The junk drone is so damn annoying

[Lelo Mariin]

It is always infront of you when it shouldnt
it is always stuck when it shouldnt
You always talk to it when you dont want to
Yet its awesome as a mule

I just wish it stayed behind 3 times as far as it is now and never ever ever ever infront of me blocking my view/shots

[kir-kanos]

Yea nothing like trying to loot a cramped poi with that little f#$@# getting in the way. now just make it stay outside by my ride if it didn't have soo much room to store stuff wouldn't waste my time with it.

[Ruffio]

I had a case where mine decided to stay the night inside trader rekts... little bugger...

[Crayzus]

Originally posted by Lelo Mariin:

It is always infront of you when it shouldnt
it is always stuck when it shouldnt
You always talk to it when you dont want to
Yet its awesome as a mule

I just wish it stayed behind 3 times as far as it is now and never ever ever ever infront of me blocking my view/shots

I don't know what they were thinking with that ♥♥♥♥. I would rather they just increase our player inventory. Give us a fanny pack or a shoulder strap bag or something. That drone is annoying and pointless.

[Blue Hasia]

its a double edge sword. code it to not be close by and aviod being in front of you.

then it will be harder to access.

people scream, I dont want it in front of me! it needs to not be in my way!!

then that will lead to, I can not access the drone! it keeps getting behind me every time i look at it to access it!!

[MoistGamer]

the only thing I like about the drone is having it out while I'm mining w/ the auger. Before the screamer can enter the pit it alerts you (something to the effect of) "I sense trouble nearby". Whatever it says. Then I stop mining, shoot the screamer as shes falling into the hole. No scream, mining continues.

Aside from that the drone stays in the storage chest.

[rincewind]

Confirmed, the drone is a Robo-Lydia.

At least we can't shout the drone accidentaly from the peak of a mountain.

[seven]

Two things I think would make the drone a lot better. First, some method of remote commands, like the whistle commands in Ark, so you could tell it to stop, follow, etc. Second, have it's hover level a bit higher so it's not right at eye level. Looking up a bit to interact with it would be fine and it wouldn't be in your line of sight all the time.

[thestile]

I've suggested that there should be an option to have it fly 1 or 2 blocks above your head. Because I do agree that it is annoying.

[CatPerson]

It doesn't solve any AI issues but for solo you can make it visually a lot smaller. I find this at least helps a lot re: blocking view visually (sightline, blocking campfires/Traders, feeling like it's in your face constantly). You could make it really microscopic, although of course that means it'd be really hard to see/know where it is to even click on the "block" it occupies to talk to it. Or for lulz you can make it giant, too. ;p

https://crimsonkeep.com/wallpapers/data/media/132/7DtD-A21-02a.jpg

It's the entityclasses.xml, under JUNK_DRONE, adjust the SizeScale parameter.

[Damnion]

Originally posted by kir-kanos:

Yea nothing like trying to loot a cramped poi with that little f#$@# getting in the way. now just make it stay outside by my ride if it didn't have soo much room to store stuff wouldn't waste my time with it.

What he said, I just leave it by my ride and go back to it unless I'm running a tier 5 POI.

[Bnn1]

I dont know why you guys bother with that piece of ♥♥♥♥, since it can disappear out of the game world at any given second never to be seen again, it is way too buggy and prone to disappear to be useful.

[Desert Rat]

Man, I love that little mechanical wonder. It's a great companion when wandering the empty lands, a handy work light at night, extra storage, and an early warning while building or mining. And, it's great to have with the Healing Mod during intense fights. I just park it nearby during Blood Moons, and voila: automatic healing. I've been using it constantly since it was introduced in A20, and I've only noticed a few glitches - mainly duping when traveling over long distances quickly. I had one get stuck in a wall once, but a quick foray into God Mode fixed the problem. I do agree with the OP's main point, though - the thing likes to get in the way when in battle. Or going through doorways. Or up ladders . . .

[marcdasharc]

It should have a turret mod

[Bnn1]

Originally posted by marcdasharc:

It should have a turret mod

it was intended to have and had some coding for it, but TFP chose to not enable it to have offensive capabilities.

[frisch]

Originally posted by Blue Hasia:

its a double edge sword. code it to not be close by and aviod being in front of you.

then it will be harder to access.

people scream, I dont want it in front of me! it needs to not be in my way!!

then that will lead to, I can not access the drone! it keeps getting behind me every time i look at it to access it!!

This is usually what happens, however it can be easily avoided: Give the drone talk options "Can you stay a bit closer" and "I'd like you to give me some space" so you can adjust the distance for yourself.