Insurgency: SandStorm
Custom Mods and Maps
Custom Mods and Maps are supported in Insurgency: Sandstorm via mods.io. Please use this basic guide to get started using custom mods more in-depth information can be found at mod.io Server Admin Guide​
Get an Auth Token
To get started you will need a mod.io account, once you have signed in, click your username as the top right, and click API Access from the left navigation.
Under
OAuth 2 Management > Generate Access Token, enter a name to give your token and give it read access and click Create Token.
Once the token is generated you will need to copy it to your game servers
Engine.ini. Paste the following into Engine.ini and replace TOKEN HERE with your access token.1
[/Script/ModKit.ModIOClient]
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bHasUserAcceptedTerms=True
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AccessToken=TOKEN HERE
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Add a Mod/Map
Next you will need to specify which mods you want to add to your game server.
Create the
Mods.txt file located Insurgency/Config/Server/Mods.txt 1
mkdir -p Insurgency/Config/Server
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touch Insurgency/Config/Server/Mods.txt
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You can also specify your own
Mods.txt file using ModList=MyCustomModList.txt or adding the mod id's to your start parameters using -CmdModList="mod1,mod2,mod3"In the
txt file you will need to specify each mod ID line by line. The mod ID can be found on the mods details page at mod.io. Once restarted the mod will be available to use.
mod ID: 94277
To use this custom map you will need to add it to your mapcycle and if required, your default map
Create
MapCyle.txtand add the custom map to your mapcycle.1
touch Insurgency/Config/Server/MapCyle.txt
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(Scenario="Scenario_TORO_Checkpoint_Security",Lighting="Day",Mode="Checkpoint")
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(Scenario="Scenario_TORO_Checkpoint_Insurgents",Lighting="Day",Mode="Checkpoint")
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defaultmap="TORO"
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defaultscenario="Scenario_TORO_Checkpoint_Security"
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Once the server is restarted the custom map should be available on your game server.
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