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SCP: Secret Laboratory

12.0 "Mimicry" Patreon Beta Ongoing!
November has begun, we are now entering into the second month of the 12.0 "Mimicry" Patreon Beta!

The threshold to join the beta has been lowered to our Patreon's "Major Scientist" tier ($10 USD).

You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/HubertMoszka

Hope to see many of you there and we hope you enjoy!

~ Northwood Studios

SCP-939 Full Rework Presentation
Hello!!

This Patreon post will showcase some of our biggest additions to SCP:SL’s 12.0 ‘Mimicry’ update! We’ll be detailing SCP-939’s full rework, SCP-939’s new containment chamber, and The Operational Guide.

SCP-939’s Full Rework



SCP-939’s full rework aims to move the SCP towards an ‘ambush’ role. It has received a variety of new tools to allow it to better perform this role.

SCP-939 retains its ability to switch between walking and sprinting. This time, SCP-939 will have a stamina bar, similar to that of human classes, though more limited. SCP-939’s base movement (walking) speed is slightly slower than that of a human, though its footsteps are almost entirely silent. By pressing the Shift key, SCP-939 will begin to use stamina and move significantly faster than its base movement speed. SCP-939’s stamina bar allows it to sprint for bursts of approximately ten seconds, before having to wait a further ten seconds for the stamina bar to begin recharging. The lower SCP-939’s stamina bar is, the shorter its range of vision becomes — more on this below.

Claw



SCP-939’s basic attack has been changed into a low-damage Area of Effect (AoE) attack, similar to SCP-096’s attack, though with a more forgiving hitbox. The basic attack (‘Claw’) deals 30 damage, with 75% armour penetration. SCP-939’s Claw key can be held down, allowing a continuous attack, with each attack taking 0.6 seconds to complete.

To put this in perspective, below are statistics on the damage this attack deals to differently armoured targets.:



*Time to Kill describes how fast SCP-939 can kill a target in ideal conditions i.e. no healing items used, no buffs on the target, and no missed attacks from SCP-939.

Ultrasensitive



The current SCP-939 has a unique vision mechanic, using environmental sounds to determine surroundings. The rework keeps this mechanic, but improves it, making it more visually appealing. One of the biggest changes we’ve made is allowing SCP-939 to only see colour within a small range.

The area which SCP-939 can see normally represents SCP-939’s limited sight. In this zone, humans will appear as usual, and will vanish when they walk outside of this radius. Outside of this radius, SCP-939 can no longer ‘see’ humans. Instead, they are represented by the sounds they make. These are sounds such as walking, running, shooting, and using items. Sounds appear as red, expanding circles, emitting from the sound’s origin. Throwing items also produces sound, allowing human classes to distract SCP-939! Images don’t display this mechanic well, so please see the bottom of this post for a video demonstrations

Focus and Lunge



To make SCP-939 more of a ‘hunter’, and to honour the four-legged SCP-939 model, SCP-939 can now retract into an ‘alert’ position on all fours, to prepare a devastating attack.

By pressing the CTRL key, SCP-939 begins to activate Focus. Over the course of two seconds, SCP-939 lowers on all fours, its movement speed crawls to a halt, and its Field of View (FOV) drastically widens. Once SCP-939 is fully Focused, it will be able to see sounds from up to double its original distance, allowing the player to find players to hunt easier. More information on this is below.

Being in Focus also enables a new attack for SCP-939: ‘Lunge’. As the name implies, SCP-939 pounces towards their intended victim. The human hit by this attack will be killed instantly. In addition, humans near the impact radius will take some residual damage. SCP-939 will take a moment to recover from this attack, potentially leaving it vulnerable to attack by militant classes.

Amnestic Cloud



Amnestic Cloud is a new ability for SCP-939. SCP-939 can now project a cloud of near-invisible gas that affects the minds of its victims. Humans who walk into this cloud stop being able to perceive SCP-939’s presence, allowing it to set up ambushes and kill a group of humans without them ever noticing its presence.

This ability is not without drawbacks, however. If SCP-939 makes an attack, or is shot by a human, it will become visible for a brief moment. This gives human classes time to react and defend themselves.

Finally, the Amnestic Cloud inflicts the, currently unused, status effect ‘Amnesia’. This status effect was previously inflicted upon receiving a bite from SCP-939, but was removed in an earlier release. 12.0 sees its return! Amnesia stops human classes from being able to perform certain actions, such as reloading, and using healing items.

