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How To Change the Day and Night Cycle on Your Space Engineers Server

Note:

Changing the day and night cycle allows you to control how fast the sun rotates around your world. You might want to extend the day to give players more time to rely on solar panels, or shorten the cycle for a more dynamic, fast-paced survival experience.

1. Log In to Your Panel

2. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

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

3. Selecr 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. Adjust the Sun Rotation

Scroll through the file or use Ctrl + F to find the <SunRotationIntervalMinutes> tag.

The number between the tags represents how many real-world minutes it takes for one full in-game day (a complete rotation of the sun) to finish.

The default value is usually 120 (two hours). Change this number to your desired length. For example, changing the line to :

<SunRotationIntervalMinutes>240</SunRotationIntervalMinutes>

This will make a single in-game day last for four real-world hours.

Note: Ensure the <EnableSunRotation> tag is set to true, otherwise the sun will stay frozen in place.

The SunRotationIntervalMinutes setting highlighted in the Sandbox_config.sbc file.

8. Save the Changes

9. Restart Your Server

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