How to change "maxplayers" when creating a server?

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When I create a server on my PC (not dedicated. I play on it), there is no way to specify the number of players in the menu. After starting, I specify "maxplayers 8" through the console.
It produces a message:
Cannot change maxplayers while the server is running half-life.
How can I indicate the number of players when creating the Half-Life Deathmatch: Source server?

[*1157*]

While in menu for server but you have not started the server yet type

maxplayers xx xx being the number you want, the server will "echo" maxplayers set to xx.

[76561199048282841]

in the menu for the server (create server),
where can i type "maxplayers xx xx"?
no such field

[76561199048282841]

What I've done:
In the file ...\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life 1 Source Deathmatch\hl1mp\cfg\game.cfg
add line
maxplayers xx
where "xx" is the maximum number of players
it works!

[*1157*]

while in menu open console

[76561199048282841]

Originally posted by *1157*:

while in menu open console

I tried it. I changed maxplayers in the console to 8, then created a server. when server creating, it changes maxplayers to 32 for itself

[*1157*]

Good you got it working, the cvar would only work until map change so you need a cfg file
on a listen server it's called game.cfg (same as server.cfg on a dedicated server) here is
MotorCitys server config's if you want to change some other things.


hostname "YOUR_SERVER_NAME_HERE"

rcon_password ""

exec autoexec.cfg
exec listip.cfg
exec banned_ip.cfg
exec banned.cfg
exec banned_user.cfg

sv_password ""
sv_cheats 0
host_timescale 1.0

sv_voiceenable 1

sv_downloadurl "YOUR_FASTDOWNLOAD_SERVER_URL_HERE"
sv_allowdownload 1
sv_allowupload 1
sv_region 255


mp_flashlight 1 // Enables the flashlight
mp_footsteps 1 // Enables footsteps
mp_friendlyfire 1 // Allow teammates to deal damage to eachother
mp_timelimit 20 // Map length in minutes
mp_fraglimit 20 // Map length in kills
mp_allowspectators 1 // Allows spectators if 1
mp_weaponstay 1
mp_forcerespawn 0


// Physics settings that can vary depending on the game
sv_accelerate 5
sv_airaccelerate 10
sv_friction 4
sv_gravity 750
sv_maxspeed 300
phys_pushscale 1
sv_bounce 0

mp_teamplay 0
mp_teamlist ""

sk_plr_dmg_grenade 150
sk_plr_dmg_crowbar 200
sk_plr_dmg_9mm_bullet 16
sk_plr_dmg_357_bullet 200
sk_plr_dmg_buckshot 12
sk_plr_dmg_mp5_grenade 50
sk_plr_dmg_rpg 120
sk_plr_dmg_xbow_bolt_npc 5
sk_plr_dmg_hornet 2
sk_plr_dmg_egon_narrow 15
sk_plr_dmg_egon_wide 15

[76561199048282841]

*1157* Thanks!

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