Why can't we see npcs that we hired in cockpit?

[maboleth]

I fly Krait and well... I feel alone with so many empty seats. I know some are reserved for multi-crew, but why we cannot see at least one NPC? Was it so hard to make them in the game or something other is going on?

 

[Vedmo]

There isn't a good answer, as it's inexcusable. A pixel representation of items, characters, environments one is interacting with in a video game really should be baseline minimum expectation stuff.

Better yet, they die in a ship they were never in, should it blow up.

 

[maboleth]

Sorry what, they die with a ship? :O Oh my, how this passed their QoL is beyond me. I guess most people would appreciate a deck full of working NPCs.

 

[Lightspeed]

It's time for FD to come clean on this one and answer the question.

 

[Vedmo]

They also don't have hands, any picture of them in the crew lounge in which hands should be visible, instead just has grey hand blobs.

 

[Vasco Sapien]

I'd like NPC crew's visible. Its a microtransaction avenue for Fdev. Crew uniforms.

I want all my girls in bikinis.

 

[Vandaahl]

I want all my girls in bikinis.

Ugh...
After a major QOL improvement that is. Maybe thats what they are working on till 2020.

For the topic, good question, I have no idea

 

[Mxpower76]

It's about time for another one of these NPC crew member threads. FD is working on the 2020 update so they need a reminder.

No more empty seats on long trips. A real reason to buy outfits in the store. A quest to find a crew member that doesn't look like a monster. I don't see why this hasn't happened yet.

 

[Ambroza]

Sorry what, they die with a ship? :O Oh my, how this passed their QoL is beyond me. I guess most people would appreciate a deck full of working NPCs.

It passed "QoL" (assuming you mean QC) because it isn't a bug

 

[maboleth]

It passed "QoL" (assuming you mean QC) because it isn't a bug

No, I really meant Quality of life, because NPCs shouldn't die with a ship.

 

[Dillon Fallon]

No, I really meant Quality of life, because NPCs shouldn't die with a ship.

I don't think there will be an answer given for that, because there is no logical reason.

You can't even say there's only one escape pod- what's that on the side of the Anaconda?

 

[Kzak]

Quality of Life, sure, I'd like to see NPC crew members in the cockpit. Having them die with the ship is Quality of Death.

 

[TheSisko]

I fly Krait and well... I feel alone with so many empty seats. I know some are reserved for multi-crew, but why we cannot see at least one NPC? Was it so hard to make them in the game or something other is going on?

The NPCs are currently in the toilet after eating loads of curry. They'll come out and sit next to you by 2020.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

that's an easy one!

'cause nobody coded it.

 

[sirius42]

I don't think there will be an answer given for that, because there is no logical reason.

You can't even say there's only one escape pod- what's that on the side of the Anaconda?

A escape pod has the size of a one ton cargo haulage so why should not fit more the one crew members in it.

 

[Leadfoot]

You cannot see the NPC's you hire because they are very, very high.
The ones that sit next to you are invisible.
---- Leadfoot the Liar


I guess we don't have the "indent" feature here anymore.

 

[xondk]

I fly Krait and well... I feel alone with so many empty seats. I know some are reserved for multi-crew, but why we cannot see at least one NPC? Was it so hard to make them in the game or something other is going on?

My guess is because the way they are generated while apparently they are a 3D model is not directly usable with the renderer for the game itself, and it is likely on the "when there is time for it" list of features to be implemented.

 

[maboleth]

My guess is because the way they are generated while apparently they are a 3D model is not directly usable with the renderer for the game itself, and it is likely on the "when there is time for it" list of features to be implemented.

Yeah, my guess too. More like generated bitmaps. It's really strange that Fdev was/is satisfied with so many empty seats in large ships... It just doesn't look right.

 

[Vingtetun]

Well. When i have my full complement of multicrew, where would they sit?

Mine lives in a special telepresence chair in the hangar.

 

[Cervantes01]

Can you imagine Jurassic world evolution without dinosaurs, that's what a full annaconda feels like without npcs.