[cool_myll]

Originally Posted by Astridax I think I have solved it to a certain extent. If I change sm_hide_slots to 0 then use sv_visiblemaxplayers to hide the slot, this works. I get a consistent 24 slots shown. The question is now, do reserved slots work xD? I'll test out tomorrow.

I have done this. Server was 23/24 + Replay and if someone tried to join it kicks them for slot reservation.