Maximum People Per Server?

Does anyone here happen to know the maximum amount of people that can be on a CS:S server at once? I know it goes up to 64 but can it go past that? I haven't played in a while so I'm a little clueless.

Aww, junk. I posted it in the wrong forum.

I assume this is relating to windows srcds? I moved it there. But if you aren't asking this to know what maxplayers you need to set (oops), I guess I'll move it to cs: s section. Let me know. I've been on the "server" mindset lately.

I don't know of the limit, but I've seen some insane numbers. I think de_dust is 40 players, but I'm sure custom maps can support many more slots than that.

[the.programmer]

I think the maxplayer limit for a server is 32... It really depends on your comp specifications on whtether your comp can handle 32 players though, and most likely it can't. Now if you're talking about a map, I'll bet it might be higher, but what for? If you can't fit more than 32 on a server, what's the bother fitting 90 on a map?

i saw a cs:source server that had 96 slots on it and 76 people were playing on it on de_dust2, damn it was a total warzone.

[r2k]

Pretty shure the max is 128 People... However You'd have to have a really kick [font=wingdings]û[/font][font=wingdings]û[/font][font=wingdings]û[/font] connection and computer to run it.

[the.programmer]

yeah I'll bet the server lagged like a bohunkle... Well they could have more than 1 server linked together I guess, kindof like how they do in halo parties.

Well I've seen plenty of 64 player servers but this would be for a custom map and a really odd idea I had inspired by a Quake 3 movie.

it was the only server at the time with more than 64 slots on it, and suprisingly it didnt lag at all. most players had 50-150 ping. and considering every player needs around 4-6 kb of data a second you wouldnt need a beefy internet connection.

[DataMatrix]

256 players max on Source engine i've heard, althought it could be increased via programming.

Although thats what i've heard.

damn why would you want 256 players on a server? the only reason that i could think would require that many is if you made some lord of the rings mod and had helms deep or the city of the kings attack / defend.

What is the server.cfg cvar and/or command line switch to set num players?

maxplayers <number>

How can I enable more than 32 players ?

In the menu before starting 32 is the maximum and using maxplayers <number> in server.cfg i only get "Cannot change maxplayers while the server is running".

Don't ask, i have the connection and server power for much more that 32

Don't use the GUI interface to start your DS. Run it in a console and add +maxplayers <num> to the command string.