southernstyle wrote:
ok. call me dumb. i bought a mark 1 mining laser and a crgo hold for my ship.i equip them. i went up there targeted a resource rock and went to firing ok. i did this for about 5 mins. i went back to the planet. nothing in the cargo hold.
do i have to go to kashyyyk to lean how to do this. i know it's simple but what am i doing wrong. please help.
No you don't have to go to Kashyyyk.
Space mining is a three step process.
1. Target the resource asteroid and start shooting until you see a large chunk float off it (you will know its the right item because you can target it).
During this phase you will see lots of small bits flying off the asteroid, just ignore them until you see a big bit that you can target.
During this phase I would suggest that you scroll out as far as you can with your mouse wheel as it increases your field of view.
2. Start shooting at that piece of asteroid until it breaks up (usually 2-5 pieces).
3. Target those smaller pieces and shoot them, when they break you will get space resources in your cargo hold.
(you don't need to land to see if it has worked you can just click on the cargo hold icon on the right side of the screen and it will show you what percentage of your hold is full).
Edited, May 2nd 2008 1:09am by MontyB