We paid extra attention to your comments and feedback from the last announcement, and decided to give you additional peeks.
Among the new addition in MEGAPATCH II, here are a few that are currently being worked on:
Sights and Scope Update
079 has lowered the security level, allowing us access to show off the new and improved, functional Night Vision Scope and improved footage of the changes mentioned in the previous update!
https://youtu.be/-aWZl3_Le3I
Medical System Rework
Those pesky Class-D personnel chasing you around with a gun and you've taken a few hits?
Best check out how the new medical items will function so you are prepared to deal with those injuries.
Introducing the New First Aid Kit
This new item is much easier to carry around than its predecessor and underwent a statistical rework.
What’s Changing:
A new in-game model
New animation and sound effects
Heals 65HP worth of damage
A use time of 4 seconds
SCP-500
A small medical container of pills dubbed the “Panacea” for its anomalous curative effects.
For personnel lucky enough to come across this SCP item, they will be able to consume a singular pill for the following benefits:
An instant 150HP Heal, with a further slow regen for 15 seconds*
The ability to cure the effects of [REDACTED]
There is more content currently being worked on that will be included within the full Medical Rework. We have a few more items and SCP objects which are still currently in the pipeline.
*Subject to change
Community Spotlight
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1690560832
Be sure to check it out and give them a thumbs up if you like it!
As you may've noticed, there have been issues joining servers as of a few hours ago. We believe this is due to issues on Steam's behalf; as a result, we are unable to fix them. You may have also slow loading times to access other parts of the Steam community. Currently, this outage affects some users while it does not affect others.
We are unsure when this outage will be corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience and we appreciate your patience in this matter.
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With Best Regards, Northwood Studios
After a long period of radio silence, we are proud to be implementing a new schedule starting rather soon that will keep you informed of our progress.
The studio is in the process of arranging a Q&A sometime in the near future. We'll also be starting to release devblogs, getting our official streams back up and running, and sharing some content that will be heading your way in future updates!
As always, our Patreon supporters will gain access these posts early.
So, what’s been happening during our radio silence? Find out below!
There is a new containment unit being delivered to the facility, rumors going around are saying it's going to be home to some special objects and items.
Don't you hate it when you've just escaped 049 chasing you down a hallway, and come across a bunch of weapons on the ground, with no bodies around? That means 049-2 are probably heading your way.
Looking for a gun with the perfect setup for the situation without needing to run to a workbench to customize it?
Well, no more will you need to pick up each weapon to see what attachments are equipped, now you’ll be able to just look and see what attachments are on the weapon.
While we're on the subject of weapons, there have been a couple of modifications to some of the sights and scopes.
The sniper scope and the night vision scope have also been through a few tweaks; however SCP-079 has restricted our access to the file, so we cannot reveal this content yet.
There has been plenty more progress than we have revealed here, stay tuned for the next announcement for some more juicy content and information!
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With Best Regards, Northwood Studios
Hey Guys! We're pleased to announce that we are holding a giveaway in celebration of the 1-Year Anniversary of SCP: SL, which is being hosted on the SCP: SL public Discord server. Be sure to hope over there and check out the announcements channel!
The prizes are listed below!
1st Place > Custom artwork of the winner’s choice. SCP:SL related (Canvas + Signed by Hubert)
2nd Place > A choice of two premade artwork pieces. (Canvas)
3rd Place > A choice of two premade artwork pieces. (Poster)
You only have untill Wednesday 14:00 GMT to enter, make sure to enter in time for the drawing!
Good luck!
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With Best Regards, Hubert Moszka
(Chief Executive Officer)
After a long wait, we are glad to announce part 1 of the Megapatch is ready to be launched! The patch will be released within 24 hours since now! (we're targeting 10:00-12:00am PST). The final release date will be announced on our Discord server (www.discord.gg/scpsl)
Find out what’s heading your way below.
Changes:
Return of SCP-079
SCP-079 is back with some new abilities and toys to play with! Please note, that SCP-079's development isn't finished yet . We have to collect feedback to make a solid plan of the further development.
Movement - 079 can now use 3 modes to move around, which are:
Map - activated with tab, allows 079 to click on rooms and move there
WASD - changes with your camera rotation, for example, W will move you to the camera in front of you
Clicking cameras - the old way of doing things, 079 can just click the camera icons to move to his next location
079’s HUD - completely reworked, including more necessary information
Ability usage - SCP-079 now uses a power called “Auxiliary Power” that recharges over time, it works like mana, that can be used to activate 079's abilities
Experience - can be earned by performing actions or simply assisting human kills. Leveling up increases the AP regeneration and unlocks new abilities.
