Update 01.062 is out, and that is why the server is down!

I hope you've all had a great christmas so far!

So, as you all might have noticed, the new Space Engineers has come out today (26/12/14), and it's contents are very exciting. Karl and I will be discussing about removal of the super dark skybox so you can go off and explore. However, please don't go nuts, like all patches that are released, I can almost guarntee that something is broken. So don't go exploring too far.

Unfortunately though, the new patch means that the sever is down until it's updated, and this could be a day or so thanks to Christmas/insanity ham eating. This patch has also postponed the build-a-thon for this week.

As a side note: I've been checking on their forums and im seeing some users saying that it isn't working for them. To date, I've seen users reporting that you need a clean install of the game to address this.

Full Patch notes + Video are here:
http://forums.keenswh.com/post?id=7217613

Originally posted by Keen Software House:

Update 01.062 - Super-large worlds, Procedural asteroids and Exploration:

Features:
- Super-large worlds: Increased the size of the world to 1,000,000,000 km in diameter (equals to 6.6 AU)
- Procedural asteroids: Adds an infinite number of asteroids to the game world (dedicated servers settings: value for asteroid field density should be between 0 and 1)
- Exploration: Adds an infinite number of ships and stations to the game world; discover, explore, acquire and conquer!

Fixes:
- Fixed exploration tag not working.
- Fixed issue with WriteBinaryFileInLocalStorage.
- Fixed holes in asteroids when generated too close to the edge of the storage.
- Fixed interior lights color problem.

Well, thats it. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your Christmas, and I'll see most of you in the new year!

- M