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...why is there any use for it? --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 18:52, 13 March 2008 (EDT) | ...why is there any use for it? --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 18:52, 13 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
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:::Actually, I was talking to Dorten - I fixed his formatting. | :::Actually, I was talking to Dorten - I fixed his formatting. | ||
:::Anyway, the row layout does have one advantage: It gets all tiles and can be designated relatively quickly. I would hate to designate the diagonal layout for a whole z-level. | :::Anyway, the row layout does have one advantage: It gets all tiles and can be designated relatively quickly. I would hate to designate the diagonal layout for a whole z-level. | ||
− | ::: | + | :::Furthermore, row layouts are actually more efficient than block layouts, per tiles dug, although they might not catch a vein running in parallel to them. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 18:45, 14 March 2008 (EDT) |
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::::Macros help there a lot. Have you seen MinePoint? It was pretty quick.[[User:Dorten|Dorten]] 01:38, 18 March 2008 (EDT) | ::::Macros help there a lot. Have you seen MinePoint? It was pretty quick.[[User:Dorten|Dorten]] 01:38, 18 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
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− | * Labor: | + | * Labor: 12.5% of the tiles are excavated. |
* Scarcity: Any scarcity. Clusters as small as a single tile are revealed. | * Scarcity: Any scarcity. Clusters as small as a single tile are revealed. | ||
* Visibility: 100%. | * Visibility: 100%. | ||
You'll have to have a floor above it with tunnels to the stairs to go down, but after that floor, this provides maximum possible efficiency. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 23:53, 14 March 2008 (EDT) | You'll have to have a floor above it with tunnels to the stairs to go down, but after that floor, this provides maximum possible efficiency. --[[User:Savok|Savok]] 23:53, 14 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
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