Please note that this ability is not implimented in the summary video at the bottom of this post!

With Many Voices



Our updated version of With Many Voices is our most ambitious ability yet. Previous versions of this ability allowed SCP-939 to communicate with its victims with no drawback. We appreciate the fun memories that have come from this version of the ability, but the old SCP-939 was uninspired, with it being our most ‘generic’ playable SCP. Whilst we have decided to move away from uninterrupted proximity voice chat, our team is open to adding a form of proximity voice chat to SCP-939, should the sub-abilities below feel incomplete. We’ll make our decision based on feedback from both this Patreon post, as well as from the upcoming Patreon beta.

By pressing the Tab key, SCP-939 opens a menu, similar to the inventories human classes have. Here, there are a few options each with their own cooldowns.

Firstly, it can set a Mimic Point. The Mimic Point acts as a set location for SCP-939 to project its prey’s voices for an indefinite period of time (more on this later). This allows SCP-939 to trick its prey, allowing it to ambush them more easily. Mimic Points are marked with an on-screen ping indicator, similar to SCP-079’s ping system. Mimic Points do not disappear with time, instead they are deleted once SCP-939 has moved more than 20 metres away from the point.

SCP-939 gains the ability to steal the voices of the prey it kills, uttering the last four seconds of speech made before death. This ability has a cooldown of ten seconds, and can be projected to Mimic Points. Please note that players have the opportunity to opt-out of this system. Anyone uncomfortable having their voice played by SCP-939 always has the option to disable the feature in settings. The system is voluntary, with information about it being displayed the first time a new user attempts to join a server.

SCP-939 can also activate Footstep Mimicry. Footstep Mimicry is the only type of mimicry that cannot be projected to a Mimic Point, as it replaces SCP-939’s footsteps with those of another class. This ability lasts for ten seconds, before starting a 20 second cooldown period.

Finally, SCP-939 can activate Playable SCP Mimicry. This allows it to mimic the sounds and footsteps of a currently alive SCP. This ability lasts for as long as the copied sound effect does, or, in the case of mimicking SCP footsteps, for a maximum of ten seconds. This ability has a separate 20 second cooldown, and can be projected to a Mimic Point.

SCP-939’s Containment Chamber



With a full SCP rework comes the need to redesign said SCP’s containment chamber. SCP-939’s old containment chamber was a barebones relic of the past. The room is designed using old assets, was far too simple for what it was supposed to be, and does not appear as, or function, as a ‘containment chamber’. Suffice to say, SCP-939’s old containment chamber is the perfect example of what we want to avoid when redoing our rooms.

In contrast, SCP-939’s new chamber aims to fix all of these issues. Here are some images to show the new containment chamber:






Video explanations are at the bottom of this post, with a more in-depth look at SCP-939’s new containment chamber. Please note: some props are still subject to change, and may be rearranged in the final build. We plan to keep SCP-939’s old containment chamber in the game (possibly pending some changes), as it provides a degree of variety to the rooms in the Heavy Containment Zone (HCZ).

The new containment chamber fixes the aforementioned issues with the previous one. SCP-939’s old containment chamber featured a pit with a maze of slopes. The, seemingly, only use for the previous containment chamber was to hide and camp, causing frustration for all. The new containment chamber features possible loot locations, with a set of lockers, as well as the possibility for medical items to spawn. The room is also relatively small, being built in a normal HCZ ‘corner room’. This eliminates many of the problems the previous version saw. It can still be used to hide in to some extent, but it is nowhere near as good of a spot to camp than its predecessor.

As for being a ‘proper’ containment chamber, SCP-939’s new room now features a research facility, attached to a Foundation ‘Containment Cryopod’ to house SCP-939 for study. We believe this makes the room more lore-appropriate, featuring better fitting containment methods the Foundation would use. The opinion of the room being more visually appealing is down to the individual, but we think everyone will find this room far more interesting.

A Video Showcase is attached below.



The Operational Guide



For too long, we’ve felt that the new player experience for SCP:SL was confusing. The game provides minimal direction about your goals and abilities. New players are introduced to a variety of weapons, anomalous items, and other game objects and mechanics they may not be fully understanding of. This is increased if they are not familiar with the SCP universe.

Whilst a full-scale tutorial would be unsustainable due to large changes the game sees between updates, we have elected to create an in-game information bank, known as The Operational Guide (OPG). Our goal is to improve first time user experience, whilst also providing interesting quality of life features for returning players. We plan to continue expanding this system with future updates. Adding new pages to the OPG is more realistic than updating a tutorial system every time an update is released. We won’t spoil all of The Operational Guide in this post, but the below images give a sneak peak of what’s to come:







Wait a second...




