A new major update for SCP: 5K has been released! This is our final major update for 2023, emphasizing horror atmosphere in Area-12, and a rework of the starting area layouts to better facilitate mission objectives and game-play. We hope you enjoy!

CONTENT

• Some players may experience performance issues on the most recent NVIDIA game drivers. If this happens, try switching to a studio or older driver version.
  
• Some players may receive generic GPU crashes when entering the transport tunnels for the first time. We are looking into this.
  
• PVP matches may not always restart correctly. If all players leave, then this is fixed.
  

CONTENT

• Added new introductory area - Interrogation cells
  
• Added new D-Class character models, with an updated design
  
• Reworked SCP-1262, with 3 variants, improved animations, effects and behavior
  
  
• Reworked zombies
  *this system is being built for adapting to future enemies:
  
  • Better timed attacks, that are dodge-able and predictable
    
  • Hit reactions
    
  • Death animations for specific death scenarios
    
  • Improved performance with large amounts
    
  • More interesting and more varied animations
    
  
  
  
• Reworked the logistics hub area:
  
  • New objectives
    
  • New secrets
    
  • New areas
    
  • More interesting combat scenarios
    
  
  
  
• Added Pipe
  
• Added Tactical knife
  
• Added new AS-VAL and SR3M VIKHR
  
• Reworked Tavor X95
  
• Reworked M9 Beretta
  
• Updated SA58 model and textures
  
• Added jump animations to characters
  
• Updated Storage PVP map
  
• Added missing documents to Area-12
  

AUDIO

• Updated P90, M1014, LAMG and AS-VAL firing sounds
  
• Added occlusion to SCP-173-B sounds
  
• Updated 1911 Handling sounds
  
• Updated SA58 Handling sounds
  
• Added occlusion to some environmental sounds
  
• Added additional sounds
  

VISUALS

• Added new ballistics particle effects:
  
  • Better performance
    
  • Better indication of shot direction
    
  • Better visuals
    
  • More impact
    
  
  
• Added door kicking to double doors
  
• Added random gib selection to gore
  
• Added cosmetic animations to SCP-098
  
• Reworked a lot of weapon fire animations
  
• Improved Lens flare halo
  
• Updated Main menu Scene
  
• Added improved blood decals to human characters
  
• Reduced firing animation on some telescopic scopes to reduce flickering
  
• Added visuals for suppression
  
• Added Visibility optimizations to gore component
  
• Added additional effects to screen anomaly dead bodies
  

GAMEPLAY/UX

• Reworked HUD:
  
  • Individual elements can be customized for visibility, or be set to “visible when needed”
    
  • Reworked health visuals to be more on-theme and visually concise
    
  
  
• Added droppable item pickups:
  
  • Items on the ground will now swap with your current item
    
  • Characters drop their current item on death, with one magazine in the gun
    
  
  
  
• Made several improvements to SCP-173-B:
  
  • Optimized SCP-173-B mechanics with large amounts of characters
    
  • Movement jumps around corners less often
    
  • Uses a more complex targeting system that allows us better control over behavior
    
  • Now has “chances” that scale grace time based on the amount of players and how often you let it get behind you
    
  • No longer does the “Michael Jackson”
    
  
  
• Added shootable glass to some areas
  
• Added amounts to mission item displays
  
• Added kickstarter backers to the credits list
  
• Increased mossberg and m1014 damage
  
• Added hit animations to players and guards for better hit response
  
• Improved ragdoll for all characters
  
• Reworked hip-fire recoil to feel more impactful
  
• Added minimum days since last ban
  
• Improved resonator hearing range and decreased sight range
  
• Improved ADS sight alignment to have better sight picture while aiming on some weapons
  
• Made player “standing” requirements and kick messages clearer
  
• Improved some post processing with eye adaptation
  
• Disabled FMOD occlusion on dedicated servers
  
• Slightly increased soldier sight time and reduced FOV
  
• Added spectating support for ADS and other actions
  

FIXES

• Fixed issue with the killed by not showing up on death by another player
  
• Fixed ballistics over penetration due to overly generous speed tolerances
  
• Fixed picking up ammo even when the current item could not have ammo or was full
  
• Fixed a bug that broke controllers when trying to open the settings
  
• Fixed gamemode descriptions
  
• Fixed performance hitches when killing large amounts of enemies (i.e with grenades)
  
• Fixed resonators infinitely rotating
  
• Fixed crash in game instance updating session when there was no gamemode
  
• Fixed resupplying even when all items are full
  
• Fixed resonators eating too far from the body
  
• Fixed spectating not always working
  
• Fixed mission items picking up even when at maximum capacity
  
• Fixed resonators not looking in the correct direction at times
  
• Fixed issue with the chapters not loading in the correct order
  
• Fixed item pickups in cabinets having interaction
  
• Fixed issue of the ready UI not allowing input
  
• Fixed issues with command suggestions remaining visible on exit of chat
  
• Fixed bullets showing incorrectly using revolver algorithm for other weapons, causing bullets to disappear visually from a magazine incorrectly
  
• Fixed FMOD occlusion always updating even when sounds didn’t move
  
• Optimized impact and dismemberment particles
  
• Optimized bullet hit particles to cull more often and harder
  
• Optimized environmental particle effects
  
• Optimized bounds updates for character physics
  
• Fixed some strange angles in 1262 spitter animation
  
• Improved performance in canals by making water simulation run only when rendered, reducing tickrate and render depth
  
• Reorganized pak chunks to be better separated for patch downloads, at the cost of slightly more storage space
  
• Moved Suppression traces to be asynchronous to improve performance
  

We hope you thoroughly enjoy this update and thank you for your continued support!