How To Enable or Disable Weather Lightning Damage in Space Engineers

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The weather system in Space Engineers is a great way to add atmosphere on planets, but thunderstorms bring with it a very real danger, lightning strikes. Lightning can strike player grids by default and damage or even destroy important blocks such as refineries, medbays or cockpits. If you find this mechanic more aggravating than entertaining, server owners can easily turn off lightning damage without losing the visual storms. Lightning can typically hit player grids and damage or even destroy important blocks such as refineries, medical rooms or cockpits. If players find this mechanic more frustrating than fun, server owners can easily disable the lightning damage but retain the visual storms.

1. Log In to Your Panel

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2. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

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3. Select the ‘config’ Folder

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4. Select the ‘Saves’ Folder

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5. Select the ‘World’ Folder

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

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7. Configure the Lightning Damage Setting

Scroll through the file or use Ctrl + F to find the setting.

Note: In the game’s code, “Lightning” is actually spelled without the ‘n’, so you must search for the exact tag below!

Locate the <WeatherLightingDamage> tag.

To Enable Lightning Damage: Change the value to true so the line reads <WeatherLightingDamage>true</WeatherLightingDamage>.

To Disable Lightning Damage: Change the value to false so the line reads exactly <WeatherLightingDamage>false</WeatherLightingDamage>. Lightning will still strike visually, but grids and players will take absolutely zero damage.

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8. Save the Changes

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9. Restart Your Server

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