We are pleased to announce that the Parabellum update has entered the Public Beta stage. Everyone can now access the beta from Steam or Discord.

Accessing the beta on Steam can be achieved by right-clicking SCP: Secret Laboratory in your library, clicking properties, betas then clicking the dropdown menu and selecting “publicbeta”.

If you want to access the beta from Discord you can follow the instructions on this page of our website:
https://scpslgame.com/beta-access/ This page also has a support section for any issues you may have and a changelog for the beta.

With this being a beta not everything you see is final and can change, you may also find bugs or other issues. You can report these issues here: https://support.scpslgame.com/bug-report

We hope you enjoy the beta and thank you for supporting Northwood Studios and SCP: Secret Laboratory!

- Northwood Studios

Hello everyone.

We are proud to announce an important addition to the 11.0 update, now called “Parabellum”. Arguably the most recognized SCP, SCP-173, has been reworked for the upcoming update! You can find the reveal animation here:

SCP-173

The Model

The decision to rework SCP-173 was decided long ago, with the model being completed by mid-2019. This model may not be new to some of you and has been nicknamed “Matthew” by the staff and community. This model steps away from typical 173 variations. We hope this model adds some fear and revulsion to the facility.

Ability Showcase

Below you will find a description of SCP-173’s abilities and the reasoning behind these additions. Please note that specifics are subject to change during the Beta.

(Passive) Reinforced Concrete

With the introduction of the armor system, SCP-173 has been given innate armor against attacks. They have a “Hume Shield” of 1000 which regenerates at a rate of 10/s after avoiding damage for 10 seconds. It can also regenerate an immediate 100 AHP for killing someone with the “Stained” effect. Additionally, they have a 60% armor efficacy against all bullet attacks, which uses the same formulae as actual body armor(penetration, etc).

SCP-173 has always struggled in open engagements with armed human classes and can often get shredded quickly. The Design team decided to turn this idea on its head — instead of being completely discouraged from engagements, participating in them is now a viable option. This doesn’t mean that SCP-173 is invulnerable, but contributes to their theme and puts a unique twist on their vulnerability to gunfire when being observed.

(Passive) Witness

“Witness” is closer to being a core mechanic than an ability. It does, however, interact with all abilities and is responsible for many interactions. As the current SCP-173, a player can move around and kill as usual, when not observed. When observed, the player becomes immobile. The only way to move when immobile is by using “Blink”. The cooldown for this alters depending on the number of people “witnessing” SCP-173. When being observed by a “Witness” you will gain an eye indicator in the center of your screen, this will eventually turn red when your “Blink” ability is fully charged.

Snap

SCP-173’s signature ability (“Snap”) remains almost the same, allowing a player to kill anyone close enough with LMB (default). This can only be used when not observed.

Blink

SCP-173 has received a new system for how they “Blink”. Previously a player would hold their movement keys and “Blink” at intermittent intervals. With the new model, the player can now control when they blink by charging the ability with RMB (default) and releasing to move. This movement ability only works when being watched and has a limit of 15 meters. Any human-class player observing SCP-173 while they “Blink” will notice themselves blinking; allowing SCP-173 to move and kill the closest human within 2 meters of their landing spot.

The default cooldown for the ability is 3 seconds but is increased by 1 second for every human observing them. As an example, if four players are observing SCP-173 the “Blink” cooldown would be 7 seconds. This cooldown changes drastically when other players look at, or look away from, SCP-173 but will never cancel a fully-charged blink.

These changes were made because SCP-173’s blink movement wasn’t obvious, relied on old code, and gave the player little control. These issues made SCP-173 frustrating to use at times. With this rework, the Design team wanted to make SCP-173 both more threatening and give the player more control over their movement and targeting. This is to ease the learning curve while still allowing a player to improve with experience. The myriad of anti-cheat and stability issues plaguing the current version of SCP-173 should also be improved with these new systems.

