Introduction

After months of development, we are proud to announce that V0.2.1.7 is now available for all users. We all have put numerous hours into this update to ensure it brings some heavily requested content, fixes numerous bugs, and optimizes the game overall.

Major Features

SCP-049

A heavily requested SCP by many people in our community, SCP-049 (Plague Doctor) is now present in-game. SCP-049 will spawn at the start of the game, and can be encountered after exiting the starting room. However, SCP-049 will not immediately mark players as targets. Instead, it will only pursue players it deems infected. Infected criteria includes (but is not limited to): Picking up SCP-714, turning down LCZ checkpoint lockdown, etc. Once deemed infected, the player will be targeted until they die or escape. SCP-049 is slower than players, making it very easy to outmaneuver it. SCP-049 is able to use elevators, and can open any door in the facility with the help of SCP-079 (with the exception of containment doors and locked doors).

Pocket Dimension Expansion

We have expanded upon SCP-106's Pocket Dimension. The Pocket Dimension now includes multiple rooms from SCP: Containment Breach, including the throne room, coffin room, and everyone's favorite: the trenches. Check it out and see if you can escape successfully!

SCP-294

Another heavily requested SCP, SCP-294 (The Coffee Machine) is also present in game now. SCP-294 is a stationary SCP located in the Entrance Zone Cafeteria. SCP-294, in lore, can dispense any substance that can be in the liquid state of matter. SCP-294 in-game serves the same purpose, and over many updates we will be adding more drinks. It costs $0.50 (USD) per drink dispensed. This requirement can be fulfilled by two quarters (NEW ITEM), a swipe of a Mastercard, or a combination of both.

SCP-294 Configuration

For server owners: Server owners can enable and disable SCP-294 entirely. Server owners can also enable and disable multiple drinks by adding/removing certain drink flags (eg. disabling all drinks that cause the player to bleed). Drinks can also be disabled by name specifically.

SCP-294 Disclaimer

For the first release of SCP-294, the game will be recording what drinks are entered into SCP-294 and sent to the development team. The game will ONLY send the input, and whether it was dispensed, out of range, or disabled by the server owner. We will NOT be sending steam ids, usernames, or any identifiable information, and the log will only be shown to SCP:ET developers. We are doing this solely to see trends in SCP-294 inputs, specifically to see which drinks we should focus on adding varying effects to.

SCP-966

We have added SCP-966 (Sleep Killers). SCP-966s entities are invisible, slow enemies that deal minor damage on impact.

HDRP

Our team has spent a lot of time on the introduction of HDRP (short for High Definition Rendering Pipeline). HDRP is a work-in-progress lighting and graphics overhaul, that gives the game a complete different feel. HDRP is disabled by default, and can be enabled in the main menu settings page. Keep in mind that although HDRP will greatly enhance gameplay experience, it will put a strain on GPU usage for lower-end devices, and as such we recommend that only users with higher-end PCs enable this feature.

Saving & Loading

Saving & Loading is now possible on non-dedicated servers! Playing with friends, but you have to leave for a while? No worries! Simply save the game and come back to it later. Easy as that! Saving and loading is not possible on dedicated servers.

Intro Scene

Last but definitely not least on our major features list, we have added a more proper intro to the game. The intro involves a guard walking the player from their cell to the SCP-173 containment chamber. Players are invisible to each other during this scene, and upon the completion of the scene, players are sent to a waiting room for the remaining players to finish the intro. The intro can be skipped on relay and LAN hosted games.

Minor Features

• Added art shown in multiple rooms across the facility, art can be submitted by users and added/removed by devs without updating the game.
• Added scrolling credits to the home screen.
• SCP-106 Containment Chamber lights flicker after recontainment for a brief period of time, shield doors close during recontainment (the logo on the monitors also spin upon recontainment).
• Random Door Opening: Doors will open randomly at the start of the game to simulate doors left open during a breach. Chance of a door being open on spawn can be configured.
• Body Identification: Bodies can be interacted with to view the player's name and cause of death. Can be toggled in server config.
• Outdated box: Automatically determines if the game is outdated, and if so inform the player that their game needs to be updated.
• Added dead scientist & janitor bodies to the closet room that can be inspected.
• Added a death animation to the guard at the start of the game.
• Removed the unused large screen in the SCP-939 elevator hallway.
• Added a microphone icon at the bottom of screen that appears while the speak button is held down.
• Replaced the main menu music with new music. The old main menu music is now used in the credits.
• Class-D now spawn with an SCP-173 paper by default.
• Playerlist profile buttons no longer display for users with a visible global tag.
• Improved the appearance of the SCP-173 and SCP-106 containment monitors.
• Changed the lighting in SCP-173's containment box to be more realistic.
• Added battery support to items that need them.
• Added locked door to SCP-1123's containment chamber, to encourage players not to use it until it is rewritten.
• Added lots of missing HCZ and EZ rooms.

Command Changes

• Added "openalldoors" command to open every door on the map, with the exception of elevator doors, clean room doors, and locked checkpoints.
• Removed "play" and "stop" chat commands (these commands were related to video monitors, which have been removed from the game).
• Added "173" to the "contain" command, which will prevent 173 from spawning, close his door, and place a fake 173 in the chamber.
• Added "speed [n]" command to increase player's overall speed multiplier by n (1 = normal, 0.5 = half, 2 = double).

Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed some map generation collision issues
• Optimization
• Improved voice chat functionality
• Fixed a bug where a medkit on Fine in 914 would be destroyed, instead of turning into a Small Medkit.
• Fixed a bug where the screen would sometimes not go black when blinking.
• Fixed a bug where players could walk through the 914 doors when they were closed.
• Fixed elevators occasionally flipping players around 180 degrees upon teleport.
• Fixed 173 breaking through the testing room glass before the door was opened.

[ 2021-05-07 21:00:12 CET ] [ Original post ]