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Regolith entombing a hydrogen engine can't be dug up

Airpower

By Airpower

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Title says it all!  I built two hydrogen rockets next to each other with open access to space above (and meteor showers).  The rockets landed, and were subsequently buried in new regolith.  When I went to dig it out, several squares of it became invincible and I wasn't able to dig them out.

The undiggable squares seem to be located at the center tile of the hydrogen engine.  The left hand rocket has a two-tile-tall undiggable pile.  The right rocket has a single undiggable tile.  I've included a screenshot.

Even when I deleted the hydrogen engines (shown in the screenshot), the regolith remained undiggable.  My guys just sit there and drill at it for minutes, but nothing happens.  Any advice for how to get rid of this stuff?  Or am I just hosed?Regolith.thumb.png.96d1e517cab62cb4831cb81bcd3972ca.png

Steps to Reproduce
Build a rocket with a hydrogen engine. Let a meteor shower bury it in regolith. Dig the regolith up. Some of it near the rocket's base should remain undiggable.
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SharraShimada

Its a long known bug (since rockets are made possbile i think) Thats the reason i build bunker doors beneath. Opening them "unlocks" the tile, and it can be digged. 

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Airpower

Ahhhh okay shoot.  I can't build bunker doors beneath, because I have a water pool with 4x steam turbines there to absorb the heat.  Looks like I'll just have to use Sandbox mode to keep deleting it. :(

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Gwido

You can also dig it "before" it becomes a problem,if your rocket is placed in an enclosed space, with bunker doors above the rocket. Then you just have to place a robo-miner to dig the regolith before it falls. ;)

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Airpower

Creative solution!  But my bunker doors are built at the edge of the buildable zone.  Oh well maybe I'll try that next time.

For now I've been forced do disassemble my hydrogen engines, sandbox away the broken regolith, and then manually rebuild the engines. 

Blah. :(

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