Camera movement modes - There are 2 ways of rotating (looking around) your cameras, switchable using spacebar.
Tesla gates - SCP-079 can now use tesla gates to his advantage, by using a single instant burst instead of a massive overcharge; practically, we've found it much more efficient than the previous one
Locking doors - now instead of a constant time, the door will be indefinitely locked with a constant power decay until 079 presses right-click or runs out of Aux Power.
New ability - 079 can now shut down all the power in a room, turning off the lights and locking the doors.
Zone-specific camera models, that actually rotate, and tell you if SCP-079 is looking at you.
Elevators - 079 can send an elevator up/down to disadvantage his enemies.
New recontainment system - There are five generators placed all around the HCZ. These will power up 079 each time they are turned on. However, if all are turned on, a mini-event will occur, where 079 begins to be "fried" out of the facility hardware, gaining a lot of power temporarily before dying. These generators require Weapon Manager Tablets to operate.
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Weapon System Changes
New weapon: USP
A new "tool" for those pesky Class D's!
We've added a USP gun, that can hold a couple more attachments than the previous pistol!
Beware though, only one will spawn and hold its true glory.
Weapon attachment changes
Get ready with those tablets, weapon attachments are now persistent.
What does this mean?, you may be thinking.
Any weapons dropped by fellow players will retain the attachments that player had set on them.
Fancy an E-11 with a scope, while wanting a Red Dot sight for CQC? Now you can! (Just be sure to pick, or modify the carefully 'obtained' second rifle!)
You now need to hold the weapon you wish to modify.
General improvements
We’ve also balanced the attachments, improved holo sight effects, and E-11 SR shaders.
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General changes
C.A.S.S.I.E. - announces more detailed information about SCP deaths, telling what killed it specifically (i.e. kill by a Tesla Gate, Warhead detonation, etc).
Major Scientist keycard can open checkpoints now!
Respawn system - has had a few tweaks and changes to improve the queue and way it decides who will spawn in each wave. Spectators chances to respawn increase with the awaiting time.
New Permission Manager - allows you to control and set in-game roles via RA. (Use with command PM)
Broadcast/bc command - allows you to send a message to all players through the Remote Admin!
Hiding UI - You can now hide the UI! Do so by pressing “P”.
Engine, Steam & Voice Chat Update - General updates to our systems have been made, and stability of the voice chat has been improved.
Bugfixes
Thanks to your feedbacks, here are the bugs that got fixed in this release:
-1HP/One shot bug on self-hosted servers fixed
Fall damage in 106 room when exiting the Pocket Dimention fixed
Playerlist was sometimes shown empty. Fixed
Fall damage when gliding against a surface fixed
Fall damage in elevators when jumping fixed
MicroHID locking the inventory fixed
Standing on a locker's door in the Entrance zone won't trigger the anti-cheat anymore
The janitor card can now be given through the Give Item command
If you notice a bug that wasn't reported, feel free to let us know on the Steam forum.
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Images of the update:
Bonus Content!
We are sure some of you may recognise the artist here, the one and only D for Delightful! He is most known for creating awesome SCP comics!
He will be providing us with a new comic for each part of the MegaPatch!
Be sure to check him out by clicking here
Hey! We're looking for new people to join our team, and we've opened applications for a few jobs. (Which are listed below)
To get more information about them, just press them and they will bring you to the official docs of the job position. Keep in mind though, not all job positions have a document yet.
This post will try to be updated, but the latest version will always be here.
The spooks have been contained and everything has been restored to normal! You can still experience the intense horror on the halloween beta branch for a few days, though.
Version Spook
Hey there, the facility has encountered a containment breach and it's now full of spooky SCPs! Watch your back, or you might get scared.
Changes:
Spooky changes to the appearances of some human classes
We've just published a small update that allows you to play in tournaments hosted through Twitch, with special broadcasting happening during TwitchCon! - https://www.twitch.tv/twitchdev
This update does not contain many new gameplay features, but we are still hard at work on the MEGAPATCH( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)™ - our biggest update to date! The MEGAPATCH( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)™ will feature a rework of the entire Surface Zone, the addition SCP-079, and many new gameplay mechanics. Take a look at these sneak peeks of the upcoming changes!
