Ship Crew AI Oddities

So I have been non-stop playing Starbound since I found out it went to 1.0. Bought it about two years ago and it far exceeds my expectations, best game of 2016 so far, in my opinion.

However, there are a few oddities that probably some of you have noticed (such as lag issues, unknown pets, etc). The most notably is the very odd NPC AI, specifically ship crew AI.

I have 7 crew members at the moment and a ship full of items like beds, decorations, and interact-able objects. But the ship crew only seems to stand/crowd around the ship teleporter for most of the time on the ship. Occasionally a one or two crew members will wander off to either mess with tools or sleep, but after doing these tasks they go back to standing around the ship teleporter.

I suspect that this oddity is due to AI issues also found in other NPCs. Anyone else notice this with their crew?

 

I havent got a crew myself, but this issue has been reported many a time now. My guess is that whatever AI is being used on crew members is the exact same the settlers use, if you have a settlement, the... settlers will pack somewhere and move in a tight blob of pixels, or use the teleporter.

 

Yes, indeed.

How about you getting rid of your arrogance first and starting to read what other people already have posted about this?

 

I dont see the arrogance there my friend, he is laying out the mental image of the ship for us to see what his ship is like, and perhaps help point out the issue. When he mentioned the multiple objects, he is more likely trying to say "my crew has a lot of stuff to play with! why do they all stare at the shiny teleporter then?"

 

Yeah...I really didn't mean to sound "pompous"...just wanted to make sure that people knew I had a ship that wasn't empty. I just want some crew member to play some bongos on my ship rather than stand around the teleporter...

And I did try searching for forum posts from others that have this problem with an inquiry like "ship crew AI problems." But I didn't find a specific thread discussing this particular issue, so I decided to post this.

 

Yeah buddy, I know. It happens quite often that thread titles mislead one thing from another, and often deviate from the subject making them even harder to find.