New Space Engineers 2 Gameplay & Marek’s Birthday - 6PM UTC - January 17th, 2025

[@andrewroberto7352]

When it comes to building with blueprint modules or just building in general, you should add a nudging tool that would allow you to lock a feature in place without building it so you can fly around it to see how it lines up, then use keys to move the feature by 25cm increments in any direction. It's something another game Satisfactory added and it helps so much when building large things that you can't really see how they line up, and I think it would be perfect for SE2's new building system.

[@WiseOakDakota]

Perfect addition, this would also help when selecting blocks in the “partial copy” mode. Press a button to lock the current selection so you can move to a different vantage point Edit: it already works this way for the partial copy 😁

[@podtrh]

The reference on Satisfactory was first thing I get in mind when I see blueprint copy system. Nudging is absolutely must have.

[@shawntootill24]

underrated comment! Bravo Idea.

[@robsdeviceunknown]

I hope the players realize how important this is. For a company to honestly and humbly listen to the playerbase and make changes is EXTREMELY rare and should be commended. I have so much respect for Keen and everyone their. I find no fault in what they are doing with the releasing of the game early among other things that SOME have criticized.

[@kahvozeinsfang6953]

They didn't listen to the player base. They listened to mod authors. The people who quite literally kept their game alive for years. Big difference there. There have been lots of things the "player base" have asked for in the past and have been totally ignored.

[@jackmcdonald128]

​@@kahvozeinsfang6953go play a different game lmao you aren't a captive here.

[@oscargaming7582]

@@kahvozeinsfang6953 A slap in the face, I liked that, Rob has no clue and you are completely correct. This is another excuse to make the same game with small modifications. Most ascetics. I could suggest various internal changes, but this would not have a price appeal for Keen.

[@interpl6089]

The problem is with their DLC policy. I'll loose faith if they release a single DLC before releasing the game out of ''Early Access''.

[@Z0ctB0x]

I hate to be that guy but.. They're* edit: There: in, at, or to that place or position. Their: belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified. They're: they are.

[@stealthhunter6998]

Maybe the ship speedometer should have a different colour indicating ur at a safe speed so at a glance u know u won’t do damage to the vehicle.

[@GrovePaladin]

I agree! Maybe like green or yellow 0-20m/s and then it goes blue or white at any higher speed.

[@stealthhunter6998]

@ Literally exactly what I was thinking.

[@col.hertford9855]

This would be good, and considering SE1 has this for power and hydrogen, this functionality should be already in the code. Edit: and player stats too like health and air.

[@nicolas267s]

Keen have finally done what the gamers have been asking for many years, the ability to place a light bulb and other blocks closer to each other. Marek: It is not so intuitive, it is so revolutionary... OMG!

[@sylshooten410]

YES!

[@xSoulhunterDKx]

tbh for a voxel game it kinda is

[@galaxyknightred1469]

Happy Birthday Marek! And keep up the great work and that goes for all of the teams working on SE and SE2. I love playing Space Engineers and I am excited to play Space Engineers 2 as well.

[@Tmon_media]

Fucking hyped! Really appreciate your are working such close together with the community. What a great dev team and company philosophy.

[@zackzeed]

One topic I haven't seen people talk about yet is, Have you guys talked about how weapons will work in SE2? For example, Munition range has to be bigger so projectiles can hit targets that are further than 2km away. I asume SE2 will have physical projectiles, not energy based, and those don't "despawn" after 1-10km. Yes I know, this isn't as important as other things, nevertheless, it's part of Space Engineers.

[@LeeSpork]

The trailer says "Collisions up to 20 m/s will not cause structural damage." Could they still cause visual damage such as scratch marks? That could be cool, e.g. to see a well-used mining ship have all sorts of scratches and dings, telling its story, without the blocks actually being damaged/weakened.

[@shawntootill24]

Another fantastic suggestion. Please Keen!

