Option to Turn Off Pirates

[DarianRitten]

This has been bothering me since I first started playing this game almost 4+ years ago, why is there no in game option to disable pirate spawning as it is the biggest problem I have with this game at the moment?

I had found that I could simply prevent them from using blueprints and force them to use a useless ship I made but sadly that method stopped working as soon as I saved another blue print. We need an option to either turn them off from the menu or to do so with commands in game.

 

[MeRobo]

There is an option, you can find it under Local Play > Advanced settings > Game > Default blueprint enemy permission (using the search function on the bottom might help). Make sure that check box isn't checked.

Spoiler: Image in case it wasn't clear

Edit: you can also assign them no usable blueprints, you'll get an occasional message, but that's less intrusive than pirates in a completely harmless ship (they might still ram you)

 

[Lecic]

Literally just uncheck "Enemy spawning" in the advanced game settings.