CAVE IN!!

[DemonEyes]

Okay, I fell foul of the new mining mechanic.. (I must really suck with M&M)

Mined a boulder and saw the dust falling.. I then erected a mine support a short distance away from the dust thinking this would stop it (i.e. the cave in spot was within the orange circle)

it didnt.

I now have 9 random blocks within my mine (into the starting mined area as well).

Is there anyway to stop the cave in after it has started? or is it a foregone conclusion and we should shore up our mines in advance?

[Kandarim]

newsposts can often be a problem to interpret.
What I get from https://forum.salemthegame.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6172 is that you need to build the mining support directly under the smoking tile. The orange radius simply illustrates what area it will prevent/help preventing future collapses.

personally, I just built mining supports in all my mines so that their radius covers all tiles. I haven't mined since then, though (enough ore boulders were mined out right before the update).

[DemonEyes]

So if this happens in a place I cannot get the support located (for what reason i dont know) but it was down a 1x1 'channel' I was mining out and the support wouldnt place down there.

I dont have enders client so I dont know the tile configuration.. but to be fiar I didnt have a lot of time to muck about anyway I had just enough time to grab the boards and nails , build it and move away (chopping boards is so slow)..

I intend to use this as a learning opportunity and now have a chest with the required items located near the ladder for future emergencies

[DemonEyes]

Added piece of info.. the new 'walls' also need to have a fire lit on them to break them up.. (which seems a bit strange since they just fell out of the roof!)

[Mereni]

Added piece of info.. the new 'walls' also need to have a fire lit on them to break them up.. (which seems a bit strange since they just fell out of the roof!)

It does seem strange. The announcement said they'd be mineable.

[DemonEyes]

Mineable inthe same way that the normal tiles are mineable.. but yeah this seems an annoyance measure more than an interesting addition.

[DemonEyes]

Okay, when these tiles are mined they give stone rocks (would be nice for a chance at granite?) however where the cave in occurred ON TOP of the support I cannot mine this tile (using default client) any ideas? Or should i report it as a bug?

[Potjeh]

Definitely sounds like a bug.

[Dad00]

I too suffered a mine cave in because I failed to build the mine roof support directly under the caving in tile. I was trapped with no hope of rescue. I emptied my inventory and traveled to Boston to escape. I only lost an axe, shovel and some food. My mine is now properly shored up to prevent future cave-ins (I hope).