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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:

    ini
    [/Script/Insurgency.INSGameMode]
    TeamKillLimit=3
    TeamKillGrace=0.2
    TeamKillReduceTime=90
    [/Script/Insurgency.INSGameMode]
    TeamKillLimit=3
    TeamKillGrace=0.2
    TeamKillReduceTime=90
    SettingDefaultDescription
    TeamKillLimit3Number of team kills before a player is kicked
    TeamKillGrace0.2"Grace timer" in seconds between team kills — additional kills don't count during this time
    TeamKillReduceTime90Time 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.

Warning

Only edit Game.ini while the server is stopped. Changes to a running instance are overwritten on shutdown.