When you use `sv_visiblemaxplayers` to fake a max limit of, for instance, 24 players. But actually have your server set to 40 players to work with reserved clients, the maximum player count on Gametracker is 24/24, whereas the actual number of players can increase above that.

This leads to "lost" players, which isn't optimal.

Gametracker does not set any server player limits of any kind.
That is done by the server owner and is none of our business or interest.

Sorry chimaera, I think you misunderstand me. I own:

- https://www.gametracker.com/server_info/ttt.clwo.eu:27015

You _appear_ to be maxing out at the `sv_visiblemaxplayers` limit of the server, 24, even when there are more players online (at the moment for instance, there are 26).

So, although there are 26 players online, it's showing 24/24.

And yet, this server (in your favourites) is displaying over 30 players
https://www.gametracker.com/server_info/jb.clwo.eu:27015/

chimaera500 wrote:
And yet, this server (in your favourites) is displaying over 30 players
https://www.gametracker.com/server_info/jb.clwo.eu:27015/



Indeed, that has +maxplayers set to 63, but sv_visiblemaxplayers set to 40. This is another server that faces this issue, when there are 41 or 42 players on the server, it displays as 40/40. Despite there being more players.

It _should_ display 42/40, instead it displays a maximum of 40/40.

To try to illustrate this, ttt.clwo.eu:27015 currently has 25 players on it:

- https://puu.sh/ypogD/5a5e78d9eb.png

Even on Gametracker it displays that many players in the table:

- https://puu.sh/ypoib/04f6bfbfe8.png

However, the counter is still at 24/24.

I'm not sure whether `sv_visiblemaxplayers` is CS:GO only, but it's an awesome thing to have, since it lets me change the max player count on the fly.

It would be a shame to have to remove it.

It should never display 42/40.
That is a logical absurdity.
It would be like saying "I just put 1.5 litres into my 1 litre jar"

It appears then, without knowing the configuration specifics of the game, that it is a server configuration issue, or a game limitation.

I fail to see why any owner would want to set a lower sv_visiblemaxplayers than +maxplayers if they wanted those players to be displayed on GT?

chimaera500 wrote:
It should never display 42/40.
That is a logical absurdity.
It would be like saying "I just put 1.5 litres into my 1 litre jar"



Just to expand on that.
If that were a feature, and your server reported 42/40 players - it would be reported for cheating the rankings (at an estimate), about 50 times per night.
I don't think the Admins could take the strain !

Reserved slots are the main reason for a lower `sv_visiblemaxplayers` than the actual max players. No normal person can join at 20/20 players, but reserved slots can to increase it to 21/20 or 22/20. Still, no normal players can join, so slowly the number of total players reduce back down to 20/20.

Perhaps this post from "PowerLord" on AlliedModders explains it better:

> It's basically used to "lie" to players to prevent players from joining the last few open slots on a server.
> The SourceMod reservedslots plugin likely uses it internally when sm_hide_slots is set.

It's pretty popular, as far as I can tell 90% of servers that have reserved slots use fake player limits. There are definitely uses