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How to Change the Game Mode Settings on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server
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How to Change the Game Mode Settings on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server

Change the game mode settings on an Insurgency: Sandstorm server

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Jun 23, 2026

Each game mode in Insurgency: Sandstorm has its own settings – for example round count, round duration, wave size or supply points. These are configured in Game.ini.

  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 section and settings
    Add the appropriate section (header in square brackets) and list the desired settings below it – each on its own line.

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

General settings

These values apply across all modes.

[/Script/Insurgency.INSGameMode]

Setting Default Description
ObjectiveCaptureTime varies How long it takes to capture a territorial objective
ObjectiveResetTime -1 How long progress decays with no one on the point (-1 disables)
ObjectiveSpeedup 0.25 Additional capture speed-up per player on the point
ObjectiveMaxSpeedupPlayers 4 Maximum players taken into account for the speed-up

[/Script/Insurgency.INSMultiplayerMode]

Setting Default Description
MinimumPlayers 1 Minimum players per team to start the game
RoundLimit varies Maximum number of rounds
WinLimit varies Rounds required for victory
GameTimeLimit -1 Maximum game duration (-1 disables)
PreRoundTime 10 "Freeze time" at the start of a round
RoundTime varies Round duration
OverTime 60 Extension when an objective is contested at round end
bAllowPlayerTeamSelect True Allows players to switch teams
bBots False Enables bots in versus modes
BotQuota varies Number of bots per team
InitialSupply 15 Starting supply points
MaximumSupply 15 Maximum earnable supply points

Mode-specific sections

Each game mode has its own section with additional settings:

Game mode Section header
Push [/Script/Insurgency.INSPushGameMode]
Frontline [/Script/Insurgency.INSFrontlineGameMode]
Skirmish [/Script/Insurgency.INSSkirmishGameMode]
Survival [/Script/Insurgency.INSSurvivalGameMode]
Outpost [/Script/Insurgency.INSOutpostGameMode]
Checkpoint (co-op) [/Script/Insurgency.INSCheckpointGameMode]
Co-op general [/Script/Insurgency.INSCoopMode]
Defusal [/Script/Insurgency.INSDefuseGameMode]
Written byEmeraldHost Team
Last updated on Jun 23, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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