What to do when starting space engineers. Space Engineers crashes? Game not starting? Does the game slow down? Flies out? The solution to the most common problems. Space Engineers not starting.

Here are collected common errors related to the game Space engineers and their solutions. If you read and did not find a solution to your problem, you can ask a question in the comments or on the official game forum ( http://forum.keenswh.com/forums/technical-help.315265/).

The game is at the stage of open alpha and there may still be some unresolved bugs. Is always you need to watch the log file when errors or problems occur.

• C: \ Users \ (YOUR WINDOWS USERNAME) \ AppData \ Roaming \ SpaceEngineers \ SpaceEngineers.log

The game won't start

1. You found an error with an entry in the log file: “could not load file or assembly‘ steamsdk.dll ’or one of its dependencies”.

• Needed: install Last update for Visual C ++ Redist 2012
  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

2. The game does not start immediately after installation or you found an error in the log file: "System.Web.Extensions".

• Required: restart your computer or manually reinstall NET Framework

3. A common mistake - Space Engineers won’t open (DirectX 11 or DirectX 11 not support by hardware).

• You really have a video card that does not support directX11 (even if you saw that you have DirectX11), you need to look at the offs. website detailed information about the video card
• If the video card 100% supports DirectX11, then you need to update the drivers or reinstall them. It happens that reinstalling Windows helps to solve the problem, since it is impossible to demolish DirectX11 (if it is clumsily installed)

4. At startup, a black screen.

• If the game is licensed, you need to go to Steam - settings - turn off steam overlay

5. Error: "unspecified graphics error occurred". You need to update Windows - KB2670838. ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36805)

Unfortunately, there are flaws in games: brakes, low FPS, crashes, freezes, bugs and other minor and not so big bugs. Often, problems begin even before the start of the game, when it is not installed, downloaded or even downloaded. Yes, and the computer itself sometimes freaks out, and then in Space Engineers, instead of a picture, a black screen, controls do not work, sound is not heard or anything else.

What to do first

1. Download and run the world famous CCleaner(download by direct link) is a program that cleans your computer of unnecessary garbage, as a result of which the system will work faster after the first reboot;
2. Update all drivers in the system using the program Driver Updater(download by direct link) - it will scan your computer and update all drivers to the latest version in 5 minutes;
3. Install the program WinOptimizer(download by direct link) and include in it Game Mode which will terminate useless background processes during the launch of games and improve the performance of the game.

The second thing to do if you have any problems with Space Engineers is to check the system requirements. In an amicable way, you need to do this even before buying, so as not to regret the money spent.

Space Engineers minimum system requirements:

Windows XP, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 Gb RAM, 2 Gb HDD, nVidia GeForce 8800 512 Mb

Every gamer should at least understand a little about the components, know why a video card, processor and other things in the system unit are needed.

Files, drivers and libraries

Almost every device in a computer requires a set of special software. These are drivers, libraries and other files that ensure the correct operation of the computer.

It's worth starting with the drivers for the video card. Modern graphics cards are made by only two major companies - Nvidia and AMD. Having found out which product is spinning the coolers in the system unit, we go to the official website and download the package of fresh drivers:

A prerequisite for the successful functioning of Space Engineers is the availability of the latest drivers for all devices in the system. Download the utility Driver Updater to quickly and easily download the latest drivers and install them with one click:

If Space Engineers does not start, we recommend that you try to disable your antivirus or put the game in the antivirus exceptions, and check the compliance again system requirements and if something from your assembly does not match, then, if possible, improve your PC by purchasing more powerful components.

Space Engineers has a black screen, a white screen, a color screen. Solution

Problems with screens of different colors can be roughly divided into 2 categories.

First, they are often associated with the use of two video cards at once. For example, if your motherboard has a built-in video card, but you are playing on a discrete one, then Space Engineers can be launched for the first time on the built-in one, and you will not see the game itself, because the monitor is connected to a discrete video card.

