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How To Enable Cargo Ships and Random Encounters on Your Space Engineers Server

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If you are the only one in the solar system Space Engineers can feel a bit empty. Enabling Cargo Ships and Random Encounters brings the universe to life, spawning AI-controlled trade vessels, pirate bases, and derelict stations for the player to interact with, salvage, or attack.

1. Log In to Your Panel

2. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

The Cybrancee panel dashboard with an arrow pointing to the Files tab.

3. Select the ‘config’ Folder

The server file manager showing the config folder.

4. Select the ‘Saves’ Folder

The Saves folder highlighted in the server file manager.

5. Select the ‘World’ Folder

The World folder highlighted inside the Saves directory.

6. Inside the ‘World’ Folder, Select the ‘Sandbox_config.sbc‘ File

The Sandbox_config.sbc file highlighted in the world folder.

7. Toggle AI Spawns

Scroll through the file or use Ctrl + F to find the specific tags for these encounters:

To enable moving cargo ships: Find the <CargoShipsEnabled> tag. Change the value to true to allow AI ships to fly through space and planetary atmospheres.

To enable static encounters: Find the <EnableEncounters> tag. Change the value to true to allow the server to generate derelict ships and AI stations in the asteroid fields.

Make sure the lines read exactly as:

<CargoShipsEnabled>true</CargoShipsEnabled>

AND

<EnableEncounters>true</EnableEncounters>

Ensure all letters are lowercase and there are no extra spaces.

The EnableEncounters settings highlighted in the Sandbox_config.sbc file.
The CargoShipsEnabled settings highlighted in the Sandbox_config.sbc file.

8. Save the Changes

9. Restart Your Server

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