About Automatic Doors & Airlocks
From Steam WorkshopFeatures (NEW) UI configurable settings All settings have been mapped to the terminal UI. Most settings support multiple selections for setting up many doors / vents at once to save time. Works with…
Features
(NEW) UI configurable settings All settings have been mapped to the terminal UI. Most settings support multiple selections for setting up many doors / vents at once to save time.
Works with most modded doors too, not just vanilla. Anything that has the same terminal controls as a vanilla door will also work with this mod. Due to the nature of "Airlock in a block" doors this mod does not work properly with them. It can however be installed side-by-side.
(NEW) Per-door front / back configurable detection distances Now supports separate front and back distances for more flexibility
Access control is enforced, just like the button of the door itself The ownership and sharing options for the door are enforced.
Lightweight distance and direction based detection of players Detection and actions all happen centrally.
Configurable to only open/close
Airlock logic!
Set the doors of the airlock to 'Automatic Open/Close' and then give the airlock a name (case sensitive) and set whether the door is the inner or outer wall for each door in the airlock. Multiple doors on each size are supported to make this easier. (example image above). If you want your airlock to depressurize you'll need to set the same name on the vents and ensure there is enough O2 tank space to hold the air from the room.
Doors in the Airlock are activated automatically when an authorized player is within the configured distance of either side of the door, if the opposite wall has a door open, it will be triggered to close, during this time the door you are in front of will remain closed and open once all opposite doors have finished closing. Optionally when you set the airlock name on air vent(s) that are part of the airlock and it will pressurize / depressurize before opening the door.
Important Note
- This mod doesn't work with "Airlock in a block" doors such as the "Revolving Airlock Door". There isn't a way currently to automate these blocks reliably.
- When using vents with the airlock feature it is possible that a room cannot be depressurized if all the oxygen tanks attached are full. Likewise if there is no source of oxygen for the vent it will not pressurize the room. In either case this mod will continue to wait for the vent even though it will never complete the pressurization / depressurization. This mod waits for full pressurization / depressurization. - When using two sliding door against each other, due to the air contained in the doors there will be some loss of air each time the player passes through although the pressurized room will not lose pressure.
This mod is intended to be compatible with DSs, if you encounter any issues, please drop a comment or open a discussion.
If you would like to see this mod in your native language, please drop a line. The code is set-up to support additional languages if translations are submitted
-- Change Log --
v2.0.8 - Fix compatibility with Apex DLC. Improve airlock status v2.0.7 - Add support for Airlock details being visible on dedicated servers. v2.0.6 - Properly support having multiple doors on each side of an airlock. v2.0.5 - Update front/back distance minimum to be -1. Update compatibility with Sliding Hatch. Increase delay on airlock change to 20 frames from 5. v2.0.4 - Attempt to fix crash during world unload
Additional log in the "Change Notes" tab
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
A 623 KB download, rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 11 mo ago.
Automatic Doors & Airlocks on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Space Engineers — 8 GB (8 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2025-11-08, released 2025-11-08, 623 KB
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
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From 1 recorded build of Automatic Doors & Airlocks.
Run Automatic Doors & Airlocks on a Space Engineers server
Deploy a server above, then upload the file in Files.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Compatibility
- Game
- Space Engineers
- File size
- 623 KB
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
- ✓AuthorTaikoDragon, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
