Limit Planetary Spawns

Zyrack shared this bug 21 days ago
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Good Morning Everyone,

I have a simple question and would love it if you could point me in the correct direction... I run a dedicated server and am looking to restrict planetary spawns to 1 specific planet. This forces the players to learn, build, create/manufacture then explore the other planets out there, find a new home and build a new or build a transport ship to carry their cargo vs. spawning on each planet until they find the one they want and planting a flag on it. PRE-Apex this was possable with a quick edit of the...I believe it was the respawnships.cfg. With the release of the new Apex, I am unable to find what file needs to be edited to have an "Earthlike" only spawn and no other planets are visable as a spawn point. Could you please help with this? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

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Hello!

Thank you for contacting us. Since this is a specific question related to the game, I'm moving your ticket to our support page, where our QA team will assist you further.

Kind Regards

Keen Software House

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Hello Zyrack,

Thank you for reaching out to us on the forum.

You can limit respawn options to specific planets through the RespawnShips.sbc file.

To control where a respawn ship or pod can appear, look for (or add) this section inside its definition:

<PlanetTypes>

<PlanetType>Earthlike</PlanetType>

</PlanetTypes>

This section creates a whitelist of planet subtypes that the pod can be used for.          

If the <PlanetTypes> section is not included, the pod will be available on all planets by default.

You can include multiple planets if you wish, for example:

<PlanetTypes>

<PlanetType>Earthlike</PlanetType>

<PlanetType>Mars</PlanetType>

<PlanetType>Alien</PlanetType>

</PlanetTypes>

After saving your changes, restart the server for the update to take effect.Where to Find the RespawnShips.sbc file

If you’re running the game via the Steam client, follow these steps :

  • In your Steam Library, locate Space Engineers Dedicated Server.
  • Right-click it and select PropertiesInstalled Files.
  • Click the Browse… button.
  • In the window that opens, navigate to Content→ Data
  • Find the RespawnShips.sbc file and edit it as needed.

We hope this helps you configure your server’s spawn rules exactly the way you want.

Kind Regards,

Keen Software House: QA Department

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Exactly what I was looking for, Thank you so much!

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