XU-3 Auto mining drone

Follow me on: Workshop || YouTube || Reddit || Discord Auto-mining drone designed for all environments and for close cooperation with other such drones. Please note: The drone needs a dispatcher to work. You can use this basic dispatcher or transfer the green parts from it to your own ship/station to convert it into a drone carrier. Remember to recompile PB blocks after doing so. SCAM by cheerkin guides and references: SCAM If you enjoy it please leave a thumb up, it helps a lot!! Credits SCAM Auto-mining by cheerkin Tree Menu Command by cheerkin Do/do not list Do:

[list] [*]Preferably adjust any mining job parameters before the job starts. Doing otherwise will apply changes after the finished shaft. [*]After using the interactive menu on the drone with the mouse control function, press 1 on the toolbar to disable it. Otherwise, you won't be able to fully control the drone. [*]While installing connectors on your carrier, install them in a line, only on one side of the ship. Doing otherwise will cause collisions. [*]When starting a new job align the carrier's connectors horizontally with the entry of the shaft. [*]While starting a new mining job, align the carrier's connectors perpendicular to the shaft. [*]After changing the mining area or copy/paste in different location, set up a new mining job first. Otherwise while recalling the drones will try to get to the old location first. [*]If the drone gets damaged during the mining job, after fixing it, recompile a-min3r PB block on the drone [quote=cheerkin] That's not needed unless you absolutely lost one of crucial blocks (main gyro, remote, connector). Otherwise the drone would resume work as soon as you fix everything.

[*]If you see any weird behavior, like a drone just hanging in the air, clear custom data of the empty "docka" connectors, if that won't help execute "command:clear-storage" and "purge locks" (the latter may cause collisions) [*]If you can't control the drone after undocking it from the station, turn off the gyro override (it's on the toolbar of the drone) [*]If completely changing the set of drones, recompile the station's PB block. It will update the list of active drones. [/list] [/quote] Do not:

[list] [*]Do not press "resume" or "recall" more than once. It will break the system. [*]Avoid recalling when some of the drones are docked. There's an issue with that function that may cause problems. [*]Do not resume while still mining [*]Do not copy/paste the drones during their task running [/list]

The command to take control over the interface is "cc". You need to run the PB a-menucommand with such argument. Running it again will disable the interface and bring back the control over the drone. Alternatively you can run the same PB (a-menucommand) with the arguments: - up - down - enter - esc to navigate through interactive menu.

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