The August 2026 Space Engineers Community Spotlight covers Workshop picks for planet-scale terraforming, seeded solar systems, laser combat, mech and train builders, automation, and Timer Block computers.

• Terraforming Mod and Arthur's Procedural Cubemap API: terraforming blocks alter a planet's atmosphere, sea level, and biomass, with atmosphere, heat, weather, water, and voxel systems.
• Procedural Systems: generates a full solar system from the world seed on first load.
• Planet Shino: fractured, geologically active alien world full of volcanoes, fumaroles, basalt pillars, and islands.
• Sigma Draconis Expanse 2: official creative building world for the Draconis Expanse 2 server.
• Expanded Systems: adds three planetary systems and three new planets, revealed via SOS signals after every 10 hours of playtime.
• Deep Wild Space Content: hardcore pre-made world with new ore maps for all planets and moons.
• Exploration Fortification: every planet gets new ores and its own dangers, creating natural tech tiers and progression.
• Celestial Cartographer: planetary data such as gravity, weather, wildlife, and minerals must be surveyed and documented before it is revealed.
• System Manager: interactive system map for existing worlds; recognizes vanilla, scenario, modded, and Real Solar Systems bodies, with admin construction tools.
• SEpedia: in-game encyclopedia that catalogs content from the current world, including enabled mods.
• Hopeless Encounters: 75 encounter rules covering convoys, patrols, derelicts, colonies, pirate camps, and warden fleet actions; 36 are linked by story flags.

• Laser Weapons Pack: directed-energy combat with five turrets and one static weapon; more planned.
• Missile Guidance Block: fixed and expanded version of Alysius's block, which the Automation Update had broken.
• Quick Booster and QuickBoost Double-Tap Controller: Armored Core-inspired burst thrusters plus directional double-tap controls.
• Mech Legs and Mech Control Script: plug-and-play, script-free mech legs plus an easy-to-use mech control script.
• Railroad Engineers: Train Builder and Railroad Builder: tools for building large functional trains and rail networks.
• Splitstream Framework: a fleet can jump together using one carrier ship's jump drive.
• LODESTAR: all-in-one mining, cargo, and flight autopilot script.
• Haka's Automated Rovers: automated rover paths similar to the recorder AI block.
• TTC Tactical Holographic Projector: live ship hologram showing contacts, velocity, damage, and proximity warnings.
• ZERO's Ownership Console: dedicated block for capturing large ships and bases.
• Ground Truth - Environmental Instrumentation: sensors for radiation, weather, atmosphere, and life; no research or unlocks.
• Water World Salvage: mostly aquatic wrecks for a salvage-focused playstyle.
• Plushie Heist - Escape Room: retrieve the Engineer Plushie and escape.

• Wrenchie: platform by a Space Engineers programmer that helps non-programmers write in-game scripts and share best practices.
• Survival Symmetry: mirrored placement, painting, welding, and grinding while keeping normal Survival costs.
• NeonSpark: configurable three-tier fabrication network for building, repairing, supplying, and completing projected ships.
• iQueue: production and inventory automation using vanilla blocks only; no Programmable Blocks or plugins.
• Logic Breadboard: visual, block-based logic layer inspired by From the Depths; no C# required.
• Projector+ API: gives Programmable Blocks access to Projector and Console Block functions.
• Work From Home - Remote Bodies: cryo chambers become a remote-avatar network with inventory stored in a Control Pod.
• Grid Info - App Suite: display grid information through a suite of apps.
• AQD - LCD Color Profiles: save and load color profiles across LCD blocks.
• JSBotSpawner: one configurable block spawns NPC bots from seven factions, including weld and grind assistants.
• Bio Security Pad: saves biological stats on death; recovery from the death backpack restores DNA.
• The 'Computer': Timer Block machine with keypad input, base-10 display, and binary conversion.
• 1-Tick Binary Adder: 8-bit binary adder built only from Timer Blocks that calculates in one tick.

Also featured are Creator Spotlights on Kev (Skyblock Scenario, VTS Voxel Teleport System, Power Cell Discharger) and CHKNFRYRMN (CCWC 2.0 rover script, Monza Race Track, Cyberpunk City).

