Insurgency: Sandstorm
Insurgency: Sandstorm
20 ArticlesHow to Add a GSLT Key to your Insurgency Sandstorm Server
This guide explains how to set a GSLT key on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server. A Game Server Login Token (GSLT) is used to authenticate your server with Steam services and helps ensure your server appears correctly in the server browser. Configuring a valid GSLT key is an important step for maintaining a stable and publicly accessible server. The steps below will walk you through generating and applying a GSLT key to your server configuration. --- GSLT Key Requirements In order to be able to generate a GSLT, you must have a steam account which: - Is not banned or blocked. - Is not limited. - Has a qualifying registered phone. - Owns the game for the server you are making a key for. - Has not reached the cap of 1,000 GSLT keys. If your server is found to be breaking Valve's ToS, the server and your linked steam account may be banned. --- Obtaining a GSLT Key 1. First, make sure that you are logged into Steam Community. 2. Navigate to Steam Game Servers Account. 3. At the bottom of the page, fill out the App ID value of the game (Insurgency: Sandstorm is ). 4. Add a memo or note if you want. Select the Create button. 5. Your GSLT key is the Login Token that will appear. You can now enter this when prompted during the setup wizard. --- Adding the GSLT Key to your Server 1. Access your Control Panel and navigate to the Config tab. 2. Select the and locate the key. 3. Implement your newly generated GSLT Key from the previous steps, 4. Save and restart your server to ensure the new changes apply. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Use the Admin Menu on your Insurgency Sandstorm Server
This guide explains how to use the admin menu on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server. The in-game admin menu provides server administrators with access to a wide range of management and gameplay tools. Using the admin menu, admins can perform actions such as ending matches, changing maps, kicking players, spawning AI, upgrading weapons, and much more. The steps below will walk you through accessing and using the admin menu on your server. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="Using the in-game Admin Menu requires admin permissions. For steps on how to become an admin on your server, please refer to this article." appearance="default"} :: --- Accessing the Admin Menu After ensuring you have admin permissions, log into your server and press the (minus) key on your number pad to open the admin menu. 1. Launch Insurgency: Sandstorm. 2. Connect to your server as an admin. 3. Press the (minus) key on your keyboard's number pad to open the Admin Menu (you can change this hotkey in your game settings). --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Set your Insurgency Sandstorm Server to Private
This guide explains how to make your Insurgency: Sandstorm server private. Setting your server to private allows you to limit access to selected players and prevent unwanted users from joining. The easiest way to do this is by adding a server password. Players will then be prompted to enter the password before they can connect to your server. The steps below will walk you through configuring this setting. --- Configuring a Server Password A password can be added to your server using the Insurgency Sandstorm Server Settings file in your server's control panel. 1. Access your Control Panel and navigate to the Config tab. 2. Select the file. Locate the field and set your desired Server Password. 3. Save and restart your server to ensure the new changes apply. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Kick/Ban Players from your Insurgency Sandstorm Server
This guide explains how to kick or ban players on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server. Server administrators have access to moderation tools that allow them to remove disruptive or unwanted players to help maintain a fair and enjoyable experience. These actions can be performed through the in-game admin panel, giving admins quick access to player management features while connected to the server. The steps below will walk you through kicking and banning players successfully. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="In order to use the kick, ban or unban command you will need to be connected as an Administrator." appearance="default"} :: --- Kicking Players Once connected to the server, an admin can kick a player from the server using the administrator panel. 1. Connect to your server as an Admin. 2. Open the in-game admin panel with the Num Pad - (Minus) key. 3. Click Players. 4. Locate the player and click Kick. --- Banning Players Once connected to the server, an admin can ban a player either temporarily or permanently from the server using the administrator panel. 1. Connect to your server as an Admin. 2. Open the in-game admin panel with the Num Pad - (Minus Key). 3. Click Players. 4. Locate the player and click one of the Ban buttons depending on the length of ban you wish to apply. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Join your Insurgency Sandstorm Server
