Works on 2.5.7

update?

Yup, you can add it any time.

Can I add this mid game

@Thundercraft and @Howler Confirmed that this mod works as Thundercraft mentioned; you are able to leave the sector once you start the mine sector command on the captainless ship.

@Howler
Quote, "...removes some captain checks from orderchain.lua and harvest.lua."

I haven't really tested this. However, I'd assume this mod allows players to order a ship to mine a sector even when said ship does not have a Captain on board - key word being "Captain". (I'm hoping it would also allow mining a sector if the ship the player controls leaves the sector or the player's view is otherwise swapped to a different sector.)

Confused, this is already in the game just be in same sector and press N, select ship click mine at bottom of screen. Perhaps I am missing something?

looks like you need to be sitting in the ship to start it; it will be under the robot icon in the top right corner of the HUD when your piloting it; seems to keep going when you exit

or is it this auto pilot thing?

ya Still greyed out with the "Need Commander for this command" thing

wait so,

1.I build and auto mining ship.
2.I exit the ship back into my drone.
3.I press F to give the Auto ship a command
4.mine sector is greyed out

Do I have to be in another ship for it to work?

Does mine sector tab get unlocked? It wont work with the drone (you have to build a ship first).

I only have the 1 mod, clean install of the game and it dosnt work.

Tested in 2.3.1 and it appears to be working; please test the mod by itself in a new creative world to see if you have any mod conflicts (I cant really fix that).

it dosnt work on 2.3.1

does this work with 1.3.8? or only newer versions?

Thanks for letting me know; modinfo.lua has been updated in the latest version.