CustomOreGen gives the user control over the placement of ores and other blocks via a sophisticated XML configuration language. Config authors can generate ores according to three main distribution types: veins, clouds and vanilla clusters. They can also substitute any block in the world with another one. The configurations can be parameterized by custom options (such as whether a particular ore should be deposited as a vein or cloud), and the player can configure those options through an in-game GUI during world creation. Default configurations are included for vanilla and most major mods. See the wiki for documentation and the MCF post for more information.
wiki is gone
In reply to FrozenToothpaste:
The wiki seems to still be here: https://custom-ore-generation.fandom.com
1) Is there a better forum or Discord server for discussing and asking questions about COG? I looked around and this is the best I've found.
2) I've been trying, and I can't seem to increase the density of the Railcraft poor ores in their sparse veins. How do I do that? The wiki isn't super detailed on dealing with the mod files. I've tried to copy the RailCraft.xml to the custom folder, and then change the lines
to
...but it won't parse that and breaks. Suggestions?
In reply to jel03201984:
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@lawremi
I tryed to search for infomation on the wiki for this mod put it dosen`t help at all
idk where the file is located where I can edit the generation
i would also like to see some pictures so that i can get a small overview at least
would be great if you answer.
In reply to Craft_pig:
Image of location: https://ibb.co/z837tfP
I'm assuming you're familiar with your AppData folder for modding, but just in case you're not, I included the full path where this is located (on default settings). Typically, (as in, almost always) mods are built to create .xml config files inside the config folder the first time you load a world. If you don't see a config file you're expecting to see, start a world, and they should pop into existence. After that, there'll be a CustomOreGen folder with the appropriate files that the COG wiki talks about.
Changing spawn frequently of coal ores or other makes redstone ore and gold ore spawn on surface but other than that work better than other these type of mods.
In reply to powraca1:
That's intentional (at least for redstone), and you can disable it by changing the distribution type for those ores.
I'm hoping this is compatible with Ore Stone Variants, but by default, it seems like COG doesn't spawn any ores in any of the stone variants (diorite, etc). Even for ores in normal stone, HWLYA shows the block as being from their origin (Vanilla, Immersive Engineering, etc) rather than from OSV (which is what I would have expected, since it's what I see in other non-COG worlds). Is this something that needs to be tweaked in the config (and if so, what's the simplest way to do that?), or is it an issue with the order of events (ie, COG is destroying/overwriting OSV blocks)?
EDIT: I've got a custom config now with the veins replacing variant stone, but OSV still doesn't seem to be replacing them with its own integrated blocks. I guess they're both trying to do their thing "last" and COG is winning :/
In reply to curiousepic:
You'd have to configure COG to replace the stone variants with the integrated blocks from OSV directly.
In reply to lawremi:
Aah, I see. So, within the same Veins element, is it possible to do something like:
<OreBlock block='ore_stone_variants:coal_ore:0' weight='1.0' />
<ReplacesOre block='stone' weight='1.0' />
<OreBlock block='ore_stone_variants:coal_ore:1' weight='1.0' />
<ReplacesOre block='stoneDiorite' weight='1.0' />
In order to match up the proper replacements, or is only one OreBlock element expected within the config?
In reply to curiousepic:
You can have multiple <OreBlock> elements, but COG will choose randomly from them. There is no way to specify multiple one-to-one mappings in a single distribution. But with inheritance, it is pretty easy to create one sub-distribution per mapping.
This mod was the key to me getting an obscure prospecting mod for 1.7.10 to work with custom ores from Thermal Foundation. I guess it somehow forces the game to generate all ores along with the initial worldgen, which is exactly what I needed. Thank you kind mod author, you are the reason the people on my server can now pan for silver and tin.
Question
When I try to make a new world and select Custom ore gen, I only get to configure AE2, Thermal and Pam's harvest. I have way more mods installed, but I don't get the option to configure their ore generation before creating the world.
Help?
well, server getting cascading worldgen lag
Hello!
I'm trying to create my first mod pack & want to use COG as the keystone mod. My only issue is the XML is basically Latin to me. I'm muddling my way through learning the basics. I can tell it's not too hard if you have basic XML knowledge.
That leads me to the ask, would anyone that knows the ins & outs of the COG XML be willing to open their discord/twitter DMs to let me pick their brain?
In reply to VikingVod:
<body> <arm> <hand length=3> <finger/> </hand> <forearm/> </arm> </body>So basically you have opening tags and closing with children inside, A tag can be self closing by having /> at the end.
For those looking for the old shoutwiki. It doesn't exist any longer.
However I was lucky enough to find a backed up version on Archive.org
I have recreated the former wiki here: http://custom-ore-generation.wikia.com/wiki/
Guinaro
PS. This mod rocks if you succeed in properly configuring it. Going ore scavenging is much more rewarding this way!
In reply to darthvader45:
Unless you want to give the user options, you can also do away with the whole configuration via GUI at world-start. I simply implement my changes in the XML without a lot of extra options, unless it is for myself with testing purposes.
A lot of fun in mining can be had when you make shafts surrounded by a different material. Or materials surrounding lava tubes, the same goes for Geodes, hollowed out, filled with water, lava, ... . Other tweaks I like to make is a big motherlode with very thin hintveins leading towards it. Make ores hard to find, but once you do, you will have plenty of it.
I also tend to work with Dense, normal and poor ore variants. Like something along the lines of 80% poor ores, 18% normal ores and 2% dense ores. Mixing up ores is also fun. Like mixing silver and lead, ... Find one, you can find the other one too.
Limiting ores to certain biomes or making extra deposit chances in specific biomes tends to promote exploration of the world.