R4tt3xx
I want to believe
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- Alexis Sky Greenstar
Is there a way of creating a model for mining with just the information given to us by the game and a bit of math?
Lets find out...
Lets start with a point, which is an object that has no physical dimensions. I am going to assign mining characteristics to that point. First off I know that from using a 105 that its radius is twice it's diameter, a bit of quick math later and the point that I have created has a radius of 110m.
Next I have a choice of how many probes to use anywhere from 1 to 30 (we are talking Caly here so treasure is a no no), lets use 30. I can now populate this 110 diameter point with 30 probes, but there is a small problem, the probes are not dropped from my location so there is an internal radius of about 0.9m to contend with...
In summary
Diameter of point = 110m
Small Points the point contain = 30
Radius of small points = 0.9
We have all the info we need to prove that this is a point.
Point's manifold = log(small points,Diameter/2/radius) = 0.827m
The point sits in a manifold of <1 which is too low to be a line.
Adding another 30 probes worth nearly upgrades our point to a line.
Adding another 30 probes, upgrades our point to a line with about 28.89 probes remaining.
Upgrading it to a circle would cost 3734 probes give or take
Upgrading to a sphere would cost 228223 probes
This is interesting and opens up a different way of miners to think about how the system actually works, and it is based on info that we know...
L*R
Lets find out...
Lets start with a point, which is an object that has no physical dimensions. I am going to assign mining characteristics to that point. First off I know that from using a 105 that its radius is twice it's diameter, a bit of quick math later and the point that I have created has a radius of 110m.
Next I have a choice of how many probes to use anywhere from 1 to 30 (we are talking Caly here so treasure is a no no), lets use 30. I can now populate this 110 diameter point with 30 probes, but there is a small problem, the probes are not dropped from my location so there is an internal radius of about 0.9m to contend with...
In summary
Diameter of point = 110m
Small Points the point contain = 30
Radius of small points = 0.9
We have all the info we need to prove that this is a point.
Point's manifold = log(small points,Diameter/2/radius) = 0.827m
The point sits in a manifold of <1 which is too low to be a line.
Adding another 30 probes worth nearly upgrades our point to a line.
Adding another 30 probes, upgrades our point to a line with about 28.89 probes remaining.
Upgrading it to a circle would cost 3734 probes give or take
Upgrading to a sphere would cost 228223 probes
This is interesting and opens up a different way of miners to think about how the system actually works, and it is based on info that we know...
L*R
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