Breakneck Speeds

This ability doubles SCP-173’s movement speed and blink range but prevents them from killing anyone while it’s active. The ability can be toggled with the sprint key and lasts until it is cancelled or someone observes SCP-173, at which point it ends after a 10-second grace period. The ability can be used while SCP-173 is being observed but the grace period will immediately start ticking down. This ability has a cooldown of 45 seconds, starting the moment it is cancelled.

The ability is intended to be a hybrid between mobility and escaping. SCP-173’s default movement speed is still faster than a human sprinting but is substantially reduced compared to the current version. SCP-173 will no longer gain speed upon taking damage. Keeping the ability active allows a player to move very fast between encounters, but a player runs the risk of being vulnerable in an ambush.

Tantrum

An ability that leaves behind a pool of [REDACTED] which has a radius of 2.75 meters. While SCPs are unaffected by the pool, any human classes that pass through this gains the “Stained” effect. This will reduce their movement speed by 20% and prevent them from sprinting. A pool lasts 180 seconds with a 30-second cooldown between placing them. The “Stained” effect lingers for 3 seconds upon leaving the pool. If SCP-173 kills someone with the effect they immediately regain 100 AHP.

This ability is intended for support, as it allows a creative SCP-173 player to prevent targets from escaping but also makes life difficult for humans if placed in doors or choke points. The pool has an obvious appearance and sound effect allowing humans to react to its presence which can lead them to change their tactics or run away.

Patreon Beta Update

With this announcement the currently ongoing Patreon beta has been updated to include SCP-173 and the access tier has been lowered to $10. Please note that if you aren’t already a supporter, and you consider doing it now, Patreon will charge you for the second time at the beginning of the next month, hence the price cut.

To learn more about accessing the beta you can visit this page of our website: https://scpslgame.com/beta-access/

Community Translators

We would like to mention that if you are a community translator you can now receive access to a dedicated role and channel in the Official Discord. This allows for direct communication between community translators and the official Translation team.

To be eligible for the rank you need to have contributed to our Official GitHub repository. If you believe yourself to be eligible, please contact a current member of the official Translation team on Discord.

On the topic of translations, we also want to mention that Non-ASCII languages should now work properly within the game.

Last Words

As we are getting closer to the release, we look forward to sharing the Parabellum update with you all. We thank you for your continued support of Northwood Studios and SCP: Secret Laboratory.

- Northwood Studios

We are very excited to announce we will be doing a Q&A stream over at Twitch on Saturday 24th July at 6PM UTC. We’ll be answering questions about the ongoing Patreon beta and the game in general. If you want to stay updated, join our Discord!

We hope to see you there and until then, thank you for supporting Northwood Studios and SCP: Secret Laboratory!

It’s time for a progress report on the upcoming weapon-overhaul update. We would also like to show you the implementation of the completed assets.

To read more about weapon specifics, check out this public Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/deep-dive-into-47278664

















The AK is making great progress, however, it's not ready to be revealed quite yet.

We’re introducing an improved recoil system to the game. This is used to control how weapons behave during full-auto discharges. Based on how many continuous rounds have been fired, there are three basic effects which may occur:

A purely visual effect, that doesn’t affect the control of a weapon. Instead, its purpose is to make maintaining visual contact with a target more difficult.

The current system is designed so that after each shot, the player’s camera will “jump”. However, it will now follow a predefined path (Recoil Pattern). This new type of recoil is not intended to be unavoidable. It can be easily countered by moving the mouse in the opposite direction.

Each subsequent shot from a weapon will become progressively more deviated from your crosshair’s actual position. The deviation amount depends on the type of weapon being fired — SMGs and the Logicer will remain relatively accurate, while rifles will take a significant accuracy hit when firing for more than just a few rounds. The deviation amount will be randomised and cannot be controlled.



Targets originated as debug tools. They were used for testing elements such as recoil, damage, attachment setups, and for simulating certain in-game scenarios. With how useful they’ve proven to be; it’s been decided that they will be implemented in the game, and will become their own system.

