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Verifying an SCP: Secret Laboratory server

Verify your SCP:SL server in the client panel so it can appear on the public server list in the game.

The public server list in SCP: Secret Laboratory shows only servers verified by Northwood, the game's developers. At Hostero, you verify your server in the client panel, without emailing Northwood.

Before you start

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

  • Read the verified server rules (opens in a new tab). Your server must follow them at all times, or Northwood may remove the verification.
  • Start the server and answer the first questions in the Konsola (Console) tab. For Do you accept the EULA? [yes/no] type yes, for Do you want to edit that configuration? [edit/keep] type keep, and for the question about saving the configuration [this/global] type this. Confirm each answer with Enter.

Verifying the server

  1. Open the SCP:SL settings

    In the client panel, open your server and in the Przegląd (Overview) tab, in the Dodatkowe opcje (Additional options) section, click Zweryfikuj serwer SCP:SL (Verify SCP:SL server).

  2. Confirm the rules

    Tick Potwierdzam, że serwer spełnia wymagania weryfikacji (I confirm the server meets the verification requirements). Until you do, the verification and visibility buttons are inactive.

  3. Verify the server

    Click Zweryfikuj serwer (Verify server). The panel shows “Serwer został pomyślnie zweryfikowany” (The server was verified) right away, and the Weryfikacja serwera section shows Serwer jest zweryfikowany (Server is verified).

  4. Set the visibility

    In the Widoczność serwera (Server visibility) section, click Publiczny (Public) so the server appears on the list in the game. Prywatny (Private) hides it from the list, and players then connect by IP address.

Email address and server registration

A verified server appears on the list only after you set an email address, a server name and a description and fill in Northwood's form. Until then, the console prints SERVER IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE LIST every few seconds.

  1. Open the configuration file

    In the Pliki (Files) tab, open the folder .config/SCP Secret Laboratory/config/<port>, where <port> is the server port from the Przegląd tab, and click config_gameplay.txt.

  2. Enter your email address, server name and description

    Change three lines in the file:

    • contact_email: replace default with your address, such as contact_email: steve@example.com. Northwood uses it to contact you about the server.
    • server_name: replace My Server Name with the name players will see on the list.
    • serverinfo_pastebin_id: enter the ID of a Pastebin (opens in a new tab) paste with your server's description, such as its rules and a Discord link. Players see this text after clicking the server on the list. The ID is the end of the paste's address: for https://pastebin.com/AbCd1234, enter AbCd1234.

    Click Zapisz plik (Save file).

  3. Restart the server

    The file is read when the server starts.

  4. Open Northwood's form

    After the start, the console prints [MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL SERVER] Please set up visibility settings: every few seconds, with a link to staff.scpslgame.com. Open the link in your browser. The link belongs to your server, so don't share it with anyone.

  5. Choose the visibility

    Select I want to make my server public so the server is on the list in the game. You can change this later with the same link, which appears after every server start.

  6. Fill in the form's four steps

    1. STEP 1: sign in with your Steam account using Sign in through Steam. This account is linked to the server. It must own SCP: Secret Laboratory and have launched the game at least once, or Northwood rejects the registration.
    2. STEP 2: enter your email address, click Send Code and enter the code sent to that address.
    3. STEP 3: confirm that you have the right to use the server's IP address and that it will be shown on the list.
    4. STEP 4: accept the community server guidelines, the privacy policy and the game's licence.

    Click Register Server.

Verification key

The verification key links your server to Northwood's verification. If it leaks, click Zresetuj klucz (Reset key) in the Ustawienia SCP:SL window.

Common problems

Northwood's form: “In order to verify ownership, please launch SCP:SL with the steam account you have logged in with”

Northwood checks that the Steam account from STEP 1 has played SCP: Secret Laboratory. Launch the game on that account, close it and click Register Server again.

The Zweryfikuj serwer button is inactive

Tick Potwierdzam, że serwer spełnia wymagania weryfikacji at the top of the window.

Console: “You are using the default server_name and/or default pastebin id”

config_gameplay.txt still has the default server_name or serverinfo_pastebin_id. Change both lines, save the file and restart the server.

The server isn't on the list in the game

Check that the visibility is set to Publiczny, that config_gameplay.txt has your address in contact_email and that the form from the console link is filled in. As long as the console prints SERVER IS NOT VISIBLE ON THE LIST, a step is missing. If it still isn't there, write to us through the contact form.