Each item page has the option to display the model in greater detail, allowing users to pan, zoom, and examine the model from any angle. We’ve also added a feature to each character page, to allow users to rotate the models. Military classes can be seen in different states, holding any weapon they usually spawn with.

We’ve also added some lore to every page of the OPG. We feel SCP:SL is at a point where we can start expanding on the narrative of the game. Perhaps you can piece together some interesting information about Site-02, or the Foundation? You’ll have to wait for the 12.0 Patreon beta to find out.

Without further ado, the video summary:



Thanks for staying with us <3
~Northwood Studios

SCP-049 Soft Rework
Hello everyone.

We’ve made the Patreon post regarding SCP-049's ‘soft rework’ public! The post showcases upcoming changes to SCP-049 and SCP-049-2 in the 12.0 ‘Mimicry’ update.

SCP-049 Soft Rework Presentation
In the upcoming 12.0 update, players can expect major changes to SCP-049 and SCP-049-2. Unlike the SCP-106 rework, these changes focus on improving abilities, whilst keeping a similar feel and style to the gameplay. The primary goal of this rework is to make SCP-049’s Basic Attack less powerful, all in an attempt to make him more interesting to play. We have a similar goal in mind for SCP-049-2.



Health and Basic Attack changes
Currently, SCP-049 has a total of 2000 HP, with a passive 20% resistance to low penetration weapons. His maximum Hume Shield varies, starting at 200 and slowly increasing to a maximum of 500 (at low HP). SCP-049 retains his current base movement speed.


SCP-049’s Basic Attack has undergone major changes. The main focus is to remove his “instant-kill” mechanic, as it is believed to be the source of many of the character’s current problems. SCP-049’s Basic Attack has been renamed to “Cardiac Attack”. Cardiac Attack does not do a lot of immediate damage, instead it inflicts his victims with the Cardiac Arrest status effect.. Victims inflicted with Cardiac Arrest suffer from blurred vision, tripled stamina consumption, and lose approximately 8HP/s. Cardiac Arrest lasts 20 seconds. Victims suffering from this effect are killed instantly if SCP-049 attacks them again.


Cardiac Arrest can be overcome with the help of specific medical items. Victims who consume a medkit and two painkillers, or two medkits, gain enough health to outlast the status effect. Injecting oneself with Adrenaline or using SCP-500 will cure the status effect.


Good Sense of The Doctor


The first of SCP-049’s new abilities, Good Sense of the Doctor provides SCP-049 with better chase potential. SCP-049 focuses on the closest on-screen target when this ability is activated. This grants him additional movement speed. A HUD element allows SCP-049 to track the distance between itself and its victim, demonstrated in the summary video below this post.
If SCP-049 or SCP-049-2 kills a victim while SCP-049 is tracking them, Good sense of The Doctor goes on cooldown for 40 seconds. Should a tracked victim die in any other way, use SCP-268, or survive for the ability’s duration, Good sense of The Doctor has a cooldown of 20 seconds.

Victims who are targeted and killed by SCP-049 become an instance of SCP-049-2 with 600 total health. These victims will also be revivable one point five times the normal amount of time.



The Doctor’s Call


This ability rewards SCP-049 and instances of SCP-049-2 for playing as a team. The Doctor’s Call makes SCP-049 visible to all instances of SCP-049-2. Any SCP-049-2 within a small radius of SCP-049 begins to generate Hume Shield at a rate of 10/sec (up to a cap of 100). The ability lasts for 20 seconds and has a cooldown of 60 seconds. The Hume Shield does not naturally decay or regenerate.



Waste Not Want Not


This builds on SCP-049’s ability to resurrect players. Waste Not Want Not allows SCP-049 to rebuild its horde by reviving instances of SCP-049-2 that have recently returned to the grave. An instance of SCP-049-2 that has been revived suffers a permanent debuff, losing 10% of their maximum health. Instances of SCP-049-2 may only be revived twice.


Players have the option to deny being revived consecutively by following the prompt, “Press F to deny further resurrection”.


Changes to SCP-049-2
Many of SCP-049-2’s animations have been adjusted in 12.0. An added ability, Voracity, is directly linked to a new animation. We’ve also drastically improved SCP-049-2’s Basic Attack, making it feel more consistent. The changed attack features improved hit regisration, as well as the attack cooldown indicators shown in our previous SCP-106 rework.


