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How to Set Additional Parameters on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server
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How to Set Additional Parameters on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server

Set additional launch parameters on an Insurgency: Sandstorm server

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Jun 23, 2026

The Additional Parameters field lets you pass extra options to the server on startup – for example to enable mods, set the map rotation or a server password.

  1. Open dashboard
    Open the dashboard of your server.

  2. Open settings
    Navigate to the Settings.

  3. Enter parameters
    Enter the desired parameters in the Additional Parameters field and save the setting.

  4. Restart the server
    Restart your server for the change to take effect.

Commonly used parameters

Parameter Description
-Mods Enables the mod system (mod.io) – see Add Mods
-ModDownloadTravelTo=<map>?Scenario=<scenario> Downloads the mods and then travels to the specified (modded) map
-Mutators=<Name1,Name2> Enables mutators (required by some mods)
-Mapcycle=<file> Uses the specified map rotation file (without file extension)
Written byEmeraldHost Team
Last updated on Jun 23, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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