Targets can be spawned by a new Remote Admin command — “spawntarget”. Once spawned, they are visible to everyone on the server and operate in two modes. These are:

Local Mode — Players on the server may only see their own score.
Synchronized Mode — Players on the server can see the score of whoever interacted with the target.

There are currently three types of available targets:

A classic circular target with a yellow bullseye (10 points), and 9 further rings extending outwards (from 9 – 1 points). This is a generic target and can be used for multiple purposes. However, its primary function is to allow an individual to train and observe full-auto fire. Accuracy is calculated by dividing the sum of points with the number of shots fired.

This target has a slightly bigger bullseye (10 points), with it being approximately the size of a human head. The rest of the target is blank. Any hits outside the bullseye count for 0 points. This target is used for single-shot testing, such as seeing how likely a gun is to score a headshot from a determined distance.

This target has a flat image of a Class-D on a 1:1 scale. This is mainly used for recreating in-game scenarios.



We’ve added new hotkeys for firearms, allowing you to equip or swap weapons without opening the inventory. These hotkeys are bound to “1” & “2” by default. The weapon that corresponds to a hotkey is determined by their order in the inventory.

As an example, if a Revolver is placed in slot one, and a Crossvec in slot 4, hotkey “1” will pull out the Revolver.

When pressing the hotkeys, a weapon indicator will be visible in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, signifying which attachments are currently on the weapon.

Here’s what it looks like:


The Attachment System has been improved. You will now be able to change your attachments while in spectator mode, as well as at the weapon stations. When you select your attachment at a weapon station you will see a silhouette of the weapon. Sections of this silhouette will be highlighted to indicate parts that can be changed. A weapon’s silhouette can also be seen while hovering over it in your inventory. Any attachments will be highlighted.

Here is the WIP workstation:


An entirely new system included in the update, is the unique ability to throw/toss objects. Currently, any object that is held in the player’s hand can be used in this way.

While this ability may not seem important to some, it allows items to reach previously inaccessible areas, break windows, and theoretically, allow thrown items to affect other elements upon impact. Items will also be affected when dropped.

Continuing with this idea, this could potentially allow us to have 018 become triggered upon impact with the floor, 207 bottles breaking under certain force, or if a keycard is thrown at a scanner; having it open the door. A flashlight could even be damaged if it is dropped.

As an object is thrown, it will rotate randomly in the air before settling on the ground — this can even be used to play heads or tails! By default, the button to use this system is “T”. However, this can be changed in the options menu.

Please note that these ideas are all conceptual, and we’d still like to hear your thoughts and opinions.


Some of you may have seen a new radio in the previous Devlog, but that was not the final version. Another model has been created, along with new animations, graphics, and sounds for using it.

While there have been no changes to how it's used, there may be tweaks to its ranges and battery life.


It has been a long-term goal of the studio to move away from Containment Breach assets. With every update we move one step closer to reaching this goal.

The Tesla gate is an iconic object in the game. We've been working hard to create our own version of this piece of technology. Our team has created brand new sounds and visual effects.

Here is a demonstration:


Many items in the game have new animations, some even have new models. A lot of these are medical items like the First Aid Kit, Painkillers, and Adrenaline. The new model for Adrenaline will no longer have a needle. This was done on account of players with Trypanophobia.


Many other items, including SCP objects, have new animations. Like the flashlight, 018, and 268.


While these changes may not concern all of you, we would still like to inform you that there has been a complete visual rework of the RA console, and multiple quality of life changes.

Here is the complete list of changes:

• Complete visual rework of the console.
  
• Added command suggestions that pop up once you start typing a command, also hinting possible usage of parameters in the command.
  
• Added player nickname search bar.
  
• Changed the confusing nickname prefixes ([~] [@] [RA]) to icons. Gold shield for [~] blue wrench for [@] and plain user for [RA] as well as hint text explaining what the icons indicate when you hover your cursor over them. Introduced a new icon which indicates overwatch mode.
  
