¶ Grid Preservation
To keep things smooth and playable for all, we have a number of Automated Cleanup Systems that run, as well as some manual cleanup practices. To ensure that the stuff you want to keep doesn't get "cleaned," be sure to do the following:
- Ensure the grid is at least 25 blocks in size.
- Ensure not a single block is owned by "Nobody"
- Ensure the grid has a beacon (ship cores are beacons where applicable) placed (does not need to be built fully, one steel plate is enough)
- Ensure the grid is renamed from its default (e.g. do not keep “Survival Pod”)
- Ensure the grid does not have the word "Grid" in its name (case sensitive)
- Rename your starter ships- we occasionally cleanup grids named the same as our respawn grids- to avoid them being cleaned up please rename them.
- Check that ALL SUBGRIDS follow these requirements. (They do not need a beacon if the 'parent' grid has one and do not need an additional 25 blocks.) Wheel subgrids are automatically re-named via a Draconis exclusive plugin we have.
- Check that ALL ATTACHED GRIDS follow these requirements.
- Starter ships are removed each restart to avoid this use the !fixrespawn command whilst looking at your grid
Please note that when working with merging merge blocks, one or both grids will often be renamed back to the default Space Engineering "Large Gridxxxx" or "Small Gridxxxx", so check your grid names every time you un-merge or merge.
In addition, if a block is welded or ground while you are trying to rename (such as a Build and Repair system doing welding for you), the rename will not work. Be sure that Build and repairs, welders, and grinders are off when renaming.
¶ Tools
¶ Refinery Calculator
A refinery calculator spreadsheet created by Draconis Staff can be found here at this link for you to make your own copy of to use. Making your own copy lets you change ore amounts, module configurations, number of refineries, and type of refinery so you can get real data on what to expect for what you currently have.
¶ Uncommon Shortcuts
This page lists some of the lesser-known keyboard shortcuts for Space Engineers. Some may be Single Player only or require Admin access, this is just a reference tool.
| Ctrl + Z | Used when facing a ship, this locks your suit dampeners/your ship into 'relative damping' mode. This means you will match the speed of the grid you are aimed at. NB: You must have no other keys pressed when hitting this command. |
| Shift + MMB | This is the spectator mode equivalent of Ctrl+Z, however it is unfortunately not acceleration-aware so will only match your camera to the speed of the grid you are aimed at that precise moment in time. |
| Ctrl + Mousewheel up/down | Adjust the rotation speed of your spectator camera - as in, how fast you turn or roll your camera. |
| Shift + Mousewheel up/down | Adjust the speed of your spectator camera - as in, how fast you move forward/backward/up/down/strafe left/strafe right. |
| Ctrl + B | This will blueprint the grid you are aimed at, including all subgrids. |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | When aimed at a grid, this will blueprint the subgrid you are pointing at and ignore the rest of the grid. |
| Alt + F10 | Activates the Admin menu (Allows you to see grids, adjust weather settings, adjust cleanup settings etc). |
| Shift + F10 | Activates the Admin Spawner menu (allows you to place items, planets and so forth). |
| F10 | Activates the Blueprints menu. |
| F11 | Activates the Debug menu, showing mod errors, allowing you to export prefab files, etc. |
| Shift+F11 | Cycles through different sets of debug information, drawn onscreen in yellow text |
¶ Steam Servers List
This is how to show Steam's server list and how to show the Sigma Draconis cluster in it:
- Firstly, right click on Steam in the taskbar and go to settings. Go to the "Interface" tab and click “Taskbar Settings”
- Check "Servers" on the list.
- Right click Steam on the taskbar again and click "Servers"
- Click Favorites on the top. Change the filter by clicking "Change Filters" on the bottom. Click "Add A Server" and add each of the servers you wish.
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¶ Known SE Bugs / Common Issues
The most common bugs can be corrected by re-spawning or using !fixship.
- If there is more than one person around, try having them all log off and re-login to reset the local sync.
Note, while it may not be a bug, players can get the gps loaction a blueprint was taken from if it is shared. DO NOT upload a blueprint from the live server to the workshop or share it with others unless you trust them. We will not restore a grid lost due to you uploading a blueprint of it to the workshop. The best way to share it to the workshop is to take it on a private test world with our mod pack on or to use our CATTUS server (if you are a patreon)
¶ My blocklimits are incorrect!
