Space Engineers 2 News-Hub schrieb:

“Masters of Motion” - Mechanical Engineering Video Competition

Due to the addition of hinge mechanics coming in VS2.3, we’re extending the “Masters of Motion” Mechanical Engineering Video Competition to give creators more time to experiment with the new possibilities in their builds.

The new hinges will allow for even more mechanical movement and engineering creativity, opening up new ways to design machines, moving structures, and contraptions. We’re excited to see how participants utilize these new mechanics in their creations.

New Deadline for Submissions: Monday, August 31, 2026 – 23:59 UTC

Full details: https://2.spaceengineersgame.com/announcing-the-masters-of-motion-mechanical-engineering-video-competition/

VS2.3 – Explosions

Andrea Cabras, Art Team: “We are improving explosions with new textures, and you can expect all particle effects to continue improving during future milestones: as the engine

Space Engineers 2 News-Hub schrieb:

Lighting Improvements

I really love the VRAGE3 lighting system – but we are always trying to improve. We want to achieve greater overall realism by properly mastering distance fog, atmospheric scattering, and shadow coloration.

Here you can see some of our experiments – creating stronger contrast and elimination of a “whitish specular halo” on foliage. I want to make light and subsurface scattering on vegetation look more vivid and natural.

Snowy Flora, Savanna Bushes & Planetary Stations

Mirko Bartolini, Art Team: “Implementation of snowy flora for tundra and high-mountain regions. Snow is procedurally applied through the material based on the biome/region. Flora distribution is built from five “altitude and position-based” layers, with tree density generally decreasing as altitude increases.”




And behold – a shrubbery!

Space Engineers News-Hub schrieb:

Hotfix 1.209.024 has been released!

• ➡️ Changelog: https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/announcement/update-1-209-economy-2
  
• ️ Support Portal: https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers
  
• ️ Discord: https://discord.gg/keenswh

Stability

• Fixed a crash in Player created Courier contracts as it was searching for old definition "Deliver" instead of the new "Deliver_LowRisk"
  
• Fixed a crash in NPC pathfinding, NPCs will now rather stop navigating instead of crashing the game
  
• Fixed a crash in Device initialisation seemingly stemming from specific driver issues
  
• Fixed a crash in blueprint processing when it contained modded components from a missing mod
  
• Fixed a crash where the Voice chat over the Antenna system was not thread-safe

Functional

• Fixed an issue where a collaboratively built grid which wasn't over the limit for each individual contributor was allowed to be stored and later prevented from being