Voracity


SCP-049-2 can regain health by consuming the corpses of its victims. Upon activating Voracity, SCP-049-2 will devour a corpse over the course of seven seconds. In doing so, it regains 100 health. This ability can only be performed once per corpse and does not prevent SCP-049 from reviving a victim. SCP-049-2 is left vulnerable while using this ability, as it cannot be cancelled once activated.



Lobotomized Bloodlust


Instances of SCP-049-2 can now hunt players they spot. We hope this makes SCP-049-2 more threatening and increases the depth of it's gameplay.

Lobotomized Bloodlust increases SCP-049-2’s speed while observing a human target. When a target is present on a player’s screen, it steadily gains a speed boost. After a delay of five seconds, the speed boost rapidly decreases if there is no target in sight. This effect does not stack when observing multiple targets and is capped at a total movement speed of five point five metres per second.



Attached below is a video summary of the presented abilities.



That’s all for this time! Not quite sure which of two options we will be showing to you all next time, so we’ll elect to keep it a mystery for now.

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~Northwood Studios

12.0 Patreon Beta Coming Soon!

Hello everyone



On Saturday October 8th, at approximately 19:00 UTC, we will be releasing our Patreon beta for the 12.0 ‘Mimicry’ update! If you would like to join this closed beta, you can do so by subscribing to the ‘Zone Manager’ tier on our Patreon ($25 USD). ‘Zone Manager’ and above Patreon supporters will have exclusive access to the beta for at least two weeks. Further information will be given soon.


We hope to see many of you there! You can access our Patreon via the link below:

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SCP-106 Soft Rework

Hello everyone.

We’ve made the Patreon post regarding SCP-106's ‘soft rework’ public! The post showcases upcoming changes to SCP-106 in the 12.0 ‘Mimicry’ update.

Not included in the Patreon post are the changes being made to SCP-106’s Pocket Dimension. All items that have been dropped in the Pocket Dimension will have a chance of randomly respawning back in the Facility. The chances of the items respawning in the Facility are based on its rarity. For example, items such as Medkits have a smaller chance of respawning, compared to the Micro H.I.D. Further information will be revealed in the future.

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Introduction


SCP-106 has received large changes to most of its abilities. The playstyle is shifting to better compliment SCP:SL and, most importantly, to make it a more enjoyable character to play.

In 11.0, SCP-106 is the most inconsistent of its class for a variety of reasons. SCP-106 suffers from hitbox disparity. Until recent updates it had difficulty confirming kills, especially later in a round. This was due to the non-random nature of the pocket dimension. SCP-106 is also the only SCP that can be eliminated without taking any damage. Whilst prior patches have attempted to fix some of these issues, we’re now taking a more proactive approach to remedying some of these problems. Meanwhile, we’re focused making SCP-106 more intuitive and impactful.

Core changes, and Vigor
To start, one of the big changes made is that SCP-106 now has a resource meter, much like the human classes’ stamina mechanic. The Health and Hume Shield values shown here are accurate to our current round of internal testing. Our plan is to give SCP-106 250 Hume Shield and 2000 Health whilst also removing his bullet resistance; this makes him less impenetrable, which compliments his new abilities.


A new, spooky blue bar!

SCP-106 uses this resource, Vigor, to utilise his two new abilities — Stalk and Hunter’s Atlas.

Stalk
Stalk is a new movement mechanic added to SCP-106’s abilities. By default, Stalking is activated using the shift key, requiring at least 25% Vigor to sink into the floor. Whilst Stalking, SCP-106 is invulnerable and can move at an increased speed. Vigor is used to keep Stalking, draining at a rate of five Vigor per second. SCP-106 can choose to resurface at any time; playing an animation and sound effect (which is not included in the referenced videos). SCP-106 is also forcibly ejected from Stalking mode if its Vigor reaches zero.

Stalking is the only way for SCP-106 to regain Hume Shield, motivating players to ambush human targets, instead of the ‘bullet-shield’ gameplay currently favoured. The ‘ambush’ playstyle is counterbalanced by SCP-106 not being able to see all players. When SCP-106 attacks a player, he inflicts them with a ‘Traumatised’ status effect, which lasts four minutes. ‘Traumatised’ players can be seen whilst Stalking. Non-’Traumatised’ players can be seen by SCP-106 whilst it’s Stalking if they are injured. Players who have taken more damage can be seen from further away.



