Intro to the Modular Encounters Spawner - Space Engineers NPC Mod

The Modular Encounters Spawner is one of my all time favourite mods for Space Engineers.

Allowing you to add a whole bunch of different NPC mods to your game to take the challenge to insane heights filled with combat, death and more than a little bit of humour.

Here are the promised links from the video:

First the link to the mod:

And the MES FAQ:

And the Admin and Modders Guide:

I have plans for more videos covering other aspects of the Spawner as well as taking a closer look at the available mod packs.

Here's a taste of some of the available mod packs for those who are interested:
Packs by Meridius IX/Lucas
Surface Occupation
Air Traffic
Corruption
Reavers
Reddit Custom Encounters

Pack by Me
Assertive Installations

Pack by Remethep, N1Ran and BullSlayer
Tiamat Drones

Packs by SuperHappyAlien
More NPC Encounters 4.0
Planet Military Ground Encounters
Vanilla Planet Ground Encounters
Vanilla Planet Crashed Ground Encounters

Packs by Sunoko
Ground Drones Invasion
Civilization of Ancient Mars

Packs by Lemmiwinks
PvE Threat
PvE Planetary Base Bombardment

If you have any tutorial topics you'd like me to cover in the coming videos please let me know in the comments. If you've got burning questions about how to do something, ask here and I'll do my best to answer.

Music and Sound Effects by:
Space Engineers

Extra music by these amazing artists:

[Splitsie]

I want to say a big thank you to Lucas for his mods and for his indispensible help with putting this video together. We're very lucky to have someone so talented and dedicated adding more NPC content to Space Engineers, I suspect the 70+ thousand people subscribed to MES feel similarly :)

[LucasMassey]

Thanks a ton for putting this together! It does a wonderful job explaining some stuff I couldn't easily put to words. :D

[CaptainShack]

Great guide! Well done! Love this mod <3

[NilRacing]

It's because of Splitsie that I play and enjoy Space Engineers today, the first times I tried to play I could never remember how the tutorials covered anything, but the tutorials on your channel are top notch, so well explained, with great in video examples and without ever being too long or annoying... nice to see you extending these tutorials to mods that change the game for better, keep up the great work!

[fyermind]

This is a fantastic guide. I use MES and the associated XML files a lot, but wasn't aware of the chat command integration. That is fantastically helpful for debugging or rapidly setting up a one-time afternoon session.

[nadomir]

I like to add my thanks to Lukas AND Splitsie here. Those Mods really spice up this game and are a lot of fun. And now I also know how to tweak it a bit so my own survival base doesn't get crushed by the steady stream of debris from all thos shot down drones :D I can tell you, that WAS frustrating... not to fail against the drones, but to the rain of spacescrap... But I learned from it, as I did from this video. Good job (again) Splitsie!

[ToHVids]

Cheers Spiltsie. I've been using a number of Lucas' mods for a while in SE but this video has helped me immensely with the backend and playing with settings to make my games 'perfectly' aligned with how I want.

You're still mad trying to take anything down with your rifle and squishy flesh alone xD

[bigolbearthejammydodger]

great guide chap. might I suggest a part 2: How to add your own blueprints to MES and sharing your encounter pack on the workshop.

[Sniper_the_protogen]

I know im (very, very) late to this, but thank you so much. As much as i like PvP, my ship building is.... less then amazing and i dont have to worry about getting offlined by players, so this is perfect

[simonu]

"Today I am going to show you one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE MODS..." *shows flying rover*

[asgardiumccx]

You know Splitsie, i have more than 2600 H in game, and i still learn things by watching your tuto, and thx for that.
With no doubt, i think your tuto serie on SE are the best avaible for this Game.

[PepeLePewPew]

very nice mod, put it on my server, lots of fun, finally some resistance. Forces you to play differently. Thanks Lucas and thanks Splitsie for the intro vid

[Gga]

I went through some long reading on Steam to figure out the mechanic and decide if I want this mod, and although I don't need this video anymore it was a bless to know about everything you need to know about this mod in 15 mins

[mpn]

Thank you for pointing out the blacklist option! I stopped using the mod because of a couple of the planetary ships would just pause my game for a up to 10 seconds. I rarely attacked those ships, but I just liked seeing them moving through the area giving the game life

[keil]

Thanks for doing this Splitsie. I've been looking for a guide to MES for computer dummies for quite a while. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great content mate.

[Eisen_Jaeger]

And that spawn per player is what got your teeth kicked in with your already tweaked game in the last WWD :D

[magnagazoo]

I have been using this for several months now I'm glad you finally got around to reviewing it. One thing about this that I find confusing is. it's often not obvious which encounters mod works with the spawner. I mean some say so right up front but many don't clearly say that and I think I have one or two that are just there and don't even work. and in one case I know I had the mes and some other package spawning on its own which was not good because it was really easy to get overwhelmed.

[alecfiggins]

Amazing guide! Thank you Splitsie, this video made everything so much more approachable. SE feels like a whole new game now...

[Caffintor]

Great spotlight video! I've found that this mod is a MUST-HAVE for single player or co-op survival unless you're staying in space. In my first survival playthrough, I went full vanilla and I started in space. I found that I was quickly bored after visiting my first planet in the mobile base ship I built in space (AKA "The Brick" ;) ).

[Qkriek]

Wow, thank you sooo much, this was exactly what I was looking for! Great timing too, got Space Engineers a few days ago! Thanks!!