# Space Engineers Space Engineers: Hotfix 1.209.022

- Product: Space Engineers (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/space-engineers)
- Vendor: Keen Software House
- Date: 2026-05-07
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/244850/view/672867776636913246
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/space-engineers/releases/2026-05-07-space-engineers-hotfix-1.209.022

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- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when failing to download the DLC banners on Steam platform
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when trying to display DLC badges after skipping the main menu through launch option arguments
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when a modded contract referenced an icon which did not exist
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when the selected UI item for a grid deposit action did not exist
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash when an admin deleted a target grid of an active PvE Bounty contract
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where a Grid Hauling contract triggering from Character proximity to an encounter did not make the encounter persistent
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the Centered Half, Glass, and Half Glass Doors were not set up properly for pressurisation, causing leaks
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where some of the Economy station prefabs had their beacon broadcast radius set to more than 10km
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where a previously deleted contract Drop-off point GPS belonging to Client A was recreated for Client B when reaching the same station
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where a Grid Hauling contract triggered from an encounter was not scaling its duration with distance to the delivery site
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the Economy station 14 prefab and its pirate variant did not have their Refill station connected to the conveyor system
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the Economy station 11 prefab did not have its Refill station LCD set to the proper image
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the Grid Hauling contract targets of Wrecked Corvette and Damaged Assembly Barge spawned as stations
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the new NPCs appeared as a choice in the character Customize screen

##### Hotfix 1.209.022 has been released!

- **➡️ Changelog: **[https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/announcement/update-1-209-economy-2](https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/announcement/update-1-209-economy-2)

- **🛠️ Support Portal: **[https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers](https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers)

- **🛰️ Discord: **[https://discord.gg/keenswh](https://discord.gg/keenswh)

**Stability**

-  Fixed a crash when failing to download the DLC banners (Steam platform only fix)

-  Fixed a crash when trying to display DLC badges after skipping the main menu through launch option arguments

-  Fixed a crash when a (modded) contract referenced an icon which did not exist

-   Fixed a crash when the selected UI item for a grid deposit action did not exist

-  Fixed a crash when an admin deleted a target grid of an active PvE Bounty contract

**Functional**

-  Fixed an issue where a Grid Hauling contract triggering from Character proximity to an encounter did not make the encounter persistent

-   Fixed an issue where the Centered (Half|Glass|Half Glass) Doors were not set up properly for pressurisation, causing leaks

-  Fixed an issue where some of the Economy station prefabs had their beacon broadcast radius set to more than 10km

-  Fixed an issue where a previously deleted contract Drop-off point GPS belonging to Client A was recreated for Client B when reaching the same station

-  Fixed an issue where a Grid Hauling contract triggered from an encounter was not scaling its duration with distance to the delivery site

-  Fixed an issue where the Economy station 14 prefab and its pirate variant did not have their Refill station connected to the conveyor system

-  Fixed an issue where the Economy station 11 prefab did not have its Refill station LCD set to the proper image

-  Fixed an issue where the Grid Hauling contract targets of Wrecked Corvette and Damaged Assembly Barge spawned as stations

**UI**

-  Fixed an issue where the new NPCs appeared as a choice in the character Customize screen

**Thank you for helping us make the game better!**

Image Credits: [HME Utility Ship by AnOx Oldhide](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3711906395)

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