Full List Of Features

• PvE Encounters
  • Global Encounters - A new feature designed to bring players together on a server to engage large NPC encounters cooperatively or competitively. These encounters offer challenging, end-game content to enhance standard survival gameplay.
  • Planetary Encounters - Encounters now spawn on planets too! Derelict ships, outposts and more!
• Faction Changes
  • The Factorum - A hostile Faction. The creators of Prototech. They’ve returned from the edge of known space to claim their rightful place.
  • Unknown - A perpetually neutral Faction. Space is vast. As humans push into the void of space, sometimes the void pushes back. Danger, mystery, or reward may lie ahead.
  • Faction filters show only discovered factions by default
• Toolbar Actions
  • All Action Blocks now have multiple Toolbars
  • Added separate On and Off actions to multiple Action Blocks
  • Added new "Set Value and Execute" actions for Pistons, Rotors and Hinges

Added new Components - Base Game

• Prototech Frame
• Prototech Panel
• Prototech Capacitor
• Prototech Propulsion Unit
• Prototech Machinery
• Prototech Circuitry
• Prototech Cooling Unit
• Prototech Scrap

Added new Blocks - Base Game

• Prototech Blocks
  • Prototech Assembler (1 block, L grid)
  • Prototech Drill (1 block, L grid)
  • Prototech Refinery (1 blocks, L + S grid)
  • Prototech Jump Drive (1 block, L + S grid)
  • Prototech Thruster (1 block, L + S grid)
  • Prototech Gyroscope (1 block, L + S grid)
  • Prototech Battery (1 block, L + S grid)
• Inset Connector (1 block, L grid + 2 block, S grid)

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• Flush Cockpit (1 block, S grid)

QoL Changes and Improvements

• Added Small Grid Temporary Container
• Ownership Changes
  • Can now transfer ownership to any other player
  • Ownership transfer must be accepted in new transfer screen
  • Removed transfer to "nobody" by non-admins
• Improved NPC Loot Tables
  • Added option for loot pair groups (e.g.: Gun + Ammo)
• Re-arranged G-Screen Menu, added PCU info
• Changed Color of Strong Unknown Signals (PC only)
• Grid AI - AI Basic - set home at grid position
• Claim Timer Improvements
• Reputation System Rework
• Improved Door Highlights and Tooltips
• Help Screen Improvements
• Slightly reduced PCU cost of some blocks
• Light Blocks Graphical Improvements
• "New Game" screen now saves your previous selection
• Custom label for the Programmable Block "Run" Action
• Added Unified Block Limits for block variants
• Added Railgun Charge Efficiency indicator
• Greatly reduced Laser Antenna power requirements
• Revised sounds for the Sound Block

Added Content to existing DLCs:

• Added to Signal Pack
  • Additional Truss pieces (2 blocks, L grid)
  • Additional Bay Windows (4 blocks, L grid + 2 blocks, S grid)

Contact Pack

• Gatling Turret Type II (1 block, L + S grid)
• Rocket Turret Type II (1 block, L + S grid)
• Small Gate Tall (1 block, L grid)
• Small Gate Wide (1 block, L grid)
• Modular Bridge Set (11 blocks, L grid)
• Captain's Desk (1 block, L grid)
• Square Piston (1 block, L + S grid)
• Flood Light Set (4 blocks, L grid + 6 blocks, S grid)
• Parabolic Antenna (1 block, L + S grid)
• Kitchen set (5 blocks, S grid)
• First Aid Cabinet (1 block, S grid)
• Bunk (1 block, S grid)
• Modular Cargo Container (1 block, S grid)
• Media Player (1 block, S grid)

Official Servers

• Official Steam servers upgraded with more RAM and more powerful CPUs
• Canada: Added 1 more server (now 3 servers total)
• Australia: Added 1 more server (now 3 servers total)
• United States: Added a new location with 3 servers based in New York, providing a great meeting point for US and European players
• North America (NA) servers renamed to United States (US) to align with EOS servers

Official Blueprints

• Official Blueprints: https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/community-hub/
• Factorum Warship
  • https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3346010994
  • https://mod.io/g/spaceengineers/m/factorum-warship
• Red Ship Prototech Refit
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346013075
  • https://mod.io/g/spaceengineers/m/red-ship-prototech-refit
• Habitat Hauler
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346011853
  • https://mod.io/g/spaceengineers/m/habitat-hauler
• Red Team Hauler
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346012516
  • https://mod.io/g/spaceengineers/m/red-team-hauler

