Exploratory mining - Revision history

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Quietust: /* Mine shafts, grid of every 3 tiles */

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Mine shafts, grid of every 3 tiles

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Mikerenfro: /* Diagonal every 5 */

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Diagonal every 5

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3×3 blocks

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3×3 blocks

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 * ''Target'': Any size. Clusters as small as a single tile are revealed.
 * ''Visibility'': '''100%'''.
-* ''Reusability'': Very low. The long corridors aren't very useful, and can only be expanded to long, wide corridors, but can be made into plenty of 3x3 rooms with the right use of walls.
+* ''Reusability'': Very low. The long corridors aren't very useful, and can only be expanded to long, wide corridors, but can be made into plenty of 3×3 rooms with the right use of walls.
 * ''Bottom line'': Easy to designate, and a single miner will focus on one tunnel to the end or they take a [[break]]. This method achieves the same visibility as hollowing out, but using a mere third of the labor. Ideal for hunting single-tile gems. As an added bonus, it is more efficient than a 3×3 design.
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 * ''Target'': Any size. Clusters as small as a single tile are revealed.
 * ''Visibility'': '''100%'''.
-* ''Reusability'': With a bit of imagination you can build nice 3x3 rooms
+* ''Reusability'': With a bit of imagination you can build nice 3×3 rooms
 * ''Bottom line'': This method is the most efficient single-level pattern with 100% visibility. This one doesn't use other levels to move from one spot to another but is annoying to designate manually.
 * ''Note'': The [[Utility:DFHack|dfhack]] command 'digexp diag5' will automatically apply this pattern.
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 * ''Target'': Any size. Clusters as small as a single tile are revealed.
 * ''Visibility'': '''100%'''.
-* ''Reusability'': Moderate.  3x3 spaces cannot be created until at least one up-ramp is removed or a down-ramp floored over.  [[Ramp]]s are less convenient than stairs for many purposes (for example, digging out the wrong tiles around a ramp can make it unusable).
+* ''Reusability'': Moderate.  3×3 spaces cannot be created until at least one up-ramp is removed or a down-ramp floored over.  [[Ramp]]s are less convenient than stairs for many purposes (for example, digging out the wrong tiles around a ramp can make it unusable).
 * ''Bottom line'': Combines the advantages of diagonal and vertical digging, along with the benefit of ramps and channels excavating two tiles at the same time. The most efficient method of all, but difficult to designate and somewhat inconvenient (especially around the edges of the map).  Awkward to stitch together.<br style="clear:both;">
 === 3×3 blocks ===
 <div style="float: left; overflow: auto; padding-right: 2em;">
-[[File:Exploratory-mining-block-pattern-3x3.png|thumb|Exploratory mining example: 3x3 block pattern]]
+[[File:Exploratory-mining-block-pattern-3x3.png|thumb|Exploratory mining example: 3×3 block pattern]]
 </div>
 * ''Labor'': 7/16 (~44%) of the tiles are excavated.
 * ''Target'': Veins and clusters (except for single-tile)
 * ''Visibility'': 15/16 (~94%) of the tiles are visible.
-* ''Reusability'': Amusingly low, but it can be converted into a grid of connected 3×3 to 5×5 rooms, if you center each room on a crossroad. Probably best used as a targeted followup to the 7x7 block pattern shown below.
+* ''Reusability'': Amusingly low, but it can be converted into a grid of connected 3×3 to 5×5 rooms, if you center each room on a crossroad. Probably best used as a targeted followup to the 7×7 block pattern shown below.
 * ''Bottom line'': High-labor method, second only to hollowing out a region. Comparatively inefficient way to find clusters and veins. Easy to designate, but uses a great deal of mining time.
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 === 7×7 blocks ===
 <div style="float: left; overflow: auto; padding-right: 2em;">
-[[File:Exploratory-mining-block-pattern-7x7.png|thumb|Exploratory mining example: 7x7 block pattern ]]
+[[File:Exploratory-mining-block-pattern-7x7.png|thumb|Exploratory mining example: 7×7 block pattern ]]
 </div>
 * ''Labor'': 15/64 (~23%) of the tiles are excavated.
-* ''Target'': Veins and up, as the large 5X5 space left in each unit tile can easily conceal a small cluster. Small clusters will be found perhaps half the time.
+* ''Target'': Veins and up, as the large 5×5 space left in each unit tile can easily conceal a small cluster. Small clusters will be found perhaps half the time.
 * ''Visibility'': 39/64 (~61%) of the tiles are visible.
-* ''Reusability'': Medium. The 7×7 blocks can easily be converted into 5×5 rooms, suitable for individual rooms, storage or workshops. Optionally, it can be converted into a grid of connected 7×7 rooms, if you center each room on a crossroad; or similarly into a grid of 3x3 rooms, good for workshops, etc. Easily converted into a more thorough 3×3 block patten by digging through the large blocks.
+* ''Reusability'': Medium. The 7×7 blocks can easily be converted into 5×5 rooms, suitable for individual rooms, storage or workshops. Optionally, it can be converted into a grid of connected 7×7 rooms, if you center each room on a crossroad; or similarly into a grid of 3×3 rooms, good for workshops, etc. Easily converted into a more thorough 3×3 block patten by digging through the large blocks.
 * ''Bottom line'': This is a low-labor method great for vein-hunting. The low labor cost puts you in a position to invest more and get better coverage if desired.
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 == Cavern Discovery ==
-Each 48x48 embark tile has its own patch of cavern floor, and this patch is most easily discovered by digging through the middle of the embark tile. Dig a vertical shaft 24 tiles diagonally in from the corner of your embark, and repeat as necessary for each corner of the embark. A 2x2 site will be completely covered by these four shafts, and a 3x3 site will require five more shafts (i.e. a total of nine) to explore every embark tile.
+A default worldgen will create a mixture of large and small cavern spaces, and these spaces may be either open or filled with rock columns. Small spaces can be missed entirely by a 1×1 shaft, and rock-filled ones can have their stone needles deftly threaded by your miners.
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 :''This article is about exploring rock layers while digging through them; if you're looking for tips for exploring already-discovered [[caverns]], check [[Caverns#Methods of Exploration]]''
 Once you've had enough [[Losing|fun]] to have a basic fortress working, it becomes necessary to dig down in search of ores, gems, water, etc. '''Exploratory mining''' attempts to dig out as little as possible, in order to see as much as possible, using clever digging patterns.
 == Goals ==
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 Either way, applying a good exploratory mining method will ensure you will find what you want as soon as possible, and without missing anything.
 == Dangers ==

