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Updating an SCP: Secret Laboratory server

Update your SCP:SL server to the latest game version on the LocalAdmin or EXILED engine and switch it to a beta branch of the game.

After a game update, players with the new version may not be able to join your server until you update it. How you update depends on the server's engine. You can tell it in the Parametry startowe (Startup parameters) tab: LocalAdmin has an Automatyczne aktualizowanie (Automatic updating) switch there, and EXILED an Install Exiled? field.

The client panel is available in Polish only, so this article gives its labels in Polish with a translation the first time they appear.

Checking the version

On every start, the server prints a Game version: line with the version number in the Konsola (Console) tab, such as Game version: 14.2.9. Compare it with the version you see in the game's menu.

Server with LocalAdmin

The Automatyczne aktualizowanie switch in Startup parameters is on by default. The server then checks for updates on every start, so clicking Restart is enough. The console shows SteamCMD downloading files, or an already up to date line when there's no update.

If the switch is off, turn it on before restarting, or reinstall the server as with EXILED.

Server with EXILED

EXILED has no update switch. A reinstall updates the game and EXILED.

  1. Make a backup

    A reinstall keeps the server's files, but the panel warns that it may change some of them. Make a backup in the Kopie zapasowe (Backups) tab.

  2. Reinstall the server

    In the Przegląd (Overview) tab, click Zreinstaluj serwer (Reinstall server) and confirm with Tak, zreinstaluj (Yes, reinstall). The panel downloads the latest game version and, if the Install Exiled? field in Startup parameters is true, the latest EXILED too. The install ends with Installation Complete! in the console.

  3. Start the server

    Click Uruchom (Start) and check the game version and the Loading EXILED Version: line in the console.

The server configuration, bans, verification and uploaded plugins stay in place after a reinstall.

Plugins after an update

A big game update can break plugins built for an older version. After updating, look through the console: errors with a plugin's name in square brackets mean you need its new release. Installing plugins shows how to upload it.

Beta branch of the game

Northwood sometimes offers beta versions of the game on separate Steam branches. Northwood gives the branch name and any password when it announces the tests.

In Startup parameters, enter the name in the Wersja Branch (Branch version) field and the password, if there is one, in Hasło do Branch'a (Branch password). Then reinstall the server, because a branch installs only on a reinstall. To go back to the regular version, clear both fields and reinstall the server again.

Common problems

Players can't join after a game update

The server has an older game version than the players. On LocalAdmin, click Restart with Automatyczne aktualizowanie on, and on EXILED, reinstall the server. Then check the Game version: line in the console.

Plugin errors in the console after an update

The plugins don't support the new game version yet. Download their latest releases, and if the author hasn't released one yet, remove the plugin until there's a fix.