Update 0.17.1 is now available to download and play!

Update 0.17.1 introduces a multitude of highly requested features and adjustments, including but not limited to:

• Semi-randomization of the Chambers in the Discover Program (so the order changes each time it is played)

• Revival mechanics to give players a second chance if things go south

• A new "Focused Testing" mode that allows players to replay individual Chamber maps after they have been completed at least once

• 3 new Chambers

• Improved dedicated server functionality: vote kicking and more moderation tools

In addition, 0.17.1 introduces the first steps towards official mod support in the form of a mod loader:

There's still a lot more to come on the modding front (such as a proper mod browser and official SDK/modding tools), however this is a crucial first step towards ensuring SCP: 5K has a robust and user friendly modding platform.

Last but not least, SCP: 5K is currently 25% off until November 3rd for Steam's Scream Sale event!

You can also grab the Omni Edition Upgrade for 30% off right now and gain access to 3 DLC Campaign missions (to be developed and released after the base game is completed), exclusive Omni Edition cosmetics for your character and weapons, and an exclusive in-game supporter badge for your nametag.

You can find the full in-depth patch notes below:

0.17.1 PATCH NOTES

NOTABLE KNOWN ISSUES

• Laser attachments can sometimes be offset in first person

• Client players may not see damage indicators when receiving damage

• Players can sometimes keep their weapons when going from Antarctica to other levels

• Entering the elevator too quickly after using the /setnextchamber command can cause crashing

• Replication can sometimes become desynced between client and server

• Players might not see unlocked cosmetics when joining a dedicated server

• Elevator may appear to loop visually when player arrives in the Clockwork room

CONTENT

• Added semi-random Chamber order that changes every time the Discover Program is played

• Added revival to the Discover Program:

  • Players can contribute credits towards the purchase of revival tokens

  • On team wipe, these tokens are automatically redeemed to “revive” one player per token

  • “Revived” players receive a standard loadout for that chamber

  • Updated Waiting Room layout to accommodate new revive kiosk

• Added “Focused Testing” mode for the Discover Program:

  • Once a chamber has been completed, it can be selected from the main menu to be played individually at any time

• Added three new Chambers to the Discover Program

• Added new challenges to the Discover Program

• Added 19 new Steam achievements to the Discover Program, and removed 2 old achievements that were no longer unlockable

• Added the Lee Enfield (SMLE)

• Added 8 new melee weapons:

  • Hammer 

  • Screwdriver 

  • Meat Cleaver 

  • Baton 

  • Pencil

  • Stronglite Flashlight

  • Monkey Wrench 

  • Frying Pan

• Added mod support:

  • Modded Items/Weapons

  • Modded Maps

  • Modded Enemies

  • Modded Cosmetics

  • Server checksum for ensuring the server and client have the correct mods

  • Added icon to server browser for servers using mods

  • Added text in-game and in the main menu to indicate when mods are running

  • Please note: This is a mod loader, but does not include a mod browser or official SDK. These will come in the future, but in the meantime be sure to check out the community SCP: 5K Modding Hub Discord, modding site, and unofficial SDK.

• Added SCP-098 "Bomber Crab" variant

GAMEPLAY

• Vending machines are now interactable and spawn a can that can recover health by holding the reload key

• Testing Chambers: Getting a “fail” with SCP-914 with the dial set to Very Fine will no longer spawn a faulty output (Bepis, rock, etc.). It will instead output the same gun you inputted, but with maximum attachments

• Testing Chambers: Revamped Manor difficulty by adjusting layout and spawns

• Testing Chambers: Replaced M24 with SMLE as a starting sniper weapon

• Testing Chambers: Added several different melee weapons in the Testing Chambers

• Testing Chambers: Added additional copies of starting weapons in the waiting room

• Testing Chambers: Tutorial TV can now be fast forwarded

• Testing Chambers: M24’s rank adjusted upwards and added SMLE as the tier 1 weapon for Snipers in SCP-914

• Testing Chambers: Treehouse difficulty reduced

• Testing Chambers: Added some roof spawns and roof entry points for SCP-098 ‘Surgeon Crab’ in Bunker

• Testing Chambers: Added some fences to the middle platform in Chem Plant to improve player/enemy flow

• Testing Chambers: Target Challenge, High Kills, and Arms Control have slightly increased requirements

• Testing Chambers: Bullets Per Type, Melee Hits, and TakePlayerDamage requirements are reduced to be easier