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 :It takes a lot of key pressing to designate, although you can save some effort by designating every third row across the entire width and height of the area to be excavated and then removing the designations ({{Menu icon|x}}) on all but every third column.
-For a discussion on optimizing dig times with mineshafts, see [[v0.31:Mineshaft stitching|mineshaft stitching]].
+For a discussion on optimizing dig times with mineshafts, see [[mineshaft stitching]].
 === Diagonal ramps ===

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 Once you've had enough [[Losing|fun]] to have a basic fortress working, it becomes necessary to dig down in search of ores, gems, water, etc. '''Exploratory mining''' attempts to dig out as little as possible, in order to see as much as possible, using clever digging patterns.
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+{{Quality|Superior}}
 == Goals ==
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 * ''Bottom line'': You'll need to clear part of one layer to get the shafts started up or down (use one of the other methods to cover the area), but for one shaft at a time this method is, tile for tile, the most efficient for those with 100% visibility, and has a great reuse value.  In practice, however, if you have more than one shaft being dug at one time, up/down-mining can cause miners to jump around between shafts, wasting time.
-:It takes a lot of keypressing to designate, although you can save some effort by designating every third row across the entire width and height of the area to be excavated and then removing the designations ({{k|d}}-{{k|x}}) on all but every third column. Additionally, a Linux script for digging the entire mine can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qWyeq27C4DJwjOclEhPATgUlhtNEXrxnGcuNHx-M_ZU/edit?usp=sharing.
+:It takes a lot of key pressing to designate, although you can save some effort by designating every third row across the entire width and height of the area to be excavated and then removing the designations ({{Menu icon|x}}) on all but every third column.
-''For a discussion on optimizing dig times with mineshafts, see [[v0.31:Mineshaft stitching|mineshaft stitching]].''<br style="clear:both;">
 === Diagonal ramps ===

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 === Mine shafts, grid of every 3 tiles ===
 <div style="float: left; overflow: none; padding-right: 2em;">
-[[File:Mineshafts-3x3.png|thumb|Exploratory mining example: mineshafts every 3 tiles in each direction]]
+[[File:Mineshafts-3x3.png|thumb|Exploratory mining example: mineshafts every 3 tiles]]
 </div>
 * ''Labor'': 11.1% of the tiles are excavated (1/9).

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 === Diagonal ramps ===
-The pattern as shown is 1 up-ramp every 7 tiles vertically, or 1/14 horizontally, though this could be turned 90 degrees.  The downramps are shown, but are only designated as up ramps on the level below. This pattern can also use channel designations in place of ramps to mine in a downward direction. (Be ''sure'' you know how [[ramp]]s work before trying this one!)
+The pattern as shown is 1 up-ramp every 7 tiles vertically, or 1/14 horizontally, though this could be turned 90 degrees.  The downramps are shown as empty space, but are only designated as up ramps on the level below. This pattern can also use channel designations in place of ramps to mine in a downward direction. (Be ''sure'' you know how [[ramp]]s work before trying this one!)
-<div style="float: left; overflow: none; padding-right: 2em;"><diagram>
+<div style="float: left; overflow: none; padding-right: 2em;">
-░░▼░░░░░░░░░░▲░░▼░░░░░░░░░░▲
+[[File:Exploratory-mining-mineshaft-pattern-diagonal-ramps.png|thumb|Exploratory mining example: diagonal ramps pattern, every 14 tiles in one direction and every 7 tiles in other direction]]
-░░░░░░░░░▲░░▼░░░░░░░░░░▲░░▼░
+</div>
 * ''Labor'': 7.1% of the tiles are designated to dig (1/14), but 14.3% are excavated (1/7).
 * ''Target'': Any size. Clusters as small as a single tile are revealed.

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	A variation would put diagonals every 10 or 20, laying the groundwork to fill them in later for higher visibility if desired.		A variation would put diagonals every 10 or 20, laying the groundwork to fill them in later for higher visibility if desired.
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