Statistical Analysis: Where To Look For Important Blocks

Started by Thorin, April 09, 2012, 04:25:43 PM

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Tom

#15
April 10, 2012, 11:56:03 AM
There's a specific type of mining I used to do, It's hard to draw since a single "level" will have three actual levels, and every second horizontal tunnel is actually three separate tunnels (one going straight, one stepping two blocks above, and one going two blocks below). For the levels above and below, they are shifted over one, so you end up seeing nearly every block, while not doing too much mining.
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Mr. Analog

#16
April 10, 2012, 01:18:31 PM
Y'know, at that point you might as well just strip mine like Melbosa does... have fun fighting mobs too heh

Also as a side note, digging two block high narrow tunnels takes no time at all and you cover a lot of ground fast, you can just rock the mouse up and down if you have a diamond pick enchanted with Efficiency and Unbreaking (just sayin')
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Tom

#17
April 10, 2012, 01:23:27 PM
The nice thing about the method I used was you only dig out 1/3 or so of the blocks, yet can see nearly every single block. without doubles.
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Thorin

#18
April 10, 2012, 02:10:54 PM
I did the math, one-wide-two-high tunnels with three blocks in between actually requires less pickaxing than two-wide-two-high tunnels with four blocks in between, and gives better coverage to boot.

one-wide-two-high, three blocks between: 1 block mined every 3, times 2 for height, 2 blocks out of 6.
two-wide-two-high, four blocks between: 2 blocks mined every 6, times 2 for height, 4 blocks every 12.

Seems the same, right?  But there's less dead space (compare to previous post if you want):


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Not a huge savings, but some, and as Mr. A says it's pretty simple to dig one-wide-two-high.

So, how long do you make your tunnels?

I plan on going at least 100 blocks in, then mine 3 blocks over, then come 100 blocks back (that way I'm mining on the way back, too).
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Mr. Analog

#19
April 10, 2012, 02:50:18 PM
Each shaft is usually 80 to 100 metres long

I usually dig a long trunk hallway first running either East/West or North/South then I start marking the branch hallways by placing a torch evenly every 4 blocks. When I hit the end of a branch I will start the adjacent tunnel digging my way back to the trunk. I always backtrack a branch to start a new dig back to the trunk (in case I missed something).

If I hit a hazard I place cobblestone at the end of the branch where I hit trouble and mark it with a torch. If you're ever in my mine and hit a cobblestone dead end with a torch on it (instead of the wall) there's likely lava on the other side.

The main thing with my technique is speed over thoroughness, I can burn through a lot of area in a short amount of time, in fact yesterday I was able to nearly double my existing mine in just a few hours:

http://mc.tomasu.org/#/35/64/152/-1/0/1

I found a significant amount of resources (partly thanks to my new texture pack which makes spotting things a little easier for me)
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Thorin

#20
April 10, 2012, 03:11:07 PM
What do you do when you hit natural caverns?  I seem to keep coming out on these caverns that are thirty or forty meters high to the ceiling, always with resources tantalizingly out of reach.
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Tom

#21
April 10, 2012, 03:15:03 PM
Quote from: Thorin on April 10, 2012, 03:11:07 PM
What do you do when you hit natural caverns?  I seem to keep coming out on these caverns that are thirty or forty meters high to the ceiling, always with resources tantalizingly out of reach.
I just climb up and get them at some point. always manage to find a lot of iron up there. The shift key is used quite a bit, as well as a bunch of cobble for walking my way out to it.
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Mr. Analog

#22
April 10, 2012, 03:16:43 PM
Quote from: Thorin on April 10, 2012, 03:11:07 PM
What do you do when you hit natural caverns?  I seem to keep coming out on these caverns that are thirty or forty meters high to the ceiling, always with resources tantalizingly out of reach.

Between level 5 - 10 it doesn't happen very often, when it does, I just brick up the roof and keep on digging.

Caves are great, but they slow me down (and are populated by mobs usually, which eats into mining time).

This also explains why I'm usually low on coal. Coal is very abundant in caves (as is iron).
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Thorin

#23
April 10, 2012, 03:18:57 PM
Good gravy man, I'm LOADED FOR BEAR with coal at the moment.

Also, I built some fences for US Rail - a chest full, so 27 stacks of 64, or 1,728 fences.  And it only took one visit to _half_ my Arboury.
Prayin' for a 20!

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Mr. Analog

#24
April 10, 2012, 03:27:29 PM
Yeah, early on I made all the rails and a @%&#-ton of smooth stone (for building little things here and there)

On the plus side I build a lot of cool stuff (with enough left over for a ridiculous tower)
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Darren Dirt

#25
April 10, 2012, 06:01:49 PM
Quote from: Thorin on April 10, 2012, 02:10:54 PM

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Geez I sure hope there is some handy-dandy tool out there that converts a color-filled grid into the forum syntax (!)

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Thorin

#26
April 10, 2012, 09:14:45 PM
Well .... Notepad, with judicious use of search and replace?
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Lazybones

#27
April 10, 2012, 09:38:21 PM
Single rows sure use a lot more torches.

I suppose you could reclaim them and wall off sections
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