Space Engineers - Blitzzz333
***UPDATE!***

SUMMARY

-Starting: Friday, August 17, 2018.
-Deadline for submissions: Friday, September 14, 2018.
-Contest voting begins Friday, September 21, 2018.
-Contest voting ends: Friday, October 5, 2018.
-Create and submit Space Engineers multiplayer videos for your chance to have them uploaded to the Space Engineers YouTube channel.

SHARING YOUR AWESOME SPACE ENGINEERS MOMENTS


Hello, Engineers!

We are excited to announce the Space Engineers Multiplayer Video Competition! There are so many beautiful, spectacular and crazy stories that unfold in Space Engineers and we want to share yours with as many people as possible!



For inspiration, we think the Space Engineers - Public Multiplayer Test (07/2018) YouTube video is a great example of the narratives created by many players in Space Engineers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfjCUEJwztI

HOW TO SUBMIT

-Please submit your entries to press@keenswh.com with the subject line : Space Engineers Multiplayer Video Competition Submission.
-Entries must be submitted in MP4 format, 1080p or higher - 4K preferred - and contain a title.
-Be sure to adhere to the original visual styling and feeling of Space Engineers. https://blog.marekrosa.org/2017/09/my-vision-for-visual-style-of-space.html
-Each contestant can submit as many entries as they like, but each contestant can only win once.
-Minimum length for videos is 30 seconds and the maximum length is 5 minutes.
-There must be a minimum of four players in each video.
-Submissions/video footage can be from Space Engineers safe or experimental modes.

Make sure that you read the rules carefully, so you know all of the contest guidelines before creating an awesome video!



EVALUATION SYSTEM

-There will be a four week period for submissions, beginning Friday, August 17, 2018 and concluding Friday, September 14, 2018.
-During the following week (ending Friday, September 21, 2018), we will review all submissions to ensure quality and that the rules have been adhered to.
-We will then upload the selected entries to the Space Engineers YouTube Channel, where the community will vote for their favourite videos (using the thumbs up icon located below YouTube videos) from Friday, September 21, 2018 until Friday, October 5, 2018.
-The top three videos with the most likes win!



PRIZES

-Three winners will have their videos permanently uploaded to the Space Engineers YouTube Channel.
-Skins! 1st place will receive 10 skin sets. 2nd place will receive 7 skin sets. 3rd place will receive 5 skin sets.
-1st, 2nd and 3rd place will also have the chance to have their winning videos playing in the background of the Space Engineers Main Menu *Please note: this is subject to the artistic vision of Keen Software House. Additionally, the author of the video must consent to have their submission featured in the Space Engineers Main Menu.

SPACE ENGINEERS VIDEO COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE THE CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Eligibility: This Campaign is open only to those who are 13 years of age or older as of the date of entry. The Campaign is open to legal residents of any country or state, and is void where prohibited by law. The Campaign is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.

2. Agreement to Rules: By participating, the Contestant (“You”) agree to be fully unconditionally bound by these Rules, and You represent and warrant that You meet the eligibility requirements. In addition, You agree to accept the decisions of Keen Software House as final and binding as it relates to the content of this Campaign.

3. Campaign Period: Entries will be accepted online starting on 17/8/2018, 15:00 GMT +2
and ending 14/9/2018, 23:59 GMT +2. All online entries must be received by 14/9/2018, 23:59 GMT+2. Voting will take place from 21/9/2018, 15:00 GMT +2 until 5/10/2018, 23:59 GMT+2. The winners will be announced on 8/10/2018, 15:00 GMT +2.

4. How to Enter: The Campaign must be entered by submitting an entry to the email address press@keenswh.com. The entry must fulfill all Campaign requirements, as specified, to be eligible. Entries that are incomplete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of Keen Software House.

5. General guidelines: Entries must be submitted in MP4 format, 1080p quality and contain a title. Please also remember to adhere to the original visual styling and feeling of Space Engineers. Each contestant can submit as many entries as they like, but each contestant can only win once. Minimum length for videos is 30 seconds and the maximum length for videos is five minutes. There must be a minimum of four players in each video. Video footage can be from Space Engineers safe or experimental modes. For an entry to be considered valid, it must meet the technical requirements as outlined on space https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/. Entries must reflect the theme of the contest: Space Engineers. Keen Software House will automatically be granted the right to use and modify any and all entries for any and all purposes, whether or not the entrant is declared a winner.

