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Originally Posted by Bibihotz
i'm running a l4d2 dedicated server in ubuntu server 12.4. I saw many servers running campain with 10+ slots and i'm asking if anyone know how to setup a server like that. i tryied: +maxplayers 10, -maxplayers 10 in command line, sv_maxplayers 10 in server.cfg ,"L4D2 8 Survivors"plugin and "L4D SuperVersus" plugin
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You need two things to unlock additional player slots on an l4d2 server:
Step 1 - An extension or plugin to unlock the 4 player coop and 8 player versus limit
Step 2 - A plugin that will make the unlocked slots useable
Step 1
To unlock the player slot limits you can use either
left4downtrown2 player slots SourceMod extension or
L4Dtoolz Metamod plugin. Both of these will uncap the 4-player coop and 8-player versus limit and allow you to set the maximum number of players that can join the server. However, these only open
spectator slots, not player slots, so you need an additional plugin to make the additional slots playable.
Your server.cfg settings are as follows:
If you use L4Dtoolz
sv_maxplayers "10" or whatever value you want
sv_removehumanlimit "1" this removes the lobby reservation so players can still join from a steam group server list after the default player slots are filled
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If you useLeft4Downtown2 Player Slots Build
l4d_maxplayers "10" or whatever value you want
Left4Downtown 2 does not remover the lobby reservation, however, so you need an additional plugin, like
[L4D2] Remove Lobby Reservation When Full 1.1.1 The default setting for the plugin is "on", so yo don't need to add a cvar to your server.cfg. It needs the Left4Downtown2 extension to be installed on your server to work. But again, you only need this plugin if you are not using L4dToolz.
Step 2
Now you need to add a Sourcemod plugin that will make those extra player slots useable. For coop,
Bebop is popular. For versus,
super versus is popular, though you can use it for coop too.
If using Bebop for coop, there are no additional cvar settings required in your server.cfg because the plugin will automatically open player slots equal to the amount you set with l4dToolz.
If using SuperVersus, it has a
.cfg file where you set how many player slots you want available for survivors and infected, is using for versus. For coop, the infected slot setting is ignored.
Personally, I use L4Dtoolz because it shows the correct slot count (i.e. 10) in the Steam Group server list allowing the 9th and 10th players to join the server directly without having to use a server browser tool (e.g. HLSW or the built-in L4D2 server browser) and it also removes the lobby reservation.
If, however, you are using the Left4Downtown extension to support some other plugin on your server, then it is better to use the Left4Downtown player slot extension to support the plugin and open up additional player slots. There have been some reports or issues when using L4dToolz and Left4Downtown together.
Best regards,
Patriot
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