This guide explains how to join your Insurgency: Sandstorm server. Once your server has been configured, you’re ready to connect and start playing. We recommend joining through the in-game server browser, where you can search for and connect to your server directly. You can also connect manually using your server’s IP address. The steps below will walk you through both methods. --- Locating your Server's IP Before launching the game, make sure you have your server connection details ready. To find the IP address of your server, you will need to log in to your control panel. Once you’ve logged into your control panel, copy your server IP and port. --- Connecting via Direct Connect To connect to your server directly, you can connect using your server address in-game. 1. Launch Insurgency: Sandstorm. 2. Click Play. 3. Click Community Servers. 4. Click Connect To IP. 5. Enter your Server Address and click OK. 6. Enter your Server Password if your server uses one; Click OK. --- Joining Using the Server Browser To join using the in-game community server browser, you will need to search for your server name in-game. 1. Launch Insurgency: Sandstorm. 2. Click Play. 3. Click Community Servers. 4. Ensure your search filters match your server's details. 5. Enter using the top-left search bar. 6. Select your server and click Join. You can also click the ribbon button to add your server as a favourite. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Install the ISMC Mod on your Insurgency Sandstorm Server
This guide explains how to install the ISMC mod on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server. ISMC is a popular overhaul mod that adds a large variety of new content, including weapons, attachments, cosmetics, factions, and gameplay features. Once installed on your server, players will automatically download the required ISMC files when joining, so no manual client installation is needed. The steps below will walk you through configuring and enabling the mod on your server. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="In order to install mods you're required to have a Mod.io Token. If this is your first time installing a mod you will need to complete the first section of this article before proceeding." appearance="default"} :: --- Installing ISMCmod To install ISMCmod you will need to enter its resource ID in the mod list field of your servers Insurgency Sandstorm Server Settings. 1. Access your Control Panel and navigate to the Config tab. 2. Navigate to the file and locate the field. 3. Add (ISMCmod's Resource ID) in this field, along with any dependencies it may need. 4. Locate the field and enter your desired mode. You can use one of the following: - - ISMC guns and NWI cosmetics. Three player classes; blufor, redfor and team leader, with access to both western and eastern weaponry. Has vanilla enemy bots on each side. - - ISMC guns and ISMC cosmetics. Security maps have you playing as “BluFor” with an AR-based set of weapons. Insurgent maps have you playing as “RedFor” with an AK-based set of weapons. Contains all classes, Team Leader, Gunner, Breacher, Marksman, Demolitions and Advisor, and has unlimited class slots. Blufor/Redfor enemy bots. - - Same as ISMCCasual. Has limited class slots (1 Team Leader, 2 for other classes). 11 Players. - - Same as ISMCHardcore. Has one slot per class. Coordinate or die. 5 players. 