How to Adjust the Team Kill Settings on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server

The team kill settings determine how strictly killing teammates is punished. Low penalties allow riskier playstyles, while stricter rules discourage intentional team killing.

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 settings
   Add the following section and adjust the desired values:

   [/Script/Insurgency.INSGameMode]
   TeamKillLimit=3
   TeamKillGrace=0.2
   TeamKillReduceTime=90
   

   Setting	Default	Description
   TeamKillLimit	3	Number of team kills before a player is kicked
   TeamKillGrace	0.2	"Grace timer" in seconds between team kills – additional kills don't count during this time
   TeamKillReduceTime	90	Time in seconds after which a player's team kill count is reduced by 1

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