Important Update 1.187 - Major Overhaul of Multiplayer

Hello, Engineers!
After six months, we are releasing the next major update, which is focusing on the complete overhaul of multiplayer in Space Engineers, and a number of new features and optimizations. This was a massive overhaul and that’s why it wasn’t possible to make this update in weekly increment - so thanks a lot for your patience!
We had to redo major parts of the engine and there was a lot of experimentation - for example changing the prediction protocol on client-server and observing if it’s better for user experience or worse, and many more. Space Engineers has many systems and special care had to be taken for each of them: player character, jetpack, ship, wheeled vehicles, voxels and planets, fast moving objects, deformable entities, antennas, player standing on a moving grid, colliding grids, rotors, pistons, wheels, and many many more.
But wait - that's not all! With this massive multiplayer update we are releasing optimizations and performance improvements, Safe Zones, Female Engineer and much more!

Marek's blog post with detailed info

• https://blog.marekrosa.org/2018/07/space-engineers-multiplayer-overhaul.html

Features

• Improved multiplayer
• Major optimizations and performance improvements for various blocks and systems
• Safe Zones and global permissions
• Player persistency in MP
• Auto reconnect feature for client in MP
• Female Engineer
• PCU Limits - global, per faction or per player
• Added Experimental Mode option
• New support portal: https://support.keenswh.com/ (more info at: https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/support.html )

Dedicated Server Features

• Special thanks goes to rexxar, Jimmacle, and Equinox for their great ideas about the server admin tool features.
• Nicer and faster DS GUI
• Server password feature
• Auto Restart feature
• Auto Update feature
• Message of the Day, Message of the Day URL
• Administrators slots, player reserved slots
• DS GUI Steam client integration for easier setup
• Remote Client in DS GUI and standalone VRage Remote Client
  • Email notifications
  • Server profiles
• New +stop (server) command for administrators
• New /report command for players (works with Remote Client)
• Server side plugins API with management in DS GUI
  • Allows multiple plugins for DS
• Wipe world feature - administrator can set save, which can be used to reset the world
• DS GUI Actions - administrator can stop/restart with delay and message in the chat
• Trash Removal changes and new features
  • Settings are part of the world now
  • Player inactivity threshold
  • Optimal grid count
• Adaptive simulation quality feature
• Updated dedicated server and Remote API guide: https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/dedicated-servers.html

Crash Fixes

• Fixed voxel related crashes
• Fixed crash when loading wrong mod
• Fixed crash when copy-pasting certain grid
• Fixed crash with looping Sound Block
• Fixed crash when using illegal characters in the world name
• Fixed crash when Content folder is missing
• Fixed crash when changing Entity name using F11 menu

Functional Fixes and changes

• Special thanks goes to Malware for his Programmable Block Additions: MyIni (instructions here) and MyCommandLine (instructions here)
• Improved performance during collisions
• Improved piston and merge block collisions
• Improved performance of Ore Detector
• Support for dependencies of mods
• Steam Cloud support for blueprints (setting in Game Options)
• Local blueprints folders support
• Player can kick out other disconnected player from any seat/cockpit
• Added General Data Protection Regulation dialog and setting in Game Options
• Fixed desync issues with Refinery
• Fixed desync issues with inventory of player
• Fixed asteroid becoming desynced and not disappearing when removed through Entity list
• Fixed Drills getting desynced when accessed with "Can use all terminals" rights
• Fixed removed block leaves physically occupied space on DS
• Fixed Star System being loaded instead of selected worlds on DS
• Fixed Conveyor system not being functional after joining DS
• Fixed asteroid disappearing after pasting another one on DS
• Fixed voxel changes not being visible on pasted planet on DS after reconnect
• Fixed falling through voxel when drilling on DS
• Fixed ownership switching between entities on DS and MP
• Fixed not being able to leave faction selection in Dead Drop Arena on DS
• Fixed copy-pasting at large coordinates
• Fixed grid exploding after turning of the merge block
• Fixed despawning of the Respawn ships
• Fixed dead body affecting ship's physics
• Fixed exiting seats or cockpit sometimes kills the player
• Fixed rifle shooting in a wrong direction
• Fixed drones not spawning in Campaign Mission 5
• Fixed ship not being controllable after unmerging
• Fixed player being disconnected after pasting specific blueprint
• Fixed deleting occupied Cockpit with right mouse button kills the player inside
• Fixed sliding of player on rotating ship
• Fixed player being disconnected after pasting Empty Voxel Map
• Fixed engineer not being able to destroy block he stands on by Rifle
• Fixed spectator pasting blueprints to 0,0,0 coordinates
• Fixed exiting camera while using remote control
• Fixed blocks not being affected by gravity in some cases
• Fixed remembering angle of headlamp when entering Cockpit
• Fixed Remote Control autopilot flying at 15m/s at planet
• Fixed cars exploding when using inertia tensor
• Fixed player being tilted after deactivating jetpack in the gravity
• Fixed changing component mass does not affects block mass
• Fixed Landing Gear unlocking when the grid is being updated
• Fixed Turrets keep shooting even when the target does not meet conditions for a target anymore
• Fixed player not being removed from the server after client crash
• Fixed building mode focus info when sitting in small ship's Cockpit
• Fixed Rocky ore deposits on planets providing exclusively iron
• Fixed updating of ship welder/grinder aim
• Fixed Grinder affecting attached rotor
• Fixed disconnected subgrids not losing power
• Fixed Camera block not reporting accurate power usage
• Fixed grids being affected by floating items in artificial gravity
• Fixed Collector's position not being updated in the world
• Fixed Cargo Container not dropping items when destroyed
• Fixed Welder sparks are not disappearing when blocks are finished or components run out
• Fixed Thruster light not vanishing at distant ships
• Fixed removing of redundant armor edges
• Fixed wrong warning message when controlling grid with Remote Control and Cockpit present
• Fixed "Show hidden blocks" button stops working after grid separation
• Fixed HUD markers in close proximity not collapsing into summarized one
• Fixed long names for voxel files

