Space Engineers: Asteroid Ores

A Torch plugin and mod for Space Engineers to better control ores in asteroids.

Code on github.

How it works

Server owner configures which ores spawn by default in space and in certain regions of space.

The plugin patches the server-side procedural asteroid generation so that only asteroids with the desired ores spawn.

Because clients are also generating asteroids procedurally, the server tells them of any asteroid that they should delete, and everything stays in sync.

Config

Config is loaded and saved as AsteroidOres.cfg.

There are 2 main sections:

• default value for space
  • you can define if all ores spawn (<AllOres>true</AllOres>) or not (<AllOres>false</AllOres>)
  • if not, then you list which ores are allowed to spawn (<Ores><string>Stone</string></Ores>)
  • any asteroid which would spawn with ores not listed in there will not spawn
• zones
  • asteroid spherical field: specify center and max radius
  • asteroid hollow spherical field: also specify a min radius
  • asteroid ring: also specify a height, and set the planet's CloudLayer with RotationAxis 0/0/0 so it's aligned on the Y plane; gives a washer shape

Example

Imagine we want the following:

• empty space, no asteroids
  • use: <AllOres>false</AllOres> then list no ores
• an asteroid ring with all ores except Platinum
  • use: <Center>, <MinRadius>, <MaxRadius> and <Height> to define the asteroid ring characteristics
  • use: <AllOres>false</AllOres> then list all ores except Platinum
• an asteroid cluster with all ores
  • use: <Center> and <MaxRadius> to define the spherical field
  • use: <AllOres>true</AllOres> so all ores can spawn

The config then looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Config xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

  <!-- no ores spawn in space, so no asteroids -->
  <AllOres>false</AllOres>
  <Ores />

  <Zones>

    <!-- an asteroid ring around planet X:0 Y:0 Z:0, min 130km, max 80km, height 10km, with all ores except Platinum -->
    <Zone>
      <AllOres>false</AllOres>
      <Ores>
        <string>Cobalt</string>
        <string>Gold</string>
        <string>Ice</string>
        <string>Iron</string>
        <string>Magnesium</string>
        <string>Nickel</string>
        <string>Stone</string>
        <string>Silicon</string>
        <string>Silver</string>
        <string>Uranium</string>
      </Ores>
      <Center>
        <X>0</X>
        <Y>0</Y>
        <Z>0</Z>
      </Center>
      <MaxRadius>130000</MaxRadius>
      <MinRadius>80000</MinRadius>
      <Height>10000</Height>
    </Zone>

    <!-- an asteroid cluster centered on X:1000000 Y:1000000 Z:1000000 of radius 100km, with all ores -->
    <Zone>
      <AllOres>true</AllOres>
      <Ores />
      <Center>
        <X>1000000</X>
        <Y>1000000</Y>
        <Z>1000000</Z>
      </Center>
      <MaxRadius>100000</MaxRadius>
    </Zone>

  </Zones>
</Config>

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