[@nigel0o0o]

Can't wait for the community agreeing on a default connection type so people can build modules for modular ship design :D

[@Killerjerick]

This makes me think of the possibilities for modular base/ship design and being able to design a "module/room" that works for you, definitely exciting stuff.

[@col.hertford9855]

Maybe not the community, but individual creators will.

[@zamba136]

I use the devault station connection. A catwalk above a connector

[@fal4770]

xkcd 927 - 'nuff said

[@elliottprehn6342]

In terms of accessibility I think the term is “ raise the ceiling, lower the floor “

[@-nightraider-1169]

I have so much respect for keen, for actually listening to the fan base and making changes that are actually wanted. For this reason they will continue to receive my support, and I hope one day I will de SE 2 in the same state that SE 1 is in today, polished and well executed.

[@oscargaming7582]

I strongly disagree, they focus more on design than actual engineering. But most players are gullible, in this stream, someone speaks in a foreign accent, and we are supposed to be impressed by what he says???

[@hydrophobicgoldfish]

Agreed. Probably the only developer that takes community input so seriously and openly. Which is good, if you want people to buy a game it must be a game they want, so make it the way they want

[@interpl6089]

SE 1 is hardly ''polished'' and well executed. The game is riddled with bugs, DLC policy that makes no sense and features that have been requested for years have been *ignored*

[@zeektm1762]

@interpl6089SE1 is built on a engine from 2013. No wonder it has bugs. Have you worked in a proprietary game engine before? A lot of the features suggested end up being denied because of limitations of the engine.

[@TheSinquisitor]

Excited to be able to learn the game from the basics again. I took a break a few times during SE1, came back and found myself a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of new blocks, features, and mechanics when i returned lol. My own fault, but I am still really stoked!

[@duckcalledaaronimus112]

Can we get the official Space Engineers 2 Cake recipe, also Happy birthday Marek!

[@hydrophobicgoldfish]

Yes, I asked this too 😂 put the recipe in the next newsletter, come on

[@elliottprehn6342]

I really Hope rotors and pistons come sooner, almost weird to think about building without essential tools like those

[@-KessaR]

True

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

You forgot hinges

[@Gfafu]

Marek seems like such a chill guy

[@Yokenshiro11]

the guy is soo much into space engineer that he even see his Birthday cake as unifed 25cm grid system shape XD

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

Where?

[@tumeden]

For those who want to skip the waiting period. 30:14

[@oscargaming7582]

Yes, that was really unnecessary, just another viewing time for KZbin.

[@dread_mechanic]

Please Marek, the entire SE Mech Building community needs to know when those Mechanical & Logic blocks are coming! 😍Just the fact that you've mentioned them has me excited! *hint* The sooner you release them the sooner we can really test your new game engine 😉

[@WiseOakDakota]

Even just the pistons/ rotors/ hinges to make moving parts on our bases and ships

[@CronyxRavage]

Singularity Engineers 3 confirmed!

[@CaptainSnackbar]

Happy birthday Marek we will celebrate in SE2 and have a cacke slice too :D

[@ssrocky4gaming]

Happy belated birthday buddy, hope it was great.... also love space engineers, and reordered the new game as soon as it was released. Thanks for you and your teams hard work. See all you engineers in space.....

[@tippingtoastmedia]

Excited for your launch. Still havent seen any new player onboarding or tutorials to guide newcomers to the very detailed mechanics of crafting and gameplay on SE. One of our biggest complaints was just loading in, and wondering "What next?".

[@oscargaming7582]

There is an expression: The same dog with different collar. The game is the same as SE1 just a bit more ascetics. This is not Space Engineering, I would say it is more like Space Interior Designer. Basically, it's all about the looks.

[@zeektm1762]

@@oscargaming7582 In 9 months time, please come back and re-evaluate this comment. Mine too.

[@TheMystjap]

An HOSAS support would be GREAT !!!!!!! I mean at least to have the lateral movement of the ship be analogic to be able to map a joystick to it too

[@thisisoli]

It looks like that ability to snap to 2.5m grid size would be helpful for placing modules :P

[@delindsay]

08 - So hyped for SE2, let's gooooo!