• SCP-098: Reduced child speed and damage

• SCP-098: Strapped a bomb on some crabs. They aren't happy with this, and run around erratically

• SCP-1114: Smoothed out their aim

• SCP-3199: Will hide less in testing chambers

• Improved AI Responsiveness:

  • AI can no longer hear footsteps on the other side of the map

  • AI no longer ignore lights when first spotting players

  • AI no longer ignore players when first seen if they have not otherwise sensed the player previously

  • AI no longer lose the ability to investigate if they try to investigate a position they can't reach

  • AI will now investigate the location they are shot from instead of the location they are shot (aka themselves)

  • Guards will now run for cover if shot by a target they can't see

  • Guards will now leave cover they can't attack from to move to new cover that they can

  • Guards will no longer stop attacking when they can't move

  • Guards will more reliably move to attack players in Outpost Axiom

• PVP: Improved player spawning algorithm

• Updated translations

• Improved SCP-1262 Spitter:

  • Replaced 1262 spitter shoot animation to have more obvious wind up

  • Disabled headshot/limb damage on 1262 javelins

  • Fixed 1262 javelin particle effects not working correctly

• Reduced MP5SD fire rate

VISUALS

• Added new pieces to and re-worked existing Shoothouse Assets used in the chambers to be more performant and look better.

• Testing Chambers: Removed spiral from stage bubble in ‘Theater’, allows another path for players to move through and prevent AI getting stuck.

• Testing Chambers: Updated 914 art with wheel lock and screen to better convey how 914 works

• Testing Chambers: reworked 914 animations to be more ‘clockwork’ like

• Testing Chambers: reworked testing chamber screens

  • Revised chamber screen layouts

  • Added counter for total number of credits each player can earn in the current chamber.

  • Added counter for the number of completed challenges out of the total active challenges in the chamber.

  • Fixed timer for next wave not showing up on clients.

• Testing Range: Adjusted weapon positions to be easier to interact with

• Outpost Axiom PVP: Added sheet metal over several doors players cannot access due to the PVP gamemode to reinforce that its not a navigable path

• Updated the M67 grenade animations

• Added new reveal animations for Infector and SCP-098

• Added falling/landing animations for SCP-3199, SCP-610 and Resonator

• Unavailable dial settings on SCP-914 (when inputting a melee weapon, LMG, or anomalous weapon) will now be dimmed for added clarity that these settings cannot be selected.

• Reworked player crouching animation to reduce clipping when crawling through tight spaces

  • Fixed the player being able to see through the top of vents

• Improved one handed melee weapon IK behavior

• Added random meshes to fire zombies

AUDIO

• Improved overall audio performance

• Improved impulse response reverb variety

• Added sounds for electrified objects

• Added music to Classic Wave Survival

• Fixed various audio propagation issues

UI

• Reworked in-game credits

• Testing Chambers: Buddies field has been added to the Leaderboards

• Testing Chambers: Score is now displayed on the HUD

• Added vote kick section to the in-game menu

• Added window unfocus audio modifier and FPS limiting settings

SERVERS

• Added console support to linux dedicated server

• Added team based vote kicking

• Added RCON (source Remote CONsole protocol) support for dedicated servers

  • use the command line argument -rcon=YOURPASSWORD to enable rcon and set the password, or set the value in DefaultGame.ini

  • use the command line argument -rconport=PORT to set the rcon port 

  • I guess you could technically use this on a client, but why would you do that?

  • RCON cannot be enabled without a password. Please use a secure password.

• Added two new console commands:

  • ListPlayers prints to the Unreal console the name and player ID of each player currently in the game.

  • ListGameStatus prints to the Unreal console the current map name, the current game status, and the player count.

FIXES & OPTIMIZATIONS

• Improved Zombie/Dead Body performance

  • Fixed zombies becoming frozen in weird poses if they died outside of the player's view

  • Added automatic body cleanup for zombies, SCP-3199 and SCP-098

  • Added interface for managed bodies to query if bodies are ready for cleanup

  • Added networking tear off for zombies (which marks their bodies as ready for cleanup and improves network performance)

  • Reduced zombie ragdoll freeze time to 15s from 20s

  • Improved resonator ragdoll

  • Optimized zombie movement to use simplified navigation and movement at a distance

  • Optimized gore component gibs

• Reworked Reloading code:

  • Moved Reload code to c++

  • Added round-in-chamber to magazine reloading

  • Fixed bugs where player would receive empty magazines in their inventory

  • Improved server shot rejection to replay shots after network hitches

  • Fixed bolt/pump action not being visible in third person

  • Enabled stable sprint during single action

• Improved Ballistics Simulation:

