32 Player HL2DM Server

Hey guys and gals, I'd like to see if anyone out there can help me. I rented a 32 player server for hl2dm, but the server provider says I have to install a mod for that myself. Do any of you know what mod should be used to allow 32 players on a server? Any help would be great. Thanks, kbaxter1

only 32 slot server i have seen where either coop/puzzle build and the wdf ctf server.

hmmm I've seen this disscusion some time ago on the steam forums I think.
It seems there is like a ... limit...of players... and 32 is above that limit.
Some people have found the way to make 32 players fit on a server...but they wouldn't say it -.-
Thanks all I recall...correct me if I'm wrong.
And I'm sorry I can't be of much help =/

I finally talked the server provider into installing it. They claim the server may be unstable because of it, but i'm going to give it a shot anyways.

"We apologize for any confusion regarding the size of your Half Life 2: Death Match game server. As you might have noticed on the order page it is posted that the base HL2:DM game supports up to 16 players but with modifications the game does indeed support up to 32 players; as we do not provide managed services at these prices all modifications are up to the customer. We do value your business and as a one-time courtesy we have made the necessary changes to bring you up to 32 player slots. Please note that as Half Life 2: DM was designed for a maximum of 16 players that the stability of the game may be adversely effected with running more than 16 players."

gl with it then

lol of course he installed it you are paying extra money for double the slots the game allows, who is going to be stupid enough to not do that? What probably really happened was they did not know how to get a hacked 32 player server going and after they realized you would request you money back they went out and figured it out to keep you paying.

You will never have a playable game with that many. You should never want that many on a map.
You will never have more than 16 on your server anyways, unless you are doing puzzles or whatever.
It will be a laggy mess.
You are just wasting your money if you want a stable populated server.

Not to mention the fact that very few if any DM maps can handle that number of players. Many cant handle 16, 32 will be a spawning nightmare and an SMG spray fest cause no one will be able to find a weapon.

Ha! Folks stacked up five on the spawn points!~ MULTI KILL!

I guess I will see in time. But it's worth a shot.

They also said you can't make a coop map with npc's, rebels and combines, but there is now.

Well, actually they would no longer be coop maps, but they would be more like the game itself (half life 2).

kbaxter1 wrote:I guess I will see in time. But it's worth a shot.

They also said you can't make a coop map with npc's, rebels and combines, but there is now.

Worth a shot? No it isn't. This game is 4 years old. It is a fact a server so large is unplayable. It has been tried. The game only supports 12-16 at most. Do what you want. We don't tell you this to rain on your parade. It is technologically a fail. It is a fact.

Why do you WANT 32 folks on a server?
What will you do with that many?

Who would want that many ***holoes on their server.
Do you even have that many?
COOP maps work because there's nothing happening on them. NPCs? Who cares?

You can run any number of players you like really!

Going over 16 is really overkill - but hey if its what u wanna do , do it !

oddly enough i found this playable, for pubbing at least

lol's only 2 people with a ok ping !!

100 players :O !
that's way too much xD

i only set it to 100 to show that any number is possible, just not recommended!!

I'm using this server as our clan event server. We hold events every saturday night. This allows us to bring together our clan players along with our friends to be able to participate. We had 18 players this past saturday and had no problems at all. I'm sure that maps may play a role depending on their size, but I'm willing to take the gamble.

Hope it works out. Wasn't trying to rain on your parade, so good luck and hf.

I think the hax server was 32 slots also.

If you setup the rates for the server correctly to accomodate the extra players then it should eb ok, the problem with other 32 player servers i have played on in ht epast was that the sv_maxrate was set to 30000 which as we know is not enough for even 8 players let alone 32