6. Prizes: The Winner(s) of the Campaign (the “Winner”) will have their video added to the Space Engineers YouTube Channel. The specifics of the prize shall be solely determined by Keen Software House. The prize is nontransferable. Any and all prize-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes, shall be the sole responsibility of the Winner. No substitution of prize or transfer/assignment of prize to others or request for the cash equivalent by Winner is permitted. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Keen Software House to use and or/modify Winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade, on the Keen Software House website and social media accounts, and in Keen Software House games, without further compensation.

7. Although the Space Engineers community will vote for their favourite videos on the Space Engineers YouTube Channel, Marek Rosa CEO, Creative Director, Founder, Keen Software House CEO, CTO, Founder, GoodAI will officially carry out the duties of Winner Selection and Notification: Winner will be selected by Marek Rosa. Three winners will be notified via email at the end date of the contest. Keen Software House shall have no liability for any Entrant’s or Winner’s failure to receive notices due to spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for Winner’s provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If Winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to acknowledge the prize, or fails to timely return a completed and executed declaration and release as required, the prize may be forfeited and an alternate Winner selected, or Keen Software House will automatically be granted the right to use and modify the entry for all purposes. Receipt by Winner of the prize offered in this Campaign is conditioned upon compliance with any and all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY WINNER (AT KEEN SOFTWARE HOUSE’S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN WINNER’S DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.

8. Rights Granted by You: By entering this content (e.g., photo, video, text, etc.), You understand and agree that Keen Software House, acting on behalf of Keen Software House and Keen Software House’s licensees, successors, and assigns, shall have the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use in any media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity and throughout the World, without limitation, your entry, name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image, statements about the Campaign, and biographical information for news, publicity, information, trade, advertising, public relations, and promotional purposes without any further compensation, notice, review, or consent. By entering this content, You represent and warrant that your entry is an original work of authorship, and does not violate any third party’s proprietary or intellectual property rights. If your entry infringes upon the intellectual property right of another, You will be disqualified at the sole discretion of Keen Software House. If the content of your entry is claimed to constitute infringement of any proprietary or intellectual proprietary rights of any third party, You shall, at your sole expense, defend or settle against such claims. You shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Keen Software House from and against any suit, proceeding, claims, liability, loss, damage, costs or expense, which Keen Software House may incur, suffer, or be required to pay arising out of such infringement or suspected infringement of any third party’s right.

9. Terms & Conditions: Keen Software House reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Campaign should virus, bug, non-authorized human intervention, fraud, or other cause beyond Keen Software House’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, or proper conduct of the Campaign. In such case, Keen Software House may select the Winner from all eligible entries received prior to and/or after (if appropriate) the action taken by Keen Software House. Keen Software House reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Campaign or website or violates these Terms & Conditions. Keen Software House has the right, in its sole discretion, to maintain the integrity of the Campaign, to void votes for any reason, including, but not limited to: multiple entries from the same user from different IP addresses; multiple entries from the same computer in excess of that allowed by Campaign rules; or the use of bots, macros, scripts, or other technical means for entering. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Campaign may be a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such attempt be made Keen Software House reserves the right to seek damages to the fullest extent permitted by law.

10. Limitation of Liability: By entering, You agree to release and hold harmless Keen Software House and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers, and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from: (i) such entrant’s participation in the Campaign and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof; (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunction of any computer, cable, network, hardware, or software, or other mechanical equipment; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions, telephone, or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (v) electronic or human error in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries.

11. Disputes: THIS Campaign IS GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, WITHOUT RESPECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW DOCTRINES. As a condition of participating in this Campaign, participant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Campaign, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before a court located in the Czech Republic having jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances shall participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, other than participant’s actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Campaign). Participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

12. Sponsor: The Sponsor of the Campaign is Keen Software House, located in Prague, Czech Republic.

13. The Campaign hosted by Keen Software House is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook.

14. By submitting an entry, You, the Contestant, have affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of the Official Rules.

Thank you and good luck!

Space Engineers is still in development. Everything in the game is subject to change.




Space Engineers - Drui


Hello, Engineers!
Today's minor update brings you more dedicated server GUI and Remote Client improvements, more descriptive tool tips for trash removal settings and lots of quality of life improvements and fixes. To name a few, we have addressed a rare issue with cars, which should prevent these vehicles from experiencing explosions. And we fixed slow loading times or issue with Game is already saving.

