How To Limit the Number of Concurrent Drop Pods Allowed on Your Space Engineers Server

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In Space Engineers, “Unknown Signals” periodically fall from space as Drop Pods (or Drop Containers) near active players. While these pods provide fun loot and cosmetic skins, allowing too many of them to exist on the server simultaneously can cause unnecessary clutter and negatively impact server performance as the physics engine tracks them.

You can restrict the maximum number of these drop pods that are allowed to exist at any given time by adjusting your server’s configuration file.

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. Change the Drop Container Limit

Scroll through the text file or use Ctrl + F to find the following line of XML code: <MaxDropContainers>5</MaxDropContainers>

This number represents the absolute maximum number of Unknown Signal drop pods that can exist in the world concurrently.

To reduce server load, lower this number to 2 or 3.

If you want to disable them entirely, you can either set this to 0 or change the <EnableUnknownSignals>true</EnableUnknownSignals> variable to false.

Change the number to your desired limit. For example: <MaxDropContainers>2</MaxDropContainers>

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8. What If the Setting Is Missing?

If you search your file and cannot find <MaxDropContainers>, do not panic! Space Engineers often hides this setting if your server is running the default hidden values.

Simply scroll through the file until you find the main <Settings> section. Hit Enter to create a new, empty line, and type the exact code below to manually apply the limit: <MaxDropContainers>2</MaxDropContainers>

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9. Save the Changes

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10. Restart Your Server

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