Fixes & Improvements

• Broadcast Controller message text is green when set to Faction target setting
• Safezone settings are saved when copy/pasting the Safezone
• Safezones no longer consume Safezone Chips in Creative Mode
• Reputation with spiders & wolves can't be changed
• Improved the particle effects when a wheel is driven over a voxel surface to be continuous and not just puffs of smoke
• Fixed a crash when accessing a claimable grid through a remote connection
• Fixed a crash when clicking Customize on a multi-mission Custom Community campaign in the New Game screen
• Fixed a set of issues with the construction stages and textures of the Gate block
• Fixed a set of issues with the construction stages of a Large Industrial Cargo Container
• Fixed a set of issues with the models of the Antenna
• Fixed a set of issues with Safe Zones; as a result, only contained blocks are protected, not whole grids, and the Enter/Left notification was removed
• Fixed a set of issues with the LCDs of the Industrial cockpit not showing content when viewed from the outside
• Fixed a set of issues with the Oxygen Tank LoDs
• Fixed an issue where "Some components will be lost if removed" was still displayed after switching away from the Grinder
• Fixed an issue where a lobby Host could force through an authorship transfer to Clients without consent
• Fixed an issue where a strut was missing from the Beam Block End model, making it inconsistent with other blocks in the set
• Fixed an issue where AI blocks would aim at the character's feet instead of the head, missing the target
• Fixed an issue where changing the LCD App would not preserve the color settings
• Fixed an issue where modded connectors had no way to specify which way is the connection side; added a ConnectDirection definition
• Fixed an issue where other blocks were not able to trigger "Set Grid Position" on the AI Basic Task blocks
• Fixed an issue where painting a block with RotatingSubpartComponent stopped the animation
• Fixed an issue where RotatingSubpartComponent would prevent proper painting and skin application
• Fixed an issue where shadows were cast incorrectly after changing the FoV
• Fixed an issue where the Action Relay could be triggered with an Antenna that was turned off
• Fixed an issue where the Air Vent played a sound whenever triggering an action
• Fixed an issue where the alignment of Window blocks left gaps between models
• Fixed an issue where the Aquarium block had a see-through gap
• Fixed an issue where the Claim button would count the total grid PCU and not only the portion authored by NPCs
• Fixed an issue where the damage particles of Colorable Solar Panels would be offset
• Fixed an issue where the Event Controller would keep invisible references to blocks that did not exist in the world at the time; added a UI helper for the player so it can be managed in-game rather than through SBC editing
• Fixed an issue where the flow of joining a friend's session would be interrupted when reaching the Main menu
• Fixed an issue where the Frostbite scenario would be started as an Online lobby by default
• Fixed an issue where the interact dummy of a Large grid Holo LCD was too large
• Fixed an issue where the interact dummy of a Small Grid Holo LCD was too large
• Fixed an issue where the Large grid Small Warfare reactor model would clip through other models outside its bounds
• Fixed an issue where the LoDs of Window blocks were appearing invisible at relatively short distances
• Fixed an issue where the Minimum world size [km] setting did not have limit checks
• Fixed an issue where the now-stacking O2 or H2 bottles would be displayed as a single spare on the HUD
• Fixed an issue where the Sci-fi armor skin could be applied to Blast door blocks
• Fixed an issue where the Small grid Antenna required a different type of final components to fully weld than its large counterpart
• Fixed an issue where the Spotlight was using an outdated icon
• Fixed an issue where the SPRT could not participate in the economy as they had no funds to do so
• Fixed an issue where the Start button tooltip would obscure the Customize button in the New Game screen; tooltip removed
• Fixed an issue where the Target lead indicator would be too big on 4K resolution
• Fixed an issue where the texture appeared black on the underside of blocks with grated parts, stairs, and catwalks
• Fixed an issue where the Utility resource group was not defined for Corner Lights
• Fixed an issue where the Utility resource group was not defined for Heat Vents
• Fixed an issue where too many particles were produced when driving on the Moon's surface
• Fixed an issue with a missing cargo port on lower LoDs of the Large grid Small Hydrogen Tank
• Fixed an issue with an infinite loading screen after waking from Sleep/Rest Mode
• Fixed an issue with blinking distant shadows on PS4 Pro
• Fixed an issue with controller button mapping for Spectator speed and rotation
• Fixed an issue with Half Bed Open collisions not allowing players to go/shoot through the gap
• Fixed an issue with inconsistencies across the LoDs of the Large grid Large Reactor
• Fixed an issue with Industrial Refinery textures
• Fixed an issue with the alignment of the DLC icons list in the blueprint screen
• Fixed an issue with the collisions of conveyor tubes being too large
• Fixed an issue with the collisions of the Small grid Medium Conveyor sorter being too large
• Fixed an issue with the collisions of the Small grid Small Conveyor Sorter being too large
• Fixed an issue with the color of the texture of a Small grid Light Round Armor Panel Face
• Fixed an issue with the consistency of the position of the status bar across LoDs on a Large grid Small Hydrogen Tank
• Fixed an issue with the construction stage of an Interior Wall
• Fixed an issue with the French localization of a loading screen Wikipedia entry
• Fixed an issue with the incorrect tooltip of the "Keep original ownership on paste" Admin toggle
• Fixed an issue with the low-resolution left/right navigation arrows in the New Game screen
• Fixed an issue with the mount points on the Grated Half Stairs Mirrored block
• Fixed an issue with the scaling of the world Customization screen on 5:4 and 4:3 ratio resolutions
• Fixed an issue with the shading on the Construction Component floating object model
• Fixed an issue with the shading on the Industrial Cockpit
• Fixed an issue with the shading on the Large grid Rocket Turret
• Fixed an issue with the shading on the Solar Panel
• Fixed an issue with the transparency and clarity of the inside view of the Small grid Cryo Chamber
• Fixed an issue with the UV texture on the Beam block
• Fixed an issue with the UV texture on the Conveyor Pipe T Junction
• Fixed an issue with the UV texture on the Corridor narrow stowage
• Fixed an issue with the UV texture on the Corridor X Intersection
• Fixed an issue with the UV texture on the Exhaust Pipe
• Fixed an issue with the UV textures on Warfare Reactors
• Fixed an issue with the Willis Duct collisions forcing the character's head through the ceiling when walking in 1st person

