How to Load a Map on your s&box Server

This guide explains how to load a map on your s&box server. Maps determine the environment your server runs and can be selected from a wide range of community-created content.

You can browse maps on sbox.game, then set the map on your server's Startup tab in the control panel. The steps below show how.

Selecting a Map to Use

You can locate your desired map on the community workshop for s&box, here. In this example, we will be using the map "Flatgrass".

Configuring the Map on the Server

1. Sign in to the control panel at panel.chicagoservers.co and open your s&box server.
2. Open the Startup tab and set Map package to the map's identifier. It has the form author.map_name, which you'll find in the map's address on sbox.game: for example sbox.game/facepunch/flatgrass becomes facepunch.flatgrass.
3. Click Save startup, then Restart at the top of the page. The server downloads the map as it starts.

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