tldr; steam workshop links:

• BetterOreDetectors (150m/450m)
• PleaseShutUp (No Breathing Sounds on Realistic Audio)

if you have any feedback or they break, let me know. i’ll probably not play space engineers again until 2 releases

explanation of changes to sbc/xml files

if you download the mods, you can see the actual .sbc (its just xml) files that I changed

ore detectors:

• i changed the CubeBlocks\CubeBlocks_Tools.sbc file for the ore detectors, you can find them by looking for MyObjectBuilder_OreDetectorDefinition in the file, or LargeOreDetector and SmallOreDetector

breathing:

• i honestly didn’t really test much for this. i used an existing but broken mod for reference, changed what i thought would fix the issue, and it worked out. look for RealPlayVocBreath1L, RealPlayVocBreath2L, RealFemPlayVocBreath1L, RealFemPlayVocBreath2L

how to install single player and multiplayer

singleplayer

• Subscribe to the mod, may need restart of game.
• On existing save: load game -> edit settings -> mods
• On new save: new game -> customize -> choose mods

multiplayer

To add to a new dedicated server: Follow instructions for your provider or add the Mod ID to a list in an ‘unsignedLong’ tag, inside the ‘SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg’ file:

<!-- ... -->
<Mods>
  <!-- add any other mod IDs for other mods you want as well -->
  <unsignedLong>3356554074</unsignedLong>
</Mods>
<!-- ... -->

To add to an existing dedicated server: Follow instructions for your server provider, or add the following to the ‘Sandbox.sbc’ file:

<!-- ... -->
<Mods>
  <ModItem FriendlyName="BetterOreDetectors (150m/450m)">
    <Name>3356554074.sbm</Name>
    <PublishedFileId>3356554074</PublishedFileId>
    <PublishedServiceName>Steam</PublishedServiceName>
    <IsDependency>true</IsDependency>
  </ModItem>
  <!-- other mods -->
</Mods>
<!-- ... -->