Heya folks, figured I'd give a heads up about a new utility brought to you by none other than M0tah; this time, it's a gizmo that will turn any player on the server into an AI Companion Bot. Friends don't want to play? Turn them into an NPC!
As you can see, it's pretty simple to use, as it's as easy as picking a bot number and clicking "generate." Using Endeavor, my storage character, as a test subject, I was then able to fly with it (and other characters) as my wingmen.
The conversion itself is pretty straight. Ship, guns, other equipment, cargo, and rank are all copied to the NPC version of the character. Currently, names are not supported (it's just the ship name for now), however this may be implemented in the future (I've bugged M0tah about this forever though, so he deserves a break =P).
This will be first featured in RC105, when it is released, so make sure you watch the beta topic for your chance to shoot (or command) an NPC of yourself.
~fox
sounds nice!
2nd that! :)