ship command skill not letting me have more crew members?

[bearsboi]

isnt that the point of the skill? why isnt it working?

[AoD_lexandro]

Your ship also needs crew seats to use.

[StormhawkV]

There's three things you need for more crew. A ship that's actually big enough (engines, weapons, they all give crew capacity), crew stations like from a control room hab and the skill.

[Vellari]

1) The skill
2) Crew stations (ship builder: habs)
3) Crew capacity (ship builder: weapons, engines, shields, etc)

Which ever is the lowest will determine the amount of crew members (+1 if you assign Sarah)

NOTE: Passenger space on habs does not count.

[bearsboi]

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Your ship also needs crew seats to use.

but you can have 4 crew with a 4 crew cockpit without the ship command skill. so what's the point of the skill then?

[Vellari]

Originally posted by bearsboi:

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Your ship also needs crew seats to use.

but you can have 4 crew with a 4 crew cockpit without the ship command skill. so what's the point of the skill then?

To have more than 4?

[roach112683]

Originally posted by bearsboi:

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Your ship also needs crew seats to use.

but you can have 4 crew with a 4 crew cockpit without the ship command skill. so what's the point of the skill then?

That's because Sarah doesn't count so it's still only 3 without the skill.

[bearsboi]

Originally posted by Vellari:

Originally posted by bearsboi:

but you can have 4 crew with a 4 crew cockpit without the ship command skill. so what's the point of the skill then?

To have more than 4?

maybe im not being clear enough. the specific skill says "you may have UP TO 4 active crew members" but you can already have up to 4 active crew members with a 4 person cockpit. so the skill doesn't actually do anything. and i tested it with a 2 person cockpit, and it still only lets me have 2 crew members

[emreyigit1967]

Bearsboi, the answer is in Vellari's post:

It's the lowest of:

A. The amount of crew your ship can support (linked vaguely with size)
B. The amount of dedicated crew slots in your ship
C. Your skill level

So, if you have only a 2-person cockpit and no other habs to raise crew size, that goes under (B) in the list, and your skill level (C in the list) can be as high as you like, but you're capped at 2.

Conversely, you can mod a gargantuan ship, with say 12 crew slots, and if your skill level isn't high enough, you're capped, and if it is maxed out, you're capped at 8.

[Cutlass Jack]

Originally posted by bearsboi:

Originally posted by AoD_lexandro:

Your ship also needs crew seats to use.

but you can have 4 crew with a 4 crew cockpit without the ship command skill. so what's the point of the skill then?

You can't. No matter how many crew seats you have on your ship, you're limited to two crew members without the skill. Three if one of them is Sarah, since her skill adds one slot.

[bearsboi]

Originally posted by Cutlass Jack:

Originally posted by bearsboi:

but you can have 4 crew with a 4 crew cockpit without the ship command skill. so what's the point of the skill then?

You can't. No matter how many crew seats you have on your ship, you're limited to two crew members without the skill. Three if one of them is Sarah, since her skill adds one slot.

that's not true, i have 4 crew members right now without the skill

[roach112683]

Originally posted by bearsboi:

Originally posted by Cutlass Jack:

You can't. No matter how many crew seats you have on your ship, you're limited to two crew members without the skill. Three if one of them is Sarah, since her skill adds one slot.

that's not true, i have 4 crew members right now without the skill

Because Sarah DOESN'T COUNT TOWARD CREW. So it's 3+Sarah.
Max skill gives you 8 + Sarah.

[Ashrock]

yes....nothing will confuse you more than you being have to have 11 crew members on your ship, but you're still capped at 8 + Sarah

[RacistRonnie]

They have a MOD that fixes this issue.

[bearsboi]

Originally posted by roach112683:

Originally posted by bearsboi:

that's not true, i have 4 crew members right now without the skill

Because Sarah DOESN'T COUNT TOWARD CREW. So it's 3+Sarah.
Max skill gives you 8 + Sarah.

but i didn't have sarah, i had barrett, sam, and 2 recruited crew, without the skill

[Vellari]

Originally posted by bearsboi:

Originally posted by roach112683:

Because Sarah DOESN'T COUNT TOWARD CREW. So it's 3+Sarah.
Max skill gives you 8 + Sarah.

but i didn't have sarah, i had barrett, sam, and 2 recruited crew, without the skill

Count that as a bug then. I sure was not able to have 4 without Sarah early game.