Problem:
- Blocklimiter is telling you you are over limits, either via on screen message or via checking the
!blocklimit mylimitcommand
Solution:
- In this order, run the following where applicable:
- If a grid limit is in question (
!blocklimit mylimitwill confirm if it is player or grid limit); use!fixshipon the grid, followed by the below - Run the
!blocklimit update mylimitcommand to update all your limits- This command should be ran whether it is a grid limit or player limit in question
- If a grid limit is in question (
- After running both of these commands, your counts should hopefully be corrected
¶ Infinite streaming after loading a ship from hangar
- Use
!fixship "grid name here"with quotes around the ship name to fix. You'll know the grid name because you just loaded it from hangar so it should be in your chat box.- This is related to a bug with having a blueprint loaded into a projector before you hangar, which the base game has issues rendering back in properly right away
- This can be prevented by making sure you do not hangar a grid with a projector on it with a BP loaded (even if block is turned off).
- Grinding off the projector before hangaring (completely ground - not just to below functional)
- Running
!fixshipclears all projector data as well
¶ Projected blueprint doesn't show up
Problem:
- Player loads blueprint into projector; but the projection can not be seen, and a chat message stating "Removed N Blocks" has been sent
- This is due to the removal of certain blocks from projections for bug / exploit reasons
Solution:
- Short term:
- Reconnect to the server with F5
- Try the
!entities refreshcommand – note: This command can crash your game client, so reconnecting is the recommended way
- Long term:
- Remove the blocks in question in the chat message from your blueprints to avoid hitting this issue
Issue link: https://github.com/N1Ran/DisabledProjectedBlocks/issues/2
¶ Offline refining/assembling doesn't seem to be working
Problem: We allow active refineries and assemblers to prevent a grid from being concealed, which theoretically lets them refine/assembler 24x7. However since Q3 2020 there has been a bug that prevents them from starting up again after a restart until a player visits them. Thus your grids will continue to refine/assemble from when you log off (assuming you visited those grids at least once) until server restart. It will then stop until a player (usually yourself) visits those grids again
¶ My ship is going faster than it should! (Relative Top Speed)
Fear not! This is a client side HUD thing only – you aren't actually going any faster. Just the speedometers broke.
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¶ Lost my grid
So you've lost your grid. And now you cant remember where it is to get back to it. Luckily you can use a contract block to find it!
As long as:
- Its powered (And follows all other grid preservation)
- It is your majority ownership
- Another player hasn't found it and hacked it
- Its stationary (Although this can be used to triangulate it if its moving)
Then you can find it with a contract block following these simple steps:
- Place a contract block on a powered grid and press F on the screen it has
- Go to the administration tab (Block must be owned by you)
- Change the contract type to "Search"
- Select your grid name, make sure search radius is 0 (To get the gps right on your grid)
- Create the contract, then go to available contracts and accept it
- You now have a GPS to your grid
If a search contract fails it generally means the grid has no power. A repair contract configured the same way as above (except "repair" instead of search) will often function in its place.
If these steps fail to solve your problem, please open a ticket and let us help
¶ After attempting to join the server you find yourself in a single player world
- Solution: Apply the client side fix found here: /support#space-engineers-known-connection-bugs
¶ Asteroids Not Spawning
- Client-side rendering behavior
- Solution: Hop out of flight seat to make roids appear and set your voxel quality lower in graphics settings
¶ Ship stuck to a connector
- Solution : Toggle connector on and off again
¶ Ship stuck in place
- The grid looks like it moves but gets sucked back to a spot
- Solution: run the in-game command
!fixshipwhile looking at the grid.
¶ Unable to convert station back to ship
- Issue: it's merged with voxels
- Solution:The entire bounding box of any block needs to be clear of voxels. You can see this box by grabbing a welder or grinder in hand and going over to any block.
- Examples:
| Interior Light Bounding Box | Light Armor Block Bounding Box | Interior light in voxels - Prevents convert to ship |
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¶ The ship jumped into an asteroid
- Don't jump into asteroid belts.
- Make sure you waypoints you use are ~2km+ away from any asteroid
- Jump drives don't detect those asteroids.
- Player error after the first time or two it happens.
¶ Grids in Gravity During Restart
- Please make sure your grids in gravity wells are safely attached via landing gear to a surface. Due to our concealment plugin, grids in a gravity well will lose engine power and fall into the planet.
¶ Ghost Asteroids
- The asteroid looks like its there, but it just sucks you in / doesn't mine properly
- Solution: Relog, asteroidroid should clear - client-side cache issue
- Running
!entities refreshmay also correct it, however this sometimes crashes the game on use
- Running
¶ There is a red box on my Gatling turret
This is a WeaponCore bug, the turret failed to initialize and it may not work properly, settings missing in control panel, etc.
To fix it: get out of your rover, and while looking at it, type twice in chat: !fixship