The “Masters of Motion” Mechanical Engineering Video Competition results will be revealed during a livestream on Friday, September 4, at 5 PM UTC, celebrating the best mechanical engineering videos from the Space Engineers 1 and Space Engineers 2 communities.

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Space Engineers' latest hotfix, version 1.210.014, is now available. It rolls back the recent Wheel Propulsion Override change after player feedback found it disrupted existing mech builds, restoring consistent behavior for constructs with or without a control block. The team says it is working on "a more robust solution" that improves the behavior without disrupting existing constructs.

The hotfix also includes three functional fixes:

• Allowed bottles to refuel sooner, so the "Fuel low!" jetpack voice message no longer fires before refueling can happen.
• Fixed Flat Collector side-conveyors failing to work due to incorrect dummy names.
• Fixed stations with subgrids becoming offset when attached or after reloading a world. Affected bases won't shift further, but they need to be restored from a 209 backup or repositioned in singleplayer using Scenario Edit tools (2xF11, then translate the base). Turn off damage in Alt+F10 > Global permissions before moving the base.

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Keen Software House released Space Engineers hotfix 1.210.013 today, August 7, 2026, addressing a handful of grid-behavior bugs, a Production screen issue, and some visual glitches.

• Subgrids no longer clang after a Jump drive jump.
• Sorters no longer block pull actions across the grid.
• Merge blocks welded from a Projection no longer detach when both blocks are On and functional.
• Flat Collectors now pick up resources on their sides; the rotated detector dummy was the culprit.
• Battery Bank blocks got corrected mount points.

The Production screen now shows blueprints for the current build planner setup. On the visual side, Short Stairs have improved surface shading, and the Prototech O2/H2 Generator decals were fixed.

Full changelog: https://kswh.link/prosperity

The July 2026 Community Spotlight rounds up dozens of Workshop creations: visual scripting, orbital NPC fixes, airstrikes, functional email terminals, and a no-script paint system built from 144,000 PCU. All picks are on the Workshop except Scriptilyx, which is on GitHub.

• Airstrikes (Critz): 10 deployable strike types; craft a token, then call ordnance on any GPS coordinate via chat command.
• Handheld Hacker Grid Takeover (Loitrem): deploy a portable hacker on enemy functional blocks to decrypt and override ownership.
• HMS.U235 – Realistic Reactors (The Screw-Up Team): replaces vanilla reactors with properly dangerous nuclear reactors.
• Orbital NPC Spawns (cptnoname): stops NPC grids spawning motionless at high speed, fixing fly-by and lithobraking spawns.
• Breaching Charge / TractorBeam / Personal Helper Drone (JejeServeur): demolition, grid moving, and build/recycle/mining support.
• TTC Mining Barrel Charge (Hatt): large-grid explosive that scans voxels and spawns floating ore from destroyed deposits.
• Rad-Purge Medical Station (Eugen): turns the decorative Medical Station into a functional radiation-cleansing unit.
• Ship Insurance (OB): server-authoritative grid insurance, paid repairs, and recovery via the Economy 2 Services Terminal.
• Hermes Program (TheRebornAce): large, powerful thruster blocks for big ships.
• Taming the Giant – Orbiting Khora (Sarekh): lore-driven survival scenario about scrapping, missions, and building a moon outpost.
• Scriptless Thrust-Vectoring (John Long): vanilla thrust-vectoring via a purpose-built WASD+Spacebar+C input converter.
• JC SCAVENGER (JCataclisma): autonomous mobile salvage drone platform you design and build.