Secondly, color screens are in case of problems with displaying images on the screen. This can happen for a variety of reasons. For example, Space Engineers cannot get it working through an outdated driver or does not support a video card. Also black / White screen may be displayed when running at resolutions that are not supported by the game.

Space Engineers crashes. At a certain or random moment. Solution

You play for yourself, play and then - bam! - everything goes out, and now you have a desktop in front of you without any hint of a game. Why it happens? To solve the problem, it is worth trying to figure out what kind of problem the problem is.

If the flight takes place in random moment time without any regularity, then with a probability of 99% we can say that this is a mistake of the game itself. In such a case, fixing something is very difficult, and the best thing is to just put Space Engineers aside and wait for the patch.

However, if you know exactly at what moments the crash occurs, then you can continue the game, avoiding situations that provoke a failure.

However, if you know exactly at what moments the crash occurs, then you can continue the game, avoiding situations that provoke a failure. Alternatively, you can download saving Space Engineers and bypass the departure point.

Space Engineers freezes. The picture freezes. Solution

The situation is about the same as with crashes: many freezes are directly related to the game itself, or rather to a developer's error when creating it. However, quite often a frozen picture can become a starting point for investigating the deplorable state of a video card or processor.

So if the picture in Space Engineers freezes, then use programs to display statistics on the loading of components. Perhaps your video card has already exhausted its working resource a long time ago, or is the processor warming up to dangerous temperatures?

The easiest way to check the load and temperatures for the graphics card and processors is in MSI Afterburner. If you wish, you can even display these and many other parameters over the Space Engineers image.

What temperatures are dangerous? Processors and graphics cards have different operating temperatures. For video cards, they are usually 60-80 degrees Celsius. Processors have a little lower - 40-70 degrees. If the processor temperature is higher, then you should check the state of the thermal paste. It may have already dried out and needs to be replaced.

If the video card is warming up, then you should use the driver or the official utility from the manufacturer. It is necessary to increase the number of revolutions of the coolers and check if the operating temperature drops.

Space Engineers crashes. Low FPS. Frame rate drawdowns. Solution

With lags and low frame rates in Space Engineers, the first step is to lower the graphics settings. Of course, there are a lot of them, so before you reduce everything in a row, it is worth finding out exactly how certain settings affect performance.

Screen resolution... In short, this is the number of points from which the picture of the game is formed. The higher the resolution, the higher the load on the video card. However, the increase in load is insignificant, so you should only lower the screen resolution as a last resort, when everything else no longer helps.

Texture quality... Typically, this parameter determines the resolution of the texture files. The texture quality should be lowered if the video card has a small amount of video memory (less than 4 GB) or if a very old hard disk is used, the spindle speed of which is less than 7200.

Model quality(sometimes just detail). This setting determines which set of 3D models will be used in the game. The higher the quality, the more polygons. Accordingly, high-poly models require more processing power of the video card (not to be confused with the amount of video memory!), Which means that this parameter should be reduced on video cards with a low core or memory frequency.

Shadows... They are implemented in different ways. In some games, shadows are created dynamically, that is, they are rendered in real time every second of the game. Such dynamic shadows load both the processor and the video card. For optimization purposes, developers often abandon full-fledged rendering and add pre-rendered shadows to the game. They are static, because in fact they are just textures that are superimposed on top of the main textures, which means they load memory, and not the core of the video card.

Often, developers add additional settings related to shadows:

• Shadow Resolution - Determines how detailed the shadow cast by the object will be. If there are dynamic shadows in the game, it loads the video card core, and if a previously created render is used, it "eats" the video memory.
• Soft Shadows - smoothing out unevenness on the shadows themselves, usually this option is given together with dynamic shadows. Regardless of the type of shadows, it loads the video card in real time.

Smoothing... It allows you to get rid of ugly corners at the edges of objects by using a special algorithm, the essence of which is usually to generate several images at once and compare them, calculating the "smoothest" picture. There are many different anti-aliasing algorithms, which differ in the level of impact on the performance of Space Engineers.

