Is it possible in singleplayer to disable attacks?

[Carol]

I know you'll all think me a whimp, but I'm a grandmother that loves playing exploration games with gathering, crafting, building etc. However I don't like fighting and hate it when anythimg attacks and triggers adrenaline spikes and harms me or my builds.
I have played modded ARK using console commands and had a lot of fun, but now I would like to explore further, off into space and other planets, asteroids etc. Hence choosing Empyrion. So I saw that I can disable drone attacks. Can npc attacks be disabled? Is there any way to explore this wonderful game safely & peacefully?

Thanks for reading :)

[stecph]

NPC won't attack you unless you stumble upon them. For that make an HV with good turrets and you'll be fine.
If u wanna attack a POI but there are annoying monsters (scorpions f.eks.),just open console, go into God Mode (gm),fly around and adjust the difficulty to your likings:-)

[maestro]

When you make a core, drones will want to kill it. Try changing the settings. I dunno.

[Gordholm]

you cant completly deactivate agressive npcs just with the game setting, you can change spawn to low, change enemy difficulty to easy and turn of base attack drones and overall dronepresence, but there are still poi's with turrets and enemys inside and also agressive critters after night two has passed.

It would be possible with a custom scenario where no aggressive npc's spawn and only civili pois spawn but that would be a big work for someone to create it

[Carol]

Would never expect anyone to do anything as huge as creating a special world. Was hoping there was a console command I haven't yet found that would help.. either by disabling aggression or by making me invisible to all NPC (like you can in subnautica). So far I've only seen invisible working in godmode, which doesn't allow you to walk round and gather like normal.

[Gordholm]

you can use godmode to be invulnerable, but npc's will still attack, another one would be godmode invisible but then you can't really play the game.

[Carol]

Originally posted by Gordholm:

you can use godmode to be invulnerable, but npc's will still attack, another one would be godmode invisible but then you can't really play the game.

Invisible means you don't play as the devs intended, but get to explore freely with no danger.
unfortunately godmode makes it impossible to walk.

I understand a lot of people would say "why get the game to dumb it down" but I say why should I not be able to enjoy peaceful exploring, gathering, crafting and building. They don't make games that look as good as this where crafting etc works as well as this without adding danger. I just want to enjoy all the good aspects without the danger aspect. ( For me adrenaline spike = domestic violence = victim, my history and memories that I'd rather not be reminded of while playing).

[EzRyder]

afaik you cant disable the 'predator' creatures, but you can 'automate' your defence of them by using an hv with a turret or 2
it will allow you to roam and harvest in practically complete safety while you go about your merry way, just avoid the poi's and it should keep all the bad guys at bay

building one yourself is half the fun but for example i use this one for early game
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1442872143
but i dont use it long, as soon as i get an sv and can fly over the ground they (critters) become a non issue other than when you land to mine or w/e
even then with a cpl gatts on my sv i rarely ever have to battle ground creatures if i dont want to, the sv gatts can take out anything i see before i land so its rare that i get attcked on foot after the very early game
you could also just make an sv if you would rather fly then use somerthing like this, my early game sv
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1425221884

[Evolvei]

Could change the PlayerSafeZoneHours: from 24 to 1,000,000 or something in gameoptions.yaml to help some perhaps. Not sure what enemy attacks that covers though.

[EzRyder]

Originally posted by Caralyss:

I understand a lot of people would say "why get the game to dumb it down" but I say why should I not be able to enjoy peaceful exploring, gathering, crafting and building. They don't make games that look as good as this where crafting etc works as well as this without adding danger. I just want to enjoy all the good aspects without the danger aspect. ( For me adrenaline spike = domestic violence = victim, my history and memories that I'd rather not be reminded of while playing).

unfortunately if you can not seperate real life feelings from a game, video games may not be the best choice for you, they are notoriously violent but then it isnt 'real' so most dont think of it as true violence - your only shooting pixels on a screen
still i hope you find a way to play the game that suits you, but i still think you may want to investigate a different hobby or limit games if your that against pixel violence

[Sinsling]

You can return to normal movement in godmode by toggling "fly mode"

[Carol]

Originally posted by Sinsling:

You can return to normal movement in godmode by toggling "fly mode"

I didn't know that and will sure try it later. Thanks

@EzRyder Nothing is as simple as it seems. I also have reduced mobility so I love using gaming to get out and have adventures and explore in ways I will never be able in real life. If I just customise a game to allow me safe play then I'm a happy bunny :)

@ Evolvei I went looking for that and added 0's to the 24 for now to test it out. Fingers crossed it works eh? :)

[Kieldoozer]

2 bad the solar system generator doesn't work.

[EzRyder]

Originally posted by Re-I.E.A.:

2 bad the solar system generator doesn't work.

it doesnt? where did you get this idea?
afaik it works fine, or it did the one time i used it
with the vast amount of custom playfields i see on mp and no complaints that it ISNT working here in the forums i can only assume it still does

it was even suggested here that its a possible solution for the op by a mod, but its likely a lot of work that has a fair learning curve to boot, so it would solve the problem entirely but may not be the best option if she can manage with just a config edit
lets hope that works, im sure it will for what its worth, i have changed that setting myself in the other direction with the expected results
hopefully by the time the 'predators' come out op will be far enough along that avoiding them will be easier or even a non issue

[Kieldoozer]

Originally posted by EzRyder:

Originally posted by Re-I.E.A.:

2 bad the solar system generator doesn't work.

it doesnt? where did you get this idea?
afaik it works fine, or it did the one time i used it
with the vast amount of custom playfields i see on mp and no complaints that it ISNT working here in the forums i can only assume it still does

it was even suggested here that its a possible solution for the op by a mod, but its likely a lot of work that has a fair learning curve to boot, so it would solve the problem entirely but may not be the best option if she can manage with just a config edit
lets hope that works, im sure it will for what its worth, i have changed that setting myself in the other direction with the expected results
hopefully by the time the 'predators' come out op will be far enough along that avoiding them will be easier or even a non issue

its never worked for me idk, just freezes.

[Carol]

Well I tried. Player safe hours altering didn't work for me. I had high hopes it would but it didn't. I really don't want to play in godmode the whole time so my only choice is to give up and uninstall.

I'd like to thank you all for your input and help. I really appreciated it :)

Now to go see if I can find a peaceful game that has longivity and great exploring, gathering, crafting and building. I can hope lol.