[@ravenheartwraith]

I like to hear there is story, perhaps my most favorite time ever in Space Engineers was playing the mod scenario "escape from mars"... amazing nostalgia for that.

[@Azendius]

looks like the placing of blueprints against each other could be a bit awkward in some situations. please consider adding a "nudging" feature similar to what Satisfactory has. I.e. pressing a hotkey freezes the blueprint in-place while the player moves the cursor, and instead moving the blueprint with hotkeys

[@ecogent]

.... to be able to build Satisf@ctory production chains in SE....

[@fedor9030151326]

Спасибо за стрим. Очень жду выхода второй версии. Из первой куплены абсолютно все dlc, а также купил еще дополнительно 2 копии для своих детей, вместе играем. Надеюсь и в эту будем тоже играть. Успехов вам. И с Днем Рождения!

[@conradcobb3257]

just bought it and look forward to playing!

[@tryorse8340]

Do you think its possible for there to be a n option in creative mode to switch to survival style building? I.e. placing a block does not place the fully assembled block but the unassembled one. People like to build using partially asssembled blocks but we need to grind them down in creative and cannot bulk place them in SE1

[@GrovePaladin]

I second your comment! This is absolutely something that a lot of players have been looking for in SE1 for, well, forever.

[@HOMadsen]

Happy birthday Marik 🎉🎊 Lovning everyting, you Guys told us today, the way you wana make things easy for us is so great. And the Steam workshop as the mod side make me so happy. Cant wait to get started on SE2.

[@trevorgoretski]

I definitely understand the idea of introducing new features to differentiate SE2 from SE1 first, but I also do believe prioritizing multiplayer will also better increase playtime longevity during the development process. I know personally, my main draw to SE1 was getting to build cooperatively and creatively in open space with buddies. Getting multiplayer out sooner may result in a higher degree of feedback as players new and old can hop in with friends whereas they may opt for something else or only remaining in SE1 until multiplayer drops.

[@GrovePaladin]

SE1 was in Alpha/Early access for a few years before Multiplayer was added. It looks like the wait for Multiplayer will be shorter than it was for the first game, but I would probably expect that VS4 with Multiplayer won't come for 12 to 18 months.

[@trevorgoretski]

@ good point, but also reinforcing my own cause I only recall getting into it once my buddy invited me to multiplayer

[@zeektm1762]

This is their first product on their new engine. They are clearly designing Multiplayer from the get-go (at least according to them,) so it probably wont be more than a few quarters.

[@galacticblizzard9878]

I really hope that repairing with a projector will be improved. What always bugged me was the fact that in some cases the toolbar in a cockpit doesn't remember what the original cockpit toolbar was. So it was always annoying to remember what exactly was assigned for each toolbar and rows.

[@ClangandChiill]

Here's a tip for ya. Before adding any action to a toolbar or a logic block action slot first put the block your interacting with into a group and make the action target the group instead of the block itself. If your action is linked to a block it looks for that EXACT block but if it targets a group it just looks for that exact group name and applies the action to all blocks in that group, so you can freely change/replace the block(s) in that group without having to reset all your toolbars and action slots.

[@hydrophobicgoldfish]

I wouldn't mind if the toolbar labeling was native, or a mod. Build info style. Also the ability to change the toolbar function without having to remove it and redo it every time. While we at it, how about a folder structure in the appropriate menus, so you can arrange all your blocks into your own categories when building. Rather than having one continuous list to scroll through for ages

[@mbryan71]

When water comes in Vertical slice 3, will that make voxels airtight? Like to hold the water, in turn make them to pressurize airtight, to make it possible to close off an entrance to a hole and make that airtight for asteroid base building.

