Hidden, mostly internal options. Controls whether COG is active in the current dimension. Copy this file to CustomOreGen_Config.xml and modify the expression for the default value to control where COG is active by default. Options affecting all ore distributions. A global multiplier for the frequency of all ore distributions. Ore Frequency Options GregTech ores. A global multiplier for the size of all ore distributions. Ore Deposit Size Enable/disable debugging mode, which allows the use of in-game wireframe models and console commands. Also controls the visibility of some advanced options. This is a "magic" option - it has meaning outside of this file in the COG engine itelf. You can change the value, obviously, but do not remove the option itself or change the possible values. Debugging Mode Radius (in blocks) around a chunk must be generated before COG will add ores to it. This is a "magic" option - it has meaning outside of this file in the COG engine itelf. You can change the value, but do not remove the option itself or change the allowed range. Changing this value is really not recommended unless you know what you are doing. := if(?debugMode,"shown","hidden") Deferred Chunk Gen. Range 0 128 16 Enable/disable the vanilla ore generators for coal, iron, gold, redstone, lapis lazuli, and diamond. This is a "magic" option - it has meaning outside of this file in the COG engine itelf. You can change the value, but do not remove the option itself. Recommended values are True/On for new worlds and False/Off for pre-1.4.2 worlds (for compatibility). This option completely prevents these ores from being spawned by the vanilla terrain generator. It is more efficient than a Substitute distribution, which lets the generator place an ore and then removes it. However, for technical reasons this option cannot disable vanilla emerald generation. It also has mixed results with mod generation - mods that recycle the vanilla generator get disabled, while those that use their own do not. Finally, it is an "all-or-nothing" approach that doesn't distinguish between ore types or world properties. For these reasons this option defaults to "true", and a Substitute distribution is used below to selectively remove the vanilla ore deposits as needed. := if(?debugMode,"shown","hidden") Vanilla Ore Gen. Default wireframe state for distributions. Enabling this is only one of the requirements to actually use wireframes - debugging mode must be on and the client must have Forge and COG installed, cheats enabled, and the wireframe rendering mode set up. := if(?debugMode,"shown","hidden") Distribution Wireframes Enable/disable testing distributions. := if(?debugMode,"shown","hidden") Test Distributions Enable/disable advanced frequency and size settings for individual distributions. Advanced Options A master preset for standardgen ore distributions. Small, fairly rare motherlodes with 2-4 horizontal veins each. Single vertical veins that occur with no motherlodes. Small motherlodes without any branches. Similar to the deposits produced by StandardGen distributions. Small motherlodes without any branches. Instead of spawning in stone, these will only spawn in lava pools near the bottom of the map. Note that these lava pools are produced by the vanilla cave generator - any mod that changes or removes cave generation will indirectly affect these deposits. Very large, extremely rare motherlodes. Each motherlode has many long slender branches - so thin that parts of the branch won't contain any ore at all. This, combined with the incredible length of the branches, makes them more challenging to follow underground. Once found, however, a motherlode contains enough ore to keep a player supplied for a very long time. The rarity of these veins might be too frustrating in a single-player setting. In SMP, though, teamwork could make finding them much easier and the motherlodes are big enough to supply several people without shortage. This might be a good way to add challenge to multiplayer worlds. Credit: based on feedback by dyrewulf from the MC forums. Single blocks, generously scattered through all heights (density is about that of vanilla iron ore). They will replace dirt and sandstone (but not grass or sand), so they can be found nearer to the surface than most ores. Intened to be used as a child distribution for large, rare strategic deposits that would otherwise be very difficult to find. Note that the frequency is multiplied by ground level to maintain a constant density, but not by ore frequency because it is assumed that the frequency of the parent distribution will already be scaled by that. Large veins filled very lightly with ore. Because they contain less ore per volume, these veins are relatively wide and long. Mining the ore from them is time consuming compared to solid ore veins. They are also more difficult to follow, since it is harder to get an idea of their direction while mining. Short sparsely filled veins sloping up from near the bottom of the map. Large irregular clouds filled lightly with ore. These are huge, spanning several adjacent chunks, and consequently rather rare. They contain a sizeable amount of ore, but it takes some time and effort to mine due to low density. The intent for strategic clouds is that the player will need to actively search for one and then set up a semi-permanent mining base and spend some time actually mining the ore.