Support Site Fixes

• Fixed a crash when deleting a grid with an AI Offensive block actively engaged in combat
• Fixed a crash when renaming a blueprint item containing a dot in the name
• Fixed a set of issues with the Large grid Solar Panel, including a misaligned model and loss of colorable material on lower LoDs
• Fixed a set of issues with turret models not being centered, having holes in the geometry, and misaligned UVs
• Fixed an issue when selecting block sizes in the Radial Menu
• Fixed an issue where a block/grid without ownership would be detected as an Enemy by a Sensor; now detected as Neutral
• Fixed an issue where a character would be sliding around after jumping without a Jetpack being allowed in the world
• Fixed an issue where a NaN value would propagate from the wheel steering logic through the grid to the physics constraints, causing Clang
• Fixed an issue where a Sensor would not be buildable near a voxel
• Fixed an issue where accessing the Terminal through an attached Piston Top Part would not select the associated piston
• Fixed an issue where Action Relay Set Channel and Send Signal actions were not working in multiplayer
• Fixed an issue where an empty tree would still be rendered, causing the leaves in the wind to be spawned as a mysterious pulsating grey ball
• Fixed an issue where an inaccurate message was displayed in Creative when trying to paste a grid in a world where copy/paste is disabled
• Fixed an issue where connecting to a lobby or starting the game in a scenario through an argument would result in a black screen
• Fixed an issue where Fireworks would not explode on planets as gravity would overcome their velocity too early, not reaching the trigger height; lowered the trigger height
• Fixed an issue where highlighting text using a mouse drag and drop input in the Terminal could result in clicking on other UI elements
• Fixed an issue where Hydrogen Thrusters did not require a connection to tanks to function
• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to claim NPC grids when Block limit was disabled
• Fixed an issue where overridden propulsion on wheels would not consume any power
• Fixed an issue where Saberoids and Wolves could not be removed through the Entity list
• Fixed an issue where the "Reloading..." text and circular indicator were desynchronized
• Fixed an issue where the Action Relay would use the antenna range of an antenna that was turned off for its range checks
• Fixed an issue where the actual percentage to which Auto Heal heals the character in a pressurised environment was missing
• Fixed an issue where the AI Defensive block Flee behavior would happen at the end of an AI Recorder path regardless of the continual presence of danger
• Fixed an issue where the AI Flight block behavior for Follow Player would happen only once and then stop because of other incompatible AI Flight blocks being present
• Fixed an issue where the AI Offensive block would continue shooting at characters that were already dead
• Fixed an issue where the AI Offensive block would lose reference to set-up weapons after being printed and split
• Fixed an issue where the alignment of Large grid Connector models left gaps between the models
• Fixed an issue where the Assembler production queue would report an incorrect count of remaining components
• Fixed an issue where the available weapon ammo would not be displayed on the toolbar until the weapon was equipped
• Fixed an issue where the Broadcast controller did not send messages through the grid itself when located on a subgrid with no antenna
• Fixed an issue where the Camera consumed power while turned off
• Fixed an issue where the Camera overlay would partially stay visible after accessing and leaving a turret control view
• Fixed an issue where the Cargo Crate and other blocks with animated panels would not keep the same panels open through save/reload
• Fixed an issue where the character health stat would get shown as 0 when the value was between 0 and 1
• Fixed an issue where the character mass was not accounted for in total grid mass; introduced dry mass (no inventories + base character mass) and total mass (grid inventories + base character mass)
• Fixed an issue where the Cockpit LCD contents were not persistent through save/reload
• Fixed an issue where the Comms tab message history window would not scroll down to the latest message automatically
