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Vas's Ore Detectors

So the game updated to add new research groups and all, so I re-created the long range ore detector mod to update it and impose my own little balance on it. :P

Sorry, KeenSWH has decided that it shouldn't be possible to create good mods for the game so they limited coding as much as they could and require anything that alters any block in the game to add a new function require modifying your core files in a dangerous and complicated way. So power usage for ore detectors is not possible. Blame Keen.

The "massive" detector will cause high CPU load, which will lag machines with a CPU that can't keep up. My laptop doesn't seem to notice when I use it on a planet, but then I've got an i7 running at 3.4GHz or maybe I just don't happen to notice much. The large ship massive detector may be too extreme for many CPUs, so be cautious when building this if your machine is weak.

Keen's source code for ore detectors;
https://github.com/KeenSoftwareHouse/SpaceEngineers/blob/master/Sources/Sandbox.Game/Game/Entities/Blocks/MyOreDetector.cs

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If you're switching from "Long-Range Ore Detectors", then you'll need to update your save files to convert your detectors from theirs to mine with a find and replace all method.

KK4DUY_LR2x_LargeOreDetector to LargeBlockMediumOreDetector
KK4DUY_LR4x_LargeOreDetector to LargeBlockLargeOreDetector
KK4DUY_LR8x_LargeOreDetector to LargeBlockMassiveOreDetector

KK4DUY_LR2x_SmallBlockOreDetector to SmallBlockMediumOreDetector
KK4DUY_LR4x_SmallBlockOreDetector to SmallBlockLargeOreDetector
KK4DUY_LR8x_SmallBlockOreDetector to SmallBlockMassiveOreDetector

I may create a script for this later, but for now I'm tired. :P