (the one right next to behavior tab) and go check out your Miners Inventory.. However, one of the most important factors in choosing a mining ship is its size - M or L. The M and L miners have their unique features that make them . Hydrogen 30K per trip. Buy a miner at the Argon Wharf. https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/display/X4WIKI/X4%3A+Foundations+Manual When travel speed increases, DR should increase. Dec 18, 01:16, Post Best Freighters and Miners: A Report - egosoft.com Before we continue, let's be clear: the game uses PAR Combat Engine Mk3 // PAR All-round Engine for calculating the max travel speed of ships. Skyblade May 25, 2020 @ 3:41pm. Re: Gas mining basics. anarnam Dec 26, 2018 @ 5:48am. Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Keep in mind the farther he has to go, the longer it takes to make money! Faster your vessel the quicker it will go back and forth from Mining and Selling. Gas mining basics - egosoft.com He is looking for somewhere to sell his Ores. Mercury is a great location for a dual use station where it sells energy, and shipping energy to one of your other stations with repeat orders. Select the miner and right click the purple or blue region. by Miravlix Thu, 13. (I say roughly, because the game could only display mass up to the nearest ton; decimal values are discarded. Good luck. by Snafu_X3 Mon, 17. 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Nothing else needs to be done. Seemed to work fine with expert automine. Go to Behavior tab. Also M's can use the highway, speeds things up, Large tend to mess around going behind the gates, txting their mom, filling in their tax returns etc.. You can always hack the station storage spilling out all their goodies and making sure the station needs a new supply (perhaps even allowing you to fill it with their old one.). X4 Manual: By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. PAR are usually the worst since they are combat orientated so have fantastic boost at the cost of worst travel speed. Nov 20, 13:17, Post https://www.egosoft.com:8444/confluence/display/X4WIKI/X4+Wiki+Home. 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A Split commander walks into a bar, gets drunk and decides to become a miner. You only need 1 Mining laser on your vessel. 2. Ice 40K per trip. 6. But at the beginning you can place maybe 30-40 auto miners that way, I would say 40% gas collectors. Nov 20, 01:45, Post Best Mining Ships in X4: Foundations - Culture of Gaming All rights reserved. The gas miner should mine 2x-3x more than a Magnetar (didn't test mineral miner) Its a perfectly viable option for people starting their mining empire with a little capital but can get more profit then the small size. 3. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). Also, large miners are largly unprofitable. Hi guys, recently new to the X series, I've worked out how to set up auto mining etc, but I've noticed that my miners take absolutely forever to mine anything, i mean i had a play session of about 3 hours and one of miners only filled about 1/3 . Took me a while to find it). Nowhere to really sell helium. Remove all the consumables you dont need for a ship you wont fly except maybe a few sats to drop off now and again remotely. If you haven't found a resource patch with at least 1.5/km for minerals or 0.2/km for gas don't even bother, and those are still very much at the low end. . Large miner have the positive benefit that they are much more powerful than mediums and will survive pirate attacks a lot better. Automine will Automatically choose where to mine, and where to sell. I know about Eighteen Billion but sadly I've oversupplied that sector and I'm having a hard time shipping goods out of it so the methane production stays high. by mr.WHO Thu, 12. Try to be OOS (OUT OF SYSTEM). For the gate Distance thats pretty simple.. how many jumps do you want the AI to go to sell its Ores once its filled? Dec 18, 22:35, Post Dec 18, 23:26, Post Mining Help :: X4: Foundations General Discussions - Steam Community X4 Foundations mod: . This includes miners, of course. (not sure if this is cause maybe you passed by something and updated it) but yeah satellites are key to fast service. I am trying to figure out the following: Resource probes only cover a tiny area (current encylclopaedia data says range=3km). 