Graphic Fixes and Changes

• Decreased values for intensity of sun, bloom and chromatic aberration
• Shadow LOD optimizations
• Improved Armor Blocks deformations
• Tweaked Jump Drive effect
• Added particle effect for ships near grid
• Optimizations for particles in distance
• Fixed Voxels and their LODs at large coordinates
• Fixed LODs showing different blocks at certain range
• Fixed Advanced Rotor head's LOD
• Fixed missing damage particles on DS
• Fixed camera clipping into rifle at falling and jumping
• Fixed wrong camera distance after reloading of scene
• Fixed Ship Grinder playing spinning animation even without power
• Fixed interior of Cockpit being rendered over modded blocks
• Fixed damaged blocks not updating its shape to fit new blocks
• Fixed Cockpit build mode not showing ghost block preview when aiming at the same grid
• Fixed see-through broken deformations of small blocks
• Fixed multiple skins having wrong color
• Fixed animations when switching between aimed rifle and tools
• Fixed missing astronaut's head when using Remote Control and sitting on Passenger Seat

UI Fixes, Improvements

• Pause client in MP, when there is connection issue
• Server list - added recommended server, password and experimental icons
• Advanced server filter - password is three state now (with, without and both)
• Message of the Day in Respawn screen (multiplayer feature)
• Redesigned Respawn screen
• Server name in F3 screen
• Added sorting to F3 screen
• Added ping information to F3 screen
• CTRL-X changes - can be used only by owner of the grid, faction leader or admin
• CTRL-C notification on success or fail
• Campaign tab renamed to Quickstart
• Easy Start Space scenario in Quickstart
• Faction management (UI in terminal panel) is available for server administrators
• Improved Entity list interactions
• Adjusted tooltip at Spotlight's "Blink Length"
• Adjusted HUD chat alignment
• Fixed capital G to g as a symbol for standard gravity
• Adjusted position of wrong value warning message in terminal
• Fixed remembering checkboxes in Admin Tools
• Fixed Refresh button in Join Game screen, in Friends tab showing "Pause"
• Fixed tooltip in Save As dialog
• Fixed objects being present in terminal info tab even after removing
• Fixed Remote Control setting "Main remote control" being possible to activate with multiple Remote Control blocks selected
• Fixed text in Color Picker
• Fixed some inconsistencies in New Game screen
• Fixed updating of max. players value in F3 screen
• Fixed displaying of formatted text pasted into terminal
• Fixed scenario selection on DS being empty
• Fixed letter I on HUD (inventory) changing its position depending on screen aspect ratio
• Redesigned Spawn Menu (shift+F10)
• Space Master renamed to Admin Tools (alt+F10)
• Redesigned Admin Tools - cycle objects, entity list, admin tools, trash removal
• Refresh button in entity list (admin tools)
• Sorting by PCU in entity list (admin tools)
• Added owner last login to grid tooltip (entity list)
• New Safe Zone UI (alt+F10)
• New Global permissions (alt+F10)
• Loading a blueprint (F10) automatically starts the pasting process (skips the need to press ctrl+V)
• Sorting of F11 statistics
• Icon (over head) for disconnected player
• New tooltip for Continue button in Main menu
• Fixed voice chat icon duplicate showing up on DS

20/07/2018
Hotfix 1.187.088

• crash fix in spiders/wolves
• crash fixes in multiplayer
• fixed random DS switching to experimental mode
• fixed damage system events for mods

24/07/2018
Hotfix 1.187.089

• fixed multithread crashes
• fixed crash in Mods screen
• fixed crash in DS GUI
• fixed crash when closing the terminal on DS
• fixed timeout when connecting to server with a lot of mods
• fixed issue where characters were not being removed by trash removal
• fixed issue with overlapping dialog when downloading mods

 

In spectator, you can increase movement speed by using shift + wheel. It has been changed cause people were complaining that when they change blocks using the wheel, they were changing speed and often speed changed so much, they flew kilometers away
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Too late i see :-D