  • Moved ballistics simulation to using RK4 integration for more accurate simulation of higher drag coefficients

  • Fixed ballistics gravity being 100x too small

  • Fixed ballistics hitting the same character mesh multiple times, causing bullets to underpenetrate characters

• Testing Chambers: Significantly improved performance

  • Added loading and unloading of chambers on demand

  • Added loading of chambers that are not included in the Testing Chambers Map

• Fixed customize command not working on clients

• Added cosmetic support to customize command

• Fixed player logout being treated as death

  • This also fixes a bug where players would lose credits when a player leaves in Discover Program

• Fixed navigation not updating on dedicated servers (this was the longest running high priority bug in the game!)

• Made gore component gore meshes have cull distance and receive freeze from zombies

• Area 12: fixed collision on reception area columns, reception area planters and logistics tunnels.

• Area 12: fixed an issue with a decal displaying on the common room reception desk causing a weird white line.

• Area 12: fixed some minor visual issues in Introcells

• Area 12: Fixed some exploits in the Loading Area of Part 1

• Area 12: Fixed several objects that were missing player collision throughout Area-12

• Area 12: Fixed exploit where players could move past large plant vines in Part 3

• Area 12: Fixed several enemies that were spawning inside, below, or behind walls they were not intended to

• Area 12: Fixed several assets that disappeared in Part 2 while still in view

• Area 12: Fixed some lights that were bleeding through in walls in Part 2

• Area 12: Closed elevators in Pt2 and stopped player from interacting with them

• Area 12: Fixed issue where players could get stuck during the Panopticon segment

• Testing Chambers: Fixed softlock where players fail to teleport to the next chamber as a result of the chamber not being loaded yet when all players enter the elevator.

• Testing Chambers: Fixed some trees in Manor that were floating

• Testing Chambers: Fixed missing wall meshes in 2nd floor Manor

• Testing Chambers: Fixed some collision issues in ‘Rabbit Run’ rocks that allowed a player to clip through

• Testing Chambers: Fixed Z fighting in waiting room stairs

• Testing Chambers: General exploit fixes in several chambers

• Testing Chambers: Fixed several challenges that were missing the credit icon

• Testing Chambers: Fixed several Ammo/Health spawns that were erroneously placed under objects or the floor

• Testing Chambers: Adjusted player objective to not look like a duplicate of the elevator objective in Chemplant

• Testing Chambers: Fixed elevator being slightly misplaced, allowing players to get stuck on the elevator trap door mesh when exiting the chamber

• Testing Chambers: Minor fixes to several locations in Nursery where players could get stuck

• Testing Chambers: Fixed some testing screens being partially obscured in Bunker

• Testing Chambers: Fixed some misplaced meshes in Nursery

• Testing Chambers: Fixed several objects that were erroneously duplicated throughout Testing Chambers

• Testing Chambers: Fixed Mannequins that sometimes could spawn in incorrect places in Bunker

• Testing Chambers: Fixed several delay spawns in Bunker that were not working correctly inside the bunker

• Testing Chambers: Fixed players getting spawned partially inside the ground in campground

• Antarctica: Fixed a noticeable gap in terrain

• Antarctica: Fixed players getting stuck on ladder in the Workshop area of Antarctica

• Antarctica: Fixed several locations where enemies got stuck during the final climax fight 

• Testing Range: Adjusted weapon positions to not clip visually with wood struts

• Outpost Axiom: Fixed several floating foliage assets

• Classic Wave Survival: Adjusted several doors to not be breakable, fixing an issue where doors could become permanently shut

• Fixed texture issues in UIU Fps arms

• Fixed Resonators hearing all sounds from 300m away

• Fixed left hand IK issue with Tire Iron

• Players can no longer vault over other players

• Fixed crash on dedicated server where the world does not exist yet when the console window attempts to call DumpConsoleHelp.

• Fixed crash where TextureRHI becomes invalid while attempting to update gore textures.

• Fixed console host not replicating to client

• Fixed say command not working on dedicated server

• Fixed brief intense blur when checking watch or aiming out from an optic

• Optimized shutter door animation tick

• Fixed crash when loading bloodhound after picking up a weapon from the ground

• Fixed character cosmetic changing on dead bodies

• Fixed AI not navigating to objectives in Outpost Axiom (Thanks PK)

• Fixed SCP-7528 not leaving a screen when shot

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