SCP:SL Config Builder

Build your config_gameplay.txt visually. Adjust every major setting below, then copy the output file — save it to AppData/Roaming/SCP Secret Laboratory/config/<port>/config_gameplay.txt (Windows) or .config/SCP Secret Laboratory/config/<port>/ (Linux).

Server Info

Server Name server_name

Server IP server_ip

Max Players max_players 20

Official servers allow up to 40. Typical community servers use 20.

Server Info Pastebin ID serverinfo_pastebin_id

Pastebin ID shown when players click your server's info button.

Contact Email contact_email

Gameplay

Round Restart Time auto_round_restart_time 10 s

Waiting for Players Time lobby_waiting_time 35 s

Intercom Cooldown intercom_cooldown 120 s

Intercom Max Speech intercom_max_speech_time 20 s

Disable Decontamination disable_decontamination

End Round with 1 Player end_round_on_one_player

Allow Tutorial Role allow_playing_as_tutorial

SCP Settings

Disabled SCPs (uncheck to remove from the game)

SCP-049 SCP-079 SCP-096 SCP-106 SCP-173 SCP-3114 SCP-939

Unchecked SCPs are added to disabled_scps.

SCP Pocket Dimension Exit Count pd_exit_count

Number of exits in SCP-106's Pocket Dimension.

SCP-096 Destroys Locked Doors 096_destroy_locked_doors

Alpha Warhead

Detonation Countdown warhead_tminus_start_duration 90 s

Auto-Warhead Start auto_warhead_start_minutes Disabled

0 = disabled. Set to automatically trigger the warhead after this many minutes.

Lock Gates on Countdown lock_gates_on_countdown

Open Doors on Countdown open_doors_on_countdown

Spawn & Respawn

Min MTF Respawn Time minimum_MTF_time_to_spawn 280 s

Max MTF Respawn Time maximum_MTF_time_to_spawn 350 s

Max MTF Wave Size maximum_MTF_respawn_amount 15

Max CI Wave Size maximum_CI_respawn_amount 15

Cuffed Escapees Switch Teams cuffed_escapee_change_team

Keep Items After Escaping keep_items_after_escaping

Friendly Fire

Enable Friendly Fire friendly_fire

Auto-Ban Teamkillers (per round) ff_detector_round_enabled

Security & Access

Enable Whitelist enable_whitelist

IP Banning ip_banning

Online Mode online_mode — disable only for LAN/offline testing

Enable Query Protocol enable_query — enables RemoteAdmin over TCP

Restart After N Rounds restart_after_rounds Disabled

0 = disabled. Auto-restart the server after this many rounds to reduce memory leaks.

Generated config_gameplay.txt

# SCP: Secret Laboratory — config_gameplay.txt
# Generated by DustBowl.Games Tools
# Save to: AppData/Roaming/SCP Secret Laboratory/config/<port>/config_gameplay.txt

# ── Server Info ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
server_name: My SCP:SL Server
server_ip: 0.0.0.0
max_players: 20
serverinfo_pastebin_id: 7wV681fT

# ── Gameplay ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
auto_round_restart_time: 10
lobby_waiting_time: 35
intercom_cooldown: 120
intercom_max_speech_time: 20
disable_decontamination: false
end_round_on_one_player: false
allow_playing_as_tutorial: true

# ── SCP Settings ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
# disabled_scps: (none — all SCPs are enabled)
pd_exit_count: 2
096_destroy_locked_doors: true

# ── Alpha Warhead ────────────────────────────────────────────────
warhead_tminus_start_duration: 90
auto_warhead_start_minutes: 0
lock_gates_on_countdown: true
open_doors_on_countdown: true

# ── Spawn & Respawn ──────────────────────────────────────────────
minimum_MTF_time_to_spawn: 280
maximum_MTF_time_to_spawn: 350
maximum_MTF_respawn_amount: 15
maximum_CI_respawn_amount: 15
cuffed_escapee_change_team: true
keep_items_after_escaping: true

# ── Friendly Fire ────────────────────────────────────────────────
friendly_fire: false
ff_detector_round_enabled: false

# ── Security & Access ────────────────────────────────────────────
enable_whitelist: false
ip_banning: true
online_mode: true
enable_query: false
restart_after_rounds: 0

How to apply: Save the output as config_gameplay.txt inside your server's config folder, then restart the server. On Linux: ~/.config/SCP Secret Laboratory/config/<port>/. On Windows: %AppData%\SCP Secret Laboratory\config\<port>\.