[@KryoXMusic]

I wouldn't count on it. Watertight and Airtight seem vastly different, something, like the ground, can be watertight, but not airtight, but a pressurised steel building will be both watertight and airtight. It would be realistic in this sense

[@WiseOakDakota]

I have a suggestion for the voxel hand, could you add functions to lock it to and move it along certain axis? So if we would like to make a smooth straight tunnel; we can choose the size of the voxel hand, lock it in place with a button, then move it along say the X axis to make it move straight along that axis. This would work best on planets if you could choose to make it align to planetary gravity, so that one axis aims directly toward the planet center

[@wazadan84]

happy birthday man, lots of good things 🥳

[@shawntootill24]

Cant wait to see how Water is handled in the zero G environment. I WANT MY SPACE POOL GOSH DANGGIT

[@interpl6089]

Biggest change in SE2 will be the ''liquid'' water. Graphics fidelity in space are nice and all but water is what was missing from SE1. Hopefully there will be some cool stuff underwater to explore.

[@petertoth3022]

Marek všetko najlepšie prajem. Veľmi dobrá práca 👍

[@lordtelion]

1:22:38..... Just completely ignore the non existent loading screen. Ik it's alpha and ik they probably have a super computer, but never, no matter what pc you had, would you ever be able to do that in se1

[@uradrix-tox]

thrusters look so good

[@schrodi-ed5sq]

Ich habe es auch schon vorbestellt und kann es kaum erwarten. Und bis Rotoren kommen habe ich zeit vernünftige schiffe und so erstmal zu bauen

[@tskaufma]

I would love to see more subtractive building in the demos if it's possible. Can we start with a brick of 2.5 m blocks and chip away to sculpt a shape for our ships? The original Undo/Redo teaser shows cutting a whole in a wall to make room for the door. It would be great if we could work with both additive and subtractive building.

[@stephen9958]

happy BirthDay Marek's cant wait for the game

[@asznee1529]

one cool thing for survival is if there was a hunger and thirst system for survival, and this giving the ability to cook and thus having more items in the game like trees with fruits, farming etc.

[@ChozoSR388]

Happy Birthday, Marek!!!

[@TakenCypress369]

Cant wait to try this out awesome work guys 🎉🎉

[@BlackMilos]

I'm not commenting much maybe I have two comments on Keen House web page, but those two times I got positive answers. 1st comment was that we need "Programmable Block" to be similar to a an old game called "Colobot" where you can program drones to do thinks. Not sure if Marek gives answer then but it was literally "I like this idea and I was already thinking to something similar." and after couple of updates "Programmable Block" was introduced. 2nd time was when I tell that it's time for Space Engineers 2 and I think I do not need to tell you what was answer :)

[@KGAnims]

Happy cake day! Wish you well, live long like Mr. Gaben lol. SE2 has incredible potential for building, but please consider a deeper and more engaging PvE. Our crafts mean little if there aren't many places to use them for.

[@Nick871203]

my biggest concern is maintaining simspeed, i want to be able to build alot more stuff without it impacting it especially when multiplayer comes around

[@sm-lk2xz]

Really want to know whether I will be able to build more than half a block at a time using player character welding when survival is released

[@СтарыйЙозеф]

New grid looks great of course, but I have an important question: do you plan (or implemented already) a folders system for functional block in ships/stations consoles? In SE1 was grouping mechanic, but you couldn't put group inside of group, and in result, managing big grids with multiple complex systems, or even with some smaller ships docked to your via docking ring, was real pain, because all block was essentially in one big pile. I hope you consider this.

[@karlsagar8008]

Oh no, the poor children.. I've been on se for some time now so very intreagued. also happy belated birthday.

[@nicolasenriqueruedarincon469]

@SpaceEngineers will SE2 support DLSS4 ? I know not in the first vertical slices, but is the VRage 3 team working in implemeting this revolutionary frame generation of nvidia?

[@stealthhunter6998]

Frame generation has some serious latency issues in every game it’s in. It’s really not great for a game like space engineers where that latency could completely ruin how space flight feels. It’s really not that great to play with.