• Scriptilyx (ChaosVROne): node-based visual scripting for Programmable Blocks; generate scripts without writing code.
• Working Knowledge (Nurphed): salvage-first survival progression overhaul.
• EconomyCore (Yūrei.dll): server-authoritative ModAPI-to-Programmable Block bridge for market data and guarded trading.
• Service Terminal Framework (OB): shared access point for vanilla and modded Economy 2 services.
• Toya's Economy Additions: adds all Toya's builds, including unreleased ones, to economy stations.
• Sorted Cargo Container (Tony): opt-in self-sorting containers that pull selected items from the conveyor network.
• Smart Cargo Filters (ogrimdooh): configurable filters directly on cargo containers, replacing conveyor sorter setups.
• Resource Radar (Loitrem): turns LCDs/monitors into radar scanning 120° ahead for ores, grids, crops, and containers.
• Unified Flight OS (Tel_Arin): autopilot, navigation, HUD, and flight control for carriers, warships, fighters, and landers.
• Simple Autopilot (Loitrem): hotbar-toggled autopilot actions.
• Fleet Control – Escort (Tel_Arin): register escorts around fleet leaders.
• Broad – Auto Refinery Base Manager (reyツ): automated refinery base monitoring.
• Acquisitions Todo LCD App (The Klang Is Good): summary of items needed for active acquisition contracts.
• Projector+ API (Master-Control-Program): gives Programmable Blocks direct access to projector functions.
• LOS LCD Script (mentalis): real-time grid monitoring with a custom touch interface.
• Rotor Displacement Legs Script (Cheezy Proot :3): sinewave displacement powers mech legs; stack rotors for speed.
• S.E.A.N Project (Wellington6012): personal suit assistant with situation-aware audio warnings.
• Bees Space Net (Queen Bee): player-designed websites—Space Engineers' own "basically the Internet."
• Tiered Modular Power Extension (Kylo): denser Powercore modules and T0–T4 frames with up to 6x charging input.
• Gas Storage Expansion 2 (Lynx): hydrogen tanks in compact, tall, sphere, armored, and braced variants.
• Humanoid's Retro Command Module & Retractable Solar Panels: Apollo-style small-grid cockpit and retractable 1x1x5 solar panels.
• Vanilla To WC Converter (Nerd e1): converts vanilla-based block weapons to WeaponCore format; not compatible with Vanilla+ weapons.
• Recolor Suite – Gradient Ship Painter (mcluvin51): whole-ship repainting with live gradients plus DLC/vanilla skins.
• LCC-1 Light Combat Crawler (Toya): scripted, smoother, smarter version of the timer-block crawler.
• Voltea System (Sorry_an_Error_has_Occurred): a system designed for a friend.

• ARPANET Email Terminal (Tridonian): sends emails to other networked blueprints using no scripts or mods—built from 6,000+ Timer Blocks.
• Vanilla Paint (Tridonian): no-script paint tool using 6,000 Event Controllers, 2,000 Timer Blocks, and 1,500 Light Panel pixels (144,000 PCU). Eight colors, two brush sizes, full mouse/keyboard control.

The Factorum Drone Depot, a new Factorum Global Encounter, is now live in Space Engineers: Prosperity. Strange signals in the void point to valuable Prototech, and the Factorum are apparently still hiding something. As always, getting your hands on it won’t be as simple as grinding down a few blocks and flying home.

Track it down, break through the defenses, and see what secrets you can bring back in one piece. Some engineers are already plotting the fastest way in — and the most explosive way out.

- Full blog post
- Changelog
- Prosperity Pack on Steam
- Trailer

Keen Software House is also running Masters of Motion, a mechanical engineering video competition for Space Engineers 1 & 2. Submit a YouTube video of your mechanical creations for a chance to appear on official channels and win a €20 Steam gift card. The Keen Software House team will pick the Top 10 entries: five become highlighted videos, while the rest get Honorable Mentions. Submissions close on Monday, August 31, 2026, at 23:59 UTC.

• Full competition details

Space Engineers hotfix 1.210.012 is out now, tackling a batch of stability problems plus two functional bugs. The full changelog is available here.

• Fixed several mod crashes related to nulling of the position component and rendering on entity removal.
• Fixed a crash when grinding a Searchlight block below functional.
• Fixed a crash when a sun tracking construct was removed.
• Fixed a crash when aiming at a projection with a welder and removing the grid projecting it.

• The Services Terminal now correctly persists stored grids through save/reload on consoles.
• The Ping button no longer silently fails when a player has built blocks on an enemy's grid.

Need help? Head to the Support Portal or the Discord.

