Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-4750818-20180915120956

Good day everyone

Are you tired of staring at grey stone whenever you're mining?

Today, I have an idea to present to you; essentially a few improvements to the underground?

Why?
Right now, the underground looks, let's admit, pretty boring. Yes, we have stalactites and the special ores from the mod, along with a few special types of stone, but, aside from that, the underground looks pretty much the same regardless of where you are in the mod. With that in mind, I present to you a plan to help change that.

Rocks
The mod's special rocks can stay the way they are for now. New rock types could include:

Sedimentary
Mostly found near the surface, these rocks would be rather quick and easy to mine.
 * Chalk
 * Conglomorate
 * Sandstone - yes this exists already, its generation is OK
 * Shale
 * Limestone

Metamorphic
Most of these rocks would mine at the normal speed, and be found below the sedimentary layer. They would occasionally be exposed to the surface in some regions.
 * Marble (Gondor Rock?) - relatively near the surface, usually below limestone
 * Gneiss - deep underground, just above the igneous layer.
 * Slate - relatively near the surface, beneath shale
 * Schist - below slate
 * Quartzite - beneath sandstone

Igneous Extrusive
These would be found near the surface in more volcanically active regions of the world (mostly). Fairly tough, slower to mine than normal.
 * Basalt (maybe this is what Mordor Rock really is)
 * Rhyolite (Sarnagarn??)
 * Andesite

Igneous Intrusive
These rocks would be the hardest of all (take longest to mine) and spawn mostly deep underground, but occasionally be found in outcrops (batholiths), or in vertical dykes (aka a large vein of granite within a region mostly composed of quartzite).
 * Granite
 * Gabbro

Ore generation
Some ores would only generate in some layers.

Gems
Igneous layers, mostly

Coal
Only sedimentary layers

Copper, Tin, Iron
Metamorphic and igneous extrusive layers

Gold and Silver
Igneous layers only

Amber & Rock Salt
Only in sedimentary layers

All region specific ores
Are fine the way they are

Mithril
Igneous intrusive only, misty mountains

Sulfur
Igneous extrusive

Saltpeter
Sedimentary

If there are any ores I missed, please let me know!

Thanks,

Glflegolas (admin) Send a Messenger  12:09, September 15, 2018 (UTC) 