How to hide reserved slots in CS:S

Type sv_visiblemaxplayers 20 in the server console and the browser shows 20 slots, hiding the rest. -1 shows the real limit.

sv_visiblemaxplayers

Overrides the player limit shown in the server browser.

sv_visiblemaxplayers <players>

Examples

sv_visiblemaxplayers 20

Show 20 slots and keep the rest reserved.

Arguments

playersRequired: Player count to advertise. -1 disables the override.

What it does

Use it to hide reserved slots: the browser shows this number instead of the real slot count. -1 shows the real limit.

The game's own description: Overrides the max players reported to prospective clients

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab of the server page; the reply shows right under it. A value set there lasts until the server restarts. To keep it, add the line to cstrike/cfg/server.cfg. New to this? Start a CS:S server first.

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