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=== Visibility === | === Visibility === | ||
− | ''Visibility'' is the | + | ''Visibility'' is the amount of tiles that you reveal in the digging process. Excavated tiles are always visible, and so are the tiles immediately adjacent to them, including diagonals. The purpose of exploratory mining is to make a single tile of the desired material visible, allowing you to switch to conventional digging and extract it and similar material connected to it. Visibility is represented by the fraction of visible tiles in the excavated area. Perfect visibility is not always a priority - it tends to decrease in importance as the size of the target increases, because there are fewer tiles that need to be dug out for the target stone to be found. |
With some patterns, it's possible to start with lower visibility, and then "fill in" for more complete visibility in the areas you wish to concentrate on. | With some patterns, it's possible to start with lower visibility, and then "fill in" for more complete visibility in the areas you wish to concentrate on. |