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How to Configure Player Voting on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server
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How to Configure Player Voting on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server

Configure player voting on an Insurgency: Sandstorm server

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Jun 23, 2026

Player voting lets your server self-moderate: players can kick problematic players by vote – ideal if you don't want to use fixed admins.

  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. Enable voting
    Add the following section:

    [/Script/Insurgency.TeamInfo]
    bVotingEnabled=True
    TeamVoteIssues=/Script/Insurgency.VoteIssueKick
    
  5. Adjust vote kick (optional)
    For detailed settings, add the following section:

    [/Script/Insurgency.VoteIssueKick]
    MinimumPlayersRequired=3
    bRequiresMinimumToStart=True
    MinimumPlayerRatio=0.25
    VotePassRatio=0.75
    MinimumYesNoDifference=2
    VoteTimeout=90
    bCanTargetEnemies=false
    IdleVoteBanDuration=-1
    DefaultVoteBanDuration=120
    
    Setting Default Description
    MinimumPlayersRequired 3 Number of players needed to start a vote
    bRequiresMinimumToStart True Whether the minimum number is required before a vote begins
    MinimumPlayerRatio 0.25 Minimum team ratio required to start a vote
    VotePassRatio 0.75 Ratio of "yes" votes required for it to pass
    MinimumYesNoDifference 2 Lead of "yes" over "no" votes required to pass
    VoteTimeout 90 Time in seconds before a vote can be called again
    bCanTargetEnemies false Whether enemy players can be targeted by a vote
    IdleVoteBanDuration -1 Ban duration when voting against idle players. -1 = kick only
    DefaultVoteBanDuration 120 Ban duration in seconds
  6. Start the server
    Save the file and start your server.

Written byEmeraldHost Team
Last updated on Jun 23, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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