Resource region

Resource region is the resource-rich sub-type of Region — asteroid fields (ore, silicon, nividium) and gas/fluid clouds (hydrogen, methane, helium, ice).

Properties

• Inherits region’s position-test exposure
• .resources — what wares the region produces (when scanned)
• .density — relative resource density 0..15

Common context

• Player flies into a resource region → asteroids visible
• Mining ships harvest resources from the region
• Region’s resource profile determined by region definitions (libraries/region_definitions.xml)

Common usage

<find_object name="$AsteroidField"
    space="$sector"
    region="true"
    has_resource="ware.ore"/>

Related

• Region — parent class
• Resource probe — deployable for scanning regions
• Asteroid — what’s mined inside resource regions
• Ware — what regions yield

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Stub page — full resource region reference coming.