Change color of grass / Thin out grass on ore deposits

Erwin Heyms shared this feedback ago

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Currently because of the changes in terrain color on ore deposits and with high grass density, finding ores early on for new players is a frustrating experience.

On the earth planet ore deposits are hard to see in mountain terrain with the new light gray ore patch material. And with grass at 100% density, ore deposits are very hard to spot in grass, especially early on when you are on ground level.

Because a lot of ores are very deep in the terrain the hand drill or even small block ore detector don't see them until you are right above them. Its possible but unless you are right on top of it, you must fly high in the sky to look past the grass and compare hues in the terrain.

I suggest we change the color of the grass or make the grass thinner on top of ore deposits, so spotting ore in grassy terrain for early ground based players is easier.

And in general for ores in mountain terrain, maybe make the ore spots there a slight bit darker, gray on gray is hard to spot.

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Vostrum Rexouium ●

I'm still lost on why it got changed to begin with honestly, i still remember ore being these massive dark spots on planets making them easy to find, and i personally wouldn't mind seeing this return as i personally don't fancy spending hours aimlessly walking/driving/flying around just to find resources.

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Marco Leise ●

I prefer harder to find ores, because they add to the exploration aspect of the game, but I agree with the OP that ores are hard to find on gray mountain/grass mix whilst being very easy to spot on the uniform sand/snow textures. This article on forbes may give some inspiration on how vegetation could be affected by ores.

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Rapteell ●

It is best to make this option customizable. In my opinion, the presence of stains under which ore can be found looks unrealistic. I would be glad that they would be removed at all, but this is my opinion.

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