• Added pre-defined ban reasons to RA. You can specify these reasons in the Remote Admin config file.
  
• Added a new "Broadcasting" tab to RA which lets you send administrative broadcasts to player(s).
  
• Added new "External Lookup" and "External Panel" buttons to RA that allow external lookup to a specified URL.
  
• The Facility Guard’s class colour has been changed to be more differentiable from the spectators’.
  
• Fixed a variety of minor visual glitches.

We would like to thank lysol#3636 for the suggestions which some changes were based upon.


A topic that is regularly mentioned is the optimisation of the game. With each update we strive to improve wherever we can, be that updating some of the oldest code in the game, or recreating it completely. This update is no different. The weapon-overhaul brings with it some well-needed changes, like re-creating the inventory system and adding a new culling system.

Here is the new culling system at work:


Some of you may remember we briefly mentioned support for Windows 7 will be dropped in the future. When the 11.0 update is released, Windows 7 will no longer be supported by SCP:SL.

Here is a statement from one of our backend developers: “It has become increasingly difficult to support an end-of-life operating system. Specifically because of the ever-evolving Windows 10 APIs that cannot be used effectively in our code-base due to the fact that Windows 7 simply does not contain them. To bring a better experience to Windows 10-8.1 users, Windows 7 support is being dropped.

Work is progressing steadily and we can’t wait to have the 11.0 update available to you all. We plan to have a Patreon Beta in the near future and hope to reveal even more features. Until the time comes, have a great day and thank you, once again, for supporting Northwood Studios and SCP: Secret Laboratory!

~ Northwood Studios

On behalf of Northwood Studios, thank you for being patient as the gun-rework update is reaching completion. We want your input about the quality of life and the presentation of information.


Thank you for taking the time out to complete this form.

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See you in the facility
~ Nostra (Northwood Studios Feedback Manager)

Hello everyone.

We’ve just made one of our previous Patreon posts available to everyone! This post goes into detail about the types of guns, ammo, Chaos subclasses, body armor, and more coming to the 11.0 update. It will also include a list of guns which are being added or removed.

You can now check out the free post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47278664

Have a great day and thank you, once again, for supporting Northwood Studios and SCP: Secret Laboratory!

~ Northwood Studios

Website: https://scpslgame.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/scpsl
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SCPSL/
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Wiki: https://hub.scpslgame.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

We've just released the 10.2.2 hotfix! With it comes a multitude of changes and fixes.

Updates

Gameplay

• SCP-096 will now deal 750 damage to doors when charging (increased from 250). This addresses an oversight where they couldn't charge through the doors in SCP-106's containment chamber.
  
• SCP-106's portals now teleport with elevators. This helps to fix a longstanding bug where 106 could end up in the out-of-bounds side of an elevator.
  
• Optimised SCP-096 Scripts.

Backend

• Optimised authentication - it now takes about only half of the time.
  
• Updated LocalAdmin to version 2.3.8.
  
• Updated and improved the Anti-Cheat (These were the small updates you may have noticed recently).

Fixes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where killing all other SCP's wouldn't re-contain SCP-079 if 4 out of 5 generators were active.
  
• Fixed the "Burned" status effect working inversely for weapon damage (i.e. making the victim cause more damage, instead of receiving more.)
  
• Fixed the inability to open the inventory or player list when dying as SCP-106 with your sinkhole menu open.
  
• Fixed an issue with CASSIE where multiple numbers would void "PITCH" settings for the rest of the line after the first number.
  
• Fixed `ci_on_start_percent` config.
  
• Fixed ping not being round trip time.
  
• Fixed a bug where SCP-106 would die if traveling through his sinkhole when the alpha warhead detonates. He only dies if the sinkhole is in the facility or an elevator.
  
• Fixed an issue where grenades could get out of bounds if you threw them too close to the ceiling.
  
