Pilots in OXCE with FMP + FMP extended

[quikesan]

Hello

I have started a OXCE 7.13 game with the mods FMP + FMP extended (+ xcom visual upgrade + commendations + hqsounds).
I read somewhere that pilots mechanic are already in OXCE by default, but I don't see them (I mean, the planes flight without pilot).

Then I though a mod was needed, so I added the Top Gun mod. Then the pilots mechanic appeared, but apparently only for vanilla planes.  The Raven, for example, doesn't have pilots. I asked in the Top Gun Mod, and they told me that the mod is intended to work with OXCE alone, without FMP.

Then, the question is: Is the Pilots mechanics in OXCE 7.13 by default?

Cheers and thanks in advance

[Meridian]

Yes, the Pilot mechanics are in OXCE 7.13 by default (actually already since year 2016, OXCE 3.2): https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=4187.msg69429#msg69429

OXCE is not a mod, it's an engine.

It is up to every mod, how many pilots do their craft require.
Default is 0 (zero pilots).

[quikesan]

Ah ok, thanks.

But then, when I start a game, with no mod, I cannot see the pilots. Does it need to be activated?

[CrazedHarpooner]

Default is 0 (zero pilots).

Which means that the vanilla games don't use pilots even if the engine has them implemented, only mods that use that functionality.