Answers:
} maxplayers IS NOT reflective of the value of +maxplayers
} the maximum value for l4d_maxplayers IS reflective of +maxplayers
} the default value for maxplayers is 18 currently
} if l4d_maxplayers can not be set high enough then it is your +maxplayers that is not set correctly for you
} Remember to unreserve your lobby after you get the above taken care of
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Testing question to verify setup environment:
(SM 1.2.1, l4downtown 3.1 or 3.0)
If sm exts list shows Left4Downtown 3.1
and the var l4d_maxplayers exists and can be set to values ranging from -1 through 8
and the var maxplayers=18
Are the following true?:
1. maxplayers is not set to the server's invoked commandline value of +maxplayers? (Thus having an in game value of 18 but unrelated to the setting Left4Downtown checks for allowing l4d_maxplayers to be >
2. The default value for maxplayers=8? (Is maxplayers set equal to the commandline +maxplayers? I'm told my +maxplayers is 18, and maxplayers shows 18, so I'm good there?)
With others having success I must have something wrong however I figured I could verify my setup via the existence of l4d_maxplayers and the ability to set that value. However the value of maxplayers seems to indicate that I should be able to raise l4d_maxplayers to a value > 8. Which I can not, therefore my understanding must be wrong. Anyone have some spare light they could shed on verifying the ability to set l4d_maxplayers?