Hunter’s Atlas
The Hunter’s Atlas gives SCP-106 the ability to flank and retreat. This is a new ability, which also uses the Vigor resource. By pressing tab, SCP-106 can open a minimap, which shows rooms directly connected to his current location. This minimap expands as the Vigor bar fills, to a maximum of a five-room radius. Clicking on any room will drain the Vigor bar, with larger distances draining more Vigor, and SCP-106 will teleport to the chosen location, using the current portal-teleport animation.



Femur Breaker Removal

After careful consideration, the Femur Breaker will be removed in Version 12.0. This change has been made as the focus for this rework has been about removing inconsistency from SCP-106. Due to the Femur Breaker’s accessibility, many players dislike playing as SCP-106. In some games, it is activated early, and, in others, nobody attempts to make a sacrifice. It’s somewhat outside of the SCP-106 player’s control, as the SCP team can be unaware that the relevant keycard is in play.

There have been experiments with a system where multiple sacrifices are required to recontain SCP-106, with each sacrifice giving progressively powerful debuffs to SCP-106 However, this still retained the inconsistency and a lack of counterplay. The Femur Breaker may be added to a future version of the game after an extensive rework.

Entrance Zone Checkpoint Changes

Our Level Design team has taken interest in areas of the map that are considered ‘choke points’. These are places where a team can camp, forcing their enemies to bypass them if they want to go deeper in the Facility. The Entrance Zone Checkpoint has been identified as the biggest ‘choke point’. SCPs blocking the Entrance Checkpoint can deny Class-D and Scientists from escaping, whilst also hindering armed personnel from accessing the Facility. This is being addressed in two ways.


Firstly, the Entrance Zone layouts are being reworked to allow for two checkpoints. This prevents situations where more than three SCPs can co-ordinate to block human classes, forcing them to split their resources.

Secondly, the Checkpoint room has been reworked. This makes it more favourable for human classes. Some art renders are attached below. Nothing shown is the final product and is subject to change.





Here’s a brief video showcasing the changes. This video is taken from a build of the game where the room is a ‘grey-box’, meaning it has not been textured yet.


~Northwood Studios

079 Soft Rework
Hello everyone.

We’ve made our SCP-079 “soft rework” Patreon post available to everyone! It details the overhaul of SCP-079, which will be coming in the 12.0 “Mimicry” update.


By becoming a Patreon supporter of Northwood Studios, you can get access to more information and sneak peeks regarding upcoming updates. Access our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/HubertMoszka

Introduction


We have previously mentioned that Version 12.0 will include a full rewrite of our in-game roles system, which sees redesigns of both SCPs, and human-related mechanics. We’ve already shared our improvements to SCP-173 and, recently, there was a public stream showing the development process of the “soft rework” for SCP-079. Whilst there are a few more abilities to come, we’ve dedicated this post to showing our progress.

Our biggest problem with the current version of SCP-079 is that new players find it too frustrating to learn, whilst experienced players grow too powerful. This makes the game unfair to human roles pitted against experienced players, and doesn’t give enough options to fight back. SCP-079’s gameplay is very unique, therefore, it’s nearly impossible to remove these issues completely. We believe our redesigned version significantly improves this. Please note we have avoided providing specific values, as they’re subject to change during beta tests.

Core mechanics


Due to the nature of a soft rework, the core mechanics remain, mostly, unchanged. SCP-079 still controls cameras; they can be used to track targets, interact with objects, or activate abilities for the current room. We have, however, made positive changes to the camera movement system.

We’ve kept the mechanics of Auxiliary Power (AP) and Experience (EXP) relatively unchanged. We’ve removed EXP rewards for “general interactions”, such as opening a door, or firing a Tesla gate. Instead, we’ve implemented new ways of gaining experience. This includes separating your teammates from a human charging up the MicroHID, or from people actively shooting them. Another example is a small reward for closing or locking a door in front of a human who’s being chased by an SCP.

New interface


The soft rework features a brand-new user interface. Other than improved aesthetics, it now provides more information, which can be helpful to new players. For example, you’re now able to see the exact AP cost of different abilities, as well as why you can’t interact with something. Different abilities are listed in the top-right corner, instead of cluttering the screen with icons. The map has also received a touch-up; it displays all four zones at once, including a Surface Zone map.




Blackout & Lockdown


The current version of SCP-079 has the ability to lock down all doors and turn off all lights in a room. This has been split into two separate abilities — Blackout and Lockdown.

