modding in the crew of a ship/station

I remember this being discussed not long ago but can't remember which thread so thought I'd reask. Can anyone tell me how to go about modding it in so that componants require crew and the amount of life support is based on the total crew requirement? I've been reading some of the mod guides but to be honest they just confuse me because it's alot of stuff I don't need.

For the record I'm using balance mod 1.11 and will end up using the SE V Editor 1.58 to make the changes. Thanks for the help on this gang!

Kyle

Oh... and the AI should be smart enough to handle this, right? I assume as much, but you know what they say when you assume....