3. Raptor900k Experimental Miners (universal - gas - mineral). Too many silicon miners and you bring the price down. ok will try that, still no methane! The Terran Bolo is a medium (M) class ship that can mine minerals and has a variant that can collect gaseous resources. To see if there was something wrong with the system, I ordered one gas and one ore miner to "auto-mine." Through that command, both are getting helium and ore. . Manorina (Gas) Vanguard | X4: Foundations Wiki | Fandom The Hermes vanguard may not be the most efficient trader, but it is the fastest and thus least likely to die. 2. Only reason come up within he only looks for one spot to sell his ores, if they only need 500 of them and he has 900, he will dump 400 and sell the 500, than go back to mining. are there good sectors to mine in 4.0? :: X4: Foundations General Just a simple question. Site news (important news will be issued), Comments on your files, images and videos, New images and videos added to your files. by teleportationwars Mon, 26. This is a Auto Mining Guide for X4: Foundations. by Imperial Good Tue, 27. In terms of pure stats, Teladi L miners have the chunkiest loadout. Go To Map View (M Key), Then Property owned Tab, Select your Mining Vessel and Right Click, than Select Information. They have the built in TradeWare). This is a Auto Mining Guide for X4: Foundations. S Freighters: ARG Courier; S Miners: ARG Courier . There are a plethora of mining ships available, each with its own set of features and unique abilities. "Mine For Station" not working - Need help - egosoft.com Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post For our purposes, we are going to need a good old-fashioned miner. If your vessel is attacked and survives they will help with repairs and I believe give a bonus for turrets. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Dec 18, 04:52, Post Choose AutoMine. Morrowind May Modathon and Skywind Gameplay Preview. (LogOut/ Rinse and repeat. by taztaz502 Tue, 27. Average storage for a miner mineral lets say, is 5k, lets say your large miner hold 20k, average cost for 4 M miners to meet that is 1.2mil, it's 3.5 mil ort something for a large miner. [4.10 with all expansions] Good places for gas mining. but there are some stations who would buy in range. Or that you have restricted the range of your miner such that it can't get to the buyer station within that gate limit. Depending on rarity, crystals can be quite valuable when sold to Item Traders (see "Items versus Wares" section above). Information and Behavior. There is no manual gas mining. Hey people. In this X4 Foundations tutorial we look at how to mine. Methane Resource Help? :: X4: Foundations General Discussions Having Satellites around all local Stations will help speed this up. Games. PAR Chthonios (Gas): 62603520; Finding 3: Best Ships In Each Category. May 20, 04:35, Post I would like to also make a few stations, one made primarily for mining, one for solar power for energy cells, and one for large production and to be my home base, if I remember correctly one of the Terran systems is insanely good for solar panels, does anyone know which system it is? The other thing that has been witnessed is the miner dumping some of his load, than going off to sell it. by dtpsprt Wed, 11. The Manorina (Gas) Vanguard is a medium gas mining ship built by the Hatikvah Free League and Teladi Company you only need a general ship licence for the respective faction to be able to purchase this ship. 7. close. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. > You don't even need to put mining turrets on a ship, it'll still mine just fine. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Some of the other miners for the other races have been reported to have problems . In X4 Foundations there is a type of ship called Miners. Everything paranid is better. by (/\)arped Wed, 12. Faster your vessel the quicker it will go back and forth from Mining and Selling. by (/\)arped Thu, 13. Do you need crew? Nov 20, 15:48, Post Cost about 300-400k a ship. X4 Foundations Auto Mining AutoMine Guide. What are some good sectors for auto mining gas? Dec 18, 22:26. X4: Foundations > General Discussions > Topic Details. The gas miner should mine 2x-3x more than a Magnetar (didn't test mineral miner). When buying your ship manually make sure you select captain. Regular transports wont do it. L Miners in 4.0: what is the best loadout? : r/X4Foundations - Reddit Life is but hollow, desolate is tomorrow. Dec 18, 16:08, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. The elegant, powerful, and open-source mod manager, Download and manage all your collections within Vortex, Upgrade your account to unlock all media content, To enjoy the benefits of Nexus Mods, please log in or register a new account. