Installing mods for Space Engineers server

Tip: We recommend using a program with syntax highlighting such as Notepad++.

We also recommend using an FTP program such as FileZilla.

To install mods, please follow these steps:

1. If your server has never been running, please start it once.
2. Stop the server and wait until the status is “Server not running.”
3. Connect to the Savegames FTP.
   You can find the login information in the FTP overview when you click on FTP.
4. Download the sandbox_config.sbc that you can find here: /ConfigID/saves/Saves/World
5. Open it with a text editor and find the following line:</settings>
6. Delete the line <Mods /> if it exists.
7. Now, enter your mods below </settings> using the following format:

<Mods>
  <ModItem FriendlyName="Name of the mod">
    <Name>WorkshopID.sbm</Name>
    <PublishedFileId>WorkshopID</PublishedFileId>
    <PublishedServiceName>Steam</PublishedServiceName>
  </ModItem>
</Mods>

8. If you have more than one mod, it will look like this:

<Mods>
  <ModItem FriendlyName="Name of mod 1">
    <Name>WorkshopID1.sbm</Name>
    <PublishedFileId>WorkshopID1</PublishedFileId>
    <PublishedServiceName>Steam</PublishedServiceName>
  </ModItem>
  <ModItem FriendlyName="Name of mod 2">
    <Name>WorkshopID2.sbm</Name>
    <PublishedFileId>WorkshopID2</PublishedFileId>
    <PublishedServiceName>Steam</PublishedServiceName>
  </ModItem>
  <ModItem FriendlyName="Name of mod 3">
    <Name>WorkshopID3.sbm</Name>
    <PublishedFileId>WorkshopID3</PublishedFileId>
    <PublishedServiceName>Steam</PublishedServiceName>
  </ModItem>
</Mods>

9. You can obtain the WorkshopID from the mod URL: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1698925282.
   In this example, the ID is 1698925282.
10. Save your changes and upload the file.
11. Start your server.

Tip: You can also download mods from mod.io.
To do this, replace Steam with mod.io.
Also, replace the WorkshopID with the ID you get from mod.io.

Note: You can find the ConfigID on our page under Gameserver.