Wilderlands The Weight Below

<h1 data-section-id="1oml6lf" data-start="117" data-end="148"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24pt;">Wilderlands The Weight Below</span></h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace; font-size: 18pt;"><em>***When updating to 1.0.2, delete your old config file to allow the new, updated config file to generate.</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p data-start="150" data-end="311"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"><strong data-start="150" data-end="170">The Weight Below</strong></span> adds a deeper, more dynamic underground experience by overhauling cave stability, rock failure, and structural mining support in <em data-start="295" data-end="310">Vintage Story</em>.</span></p> <p data-start="150" data-end="311">&nbsp;</p> <p data-start="313" data-end="385"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Mining is no longer just excavation—it becomes an engineering challenge.</span></p> <p data-start="313" data-end="385">&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Different rock types now respond uniquely to stress based on their geology. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Some can hold wide natural caverns, but collapse quickly if beat upon carelessly. </span></li> <li data-start="387" data-end="686"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Some will stand the test of time no matter what comes. </span></li> <li data-start="387" data-end="686"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Other stone types are unstable by nature and constantly, but slowly, shedding stone as ages pass, working their way toward natural stability. Lay your pickaxe to these caverns without care, and you will pay for it.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">And if any of them feel too easy or not harsh enough- The mod ships with a powerful config file to allow you to tailor settings by rock type to fit your taste.</span></p> <hr data-start="1525" data-end="1528"> <h2 data-section-id="1d7mrtu" data-start="688" data-end="699"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Features</span></h2> <h3 data-section-id="q4ertk" data-start="701" data-end="730"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Geological Rock Stability</span></h3> <p data-start="731" data-end="792"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Each stone type has its own structural properties, including:</span></p> <ul data-start="794" data-end="1114"> <li data-section-id="1wbb7k9" data-start="794" data-end="864"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong data-start="796" data-end="815">Rock competence</strong> – how much load the rock can bear before failing</span></li> <li data-section-id="og66a3" data-start="865" data-end="949"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong data-start="867" data-end="895">Maximum unsupported span</strong> – how wide ceilings can remain stable without support</span></li> <li data-section-id="otni0h" data-start="950" data-end="1032"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong data-start="952" data-end="977">Support effectiveness</strong> – how strongly nearby beams reinforce surrounding rock</span></li> <li data-section-id="t1uv3d" data-start="1033" data-end="1114"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong data-start="1035" data-end="1056">Collapse behavior</strong> – how rock breaks and what it leaves behind after failure</span></li> <li data-section-id="t1uv3d" data-start="1033" data-end="1114"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Spalling</strong> mechanic that features some rock types passively shedding stone if disturbed too much. In some rock types, it is a warning before catastrophic failure.</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p data-start="1116" data-end="1217"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Granite, shale, sandstone, slate, claystone, and other stone types all behave differently underground.</span></p> <hr data-start="1525" data-end="1528"> <h3 data-section-id="1a8432a" data-start="1530" data-end="1567"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;">Stress Fracturing &amp; Rock Spalling</span></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p data-start="1568" data-end="1633"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Before a collapse, unstable rock may begin to show warning signs.</span></p> <p data-start="1635" data-end="1665"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">High-stress brittle stone can:</span></p> <ul data-start="1667" data-end="1792"> <li data-section-id="1xzdc72" data-start="1667" data-end="1682"><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">crack audibly</span></span></li> <li data-section-id="1ssq09t" data-start="1683" data-end="1699"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">passively shed blocks of stone</span></li> <li data-section-id="sqasss" data-start="1738" data-end="1792"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">produce bursts of falling stone before major failure</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p data-start="1794" data-end="1888"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1