For example, MSAA works head-on, creating 2, 4 or 8 renders at once, so the frame rate is reduced by 2, 4 or 8 times, respectively. Algorithms such as FXAA and TAA operate a little differently, achieving a smoother image by calculating only the edges and using some other tricks. As a result, they do not degrade performance as much.

Lighting... As with anti-aliasing, there are different algorithms for lighting effects: SSAO, HBAO, HDAO. They all use the resources of the video card, but they do it differently depending on the video card itself. The fact is that the HBAO algorithm was promoted mainly on video cards from Nvidia (GeForce line), so it works best on "green" ones. HDAO, on the other hand, is optimized for AMD video cards. SSAO is the simplest type of lighting, it consumes the least resources, so in case of brakes in Space Engineers, it is worth switching it.

What to reduce first? Shadows, anti-aliasing and lighting effects tend to work the most, so it's best to start with these.

Often, gamers themselves have to deal with the optimization of Space Engineers. For almost all major releases, there are various relevant forums and forums where users share their ways to improve productivity.

One of them is a special program called WinOptimizer. It is made especially for those who do not want to manually clean up the computer from various temporary files, delete unnecessary registry entries and edit the startup list. WinOptimizer will do this on its own, as well as analyze the computer to identify how you can improve the performance in applications and games.

Space Engineers lags. Big game lag. Solution

Many people confuse "brakes" with "lags", but these problems have completely different reasons. Space Engineers slows down when the frame rate at which the picture is displayed on the monitor drops, and lags when the delay when accessing the server or any other host is too high.

That is why "lags" can only be in network games... The reasons are different: bad network code, physical distance from servers, network congestion, incorrectly configured router, low speed of the Internet connection.

However, the latter happens less often. In online games, communication between the client and the server takes place by exchanging relatively short messages, so even 10 MB per second should be enough for the eyes.

There is no sound in Space Engineers. I can not hear anything. Solution

Space Engineers works, but for some reason it doesn't sound - this is another problem that gamers face. Of course, you can play this way, but it's still better to figure out what's the matter.

The first step is to determine the scale of the problem. Where exactly is there no sound - only in the game or in general on the computer? If only in the game, then perhaps this is due to the fact that the sound card is very old and does not support DirectX.

If there is no sound at all, then the matter is unambiguously in setting up the computer. Perhaps the sound card drivers are installed incorrectly, or maybe there is no sound due to some specific error of our beloved Windows OS.

Controls not working in Space Engineers. Space Engineers cannot see mouse, keyboard or gamepad. Solution

How to play if it is impossible to control the process? The problems of supporting specific devices are irrelevant here, because we are talking about familiar devices - a keyboard, mouse and controller.

Thus, errors in the game itself are practically excluded, almost always the problem is on the user's side. You can solve it in different ways, but one way or another, you will have to contact the driver. Usually, when a new device is connected, the operating system immediately tries to use one of the standard drivers, but some models of keyboards, mice, and gamepads are not compatible with them.

Thus, you need to find out the exact model of the device and try to find exactly its driver. Often, devices from well-known gaming brands come with their own software kits, since the standard Windows driver simply cannot provide the correct operation of all functions of a particular device.

If you don't want to look for drivers for all devices separately, then you can use the program Driver Updater... It is designed to automatically search for drivers, so you just need to wait for the scan results and load the necessary drivers in the program interface.

It is not uncommon for Space Engineers to have brakes caused by viruses. In this case, it makes no difference how powerful the video card is in the system unit. You can check your computer and clean it of viruses and other unwanted software using special programs. For example NOD32. Antivirus has proven itself with the best side and have received the approval of millions of users around the world.

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Space Engineers downloaded from torrent does not work. Solution

If the distribution kit of the game was downloaded via torrent, then in principle there can be no guarantees of work. Torrents and repacks are almost never updated via official apps and do not work over the network, because in the course of hacking, hackers cut out all network functions from games that are often used to verify licenses.

