Ore Deposit Potatoroid

[Moesly_Armlis]

The idea came to me after wrangling some asteroids around Dres.

Why not have ore deposits on the surface that are just potatoroids.

The part could be placed randomly.

Ore concentration are much higher with potatoroids compared with the surface and are exhaustible.

Prospecting becomes a thing when you might find a mother lode (a collection of multiple spuds lumped together) using a rover or flight survey.

Implementing the M4435 Narrow Band scanner to locate spuds from space.

This could be added to the game swiftly because the frame work is already in place.

 

If  parts could be added that would be able to harvest the potatoroid resources using low tech tools that only work on the surface of Kerbin, then a introductory fuel refinery could also be implemented.

Potatoroids also offer surface samples.

So there is potential for fuel, funds and science and maybe reputation gains when finding a mother lode.

[pandaman]

Oooohh,  I quite like the sound of that idea.

I guess you mean effectively landed asteroids. A bit like terrain scatter, but far less common (and with a collision mesh).

[RA3236]

1 hour ago, pandaman said:

Oooohh,  I quite like the sound of that idea.

I guess you mean effectively landed asteroids. A bit like terrain scatter, but far less common (and with a collision mesh).

Quite possibly with a new part type  this idea is oresome .

[nikokespprfan]

As long as they are not too big, I am for it.

[Ultimate Steve]

*Downloads update 1.2*
*Changelog: Landed Asteroids!*
*Loads in Mun Base*
*Asteroid spawns inside of it*
*Base explodes*

Other than that, I think it's a great idea!

[nikokespprfan]

27 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said:

*Downloads update 1.2*
*Changelog: Landed Asteroids!*
*Loads in Mun Base*
*Asteroid spawns inside of it*
*Base explodes*

Other than that, I think it's a great idea!

. As luck would have it......

[Moesly_Armlis]

12 hours ago, pandaman said:

Oooohh,  I quite like the sound of that idea.

I guess you mean effectively landed asteroids. A bit like terrain scatter, but far less common (and with a collision mesh).

You have it exactly.

 

3 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said:

*Downloads update 1.2*
*Changelog: Landed Asteroids!*
*Loads in Mun Base*
*Asteroid spawns inside of it*
*Base explodes*

Other than that, I think it's a great idea!

That would be unfortunate and would be considered an asteroid strike.

Currently asteroids spawn around Dres and the same issue could occur if there is a station orbiting Dres in the danger zone. 

I am going to guess but the coding should already exclude spawning asteroids where something already exists.

 

 

Spawning Ore Deposits

Biomes influence ore deposit variety and potential.   Grasslands and plains have less potential.  Mountains, highlands and shores have exposed lithosphere and greater potential.  On other planets features such as the poles, canyons, deep holes and massive craters have greater potential.

It would be an added touch for the larger deposits buried partially below the ground and have something poking out akin to icebergs.

Underwater deposits need not be buried and adds boats and submariners to perform surveys.

[Ultimate Steve]

Maybe different color asteroids would also have to be added... a bit weird seeing a grey rock on a place like Pol. That way, I could make a space station out of sixteen different colors of asteroid! Also, don't let them spawn on the ocean. Or on Jool or the Sun. If they were at Jool's surface, you could actually land on Jool!

[Ultimate Steve]

Oops. Wrong thread. Ignore this.

Edited June 13, 2016 by Ultimate Steve

[EpicSpaceTroll139]

My guess is the ship will only register as being in one. But if you move a pixel it will be in another, Orr another pixel a different one, and so on

 

[nikokespprfan]

5 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said:

Maybe different color asteroids would also have to be added... a bit weird seeing a grey rock on a place like Pol. That way, I could make a space station out of sixteen different colors of asteroid! Also, don't let them spawn on the ocean. Or on Jool or the Sun. If they were at Jool's surface, you could actually land on Jool!

No, do let them spawn underwater, it would be a cool challenge to go dive to them with an ore drill. 

 

For the bigger asteroids, you could consider this.

[vger]

6 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said:

Maybe different color asteroids would also have to be added... a bit weird seeing a grey rock on a place like Pol. That way, I could make a space station out of sixteen different colors of asteroid! Also, don't let them spawn on the ocean. Or on Jool or the Sun. If they were at Jool's surface, you could actually land on Jool!

SPACE BILLIARDS!

As for Jool though, it would crush them just as easily as a tin can.

Edited June 13, 2016 by vger

[THX1138]

What is a potatoroid?

[Ultimate Steve]

1 hour ago, THX1138 said:

What is a potatoroid?

It is an asteroid. More specifically, the name of the asteroid "part" is Potatoroid. Asteroids are just parts.

[Moesly_Armlis]

When I first thought about finding asteroids on the surface I imagined it would stick out and should be buried beneath the surface somehow.

After reading this article suggested by  @nikokespprfan on monoliths and seeing the pictures of monoliths it really would be impressive and a thrill to someday see something similar in KSP.

Edited June 14, 2016 by MoeslyArmlis

[kBob]

21 hours ago, nikokespprfan said:

No, do let them spawn underwater, it would be a cool challenge to go dive to them with an ore drill. 

 

For the bigger asteroids, you could consider this.

Hey I didn't know there was a monolith on Phobos.  In fact if you had asked me to name the earth monoliths I probably would have managed three of them (Uluru/Ayers being the one that always comes to mind probably because I play a lot of CivV).  It would be fun to have them in game.