Mines

Mines are essential to the prison gameplay experience. Vortex Prison Core offers comprehensive mine management features.

Mine Access

Each rank unlocks access to a new mine (A-Z), with higher ranks providing access to more valuable resources.

Setting Up Mines

1. Select an area using the mine selector tool (/mine selector)

2. Create a mine with /mine create <id>

3. Configure the mine settings in the config file

4. Reset/refill the mine when needed with /mine reset <mine>

Mine Conversion

If you're migrating from Catamines v3, you can convert existing mines using /mine convert.

Mine Refill System

The mine refill system automates resource regeneration, ensuring players always have materials to mine.

Key Features:

• Automatic Refills – Mines refill at set intervals.

• Customizable Blocks – Define block spawn rates per mine.

• Adjustable Performance Settings – Optimize refill speed to suit your server.

Mine Configuration (config.yml)

Settings:
  Refill Task Interval: 20 # ticks - Check for new mines to refill every x ticks
  Max Blocks Per Tick: 100000 # Maximum blocks to refill per tick
  Debug Refill Time: false # Enable for debugging refill performance

Mines:
  A:
    Name: A
    World: world
    Lower Corner: 60,62,-17
    Upper Corner: 71,59,-9
    Refill Type: TIME
    Refill: 1m
    Blocks:
    - STONE:20.0
    - COAL_ORE:80.0

  B:
    Name: B
    World: world
    Lower Corner: 63,66,-1
    Upper Corner: 74,63,7
    Refill Type: TIME
    Refill: 1m
    Blocks:
    - EMERALD_ORE:100.0

Explanation of Config Options:

• Refill Task Interval – How often the plugin checks for mines to refill (in ticks).

• Max Blocks Per Tick – The maximum number of blocks replaced per tick to optimize performance.

• Debug Refill Time – Enable debugging to monitor refill efficiency.

• Mine Settings:

  • Lower Corner & Upper Corner – Defines the mine area using coordinates.

  • Refill Type – Determines how the mine refills (TIME for interval-based, PERCENTAGE for depletion-based).

  • Refill – Time interval before the mine refills (e.g., 1m for 1 minute).

  • Blocks – Specifies block types and their spawn percentages.

Example Refill Types:

• Time-based refill: Refills every set duration (e.g., 1m, 5m).

• Percentage-based refill: Triggers when a specific percentage of the mine is depleted.