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. This avoids pile ups of incoming drones competing with departing drones for landing pads. 12 The Advanced Sat has a range of 75km whereas the regular Sat only has a range of 30km for gathering info. (The bastards were asking for 19/km. 1. Mining Ships are the back bone of the entire economy of the game almost all items are produce or require raw materials in there production chain either directly or . Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post These ships are meant for NPC mining out-of-sector (doesn't work right with manual mining). Silicon's definitely the most profitable, but it depends on what's needed in the area. Mining drones don't seem to scale out-of-sector, 800 vs 20 is same mining speed (give the ship a bunch of defenders and repair for lolz-level safety). Wed, 12. by Oraculo Sat, 15. Of course to mine you need a vessel. Im trying to find out what systems are great for mining and solar power, Im playing as a Terran cadet but its been over a year since Ive played the game so Im a little bit rusty. Humans are deuterostomes, which means that when they develop in the womb the first opening they develop is the anus. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. For more information, please see our There is no Mining Software to buy its included in the ship. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). M miners have a mining loop delay which means that those which finish in full cycles (minimal wasted time) have a huge efficiency improvement. 5. Well go into behavior and Delete the Automine order for its no longer the default order. Currently Ive been only working at the rings of Saturn but I would like to learn about a few other systems with a high volume of asteroids. Your pilot will wait for you to contact him to start his mission. Dec 18, 23:23, Post Good luck. Some of the other miners for the other races have been reported to have problems with selecting them as AutoMiners (Still Testing Please Report if they Work). Raptor900k Experimental Miners (universal - gas - mineral) at X4 Best would be to start with Gas as that doesn't attract khaak. You can buy good mining vessel Medium size at a Warf. Copyright 2023 Black Tree Gaming Ltd. All rights reserved. by Hador Thu, 13. I've got 2 Silicon and 4 Ore miners in Argon Prime. X4: Foundations, Cradle of Humanity, add the Terrans into the game and with them a whole load of new ships. Change). These ships vary in size and are usually slower moving ships primarily used to mine minerals or liquids from space. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. Aug 19, 09:16, Post Cost about 300-400k a ship. Moderator: Moderators for English X Forum, Post #5. Large miners have the benefit of having larger cargo holds. Manage an empire or EXPLORE space in first person. marked the ones where my miners go to (should have satelites and probes in all sectors). 1 ship with speed 1 and cargo hold 2 V should be just as effective as 1 ship with speed 2 and cargo hold 1 V. (When former ship completes 1 round-trip, latter ship will have completed 2 round-trips, but both ships have delivered the same amount of stuff). Dec 18, 18:13, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. If it has ores Dump them. by Gregorovitch Wed, 12. In X4 Foundations there is a type of ship called Miners. and our :) I don't have the details unfortunately will go look for a link. Aug 19, 22:56, Post It's only done automatically by giving the ship the order to mine gas. 8. X4 Foundations - Getting Started Mining Tutorial Guide Privacy Policy. Sorry I was wrong the changes were indeed in 4.0: for small scale mining it really doesnt matter what sector, so long as someone will buy whatever you're mining. Mining Ships are the back bone of the entire economy of the game almost all items are produce or require raw materials in there production chain either directly or indirectly so the are a very reliable source of money for players. 5. Go to Middle of Behavior Tab and select Default behavior. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America), https://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=433686&p=5010773#p5010773, https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2530480881. Once its dumped you are now clear to Restart AutoMine just like you did before. Much more efficient by far. With double the current travel speed I was getting 4x as a Magnetar, but i scaled it down so it's only semi-ludicrously fast, still about 3x throughput of a Magnetar. When size of cargo hold increases, DR should increase. Dec 18, 02:34, Post 6. Aug 19, 14:54, Post X4: Foundations; X4: Foundations - Spoilers; X4: Foundations - Technical Support; X4: Foundations - Scripts and Modding; Construction Community; All rights reserved. 