Using such versions of games is not only inconvenient, but even dangerous, because very often many files are changed in them. For example, pirates modify an EXE file to bypass protection. At the same time, no one knows what else they are doing with it. Maybe they are embedding a self-executing software... For example, which, when the game is first launched, will integrate into the system and use its resources to ensure the welfare of hackers. Or, giving access to the computer to third parties. There are no guarantees here and cannot be.

In addition, the use of pirated versions- this, according to our publication, theft. The developers have spent a lot of time creating the game, investing their own funds in the hope that their brainchild will pay off. And every work must be paid.

Therefore, if you encounter any problems with games downloaded from torrents or hacked using one or another means, you should immediately remove the "pirate", clean your computer with antivirus and a licensed copy of the game. This will not only save you from questionable software, but also allow you to download updates for the game and receive official support from its creators.

Space Engineers gives an error about the missing DLL file. Solution

As a rule, problems associated with missing DLLs occur when Space Engineers starts, but sometimes the game can access certain DLLs in the process and, not finding them, crash in the most insolent way.

To fix this error, you need to find the DLL you need and install it on your system. The easiest way to do this is with the program DLL-fixer which scans the system and helps you quickly find missing libraries.

If your problem turned out to be more specific, or the method described in this article did not help, then you can ask other users in our section "". They will help you promptly!

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THE GAME DOES NOT START
Problem: error entry in the log file: "could not load file or assembly" steamsdk.dll "or one of its dependencies";
Solution: install the latest update for Visual C ++ Redist 2012 -

Problem: the game does not start immediately after installation (or an error entry in the log file “System.Web.Extensions”);
Solution: when the game does not start immediately after installation, restart your computer. This is because it is installed along with the game. NET Framework, which sometimes requires a restart after installation. If that doesn't work, reinstall the .NET Framework manually, see Reinstalling MICROSOFT .NET FRAMEWORK;

Problem: log file error entry: "could not load file or assembly" steamsdk.dll "or‘ HavokWrapper.dll ’or one of its dependencies"; Solution: restart the computer, if it does not help, then you should completely uninstall VC ++ 2010 x86 and VC ++ 2012 x86 Redistributables (through the item “Add or Remove Programs” in the control panel). Then reinstall the latest versions of these packages from the following links: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/ details.aspx? id = 30679

Problem: error entry in the log file: ‘HavokWrapper.dll’ access denied .;
Solution: the problem often occurs when there are no appropriate permissions (you need to start Steam manually in administrator mode). This problem can be caused by your antivirus as well. In this case, you should add SpaceEngineers.exe and / or HavokWrapper.dll to the list of exclusions.

THE GAME WILL NOT INSTALL
Problem: at the first start, the game installation stops at the "Installing: Microsoft VC Redist Package" step
Solution: restart the computer, if it did not help, then completely uninstall VC ++ 2010 x86 and VC ++ 2012 x86 Redistributables (via the menu item in the control panel "Add or Remove Programs"). Then reinstall the latest versions of these packages using the following links: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328; http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679;

LOW FPS VALUES EVEN ON TOP VIDEO CARDS; If you are having problems with low FPS values, even on powerful video cards, it is possible that the game runs on the integrated graphics adapter, instead of your main video card. This is a fairly common problem for computers that have two graphics adapters .; You can do the following:

• disable the integrated chip (preferably from the BIOS).
• or customize your video card, guided by following instruction: if you have a laptop with an NVidia video card installed, open the "NVidia Control Panel" (via start). On the left side, under the "Select a task" label, expand the "3D Settings" tree and select next Manage 3D Settings. Now, in the panel on the right, click on the “Program Settings” tab. Under item “1. Select the program to configure ”, click the“ Add ”button, in the dialog box that appears, go to the \ Steam \ steamapps \ common \ SpaceEngineers directory and select the" SpaceEngineers.exe "file. Under "2. Select your preferred graphics processor for this program" from the drop-down list, select "High-performance NVidia processor", then (VERY IMPORTANT) click the "Apply" button at the bottom of the page.

"TRANSPARENT" BLOCKS AND STRUCTURES

If Space Engineers crashes, Space Engineers will not start, Space Engineers will not install, controls not working in Space Engineers, no sound in game, errors happen in Space Engineers, saves not working in Space Engineers - we offer you the most common ways to solve the data problems.

