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MisteRibi

Prospecting pick don't know what he says or what?!

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When I still right-clicking on a same block, is answer cycle between «Nothing», «small», «medium», «large» and «very large»

I know that bioxx don't want to change the way it's work, but he can change the way is answer so it will not be so much ramdomly :/

Edit: some words does disappering, don't know why, now I hop is fixed

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I don't remember Bioxx saying that he wanted to change the Pro'Pick. :o

Anyway, this messages are not random, they only show some vein. The pick can scan every side, so it can, if you are "lucky", encounter two or more different veins near some blocks, so it can keep showing different veins.

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The closer you are from the surface, the smaller are the veins you'll find. That means that when you do find one, the ore itself will be scattered in small groups next to each other. From what it seems, the propick sees that as different veins, which might explain why it keeps showing apparent random results.

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I don't remember Bioxx saying that he wanted to change the Pro'Pick. :o

Anyway, this messages are not random, they only show some vein. The pick can scan every side, so it can, if you are "lucky", encounter two or more different veins near some blocks, so it can keep showing different veins.

The closer you are from the surface, the smaller are the veins you'll find. That means that when you do find one, the ore itself will be scattered in small groups next to each other. From what it seems, the propick sees that as different veins, which might explain why it keeps showing apparent random results.

I don't understand your meaning o.O!

Normally the propick has a scan box of 25x25x25, and for me if there's nothing or something somewhere between those number, the propick say it!

By exemple: if there's sphalerite, he said sphalerite, may be is rolling between «small», «medium»... and the other ore, but HE CAN'T SAY «there's nothing»!!!

I can't see you and say you aren't there to the boss, is ridiculus!

I really hope to understand because right of now is so stupid for me at least!

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It is called a Prospectors Pick not a Here's Your Ore Pick.

Prospectors do not look at the ground and see gold, they test samples until they find it. The pick is simulating that. It will test and sometimes it may not find anything just as a real prospector might not find anything even though there may be a big vein of ore nearby.

Hope that helps you understand.

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-snip-

I have been saying this for quite some time on various propick threads. People take this mechanic for granted entirely too often. It's there as an aid, not to play the game for you. If the inaccuracy bothers you, try not using them at all for a while, then come back and tell me it's useless because the vertical range of blocks was increased by 12. Some people >.<
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the only reason i have a propick is to check what ores i find in mountain sides instead of mining a sample.

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I THINK he meant that it should uniformly report a giant size vein as large rather than changing because the whole vein wasn't in scan radius.

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