Space Engineers: Signal

The new 'Signal' update is here, lays the foundation for a new era.

May 13, 2024

5 Min Read

[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]

Keen Software House :

Hello, Engineers!

The new Signal update is here! “Signal” lays the foundation for a new era of Space Engineers. 2024 will be a year of exploration, battle, and survival. This update focuses on our framework for a new standard in player versus environment.

Signal adds new choices to your creative arsenal with new blocks, specifically created for this occasion. With this new set of blocks, your remote automation can act with an entirely new level of autonomy. Where the wildly popular “Automatons” update added remote mining operations, automated drones, welding assistants and so much more, “Signal” empowers these systems to communicate! Reactive updates, straight-to-chat, as well as complex systems communicating over multiple ships, stations, or any combination are now possible!

Get live chat updates from your remote satellite array, mining drone fleet, or automated defense sentinels in Signal!

Please join us in 2024 as we explore Space Engineers like never before. We can’t wait to see what you create!

Marek's Blog post: https://blog.marekrosa.org/2024/05/space-engineers-signal.html
Broadcast Controller / Transponder Guide: https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/broadcast-controller-action-relay-guide/

Features

Scenario selection menu overhaul for Steam Version and XBOX/Microsoft Store
New Red Ship Starting Scenario (Quick Start) / Quick Start button in Main Menu
Death and Respawn improvements (A Reason for your death, Cryopod death message)
Added reload bar for static weapons
New NPC Grid Claiming
Reputation System Rebalance
Improving performance of NPC Grids
Improvements to Cargo Ship flight paths
Added warning notifications when grinding Components to Scrap
Block info/stats improvements (charge efficiency, production blocks)
Cargo Container Destruction improvements, Temporary Containers
Disabled scrap item spawning from damaged blocks by default in new Worlds
Non-unique items can be stacked in the inventory
Adjustment to Tree collisions
Lightning damage disabled by default for worlds
Improvements to F1 help screen
Npc changes, modding (possibility to spawn paired loot in container), Drone Spawning Improvements, New Loot Container Options

PlayStation Optimizations and Improvements

loading times improvements
simulation & render performance improvement for First Jump and Frostbite
textures are now reloaded after download when using Play Go (playing while downloading the game)
fixed intro video stutter

Added new Blocks - Base Game

Broadcast Controller (1 block, L + S grid)
Action Relay (1 block, L + S grid)
Additional Round Armor Panels (4 blocks, L grid + 4 blocks, S grid)
Compact Antenna (1 block, L grid)

Added Content to existing DLCs:

Scaffolding (4 blocks, L grid) (added to Deco Pack 3 )
9 music note sheets, concert version of in-game soundtrack (added to Deluxe Edition)

Signal Pack

Truss Set (7 blocks, L grid + 2 blocks S grid)
- Truss Light - S + L grid
- Truss Pillar - S + L grid
- Truss Pillar Diagonal - L grid
- Truss Pillar Offset - L grid
- Truss Pillar T - L grid
- Truss Pillar X - L grid
- Truss Decoy - L grid
Corridor Blocks (8 blocks, L grid)
- Corridor - L grid
- Corridor Corner - L grid
- Corridor Double Windowed Sides - L grid
- Corridor Light - L grid
- Corridor T Intersection - L grid
- Corridor Windowed Roof - L grid
- Corridor Windowed Side - L grid
- Corridor X Intersection - L grid
Narrow Corridor (1 block, L grid)
Narrow Corridor Stowage (1 block, L grid)
Narrow Door (2 blocks, L grid)
Inset Walls Set (6 blocks, L grid)
- Inset Wall - L grid
- Inset Wall Corner - L grid
- Inset Wall Corner Inv. - L grid
- Inset Wall Diagonal - L grid
- Inset Wall Light - L grid
- Inset Wall Pillar - L grid
Decorative Console Blocks (5 blocks, L grid + 5 blocks, S grid)
- Console Module - S + L grid
- Console Module Buttons - S + L grid
- Console Module Corner - S + L grid
- Console Module Corner Inv. - S + L grid
- Console Module LCD - S + L grid
Bay Windows Set (5 blocks, L grid + 4 blocks, S grid)
- Bay Window - S + L grid
- Bay Window Corner - S + L grid
- Bay Window Dome - S + L grid
- Bay Window End - S + L grid
- Bay Window Railing - L grid
9 Tracks added to Jukebox
- Approaching the Start [concert version]
- The Dust
- A New Dawn
- Liftoff [concert version]
- Uncharted Territory [concert version]
- Fight Like One [concert version]
- Warfare Trailer [live]
- Out of Early Access [live]
- We Are Engineers