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Implementing Custom Chat Filters on Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server

Last updated on Feb 19, 2025

Maintain a positive, immersive gaming environment by implementing custom chat filters that automatically screen and manage in-game communication on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server.

📌 Prerequisites

  • An Insurgency: Sandstorm server purchased at VolticHost.com

  • Access to VolticHost Game Panel

  • Custom chat filter scripts or plugins designed for Sandstorm, with basic knowledge of file management

1️⃣ Uploading Chat Filter Files

  1. Log in to VolticHost Game Panel.

  2. Click on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server.

  3. Navigate to the File Manager.

  4. Upload your custom chat filter files (e.g., scripts, configuration files) into a designated directory (e.g., Sandstorm/addons/chatfilter).

  5. Verify that all necessary files and dependencies have been successfully uploaded.

✅ Custom chat filter files have been successfully uploaded!

2️⃣ Configuring Chat Filter Settings

  1. Locate the configuration file for your chat filter (commonly named chatfilter.cfg or similar) within the File Manager.

  2. Click Edit to open the file.

  3. Customize settings specific to Insurgency: Sandstorm, such as:

    • Banned Words List: Define a list of prohibited words or phrases.

    • Filter Sensitivity: Adjust the level of strictness for the filter.

    • Action on Violation: Specify actions (warnings, kicks, or temporary bans) for chat violations.

  4. Click Save File to apply your configurations.

✅ Chat filter settings configured and saved successfully!

3️⃣ Integrating Chat Filters into Server Startup

  1. Navigate to the Startup tab in VolticHost Game Panel.

  2. Append your startup command with the parameter to load your chat filter configuration (e.g., +exec chatfilter.cfg or the specific command required by your plugin).

  3. Click Save Changes to update your startup parameters.

✅ Server startup parameters updated to integrate the custom chat filter!

4️⃣ Restarting the Server to Activate Chat Filters

  1. Navigate to the Console tab in VolticHost Game Panel.

  2. Click Stop to shut down your server, then click Start to relaunch it with the new chat filter settings enabled.

  3. Join a test session to verify that the chat filter functions correctly during gameplay.

✅ Custom chat filters are now active on your Sandstorm server!

🎉 Conclusion

You've successfully implemented custom chat filters on your Insurgency: Sandstorm server using VolticHost Game Panel, ensuring a controlled and respectful in-game communication environment. 🚀

For additional assistance, contact VolticHost Support.