• Fixed an issue where SCP-096 could turn around when in "TryNotToCry"
  
• Fixed an issue allowing you to drink more than 4 SCP-207 (cola) at the same time.

UI

• Fixed an issue where players muted while currently talking in scp/radio/spec chat would have their speaking indicators get stuck on your screen.

Map

• The ARG plaque in SCP-079's chamber is no longer stuck out-of-bounds.

Backend

• Fixed an issue where command interpolation for numerical values would throw errors during startup. Certain int-values would return "-" if null rather than a valid int like "-1".
  
• Fixed an issue where the Steam/Discord RPC would display the max players count incorrectly.
  
• Improved SCPs 049, 106, and 173 killing security - it's not possible to kill through walls, doors, or any other objects or from a long distance anymore.
  
• Added rate limits to the usage of medical items (to prevent cheaters and griefers abusing sound effects).
  
• Improved LocalAdmin process exit on Windows.

Thank you for your continued support!
~ Northwood Studios

Website: https://scpslgame.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/scpsl
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SCPSL/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HubertMoszka
Wiki: https://hub.scpslgame.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Hello everyone!

Today we want to discuss the next steps in our development, what you can expect to see in future updates, and some other notable news.

It’s been a long time since we’ve publicly said anything about future goals and updates for the game. The time has finally come to change this. For more details about the update, you can view the Devlog on our YouTube channel:



Our next major update will be 11.0. With it comes a multitude of gameplay-, interface- and content additions. The main focus of the update is a complete weapon overhaul. It will feature, not only model changes, but also the entire system circulating it. This means that it will influence how the weapons control, how their attachments operate, and how they will interact with the game.

This rework also means that some current weapons will be removed. The change is nothing to be sad about as multiple new weapons will take their place. Despite this being the main focus, there will be other additions, and bug fixes. For now, we will be keeping that a secret.

New Official Websites

Along with this post, comes the release of our brand new websites. Previously, we had only one website that was severely outdated, and lacked important functionality. Let’s talk about what each website does.

The “Main” site is where you can find general information about the game, like public updates and other news. You can also find links to all of our official media including the twitch, YouTube, wiki, Patreon etc.

We’ve also added a new “Support” site. This site is completely dedicated to support. There you can directly search for support articles; view the FAQ; find information on game bans and how to appeal; see the status of our game servers; and how to contact us. Regarding ban appeals, we will only be processing those sent through the website, and will no longer be handling them via email.

If you find any bugs or room for improvement, please let us know by sending an email to http://webmaster@scpslgame.com

Main Site: https://scpslgame.com
Support Site: https://support.scpslgame.com/

Patreon Update

For three years Patreon has been our only source of income. Maintaining a, relatively, popular multiplayer game is difficult, and an expensive exercise for a small studio like ours. We’d like to take a moment to thank all current, and former, Patreon supporters for helping us to cover development costs. Without you new updates would not have been possible.

Our Patreon page has recently been updated. Most importantly, it has been renamed to “Northwood Studios”. Descriptions, screenshots, and the disclaimer section have also received some changes. Rewards will, however, remain unchanged.

Moving forward, we are committed to sharing more information on the Patreon site itself. We will be attempting to post updates at least once a month, providing you with additional information and some cool sneak peeks about 11.0. Soon, a new post covering a lot of details about the weapons overhaul will be released to all Scientist-tier, and higher, Patreon supporters.

Goodbye!

Have a great day, and thank you, once again, for supporting Northwood Studios and SCP: Secret Laboratory!

~ Northwood Studios

Hotfix 10.2.1 has just been released. With it’s arrival we have fixed the most notable issues found within the recent release.

• Fixed surface zone doors being locked down during LCZ decontamination.
  
• Fixed Heavy Gate doors having wrong sounds.
  
• Fixed both Airlock doors closing when detonation stops.
  