Blackout is unlocked at Tier 2, and the limit of simultaneously blacked-out rooms increases for Tier 3 and 4. It’s considered a cheap ability, currently costing 15 AP.

Lockdown is unlocked at Tier 3. It temporarily closes and locks all doors in the room. During this time, AP regeneration is paused (and reduced to half at Tier 4 and above). Only one room can be locked-down at a time. It has a high cost of 100 AP, but it’s still cheaper than manually locking all doors in a room for the duration.

Both abilities should work in every room. SCP-2176 (a.k.a. Ghostlight) can be used to inverse the effects of both Blackout and Lockdown. In addition, if it’s used in a room SCP-079 is currently occupying, it’ll temporarily prevent SCP-079 from performing any interaction, and reset AP levels to 0.

Door abilities


Opening and closing doors has not changed. Locking ability has received a nerf. Once a door unlocks after SCP-079 has locked it, there will be a small cooldown before it can be locked again. Continuous locking of a door will gradually increase AP consumption, meaning SCP-079 can’t hold it for too long, even on higher access tiers. The cooldown is also applied after the Lockdown ability, so the lock duration cannot be artificially increased.

Breach Scanner


At Tier 4, SCP-079 gains the ability to sweep the zone it's in for survivors. This is a toggleable passive ability which appears as a button on the map. Once activated, SCP-079’s power generation is cut by a third. As a result, the current zone is automatically scanned for surviving humans. When a human is found, a loud alarm plays in the room they are in and SCP-079 is given an alert. This ability is considered an anti-camping device. It only works on players who have been sitting in an area for an extended period of time. This feature has not been implemented yet, so we don’t have any footage to share.

Alpha Warhead Override


At Tier 5, SCP-079 can start the detonation sequence for the Alpha Warhead from the surface zone. If SCP-079 is the cause of the nuke detonation, it will not be terminated by it. This allows it to remain on the surface and assist. SCP-079 does not become immune to losing under any circumstance. If SCP-079 detonates the nuke and the SCP’s die on the surface, SCP-079 will be terminated with them. Similarly to the Breach Scanner, this ability has not been implemented yet.

Team ping


SCP-079 is a support class, so it can’t do much alone. Due to this, users with no microphone have always been at a disadvantage. We’ve decided to improve non-verbal communication in an attempt to mitigate this disadvantage. We have implemented a pinging system. SCP-079 is now able to place a location indicator, which will be visible to teammates within a limited range. The indicator has an icon which represents what object (or player) has been pinged.



Video summary


We’ve prepared 2 videos presenting some of the new mechanics. This is a simplified demonstration, as SCP-173 is the only other SCP that is currently implemented. Many items (such as Ghostlight or MicroHID) do not have third-person animations yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzlJ7tFpGsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOv919IC6hY

COM-18 Remodel


Lastly, we would like to share the remodelled COM-18. This will be included in the 12.0 update, so feel free to let us know what you think about it!




~Northwood Studios

State of the Game — We Need Your Feedback!

Version 11.2.1 includes balance improvements and bug fixes
Hello everyone. Version 11.2.1 of SCP: Secret Laboratory has just been released! It features a few minor improvements and bug fixes.

It may not be a big update but we still wanted to inform you of some of the changes made.

Changes



  • Improved how SCP-173 Tantrum collisions work.
  • Fixed SCP-173's Tantrum occasionally being placed midair.
  • Decreased SCP-173's maximum Hume Shield to 1200.
  • Decreased SCP-096's maximum Hume Shield to 800.
  • SCP-1853 increases the rate at which SCP-500, SCP-018, Painkillers, High-Explosive Grenades, Flashbang Grenades, Adrenaline, and Medkits are used by 20%. With each consecutive use, SCP-1853 will retain 50% efficacy — the initial use will have 20% increased speed, the second use 30%, the third 35% etc.
  • SCP-1853 increases stamina usage by 30%, instead of 50%.
  • SCP-244 will break through SCP Hume Shield and damage health.
  • SCP-244 will now no longer damage players with spawn protection.
  • Shotgun damage reduced to 8.33 per pellet.
  • Changed spread pattern to accurately reflect what a shotgun should behave like.
  • Replaced the sixth Facility Guard in the default respawn queue with a Class-D personnel.


Conclusion


We hope to be sharing more related to the next major update and its exciting new features. Thank you for your continued support.


