Space Engineers – What’s Exploding All the Time?

On Windows 7, if you're having difficulty finding the folders using the method as shown above, you can use:

Start → Run → type %appdata%/SpaceEngineers → open the "Screenshots" folder.

Easier to copy (Ctrl + C) & Paste (Ctrl + V) this into the Run text box:

%appdata%/SpaceEngineers

To install a mod the new way, you first have to go to

%appdata/SpaceEngineers

Create a new folder with the name of your mod, e.g. MyEveOnlineSkybox. Then copy BackgroundCube.dds into that folder. Within this folder, create a new folder called "Data".Create a file called

Environment.sbc

in this folder and paste this content into it:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Definitions xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Environment>
    <SunDirection x="0.339467347" y="0.709795356" z="-0.617213368" />
    <EnvironmentTexture>BackgroundCube</EnvironmentTexture>
    <EnvironmentOrientation Yaw="60.3955574" Pitch="-61.1861954" Roll="90.9057846" />
    <EnableFog>false</EnableFog>
    <FogNear>100</FogNear>
    <FogFar>200</FogFar>
    <FogMultiplier>0.13</FogMultiplier>
    <FogBacklightMultiplier>1</FogBacklightMultiplier>
    <FogColor x="1" y="1" z="1" />
  </Environment>
</Definitions>

As you can see, there is also an option to disable fog without changing the shader file. This has fog disabled, if you want to toggle it on, replace false with true between the EnableFog tags. The color and density of the fog can be edited here as well.

In the end, it should look like this:

Next time you load up Space Engineers, it should display the background installed this way.

Bonus Video Tutorial: