Smart Dig // by @Ony 👾

Streamline Your Duplicant Digging with Smart Dig

Tired of meticulously selecting every single tile your Duplicants need to excavate? The Smart Dig mod for Oxygen Not Included offers a revolutionary way to manage your subterranean endeavors, allowing for swift and efficient digging operations. This powerful enhancement streamlines a fundamental aspect of base management, freeing up your valuable time for more strategic planning and colony expansion.

Effortless Excavation at Your Fingertips

The core functionality of Smart Dig is elegantly simple yet incredibly impactful. With a single click and a modifier key, you can queue up digging commands for all adjacent tiles composed of the same material as the one you’ve targeted. Imagine clearing out a massive vein of metal ore or a dense cluster of coal with unparalleled speed. No more tedious individual selections! This intelligent queuing system ensures your Duplicants are constantly productive, efficiently clearing out large sections of your asteroid without constant micro-management.

Advanced Digging Options for Precision Control

Smart Dig doesn’t just offer brute-force efficiency; it also provides nuanced control for those situations demanding precision. By utilizing different key combinations, you can dictate the direction of your digging operations:

• Horizontal Digging: Hold Shift + Z to instruct your Duplicants to only excavate horizontally from the selected tile.
• Vertical Digging: Hold Shift + X to limit digging to vertical excavations.
• Diagonal Connectivity: For those complex cavern systems, Smart Dig can also be configured to include diagonally connected tiles, ensuring no area is left untouched.

Furthermore, you can customize the maximum radius for these chained digging operations through the mod’s in-game settings menu, tailoring its behavior to perfectly match your base-building style.

Intuitive Integration and User Experience

Beyond the core digging enhancements, Smart Dig also improves the user experience when using the drag-selection tool. When you drag to designate an area for digging, the mod will now display the total sum of tiles that will be queued for excavation. This provides immediate visual feedback, allowing you to confirm your intended dig area before committing your Duplicants. Activating the mod is as straightforward as subscribing to it through the game’s mod menu and restarting Oxygen Not Included.