Have fun, and see you in the dark.
~ Northwood Studios

Version 11.2 brings long-term stability tweaks and two new SCP items
Hello, everyone. Today we’re releasing version 11.2 of SCP: Secret Laboratory! This update introduces two new SCP items, and a plethora of minor additions, tweaks, and fixes.

SCP-1853, ”Performance Enhancer”


Thanks to the inventory rework introduced in Parabellum, it's now much faster to implement new items into the game. With this update, we're introducing another one: SCP-1853.

The Performance Enhancer is a glass vial of sludgy, green liquid. It can be found inside pedestals throughout the facility. When consumed, it heightens the user's physical abilities and reaction speed, especially in combat. This manifests in the form of an increased ability to handle weapons — including fire rate, reloading speed, and so on. It also boosts sprint speed, but at the cost of increased stamina consumption.

SCP-1853 interacts with other SCP items in different ways. Taking it with SCP-207 will poison the user, while SCP-500 will cancel its effects entirely. Taking it with more of itself will stack the effect but with diminishing returns.

The return of SCP-244, "Ice Fog Jar"


During 2021’s Christmas event, we demoed SCP-244; the Ice Fog Jar. From the get-go we planned to keep it as a permanent addition, but quickly found that it was performing below expectations. As a result, we held off on re-implementing the item to give it more time in the pipeline. Finally, we believe we're ready to bring the jar back into the facility.

As a refresher: SCP-244 is a re-usable environmental hazard that can be picked up and placed by human classes. When placed, it will spew icy fog from its mouth which will fill the area around it. Doors will block the fog from spreading to other rooms. In addition to impeding visibility, SCP-244's fog is also freezing cold. This will impart negative effects to any class that passes through it.

Some highlights of what we've changed from the Christmas version include:


  • Fog now spreads much faster and will reach full size more quickly.
  • Humans caught in the ice fog have increased penalties to weapon handling and take much longer to pick up items.
  • SCPs with a Hume Shield will start taking damage to the shield after spending at least 5 seconds inside the fog.
  • Most SCPs will be debuffed in various ways while inside the fog. For instance, SCP-049 takes longer to revive corpses and has an increased attack cooldown.
  • The fog serves as a line-of-sight blocker for the purposes of vision-based SCPs like SCP-096 and SCP-173.


We're hopeful that this version of SCP-244 will be significantly more powerful than its previous iteration, and that it'll affect rounds in a more meaningful way.

Win conditions revamp


One part of SCP: Secret Laboratory that has remained largely unchanged is the win conditions — how the game determined which team was the winner at the end of a round. In addition to being unclear, some reasons were silly. It wasn’t always obvious why a team was determined as a winner. As part of 11.2, we've completely overhauled these conditions.

Up until now, the win conditions have been as follows:

  1. If Foundation forces are the only remaining team: Foundation win if at least one scientist escaped. Otherwise, stalemate.
  2. Otherwise, if at least one Class-D escaped: Class-D win.
  3. Otherwise, if at least one SCP is alive: SCP win.
  4. Otherwise: Stalemate.


These aren't great for a few reasons, but the biggest problem is that it didn't account for how many of each civilian class escaped. It only accounted for if any civilians escaped. This meant that even if all scientists escaped and only one Class-D, the Class-D team would still win. This is, as long as the NTF weren't the last team standing. These conditions produced a lot of strange interactions.

Our new win conditions look like this:



We decided to focus on each team's individual performance instead of looking at certain values in a vacuum. At the end of a round, we compare the following values to determine how each team did:

  • CI/Class-D: Class-D escapes.
  • Foundation: Scientist escapes.
  • SCPs: Remaining SCPs.

Civilian escapes is the main influencer of which team is determined as the victor. For SCPs, we look at how many of them are still alive at the end of the round, as this is generally a good indicator of how successful they were in wiping out other teams.

Several other balance changes went into this revamp. For instance, disarmed civilians that escape no longer count as an escapee for any faction. They'll still respawn as a member of the opposing team but their escape won’t contribute towards win conditions. This allows civilians to be escorted out by hostile forces, but now you have a choice: save your own hide, or take the risk to try and bring your team closer to victory?

If the flowchart isn't clear, here's how the game determines the winning team now:

  1. If Foundation forces are the last remaining team: Foundation victory if escaped scientists outnumbers or equals escaped Class-D. Otherwise, stalemate.
  2. If the SCPs are the last remaining team, or the SCPs and the Chaos Insurgency are the last remaining teams: SCP victory if surviving SCPs outnumber both scientist and Class-D escapes; CI victory if Class-D escapes outnumber both surviving SCPs and scientist escapes. The CI breaks ties.
  3. If Chaos Insurgency forces are the last remaining team: CI victory if escaped Class-Ds outnumbers or equals escaped scientists. Otherwise, stalemate.
  4. Stalemate as a fallback in case no other conditions are met (i.e. all players dead.)