• Fixed an issue where the Conveyor Junction blocks had different PCU values for each size
• Fixed an issue where the Corner Light Double mount points were inconsistent with the Corner Light
• Fixed an issue where the Curved and Sloped LCD collisions would revert to a simple box
• Fixed an issue where the Custom Turret Controller AI was not able to handle a case where the rotor had its base on the turret subgrid and top part on the main grid
• Fixed an issue where the Custom Turret Controller would keep repeating the last rotation input when the player stopped controlling it
• Fixed an issue where the Custom Turret Controller would not recognize a Camera reference being changed
• Fixed an issue where the Custom Turret Controller would stop functioning when welded from projection
• Fixed an issue where the decimal part of a Timer block's setting would get discarded on copy paste; the timer only accepts whole numbers now
• Fixed an issue where the Direct Connect option in the Server browser failed to resolve a domain name
• Fixed an issue where the displayed mass of the occupied grid was hard to read; added thousands separators
• Fixed an issue where the Emotion Controller LCD text content would not be synchronized through DS
• Fixed an issue where the Enable Scrap Drops world option functionality was inverted
• Fixed an issue where the Event Controller lost reference to blocks that were split/merged to/from a subgrid but remained physically connected; the level of separation matters, tracked blocks at the ends of chains of subgrids may still exhibit the behavior before the fix
• Fixed an issue where the Event Controller retained the last output when one of the watched blocks was damaged
• Fixed an issue where the Event Controllers kept a reference of and acted upon changes on blocks that were no longer physically connected
• Fixed an issue where the final Merge Block constraint would not be released on detach in advanced contraptions with multiple attachment points
• Fixed an issue where the game would not recognize swapped mouse buttons
• Fixed an issue where the Gatling Gun barrels were not updated after welding from projection, preventing shooting
• Fixed an issue where the Gatling Gun orientation would not get updated with grid rotation, causing damage to unintended targets when shooting
• Fixed an issue where the hazard sticker on the Large grid Small Hydrogen Tank was changing orientation on lower LoDs
• Fixed an issue where the Hinge minimal angle could be overridden by a script
• Fixed an issue where the Industrial Cockpit LCDs were shrunk
• Fixed an issue where the Large grid Ship Welder had decreased reach
• Fixed an issue where the Lobby Host could see the GPS locations of its Clients if the Clients turned them off and then back on
• Fixed an issue where the Nickel Ore Russian translation had a typo
• Fixed an issue where the Oxygen Tank port would not align with a connected conveyor tube
• Fixed an issue where the Passage 3 lower LoD model was deformed
• Fixed an issue where the Programmable script method GatlingTurret.SetTarget always made a turret aim at 0,0,0
• Fixed an issue where the Railgun lost colorable material at lower LoDs
• Fixed an issue where the reflection between Window 1x2 Face and Window 1x2 Face Inv. was inconsistent
• Fixed an issue where the Remote Control Forward Direction setting order was changed by localisation, causing a grid in German to fly differently
• Fixed an issue where the Remote Control was missing some of its settings as toolbar actions
• Fixed an issue where the Remote Control would trigger actions assigned to a waypoint on the waypoint removal
• Fixed an issue where the reputation changes would not be displayed while sitting in a cockpit
• Fixed an issue where the Round Window blocks wouldn't be aligned when stacked
• Fixed an issue where the Small grid Control Seat did not offer the ability to build from the cockpit with Ctrl + G
• Fixed an issue where the Temporary container floating object would not fit into tight spaces; introduced a small version for those cases
• Fixed an issue where the textures for armors and panels would not have the same shade of black upon painting
• Fixed an issue where the Window Wall German translation had a typo
• Fixed an issue where Thrusters contained in a Safe Zone were damaging the contained structures