[@FruitLoops_]

You guys need to improve the experience of building with modules, maybe have the ability to lock the blueprint in place and nudge it in some directions before actually building it, to make it easier to line everything up (take a look at Satisfactory's blueprint nudging system). Another suggestion I have is, to make it easier to cycle through different block shapes, in addition to having the normal cycling though of the options, have it so we can hold down a key, maybe the number it's assigned to, I don't know, and a little circular menu pops up with all the different shapes, so we can select one in particular without having to cycle through them all. Again, take a look at the way Satisfactory does this, I think it could work really well with SE. This could also help fix the problem that SE1 has where there are like 5 different basic armour blocks, with 15 shapes each, each with a light and heavy variant. Maybe with the circular menu, you can reduce that to 2 or 3 per armour type, making it actually possible to have all the armour in the game in just one hotbar! One final suggestion from my part, although I admit this one is more of a personal gripe of mine, I would love it if we could build a block directly from the build menu without having to put it in the hotbar, similar to the way you build blueprints. Sometimes, I just want to build one refinery! Just the one! Especially because hotbar space in SE, at least in SE1, is extremely valuable and disputed.

[@btCharlie_]

Are there any plans to support holes in the voxels? Like generated caves and such?

[@WiseOakDakota]

Natural caves have been shown off in some earlier VRAG3 clips, along with huge improvements to terrain variety and sharp cliffs. Some SE content creators have done videos so they should be easy to find on KZbin

[@btCharlie_]

@@WiseOakDakota Thanks, I've seen a lot content on SE2 already so it's weird I missed that!

[@phrixos2826]

We need WINCHES!! ROPES OR HARPOON AS STANDARD!

[@Arthezius]

08 all the way. I'll mindlessly throw my money your way. I've never had a company make a game that have given me so many years of fun, stress, amazement laughter and creativity.

[@Wedgehog]

I didn’t have cake. I had a packet of bbq sauce from McDonalds. Am very excited to play SE 2 though.

[@dha12oks]

1:10:37 - Please give us the option to toggle this collision detection for damages, because I for one actually like it, but the only time I didn't like it was when we had the poor suspensions and it the wheels wouldn't go over rocks correctly at a semi-decent speed.

[@Spaceisgr8]

#pioneer 08. Marek you're gonna have to prove to me that keep doesnt want my money. After SE1 id buy anything yall make. I love you guys and the the games you're making.

[@wudimusic]

1:19:15 maybe destroyed block debris, should not just pop out of existence in 1 frame but fade away to dust particles or something, to have a transition objects just despawning in an instant, somehow breaks immersion

[@MedicMainDave]

Will there be an option to make the helmet/visor black again like in SE and Marek's original vision from all these years ago?

[@NixFaux]

Is it just me or is taking a bite before the birthday recipient like bad manners?

[@shanjoogamer3609]

Question. with the new graphics engine that SE2 will be using. does it increase or remove the need for the physical shapes counter of SE1?

[@skillaz9956]

do we pay by the cm or is it dlc exclusive?

[@fibergran9]

How many fps are you getting in VRage3? The gameplay looks way smoother than SE1.

[@keller6666]

Happy birthday little bro

[@William0271]

Happy Birthday Marek

[@Gafferman]

I love you guys and I love Space Engineers. Wish I could say the same for the community as many of them are rather off-the-rails entitled snobs!

[@sSpaze_yt]

01:04:06 (timestamp because youtube never wants to save where im at in a video)

[@TrekTestedGear]

Is Marek a space vampire? He does not look 46 at all, omg he made the vamp joke as I’m typing this

[@Alexandragon1]

HBD!

[@brgimscht]

i wish they would make multiplayer earlier!

[@soundwave1568]

not a fan for the drill with flame

[@asznee1529]

Im stoked about the NPCs because the dogs and other entities such as ai vehicles in SE1 have a very bad hit box

[@spacenewsoficial]

The best part of this stream, was the Cake Part! hahaahahha

[@gvaca433]

Happy birthday🎉

[@doodocina]

KEEN, PLEASE, MAKE THE SUN WHITE, NOT YELLOW!!!!