First, check if your PC meets the minimum system requirements:

• OS: Windows 7 (64-bit)
• Processor: Intel i5 3.0 GHz
• Memory: 8 GB
• Video: Geforce 750 / Radeon R9 270X
• HDD: 25 GB
• DirectX 11

Be sure to update your graphics card drivers and other software

Before remembering the worst words and expressing them in the direction of the developers, do not forget to go to the official website of the manufacturer of your video card and download the latest drivers. Often, drivers specially optimized for them are prepared for the release of games. You can also try installing a later version of the drivers if the problem is not resolved by installing the current version.

It is important to remember that you should only download the final versions of video cards - try not to use beta versions, as they may contain a large number of not found and not fixed errors.

Keep in mind that games often require installation to run smoothly. latest version DirectX, which can always be downloaded from the official Microsoft website.

Space Engineers not starting.

Many problems with the launch of games happen due to incorrect installation. Check if there were any errors during the installation, try uninstalling the game and running the installer again, after disabling the antivirus - files that are often needed for the game to work are deleted by mistake. It is also important to remember that on the way to the folder with installed game there should be no Cyrillic characters - use only Latin letters and numbers for catalog names.

It still does not hurt to check if there is enough space on the HDD for installation. You can try to run the game as Administrator in compatibility mode with different versions of Windows.

Space Engineers crashes. Low FPS. Lags. Friezes. Hangs

The first is to install fresh drivers on the video card, from this the FPS in the game can significantly increase. Also check the workload of the computer in the task manager (opened by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE). If, before starting the game, you see that a process is consuming too many resources, turn off its program or simply end this process from the task manager.

Next, go to the graphics settings in the game. First, turn off anti-aliasing and try lowering the post-processing settings. Many of them consume a lot of resources and turning them off will significantly increase performance without significantly affecting the picture quality.

Space Engineers crashes to the desktop

If Space Engineers often crashes to the desktop, try to reduce quality of the graphics. It is possible that your computer simply lacks performance and the game may not work correctly. Also worth checking out for updates - most modern games have a system automatic installation new patches. Check if this option is disabled in the settings.

Black of black screen in the Space Engineers

The most common black screen issue is a GPU issue. Check if your video card satisfies minimum requirements and install the latest drivers. Sometimes a black screen is due to insufficient CPU performance.

If everything is fine with the hardware and it meets the minimum requirements, try switching to another window (ALT + TAB), and then returning to the game window.

Space Engineers is not installed. Installation hangs

First of all, check if you have enough HDD space for installation. Remember that for the installation program to work correctly, the declared amount of space is required, plus 1-2 gigabytes of free space on the system drive. In general, remember the rule - the system disk should always have at least 2 gigabytes of free space for temporary files. Otherwise, both games and programs may not work correctly or refuse to start at all.

Installation problems can also occur due to lack of internet connection or unstable operation. Also, do not forget to suspend the antivirus during the installation of the game - sometimes it interferes with the correct copying of files or deletes them by mistake, considering it as viruses.

Saves not working in Space Engineers

By analogy with the previous solution, check the availability of free space on the HDD - both on the one where the game is installed and on the system disk. Often, save files are stored in the documents folder, which is located separately from the game itself.

Controls not working in Space Engineers

Sometimes in-game controls do not work due to the simultaneous connection of multiple input devices. Try disconnecting your controller, or if for some reason you have two keyboards or mice connected, leave only one pair of devices. If your controller does not work, then remember - officially only controllers that are defined as Xbox joysticks support games. If your controller is defined differently, try using programs that emulate Xbox joysticks (for example, x360ce).

Sound does not work in Space Engineers

Check if the sound works in other programs. After that, check if the sound is muted in the settings of the game itself and if the audio playback device to which your speakers or headset is connected is selected. Next, while the game is running, open the mixer and check if the sound is muted there.

If you are using an external sound card- check for new drivers on the manufacturer's website.