Going forward, we hope that this will result in more sensible victories for all three factions.

Patch notes


SCP: Secret Laboratory — Version 11.2

New:

  • Implemented SCP-1853, "Performance Enhancer".
  • Re-implemented SCP-244, "Ice Fog Jar".
  • The size, shape, and color of reflex sight reticles can now be customized at a workstation. Each attachment preset can have its own configuration, and weapons dropped by other players will retain their choice of reticle.
  • Implemented a new shotgun attachment that fires both rounds at once at the cost of lowering fire rate.
  • Implemented a 30-round AP magazine attachment for the Crossvec.
  • Reintroduced the 3-X Particle Disruptor from the Christmas 2021 event. You'll have to experiment to discover how to obtain this anomalous weapon.
  • Added idle animations and equip sounds to items that were missing them.
  • Added new audio for SCP-173's Tantrum ability.
  • Added new audio for equipping and throwing grenades.
  • Added new audio for the Revolver's inspect animation.

Changes:

  • Refurbished which team is determined as a winner at the end of the round. As a rule of thumb, it now depends on civilian escapes.
  • Added more pedestal spawn points for SCP items.
  • Pedestals feature a small lamp and a label corresponding with the designation of the SCP item they contain.
  • Throwing an item can be canceled by pressing the reload key. This works with grenades and other throwable objects, like SCP-018 and SCP-2176.
  • Mouse sensitivity while aiming down sights can be adjusted in the in-game settings menu.
  • Aiming down the sights can be done using a toggle. This can be enabled in the in-game settings menu.
  • It's possible to start a reload while aiming down sights with the Revolver and Shotgun. It was previously only possible on automatic weapons.
  • Players no longer collide with any of SCP-079's cameras.
  • Reworked all layouts of the Light Containment Zone.
  • The maximum view distance for the game to consider you as seeing SCP-173 is now doubled on the Surface Zone, to account for the reduced fog.

Balance:

  • The Alpha Warhead control room on the Surface Zone no longer requires a keycard to access.
  • The reset time of SCP-079's generators is the same as their activation time.
  • Reduced the total range of the Shotgun. (Important note: improvements were made to the Shotgun's hit registration that necessitated this — see the Fixes category.)
  • Slightly increased the damage of the Crossvec and nerfed its base armor penetration.
  • SCP-173's Tantrum can be destroyed by explosions.

Fixes:

  • Fixed an issue with the Shotgun's hit registration not properly accounting for latency. It should be much stronger than before.
  • Fixed the Logicer's ammo belt getting desynchronized with its actual ammo level.
  • Fixed an issue on high-ping servers where you could accidentally teamkill players that weren't visible on the screen.
  • Fixed a visual bug with the Epsilon-11 where muzzle attachments weren't positioned correctly on its hotkey thumbnail.
  • Fixed a long-standing issue where vsync would enable automatically when joining a game.
  • Fixed subtitles overlapping during multiple announcements.
  • Fixed the Alpha Warhead's fog being applied to players with godmode.
  • Fixed the test for the Marauder and Repressor being swapped in Remote Admin's class change submenu.
  • Fixed escaping from the Pocket Dimension into TC-01 allowing you to clip out of the map.
  • Fixed a visual glitch in SCP-939’s starting room.
  • Fixed the Settings tab in the main menu being unusable until switching away from and back to the menu.
  • Fixed the Bloom setting being forced on when joining a game.
  • Fixed being able to use the radio after dropping it from the inventory.
  • Fixed players becoming a target of SCP-096 when they shared a moving elevator with SCP-096 itself.


Conclusion


Although version 11.2 features plenty of content, it's mainly a maintenance update. We aim for this to be the final update in the Parabellum series; barring any hotfixes we need to release for outstanding balance or technical issues, of course. Work is already underway on the foundational work for our next content patch (as we explained in our latest devlog). We're excited to show you what comes next, when the time is right.

See you in the dark.

~ Northwood Studios

11.2 Update - Progress Report!
Hello everyone!
We've just released a new Devlog, presenting features for Version 11.2!

We'll also have a Q&A and presentation stream on out Twitch channel at 8PM UTC.

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~ Northwood Studios
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