How to Add Bots to Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server

Bots (AI enemies and teammates) are useful for filling co-op modes such as Checkpoint or adjusting the difficulty. The bot settings are configured in the Game.ini file.

Configure bots

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open Game.ini
   The Game.ini file is located in the Insurgency/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/ directory. Open it.

4. Add the co-op settings
   Add the following section and adjust the values:

   [/Script/Insurgency.INSCoopMode]
   bUseVehicleInsertion=True
   MinimumEnemies=5
   MaximumEnemies=40
   bBots=True
   FriendlyBotQuota=8
   

   Setting	Default	Description
   bUseVehicleInsertion	True	Whether bots spawn in using vehicles
   MinimumEnemies	5	Minimum number of enemy bots
   MaximumEnemies	40	Maximum number of enemy bots
   bBots	True	Enables AI bots in co-op mode
   FriendlyBotQuota	8	Number of friendly bots in co-op modes

5. Add the versus settings (optional)
   For versus game modes, additionally add:

   [/Script/Insurgency.INSMultiplayerMode]
   bBots=True
   BotQuota=5
   

   Setting	Default	Description
   bBots	True	Enables bots for versus scenarios
   BotQuota	5	Fills each team with bots up to this value

6. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server.