[@lord6531]

It's a pity that I won't be able to play SE 2 on my birthday, I'll have to wait 4 days

[@antwarior]

i dont know how noone noticed non of those rovers have cockpits on the new update trailer, I'm hoping it means finally we get AI rover blocks in the game that I've been single handedly asking for, for the past 2 years and never received an answer, hopefully my prayers have been answered in this update

[@vilheim9508]

holy crap xocliw has a fantastic singing voice

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Hi, I'm the maker of Terra Realistic. I've got some question about planets (as they are in the roadmap). Do they still rely on cube maps for their features ?

[@TrekTestedGear]

We need space cake now

[@HOMadsen]

08 from me 😊

[@strugsi]

Why releasing a second title and not improving the first one? Big fixes, Engine update etc.?

[@Gafferman]

Because the first one is a product. That product is pretty complete. They, as a company, are more than welcome to release sequels. There's no fiscal or fair reason to hold them down on SE1 for eternity.

[@strugsi]

@@Gafferman Yeah, I get that. But releasing a roadmap without any clear timeline seems pretty off to me. It took them six years to get out of early access for SE1. How long for SE2? Two years?

[@Gafferman]

@@strugsi They've literally said two to three years.

[@strugsi]

@@Gafferman oh ok sry about that

[@zeektm1762]

This is the engine update. SE2 is being built on VRAGE3, which is based on VRAGE2 (Space Engineers 1 engine.) The original game is too old with a stagnant codebase, and they want to modernize the platform for the future market.

[@TrekTestedGear]

Also if you liked it then you should’ve put a ring on it????😂

[@shanepye7078]

I hope there will be some kind of map system.

[@hydrophobicgoldfish]

And once planets are in, an option to have the HUD compass as a feature rather than a MOD

[@Bushokie-cx7ee]

Space Engineers 3. AI LARP in real life brought to you by KEEN SOFTWARE HOUSE with the cooperation of Space X.😀😀

[@hydrophobicgoldfish]

SE3, VR....? Please And if multiplayer is already available, why not release it with slice 1? So that friends can experience and enjoy the new game together from the start. Side note ... can we get the recipe for that cake?

[@Getmcwrapped]

Damn I’m gonna have to buy a new pc lol

[@DominikPiaszczyk]

Did anybody mention native steamdeck/linux support?

[@ws_stelzi79]

So SE3 in 2035 IRL?

[@joshjenkins3815]

Cable? :D

[@GrovePaladin]

LSG comment

[@lagunaloire2710]

a fear i have is, when they introduce NPCs, is going to be all based on their AIppl thingie and the game may become suscription based >,

[@Gafferman]

No... not happening

[@hawkeye2816]

Oh hey! I get to skip 30 minutes of the vod!

[@Ice-Qube]

What I wonder is why the "big" Blocks are still one mesh. Wouldn't it be better to just have the 2,5 m blocks as a blueprint of 10 x 10 x 10 0,25 m Blocks? That way you could just make a hole into it very easily. Also how would they compare to big blocks in physics? I would think that big blocks are less performance intensive compared to small blocks.

[@anonemoose7777]

Performance performance performance! I mean sure we could make ships out of atoms for that matter but the fps drop would be extreme. A larger block means a ship can be built of less blocks with is computationally cheaper which means larger ships for the same pcu. Remember what a chugfest Spengies is, especially in multiplayer, so we need every scrap of performance we can get. Especially if we ever want true capital ships and large battles in multiplayer.

[@Ice-Qube]

@@anonemoose7777 Yea so what I said is pretty much true. I was thinking that with all of the improvements to multithreading the ships will be more performant. I guess we'll need to keep the use of the small "detail blocks" to a minimum and stay as close to the 2,5 m or 0,5 m blocks as possible.

[@okkytv5684]

also SE1 is soo much better with 3-4x thruster power, very sad to have every ship looking like a ball of thrusters just to function =´(

[@zeektm1762]

This will probably be patched or modded.

[@bluewizard420]

👍

[@HouseofKlang]

We Need Ender dragon or Klang dragon