Unlock Space Engineers DLC content

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This script was created to remove the DLC locks on content for Dedicated Servers as it was preventing players with DLC unlocked from using their DLC content. It will of course work for local game installations as well, but if you like the content, you should pay for it.

This is a Windows PowerShell script. Copy and Paste the content below into PowerShell ISE, update the Space Engineers path as described in the script, and press the green ‘PLAY’ button to run the script (Pressing F5 also works). It will output which files (if any) were updated.

# Space Engineers
# Unlock DLC content

# SE Local Files Folder.
# Right-Click Space Engineers in your library and expand MANAGE, then click 'Browse local files'. 
# The full path that opens, copy and paste that below between the single quotes.
$SElocalfiles = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SpaceEngineers'

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CLS
Write-Host "Scanning for files with DLC locked content..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
$SEcontentFiles = "$SElocalfiles\Content"
$SEfiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $SEcontentFiles -Recurse -Include *.sbc, *.scf
ForEach ($SEfile in $SEfiles){
    $FileBits = Get-Content -LiteralPath $SEfile.FullName -Raw
    If ($FileBits -like "*<DLC>*") {
        $regExStr = '<DLC>\w+</DLC>'
        $newFileBits = [regex]::Replace($FileBits,$regExStr,'')
        If (Set-Content -LiteralPath $SEfile.FullName -Value $newFileBits -PassThru) {
            Write-Host "Unlocked DLC in: $($SEfile.FullName)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
        }
    }
}
Write-Host "Completed!" -ForegroundColor Green
# SBC contains DLC content (blocks, emotes, skins) to unlock
# SCF are scenarios to unlock