We are so happy that you are enjoying Space Engineers multiplayer, every stream, youtube video or game session we see is an absolute blast of fun. And that is the best outcome we could have hoped for.
But in case you are experiencing any issues, please visit our new support page: https://support.keenswh.com/
We will try to help you as soon as possible. Have fun!

Full list of features and improvements: https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/7401707
Space Engineers - Drui
Let's talk to Marek Rosa about the future of Space Engineers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svLjG3buCEA
Space Engineers - Drui


Due to the nationwide internet outages that prevented us from streaming today, here is a brief video going over the update and our thoughts behind it. We hope you are having fun with the new multiplayer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIMoIPKuAx4
We would be also very happy if you can submit your feedback at our Space Engineers Steam store page and encourage us to do better. We welcome both positive and negative comments, as it helps us to create a better game for you!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/244850/Space_Engineers/
Space Engineers - Drui


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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVPbVBLRBrY
Full list of features and improvements: https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/7401427
Marek's blog post: https://blog.marekrosa.org/2018/07/space-engineers-multiplayer-overhaul.html

https://store.steampowered.com/app/244850/Space_Engineers/
Space Engineers - Drui

What: Space Engineers - Major Overhaul of Multiplayer - Update Stream
When: Thursday, July 19 at 5PM (UTC)
Where: https://www.twitch.tv/keencommunitynetwork or https://gaming.youtube.com/c/SpaceEngineersGame/live

Countdown: http://spaceengineersgame.com/

***UPDATE***

We are currently experiencing internet issues at Keen Software House.

Please head on over to the Twitch KeenCommunityNetwork to watch the Space Engineers Update Stream!

https://www.twitch.tv/keencommunitynetwork

Thanks everyone! 😀
We will be releasing the major overhaul of multiplayer in Space Engineers this Thursday!

- Watch our KCN stream to get an exclusive first row experience!
- Meet the development team behind this update
- Q&A with Marek


Space Engineers - Blitzzz333
In case you missed the Space Engineers New Multiplayer - Public Testing with Marek Rosa, Developers & Community YouTubers:

Beginning of stream/gameplay footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YSyy1Eh-VY

Continuation of stream/Q&A with Marek Rosa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18zJGcsRQM4&t=898s

*We had internet issues😉
Space Engineers - Blitzzz333


Marek Rosa is going to play the Space Engineers Public Multiplayer Test alongside some Keen developers and YouTubers on the KeenCommunityNetwork & SE YouTube channel, Fri, July 13, 5 - 6 pm UTC:

https://www.twitch.tv/keencommunitynetwork

https://gaming.youtube.com/c/SpaceEngineersGame/live

https://steamcommunity.com/games/244850/announcements/detail/1693800885297278076

Come and checkout the improvements to SE!
Space Engineers - Blitzzz333


Hello, Engineers!

We are running another Public Multiplayer Test showcasing new multiplayer improvements from Thursday, July 12th at 11AM to Friday, July 13th, 11PM (GMT +2). Keen Software House admins will be managing the test for the whole period and we'd like to get your feedback about the "work in progress" version of the game. The upcoming version focuses on a number of Space Engineers multiplayer improvements, so we hope you'll enjoy it and that you'll provide us valuable feedback before the actual release.

We are aware of some unfinished things and bugs in this version. We are going to fix them right away, but we didn’t want to postpone this public multiplayer test any longer.

We plan to run these multiplayer tests until we are fully satisfied with the results.

Steam branch (will be activated on July 12th): mptest
Password: nt7WuDw9kdvB
***Please note: the password for Steam branch
will be activated on July 12th.***
How to change branches:
1. Select the game from your library, right click and select properties.
A dialog box with a number of tabs will appear, you’re looking for one that says "BETAS".
2. You will see 2 things now, a drop down menu and a text box to enter a beta access code. Enter the password provided here and choose mptest branch from the drop down menu.
Space Engineers - Drui
Hello, Engineers! We concluded another test round and this time we had survival servers running for the whole week. In this build we focused on improving the positions synchronization and memory leaks. We improved character walking and jetpack prediction and added prediction for grids (early prototype, glitches included).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfjCUEJwztI
Quick conclusions:
* Memory is much better, but there is still some leak - probably connected to some specific action (in most cases the memory is stable, but at some points on some servers it starts to climb too much)
* There is still occasional freeze happening, even in survival servers
* We still have few crashes in Creative in multiplayer code to be fixed
* PCUs are still possible to leak, fortunately we finally know why
* Survival server with 32 players is holding up very well! :)
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