What changed in Space Engineers in 2018

Minor improvements to the airtightness mechanics.

Various enhancements made to the user interface.

Multiple fixes for issues reported by the community.

Improvements to the in-game help system for better player guidance.

Introduction of relative inertia dampeners for better control.

Enhancements made to the airtightness mechanics in the game.

Good.bot can now answer more questions to assist new players.

Players can now disable in-game help.

Improvements to asteroid and cluster density in the game.

Many crashes and bugs have been addressed in this update.

Improvements made to various in-game screens.

Another Space Engineers Public Test scheduled from October 18th to October 19th.

Visual enhancements made to in-game screens.

Multiple crashes and bugs have been addressed in this update.

Another Public Test scheduled from October 11th to October 12th with survival servers for each time zone.

Improvements made to asteroid and cluster density for better gameplay experience.

Players can now disable in-game help for a more personalized experience.

Enhancements and bug fixes for Good.bot to assist new players more effectively.

Winners of the video competition will be announced on October 8, 2018.

Optimizations have been made to improve rendering performance.

Lobby multiplayer has been moved out of experimental status.

Added a chat bot named Good.bot to assist new players with learning about blocks in the game.

Updated system for managing Steam UGC workshop content, incompatible with older versions.

Air-tightness feature has been fixed and removed from experimental status.

New asteroid clusters have been introduced in the game.

Players can now enable relative dampening by pressing Control+Z while pointing at a ship.

New game, Load game, Blueprints, and Scripts screens have been refactored for better usability.

Voting for the submitted videos will take place from September 21 to October 5, 2018.

Fixed an issue where notifications about out of date NVIDIA drivers were incorrectly displayed due to a major version change.

Entries for the video competition must be submitted by September 14, 2018.

Announcing a competition for players to create and submit multiplayer videos for a chance to be featured on the Space Engineers YouTube channel.

Enhancements to the remote client functionality.

Added more descriptive tool tips for trash removal settings.

Improvements made to the dedicated server GUI.

Fixed slow loading times and issues with game saving.

Addressed a rare issue with cars to prevent explosions.

New character option added to the game.

New feature allowing players to create Safe Zones.

Release of various optimizations and performance enhancements.

Major update focusing on the complete overhaul of multiplayer systems.

Enhanced character walking and jetpack prediction.

Added early prototype prediction for grids, with some glitches.

Identified crashes in Creative mode related to multiplayer code that need fixing.

Still experiencing occasional freezes in survival servers.

Survival server with 32 players is performing well.

Memory usage is much better, though some leaks remain connected to specific actions.

Identified the reason behind PCUs leaking.

Players reported being slightly happier with the controls of ships and characters.

There was a noted decrease in car handling, which is under research.

Performance and PCUs were nicely connected together in survival mode.

Recorded PCU leak and heavy performance load in creative mode due to various actions.

Crashes in survival mode have decreased significantly.

Movement remains the biggest complaint, with ongoing improvements being worked on.

The team is actively hunting down all memory leaks.

An Australian server will be available for the next public multiplayer test.

Public test showcasing new multiplayer improvements from June 28 to July 6.

Some Survival servers will have player limits increased to 32 and PCUs to 200000.

Players will be able to use scripts in Creative worlds during the public test.

Improvements to the scripting/modding API specifically for wheels.

Improvements to the scripting/modding API specifically for wheels and rotors.

Various crash fixes implemented in this update.

Various crash fixes have been implemented to improve game stability.

A large number of additional improvements to the core of the game.

Significant improvements and changes to the game's audio system.

Significant improvements and changes to wheel mechanics.

A huge number of additional improvements to the core of the game.

Complete visual overhaul including new graphics and effects.

A comprehensive update to the game's visual elements.

Complete redesign and improvement of wheel mechanics.

Complete audio overhaul with new sound effects and improvements.