set maximum players

microbus · Post by **microbus** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:00 am

In version 2.7.1, I need to set a maximum amount of players
for a tourney tomorrow.. is the command MAX_PLAYERS,
MAX_CLIENTS, or something else? I need to set it for 6.

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:04 am

As far as I know MAX_CLIENTS sets the number of different clients that can connect (which means that the maximum number of players is MAX_CLIENTS*4 if every client operates in splitscreen mode). MAX_PLAYERS doesn't even exist on my client.

Easiest way might be to wait until everyone is there, then set MAX_CLIENTS to 1. It won't kick anybody out but noone will be able to join.

microbus · Post by **microbus** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:05 am

ah.. okay... good idea

and yeah, I figured max_clients, but
I know most documentation is for the newer versions...

thanks wrtl

microbus · Post by **microbus** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:06 am

cool.. just tried it.. worked like a charm

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:07 am

Yeah, sometime, maybe in 0.2.7.1, there were some others introduced, like MAX_CLIENTS_SOFT or something like that. Because MAX_CLIENTS is only the number of connections, but a person on a connection might have up to 4 people playing on his machine. ANd there's one to deal with same IP clients, and some others.

Do:

armagetronad-dedicated --doc | grep "MAX"

to see.

microbus · Post by **microbus** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:08 am

okay, thank you