Hello! It was not clear for me how hammer prospecting worked so I searched the source code of GregTech to find it (would be great if it said that in the game). Here’s the code I found here : Random tRandom = new Random(aX^aY^aZ^aSide); for (int i = 0, j = (int)(9+2*aQuality); i < j * 2; i++) { …

The reason it scans all around is because just because you dug a tunnel doesn’t change where the sample comes from. I will increase the sample count based on quality a bit further, so you see easier that you are close to an Ore. For the direction you need to dig tunnels and hammer until you dont fin…

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laurynasl (Laurynas Liutkus) March 25, 2019, 3:29pm 7

This should go to changelog. No longer detecting small ores is significant.

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