I thought that was your CMDR?
General Assign NPC crew members to the spare cockpit seat so we can actually see our NPC crew members in our cockpits!!
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YES！
YES！
Still waiting for devs' answer...
Yes,thats your cmdr,the crew only show in the slf.
If you're on odyssey, the crew sitting inside the slf has a facial model, while on the horizon there's only a simple black opaque helmet.
I think maybe the horizon doesn't include the ability to display npc faces, but it does in the Odyssey.
If the crew were simply added to the bridge, Horizon players might only see a standard model wearing a black helmet.
But even so, it can give us a little comfort in the loneliness of a long flight.
Even if this feature is only added to the Odyssey, I think it will be a reason to persuade many players to buy dlc, small features, greater profit returns.
Come on, devs, we've only been asking here for a tiny feature that would greatly enhance our immersion and game experience.
We're not asking you here to create and design ship interiors ; we're only asking for a 3d version (just sitting in those ridiculously empty seats) of our copilots/crew members (using models that already work in game and that you already use with Apex).
Are you guys serious ? Are you really gonna keep ignoring us ?
We're not asking you here to create and design ship interiors ; we're only asking for a 3d version (just sitting in those ridiculously empty seats) of our copilots/crew members (using models that already work in game and that you already use with Apex).
Are you guys serious ? Are you really gonna keep ignoring us ?
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It would be very nice if they popped in here once in a while to comment on the really well supported ideas. Apparently they do read it all! 
I requested this YEARS ago, so don't hold your breath, or you might pass out from lack of oxygen. Heck, I even offered to pay money (Arx) for this feature, and all I got was radio silence.
As a reminder...
These are only some of the 2021 ones :
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And here you can see such a feature has been requested each year since 2015 :
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/an-odyssey-with-cockpit-npc-crew-on-my-side.559657/
These are only some of the 2021 ones :
General - Assign NPC crew members to the spare cockpit seat so we can actually see our NPC crew members in our cockpits!!
Multicrew members can be assigned to spare seats in your cockpit. The same should apply to NPC crew members who are essentially invisible right now and don't feel like they're part of your crew. This would be a tiny but SIGNIFICANT change! Many thanks for listening.
Multicrew and NPC crew assignments. Enjoyable engagement Suggestion.
There are many suggestions applied to this game. This is because Elite Dangerous has come a long way to what it is now, and people want to see more of it. For me, there's no other game that comes close to what I experience with Elite Dangerous, so my suggestion is exactly what I ever wanted in a...
General - Walking in ship, npc followers
great, really enjoying Odyssey (mainly because all I do is explore) but it's really lonely out there with my Asp. There's a free seat underneath me, but I can't have a recruited npc use it, even if they just sit there looking pretty. It would be super cool if they could use that seat, and follow...
Apex style copilot
Dear FD, Since 2015, I've been waiting for an NPC copilot to take seat in the cockpit with me. But now, with how Apex Interstellar works, I know it's not only doable, but almost done... If you at least want to. Please, please, FD, let us have NPC copilots sitting next to us and taking us where...
AI "NPC" Crew... let us choose to drop them into the cockpit chairs
also, it'd be nice if crew that wasn't active didn't draw a paycheck... but more importantly, it appears that pilots for drop ships and shuttles can be rendered in... why o why are we not putting our NPC buddies in?
Make the NPC Crew visible!
It's just not nice to look at empty seats all the time when you look around your cockpit. I don't even know what the explanation is why the crew is not visible. Maybe its an oversight by Frontier or a long existing bug? I don't see any negative effects of making them visible, so please do it...
Can we PLEASE see our hired crew sitting in our ships please???
You can render the NPC's now, so can you please render my crew member into one of my empty ship seats? Heck, you could even let them get outfitted with suits / accessories same as our Commanders. All those hours flying with my fighter pilot, would be great to see them sitting there at long last.
General - NPC crew as co-pilots
Just recently tried out hiring NPC crew. Sure would be nice if we could hand off controls to them to autopilot a route. They could take the place of the supercruise assist / advanced docking modules. I don't always fly a fighter bay enabled ship, so any other utility when you don't have a...
General - player NPC Crew Pilot
Since you can use Apex to plot a route and be taxied to a location. Why not let the same be done with your own NPC Crewmate? They already take a percentage of your earnings. Why not let them shuttle you around?
NPC pilot to fly our ship
If we have apex interstellar, why we cant use npc crew to fly our ship?
Feature Request: Better NPC hirelings
I know this has probably been requested before. I'm sorry if I'm redundant. Coming from First/Third Person RPG world, one of the things I would most enjoy is a richer experience with the NPC crew. Some of the things that I think of... (please be mindful that I'm a full-time employed...
