Adding Yourself as an Admin in Space Engineers

Space Engineers admins can use the in-game admin tools to manage players, entities, trash removal, and other server controls. Admin access is set with SteamID64 values in the SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg Config Editor.

Add An Admin

1. Find the player's SteamID64 first: How to find your personal Steam ID64 number.
2. Open your Space Engineers server in the control panel.
3. Click Configuration Files.
4. Open worlds\SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg with Config Editor.

   

5. Scroll to the bottom of the Config Editor, then click [ New Admin ].

   

6. Enter the player's SteamID64 into the Steam64ID field. You can click [ New Admin ] again to add another admin row.

   

7. Click Save & Exit.
8. Restart the server so Space Engineers loads the updated admin list.

Remove An Admin

1. Open the same worlds\SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg Config Editor.
2. Scroll to the admin list at the bottom.
3. Click [ Delete Admin ] next to the SteamID64 you want to remove.
4. Click Save & Exit, then restart the server.

Edit The XML Manually

If you prefer to edit the file directly, open worlds\SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg with Text Editor instead of Config Editor. Find the <Administrators> section and add one <unsignedLong> line for each admin SteamID64.

<Administrators>
  <unsignedLong>76561198000000000</unsignedLong>
</Administrators>

To remove an admin manually, delete that player's <unsignedLong> line, then click Save & Exit and restart the server.

Use the full SteamID64 number only. Do not enter a Steam username, Steam profile URL, or Steam group ID in the admin field.