No, it is just that the first/thirdperson mode is unsettable from the mod API, totally unrelated.
The flag is just here to tell if the controller is providing first person or not, and is used here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=349100423

yea, i encountered this while doing more testing after publishing this version, the problem is that there's not way to even set first person with the remote control, so it get treated as the "not settable case" (like with the controller with screens for big ships)...
So i can only let it do it, or just restrict the remote control...