Why do hired hands shoot the cannons ...

[Hattrix 43]

.... at fish or other objects when I've set the cannon to SHIPS ONLY.

How can I make sure that the hired NPCs stop wasting my ammo?

Thanks!

[JC67 38]

Stand at the wheel and press C

[Warspectre 141]

On 2/23/2019 at 4:01 PM, Hattrix said:

.... at fish or other objects when I've set the cannon to SHIPS ONLY.

How can I make sure that the hired NPCs stop wasting my ammo?

Thanks!

Have you tried setting the behavior on the NPC themselves? One setting may be overruling the other. 

That said, it would be nice to have a "Hostiles Only" setting for gunners. Having them blow through all the ammo on peaceful creatures and then have none for things that want to destroy your ship or base isn't exactly a helpful situation. 

[Hattrix 43]

14 hours ago, Warspectre said:

Have you tried setting the behavior on the NPC themselves? One setting may be overruling the other. 

That said, it would be nice to have a "Hostiles Only" setting for gunners. Having them blow through all the ammo on peaceful creatures and then have none for things that want to destroy your ship or base isn't exactly a helpful situation. 

My friend and I set all of the guns to SHIP ONLY and the crew to attack my target.

Anyway, it's a terrible (or best case vague) mechanic and it should be a lot easier to set the crew to: Hostiles Only