• SCP-268 effect will now properly cancel upon interaction with a door.
  
• Door buttons now support custom translations (again).
  
• Optimized "fast restart" feature for low-end servers.

Expect more hotfixes soon!
~ Northwood Studios

We've just released the new 10.2 update! With its arrival, we say goodbye to the Christmas update, and start a new year.

General Changes

This new update brings along a slight rework to our “LocalAdmin” system. This includes a new console, error logging and other config options.

There is also a new "quality of life" implementation. The “Fast Restart” feature means that users will no longer be fully disconnected when a server is restarting its level. Instead, they will be placed back on the "waiting for players" screen. This will result in a shorter waiting time..

Door Refactor & API Changes

As part of version 10.2, we've done a complete refactor of our door system. This was some of our oldest code. Doors were prone to suffer from bugs, both during level generation, and in-game. To fix these problems we rewrote their code from the ground up, for long-term stability.

For most people, this won't affect the game too heavily; except fixing some bugs that have existed for a long time. There are also a few features that were implemented as a result of the stabler code, which you can find below. This greatly affects the door code itself.

Due to the full refactor of the door system, much of the game's internal code has received significant adjustments. Plugin developers, or server hosts using third-party plugins, should be aware of this, and update their mods to work with the new version.

For the complete changelog, please see the list below.

Complete Changelog

(Local Admin)

1. Added console- and error logs.
   
2. Added a config option, disabling printing stdout and stderr (errors and Unity debug messages) in the LocalAdmin live-view (while leaving them in the logs).
   
3. Added an automatic restart after server crash (you can disable this in config).
   
4. Added log retention (it's possible to configure LA to delete, and/or compress old LA and/or round logs).
   
5. Added server configuration wizard.
   
6. Added idle-mode state indicator in the title of the LocalAdmin window.

(Doors)

1. Doors in the airlock room can be destroyed. If one door is destroyed, then the other behaves like a normal door.
   
2. Both airlock doors lock open during Alpha Warhead detonation.
   
3. Checkpoint doors can be destroyed, but only through Remote Admin. They're immune to being destroyed under normal conditions.
   
4. Prison doors (in the Class-D Cells) are now destroyable.
   
5. Many doors have been renamed.
   
6. SCP-173's containment-chamber door automatically opens at the end of its locked phase,if there is an SCP-173 inside. The player no longer needs to open it themselves.
   
7. The doors to SCP-106's control room, and the Alpha Warhead control room, now require several strikes from SCP-096 to destroy.
   
8. Fixed issues related to door generation, such as doors clipping through walls, hovering above the ground, panels floating away from the wall, and many more.
   
9. Fixed checkpoint doors getting stuck during Alpha Warhead detonation and LCZ decontamination.
   
10. Fixed doors sometimes being invisible or unopenable.
    
11. Changed HID room door to correct model.

(API Changes)

1. Doors now utilize a completely new script, DoorVariant, that inherits from IInteractable. Different types of doors have separate scripts - BasicDoor, BreakableDoor, and so on.
   
2. The old door script has been marked as obsolete. It exists within the code, but is not used, and will likely be removed in a future update.
   
3. A new interaction system has been implemented. The NetworkBehaviour it uses is attached to the player prefab, and is called InteractionCoordinator. This has been in the code for a while, but we're just now starting to implement it. Doors utilize this system.
   
4. “RandomSeedSync” is no longer a player component. It has been refactored into “SeedSynchronizer”, and added to the Game Manager prefab. Seeds will now always generate above 0 - negative numbers are no longer valid map seeds.

(Other)

1. Added fast, round restarts.
   
2. Added functionality allowing users to fully restart the server without kicking players (softrestart command).
   
3. Added a config key allowing the enabling of automatic server restarts with a specified amount of rounds.
   
4. Changed volume and distance of the checkpoint alarm.
   
5. Removed Christmas update.

Thank you for your continued support, and Happy New Year!
~ Northwood Studios

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