5. Save and restart your server to ensure the new changes apply. --- Enabling ISMCmod In order for all of ISMC's features to be enabled you need to add the relevant settings to your server's Game.ini file. 1. Access your Control Panel and navigate to the Files tab. 2. Navigate to . Open the file. 3. Paste one of the following (depending on the mutator selected in the previous section) at the bottom of the Game.ini file: - - - - For this example we will be using the scenario mutator: [/ISMCm/Mutators/ISMCarmoryLegacy.ISMCarmoryLegacyC] ;Use to limit Team Leader slots NumTeamLeader=-1 ;Use to enable Medic slots. Names are "Blufor Medic""Redfor Medic" for Legacy and "BF Medic""RF Medic" for other theaters. ;Medic slots have no medic functionality and require you to configure another mod to provide it such as @Medic-demo NumMedic=0 ;Tags are appended to gamestate to unlock certain gear. These two variables read from the array TagProfiles if not empty. Otherwise they use a default set (shown in the override example below) ;The night profile tags will have the default profile tags appended in night scenarios. TagProfileName="ISMCDefault" NightTagProfileName="ISMCDefaultNight" ;Add this variable multiple times to add multiple profiles. BY DEFAULT THIS IS EMPTY. ;Format is =ProfileName:Tag1,Tag2 etc ;Current tags available are ISMCNight and Thermal TagProfiles="ISMCDefault:" TagProfiles="ISMCDefaultNight:ISMCNight" ;In addition to adding "Thermal" to a profile above, thermals require hot bodies and players to be drawn to a separate depth buffer for the effect to work. ;This setting needs to be set to "True" for that to be applied. This can affect performance on ALL clients even when thermals aren't in use. ;This buffer is also used by the NWI optics shader and will be seen as a wallhack effect on vanilla scopes. ISMC scopes are patched to use a workaround shader but there may still be traces of vanilla scopes in the theaters. EnableThermalBuffers=False ;Enable/Disable firesupport options for PLAYERS. 0 or 1 ;Security Vanilla=1 EnableFSArtilleryHE=1 EnableFSApache=1 EnableFSArtillerySmoke=1 EnableFSBlackHawk=1 EnableFSA10=1 ;Insurgents Vanilla EnableFSMortarHE=1 EnableFSMortarSmoke=1 EnableFSMortarChemical=1 EnableFSDroneIED=1 EnableFSRocketBarrage=1 EnableFSDroneGrenade=1 ;ISMC West EnableFSA10Strafe=1 EnableFSA10Strike=1 EnableFSAH64=1 EnableFSUH60=1 EnableFSHarrier=1 EnableFSBuggyUS=1 EnableFSMRAP=1 ;ISMC East EnableFSSU25Strafe=1 EnableFSSU25Strike=1 EnableFSMI17=1 EnableFSMI24=1 EnableFSYAK38=1 EnableFSBUGGYRU=1 EnableFSTIGR=1 ;When using the 3 cosmetic theaters and hardcore checkpoint, by default all gear is stripped from players resulting in invisible players. ;An alternative respawn loadout is available to provide a default player model until resupply. [/script/insurgency.INSCheckpointHardcoreGameMode] RespawnLoadoutsDataAssetPath="/ISMCm/Game/Data/Gamemodes/HardcoreCheckpointLoadoutsISMC.HardcoreCheckpointLoadoutsISMC" ;Alternatively you can disable the weapon strip feature. bStripWeaponsOnRespawn=False If you selected a different scenario mutator, please refer to the mod's description for configuration instructions, here. 4. Save and restart your server to ensure the new changes apply. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php
How to Install Mods on your Insurgency Sandstorm Server
Insurgency: Sandstorm server owners have a wide range of mods to choose from, including extra weapons and complete overhauls. Modding is an excellent way for servers to increase available content and provide a more unique experience for players. Many mods can be found on mod.io and can be automatically installed onto your Shockbyte Insurgency: Sandstorm servers using the mod's Resource ID. --- Generating a Mod.io Token Before installing any Insurgency: Sandstorm mods, you must generate and add a Mod.io Token to your server. 1. Navigate to your Mod.io account page here. 2. Click . 3. Click View & Accept to reveal your API Access key. 4. Enter a Token name, ensure that the permissions dropdown is set to Read + Write, and then click the add (+) button. Copy your Token. 5. Access your Control Panel and navigate to the Config tab. Select . 6. Paste your Token in the Mod.io Token field. 7. Save and Start your server. --- Locating Resource IDs Before installing an Insurgency: Sandstorm mod, you must locate the mod's page and copy its Resource ID. 1. Navigate to the Insurgency: Sandstorm Mod.io page here. 2. Locate and click your desired mod. For this example, we'll be using Medicon. 3. Copy the Resource ID. --- Installing Mods Once you have your desired mods resource ID, you must add them to your Insurgency Sandstorm Server Settings file using your server's control panel. 1. Access your Control Panel and navigate to the Config tab. 2. Select . 3. At the bottom of the file, find the Mod.io Mod IDs. 4. Input your desired Resource IDs, one for each entry. Use the Add + button to add more entries. 5. Save and Start your server. Your Insurgency: Sandstorm server should now be up and running with mods. --- If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php