How to create a password Space Engineers

Important: Your server must be in Advanced Mode. The password entries must be generated by the server software and then manually entered.

Generating password hash and salt

First, you need to download the Space Engineers server:

1. Download the Space Engineers Dedicated Server under Tools in Steam.
2. Start the server.
3. If necessary, start the server as an admin ("Run as Admin").
4. Choose “Local / Console”.
5. Click “Continue to server configuration”.
6. Enter the desired password in the Password field.
7. Click Save.
8. Click Edit. Notepad should open.
9. Find the following 2 lines: <ServerPasswordHash>kz3xcj8vyRmhRq9w3+Umnk7Wfbk=</ServerPasswordHash>
<ServerPasswordSalt>J61BRbm/o7Mo33C56TiVsw==</ServerPasswordSalt>
10. Copy these two lines.

Adding entries to the configuration file

As mentioned, your server must be in Advanced Mode. You can add the password as follows:

1. Stop your server. The server status should be “Server not running”.
2. Click on SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg on the left.
3. Paste the copied two lines below <ServerDescription />.
4. Click Save.
5. Start your server.

Note: You need to provide the password to your friends in plain text. In the example above, test was used as the password. So, that would be the password for the server.