A configuration file is now available for Planetary Installations. This will allow players and admins to fine tune how the mod spawning system behaves.


The configuration file should be located in your user data files

Example: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SpaceEngineers\Storage\1135484377.sbm_MeridiusIX\planetaryinstallationconfig.xml

• <SpawnTimerTrigger> - Seconds between player travel distance scans.
  
  
• <MaximumActiveStationsPerPlanet> - No more than this number of active installations on a planet at a time.
  
  
• <MinimumSpawnDistanceFromOtherGrids> - Installations will not spawn if any grid is within this distance of proposed spawn location.
  
  
• <MediumSpawnChanceBaseValue> - If spawning small station, this is chance percent a medium station will appear instead.
  
  
• <MediumSpawnChanceIncrement> - For each small station spawn, <MediumSpawnChanceIncrement> increases by this amount.
  
  
• <LargeSpawnChanceBaseValue> - If spawning medium station, this is chance percent a large station will appear instead.
  
  
• <LargeSpawnChanceIncrement> - For each medium station spawn, <LargeSpawnChanceIncrement> increases by this amount.
  
  
• <PlayerDistanceSpawnTrigger> - Spawn will initiate in player area once player travels this distance along the surface.
  
  
• <PlayerMaximumDistanceFromSurface> - Spawning will not occur for player if they are this far from planet surface.
  
  
• <MinimumSpawnDistanceFromPlayers> - Minimum distance from player to spawn at.
  
  
• <MaximumSpawnDistanceFromPlayers> - Maximum distance from player to spawn at.
  
  
• <MediumSpawnDistanceIncrement> - When spawning a medium station, this value is added to <MinimumSpawnDistanceFromPlayers> and <MaximumSpawnDistanceFromPlayers>
  
  
• <LargeSpawnDistanceIncrement> - When spawning a large station, this value is added to <MinimumSpawnDistanceFromPlayers> and <MaximumSpawnDistanceFromPlayers>
  
  
• <MinimumSpawnDistanceFromExistingSpawn> - Minimum distance from exisiting spawn location to spawn at.
  
  
• <RandomTerrainSurfaceChecks> - Number of times the mod will try to find an area to spawn around a player during spawning phase.
  
  
• <MinimumTerrainVariance> - While checking near-by terrain, checked points cannot be lower than this value compared to the initial spawn location.
  
  
• <MaximumTerrainVariance> - While checking near-by terrain, checked points cannot be higher than this value compared to the initial spawn location.
  
  
• <TerrainCheckIncrementDistance> - Terrain checks in 8 directions are increased by this distance.
  
  
• <SmallTerrainCheckDistance> - Small station terrain checks are done until this distance is reached in 8 directions from spawn location.
  
  
• <MediumTerrainCheckDistance> - Medium station terrain checks are done until this distance is reached in 8 directions from spawn location.
  
  
• <LargeTerrainCheckDistane> - Large station terrain checks are done until this distance is reached in 8 directions from spawn location.
  
  
• <UnpoweredDespawnDistance> - If installation loses power and isn't owned by player, it will despawn when all players are further than this distance.
  
  
• <RegenerationTimerTrigger> - Seconds until installation attempts to regenerate blocks (if station has regeneration enabled).
  
  
• <RegenerationMinimumBlocks> - Minimum blocks that script will try to regenerate.
  
  
• <RegenerationMaximumBlocks> - Maximum blocks that script will try to regenerate.