Keen Software House has released the Prosperity Update for Space Engineers on July 27, 2026, and it is free for everyone who owns the base game. The update adds a new Factorum encounter, the Prototech O2/H2 Generator, a Ping Grid button for lost ships, major Services Terminal and economy improvements, and a modernized Space Respawn Ship. A paid Prosperity Pack DLC also launches now with over 50 decorative blocks.

Services Terminals now explain why a grid cannot be stored or deployed — for example, if it is moving, recently damaged, or otherwise not ready. Server owners can prevent stored grids from being pulled from very distant locations and can make retrieval timing distance-aware. Precision Mode deployment can snap its marker to your character's current position, and repair, salvage, and storage rules have been tightened against bypassing hacking or ownership restrictions through station services.

Shop owners can opt each store out of Item Search without breaking the store itself, while modders and scenario creators get new options for enabling repair and salvage services on player-made grids. Contracts also received adjustments and better mod support.

A new Factorum Global Encounter brings hidden Prototech and valuable signals into your worlds. The update's block list includes the Prototech O2/H2 Generator (large grid), which refills fuel and oxygen up to 10x faster while using less power than standard generators.

The Ping Grid button on the Info screen generates a GPS point at a grid's current location, which stays until you remove it — handy for anyone who has misplaced a mining ship, scout rover, or "temporary" construction platform.

Other free additions: the small-grid Flat Collector, large-grid Structural Platform Conveyor, Short Stairs, and Passage 2 Frame, plus a rebuilt Space Respawn Ship designed to be clearer for new and returning engineers. The update also adds automatic subgrid naming, auto-fill bottles while recharging, NPC suit variations, Story Datapads at economy stations, Laser Antenna UX improvements, wheel indicators, and DLC badges usable as faction icons.

Heads-up for builders: Wheel Propulsion Override behavior has been adjusted so forward means forward and backward means backward. Existing builds using Propulsion Override may need adjustment.

The paid Prosperity Pack adds over 50 cosmetic blocks, including Sloped Cockpits, Bulky Hydrogen Tanks, Steep and Solid Stairs, Battery Banks, Square Railings, Decorative Server Racks, Cable Runs, and Round and Square Lights. These blocks do not affect gameplay balance.

Existing Decorative Pack #2 owners also get new Triangular Grated Catwalks for free as part of the update.

Keen confirmed that Warfare 3 is slated for November/December 2026, with new weapon types, new combat systems, and more dynamic PvP and ship-to-ship engagements — plus new threats that may not be aimed only at other players.

More details: Full blog post · Detailed changelog · Prosperity Pack on Steam · Roadmap

The Prosperity Update and Pack for Space Engineers is scheduled for release Monday, July 27th at 5:00 PM UTC. A release livestream will be held on Twitch and YouTube at that time.

The update introduces a new Factorum encounter, new Prototech items, the ability to track missing ships, and improvements to the Projector, Contracts, Services Terminal, and economy systems.

Community creators are releasing preview videos daily in the lead-up to the update. The preview video collection is available at: https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/prosperity-previews/

Release Livestream:

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Preview Videos:

- Zer0's Legion – Prosperity Pack Preview: YouTube
- RevPlaysGames – Base Game Changes: YouTube
- Kanajashi – More Structural Blocks!: YouTube
- BenDoesThings – Battery Banks are here: YouTube
- Qutatron – Not Just Railings!: YouTube
- Commander Exorcist – Server Racks, New Lights: YouTube
- CosmicDonut – QOL Improvements: YouTube
- Pandemic Playground – Bulky Hydrogen Tanks: YouTube
- AndrewmanGaming – Prototech O2H2 Generator: YouTube
- Shiftyshadow – Space Respawn Guide: YouTube
- Engineered Coffee – New Cockpit: YouTube
- Lunar Kolony – New Stair Blocks: YouTube
- Aegir Builds & Beats – New Factorum Drone Depot: YouTube
- Dread Mechanic – Prosperity Update/DLC Preview: YouTube

German and Spanish Previews:

- Iker IR4 (SPA) – New Starter Ship: YouTube
- Zaschi (GER) – Massive Quality of Life Update!: YouTube
- Nerdorbit (GER) – Features and Mega-Blocks: YouTube

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