4. Its not legend, crew has impact, though the Captain skill has much more (cant recall exact what the balance is). So they gather more ores in a single run. Gas Mining | X4: Foundations - YouTube Aug 19, 16:39, Post There is no manual gas mining. Already made me 250000 in 4 runs. by ballti Mon, 26. 80% or more of the time your trader will be in travel speed and so Arg Travel Mk3 makes a huge difference. by CaptDom Tue, 4. All rights reserved. i dont care if its ore,ice,silicon i just need to make some money with miners before i move on to trading, thank you. March 30, 2021. 4. The mass of the Sentinel Variant is roughly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. i don't have any hard numbers or evidence, but the Split ships seem to be doing pretty well, the miner variants top off the solid + liquid storage at a pretty damn decent speed. Grand exchange is still a good place (at least for my game) Ore is definitely the one to mine for at the start and always use 2 star miners at the very beginning to increase mining speed. If you have no satellites around stations and you yourself are not at a station (showing trade values) your miner is going to dump his cargo and go back to mining. (/\)arped wrote: . If you have turrets use those for Defense Guns. 3. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Mining - Mineral vs Gas :: X4: Foundations General Discussions These ships vary in size and are usually slower moving ships primarily used to mine minerals or liquids from space. Your forward facing guns can be used for mining and you will be all set. Yield has a huge influence on how long it takes a miner to fill up. But they are much more expensive! Try flying around a bit & dropping some more.. Ship Travel speed affected out-of-sector mining speed. I'll stick to my mercury sentinels, only ever lost one that's because it went venturing into xenon territory for some reason. You cant really mess it up, the game wont let you purchase the ship without the software requirements. Good Mining/Gas Locations? - egosoft.com Only change is in The Void with the radiation now dealing damage even when you are not present. Mining Help. Crystal mining: Some asteroids have surface spots that can be individually mined away to release various types of crystals. So far the best medium miner is the Argon Drill.. (that's the name of the ship Drill) The Sunder Is a Gas (Liquid) miner. All the assets in this file belong to the author, or are from free-to-use modder's resources, You can upload this file to other sites but you must credit me as the creator of the file, You are allowed to modify my files and release bug fixes or improve on the features so long as you credit me as the original creator, You can convert this file to work with other games as long as you credit me as the creator of the file, You are allowed to use the assets in this file without permission as long as you credit me, Asset use permission in mods/files that are being sold, You are not allowed to use assets from this file in any mods/files that are being sold, for money, on Steam Workshop or other platforms, Asset use permission in mods/files that earn donation points, You are allowed to earn Donation Points for your mods if they use my assets. Dec 18, 17:01, Post . X4: Foundations features a number of mining opportunities. Miners | X4: Foundations Wiki | Fandom Valve Corporation. Meaning they will give you more money when the Captain turns in his haul. I think there are mining changes (like, per sector yield changes) in 4.10 so be wary looking for 4.0 specific advice. As with mineral fragments, the Container Magnet can speed up collection. by Gregorovitch Thu, 13. ok imeant for 4.10 then, they really nerfed mining to hell it is not fun anymore to do. Valve Corporation. by PrivatePanic Wed, 11. by burger1 Tue, 27. You will also find additional information from developers here. 1.. by mr.WHO Tue, 27. The powerful open-source mod manager from Nexus Mods. Do add the Docking Computer Mk2 though just in case you need to manually land it at some point. 11. I have two gas miners and I told them to use automine and selected the gas I wanted it to focus on, I haven't had an issues what so ever, pre or post total trade offer visibility. Or do they respawn? The max cargo hold of the Sentinel Variant is exactly 1.2 times of the Vanguard Variant. Aug 19, 09:36, Post My gas miner has drones and auto collects gas but then he stands still and don't sell it. #4. X4: Foundations Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community.