And here you can see such a feature has been requested each year since 2015 :
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/an-odyssey-with-cockpit-npc-crew-on-my-side.559657/
This is the crux of the matter as you have stated it - The thing is you payed for a game and they gave you the game. I think nowhere during the purchase it was said that you pay for "the right to have answers to development questions" or any such thing and so they are not obliged to give you any answers.
When Bethesda's Starfield is out, if the game is good, I think all the players that have been begging disdainful devs for 3d crew members (and there's a bunch !) might leave ED for good... For there is no doubt Bethesda will make NPCs a much richer experience.
The truth is ED will be outdated long before it even looks like half the game it was to be... Nope we'll NEVER see ship interiors or earthlike planet landings ; we'll NEVER see a drop of water in that game. (You can always try to find some comfort in a new paintjob...). Even the forever alpha Star Citizen seems to have more future...
I wonder if Lemnis crate and Jurassic zoo will then sustain the studio.
I would love this added as a feature
I would gladly pay ARX or cash for a DLC, to have my NPC Fighter Pilot in a seat next to me when not in the fighter.
If the NPC is viewable in the fighters seat (as stated earlier in this thread), surely it can also be transferred to the main craft easily enough?
You could also have optional extra features (more ARX?), such as relevant dialogue or facial features instead of a blank helmet faceplate.
I'm gonna check if I can see my fighter pilot on camera tonight after work.
I would gladly pay ARX or cash for a DLC, to have my NPC Fighter Pilot in a seat next to me when not in the fighter.
If the NPC is viewable in the fighters seat (as stated earlier in this thread), surely it can also be transferred to the main craft easily enough?
You could also have optional extra features (more ARX?), such as relevant dialogue or facial features instead of a blank helmet faceplate.
I'm gonna check if I can see my fighter pilot on camera tonight after work.
Has it been hinted that there's a flight sim in that game (serious question)? From what I've seen it looks to be more Mass Effect / The Outer Worlds and they're still using the Creation Engine (upgraded) but they couldn't get vehicles or even horses in Fallout 4 / 76, I can't imagine them building a flight simulator from it. Cool if they did tho', definite Firefly vibes from the artwork.
Not being down on it, I've grown up with them all, from Arena to F4VR. Didn't bother with '76 tho', and looking forward to Starfield - creaking bug infested engine 'n all
Has it been hinted that there's a flight sim in that game (serious question)? From what I've seen it looks to be more Mass Effect / The Outer Worlds and they're still using the Creation Engine (upgraded) but they couldn't get vehicles or even horses in Fallout 4 / 76, I can't imagine them building a flight simulator from it. Cool if they did tho', definite Firefly vibes from the artwork.
Not being down on it, I've grown up with them all, from Arena to F4VR. Didn't bother with '76 tho', and looking forward to Starfield - creaking bug infested engine 'n all
"Most of Starfield's trailer is set either inside or outside of a spaceship, indicating galactic flight won't just be a feature - it will be the primary method of travel within the game. The biggest question at this point in time is what the space travel system will look like. Using The Elder Scrolls as a sample of what the travel system could be, players will likely fly through open space until they find a planet or moon. As locations are discovered, fast-travel between them will be enabled." ( https://screenrant.com/starfield-fly-other-planet-travel-space-ships/ )
As long as the developers do not listen to their community of players, the only thing they will achieve is to fall into ruin. In the business world, the customer is always right. And if they lose their opportunity, that opportunity will be filled by another company. maybe everyone will migrate to SC or Starfield, even to
Despite the tough competition in the market that ED has at the moment, ED has everything going for it to establish itself as a benchmark in the space genre. But it is necessary that FD does not fall asleep and assume reality; ED is still an excellent product, but one that is already aging extremely quickly. Therefore, continuous improvement and the gradual addition of those functions / characteristics / dynamics that its most direct competitors are gradually establishing as new standards are necessary. The ability to explore the interiors of the ships or have the simple company of an NPC in the cabin (ignoring for a moment that the NPC in the cabin offer a myriad of configuration and depth possibilities), are characteristics that FD has the capacity, the resources and talent to implement easily. Everything else already exists and although it can continue to improve, it is already of sufficient quality. If I do not follow this path, I do not predict a stable future in the market for ED and its competitors will take over.
I 100% agree with you guys, but I've come to question the effectiveness of saying anything here in this suggestions forum.
Maybe we should do something different, something new. Creating a ticket was a good idea : even if they closed the ticket, it drew their attention. What about something more unusual, something more significant ?
》》》》》 What about a gaming strike ? What if all the people who want that feature and feel ignored stopped together playing ED for just 24 hours the same day ? 《《《《《
I think it would send a message and FD would at least need to get out of their disdainful silence and give us a proper answer...
Absolutely nothing would happen.