Resolving crash issues

This is a generic guide with resolutions to resolve issues. Following the below instructions will fix a good amount of them, in the case that they dont, please scroll to the bottom of this guide and contact our technical support team.

Resolutions

General solutions

• Try Launching The Game As Administrator
  • open steam -> library -> right click SCP:SL -> manage -> browse local files -> right click SCPSL.exe and click "run as admin".
• Switch the game branch to another available, then back to the one you want (Gif below).
  
  
• Moving The Game To Another Drive.
• Perform a Clean reinstall Of SCP:SL.
• Run A Full Antivirus Scan, With Your Software Of Choice.
  • We recommend taking a look at our other doc here! 
• Restart Your PC Entirely.
• Forcing A Different Graphics API. Steps Below.
  1. Open Steam -> Library -> find "SCP: Secret Laboratory".
  2. Right click -> Properties -> General tab.
  3. Under "Launch Options" try adding -force-d3d12 or -force-d3d11 or -force-vulkan.
• Other Launch Options.
  1. Open Steam -> Library -> find "SCP: Secret Laboratory".
  2. Right click -> Properties -> General tab.
  3. Under "Launch Options" try adding -httpproxy.
  4. If that does not work, replace -httpproxy with -unitywebrequest.
  5. If that does not work, replace -unitywebrequest with -unitywebrequestdispatcher.
     
  6. If none work, please remove any of the above launch options!
     
• When Launching The Game In Steam Click "RESET ALL SETTINGS".
  
  1. If this does not show up: Open Steam -> Library -> find "SCP: Secret Laboratory" -> Properties -> General -> change "Selected Launch Option" to "Ask when starting game".
  2. Launch the game and click "Play SCP: Secret Laboratory and RESET ALL SETTINGS".
     
     
• Disable Fullscreen Optimization.
  1. Open Steam -> Library -> find "SCP: Secret Laboratory" -> right click -> Properties -> Manage -> "Browse local files".
  2. Right click SCPSL.exe -> Properties -> Compatibility -> toggle "Disable fullscreen optimization".
• Modifying Game Registry In Windows/Directly Modifying Game registry.txt File.
  • Check out our guide here!

Windows stuff

• Verify the integrity of your Windows installation to ensure that you are not missing any necessary files. 
• Ensure that you are not on Windows Insider Edition

Driver updates

• Take a look at our GPU driver update guide here!
  
• Take a look at our Intel driver update guide here!

VCRedist Repair/Install

• Take a look at our guide to reinstall VCRedist here!