On Insurgency: Sandstorm, the game mode comes from the scenario: Scenario_Farmhouse_Checkpoint_Security plays Checkpoint, Scenario_Farmhouse_Push_Security plays Push. So you pick the mode by picking the scenario.
Choose the mode
- Sign in to the control panel at panel.chicagoservers.co and open your Insurgency: Sandstorm server.
- Open the Startup tab and choose the Start scenario: each one shows its mode and map, for example Checkpoint: Farmhouse (Security). Click Save startup.
- For the scenarios that follow, open the Configs tab and choose Map cycle (MapCycle.txt). Add one scenario per line, then click Save.
- Click Restart at the top of the page.
See How to set the map cycle on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server and What scenarios are available for Insurgency Servers?.
Game modes
- Versus (PvP): Push (attackers capture objectives one by one while defenders hold them), Firefight (no respawns: capture an objective to bring your team back), Frontline (both teams push a line of objectives), Skirmish, Domination, Team Deathmatch, Ambush and Defusal.
- Co-op (against bots): Checkpoint (fight through objectives against bots), Outpost (hold off waves of bots) and Survival.
Hardcore
For Hardcore Checkpoint, set the mode on the scenario's line in MapCycle.txt, for example:(Scenario="Scenario_Farmhouse_Checkpoint_Security",Lighting="Day",Mode="CheckpointHardcore")
You can also add the Hardcore mutator (slower movement and longer capture times) under Mutators on the Startup tab.
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