The way that the Current oil is aquired is for want of a better word, ludicrous. The oil itself only generates in new forming blocks, which by itself is a very good idea - if you dont have to spend 3 hrs hunting it or come across it competely at random (8hrs search - nothing). It would make sense that the fuel itself would be found through normal routes (similar to finding the titanium) rather than the whole hit `n` miss scenario it currently is. I`d be interested to see others take on the `oil` situation and possible viable solutions. Also if someone could report back how long it took them to find their oil it may be worth noting.
Update:- after 8hrs 45mins i finally found some. Then 10mins later i found more....
Perhaps its more a frequency of spawning more than anything. However, solid fuel blocks would still make far more sense from a spawn/find point of view. Perhaps a fossilised fuel could be added as a new block with around a spawn rate of 1/2 of the current titanium ore spawn rate. Rather than focusing on Oil...
Its also worth noting that modern rockets are powered by 2 different sources - solid and liquid. So, although the oil suits nicely a solid form is not that far fetched. We already have the aluminium and iron added (which is 2 components of the 3 items required for solid fuel and only needs to be in powder form). The 3rd is ammonium perchlorate which could be the new block.
Thoughts please people...
Update:- after 8hrs 45mins i finally found some. Then 10mins later i found more....
Perhaps its more a frequency of spawning more than anything. However, solid fuel blocks would still make far more sense from a spawn/find point of view. Perhaps a fossilised fuel could be added as a new block with around a spawn rate of 1/2 of the current titanium ore spawn rate. Rather than focusing on Oil...
Its also worth noting that modern rockets are powered by 2 different sources - solid and liquid. So, although the oil suits nicely a solid form is not that far fetched. We already have the aluminium and iron added (which is 2 components of the 3 items required for solid fuel and only needs to be in powder form). The 3rd is ammonium perchlorate which could be the new block.
Thoughts please people...