Using the config_gameplay.txt file you can enable damage between teammates (friendly fire) and configure the automatic teamkill detector.
Configure friendly fire
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Find out the Game Port
Open the dashboard of your server and note the Game Port shown under Overview. -
Stop the server
Stop your server via the dashboard. -
Connect via SFTP
Connect to your server via SFTP. -
Open the configuration file
Open the following file – replace<Port>with your Game Port:/.config/SCP Secret Laboratory/config/<Port>/config_gameplay.txt -
Adjust the values
Pick one of the recipes below and apply its values. Edit existing entries directly in the file; if a key is missing, add it as a new line in the formatkey: value. -
Start the server
Save the file and start your server via the dashboard.
Basic settings
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
friendly_fire |
false |
Enables or disables damage between teammates |
friendly_fire_multiplier |
0.4 |
Multiplier for damage dealt to teammates (0.4 = 40% of normal damage) |
The teamkill detector
The detector tracks teamkills and team damage and punishes players automatically as soon as either threshold is reached – it counts kills or damage. There are five variants, each with its own time frame:
| Variant | Key prefix | Enabled by default | Time frame |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round | ff_detector_round_ |
No | the entire round |
| Life | ff_detector_life_ |
No | one life (until the next respawn) |
| Window | ff_detector_window_ |
No | rolling window of 180 seconds (ff_detector_window_seconds) |
| Spawn | ff_detector_spawn_ |
Yes | 120 seconds after spawning (ff_detector_spawn_window_seconds) |
| Explosion after disconnecting | ff_detector_explosion_after_disconnecting_ |
Yes | triggers when a player's explosion (e.g. a thrown grenade) hits teammates after the player has left the server |
Each variant is configured with the same suffixes (the explosion variant has no _kills and _damage thresholds):
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
_enabled |
Turns the variant on or off |
_kills |
Number of teamkills that triggers the action (0 disables this threshold) |
_damage |
Amount of team damage that triggers the action (0 disables this threshold) |
_action |
Action to perform: kill, kick, ban or noop |
_ban_time |
Ban duration when the action is ban (e.g. 24h) |
Default values
| Variant | _enabled |
_kills |
_damage |
_action |
_ban_time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
round |
false |
6 |
500 |
ban |
24h |
life |
false |
4 |
300 |
ban |
24h |
window |
false |
3 |
250 |
ban |
16h |
spawn |
true |
2 |
180 |
ban |
48h |
explosion_after_disconnecting |
true |
– | – | ban |
48h |
Actions
| Value | Effect |
|---|---|
kill |
The player is killed |
kick |
The player is kicked from the server |
ban |
The player is banned for the duration set in _ban_time |
noop |
No action – useful if you only want incidents to be logged |
Recipes
Friendly fire with default detector
Enables friendly fire at 40% damage and keeps the detector at its default values:
friendly_fire: true
friendly_fire_multiplier: 0.4
With this, the spawn detector (48-hour ban at 2 teamkills or 180 team damage shortly after spawning) and the explosion detector (48-hour ban) are armed immediately. For a public server this is reasonable protection – just be aware that the server will ban players without your involvement.
Friendly fire without detector
Enables friendly fire and cleanly disables all five detector variants – for example for private servers or events where team damage is intended:
friendly_fire: true
ff_detector_round_enabled: false
ff_detector_life_enabled: false
ff_detector_window_enabled: false
ff_detector_spawn_enabled: false
ff_detector_explosion_after_disconnecting_enabled: false
The variants round, life and window already default to false – set all five explicitly anyway, so the state is clearly documented in your configuration.
Detector on kick instead of ban
Keeps the protection against teamkillers but replaces all automatic bans with a kick:
friendly_fire: true
ff_detector_round_action: kick
ff_detector_life_action: kick
ff_detector_window_action: kick
ff_detector_spawn_action: kick
ff_detector_explosion_after_disconnecting_action: kick