Is max players concurrent or total? +server question

[Drexl]

Is the 6 player cap a concurrent cap, or a total cap? I.E. Can I have 8 players so long as only 6 are connected at a time?

With the dedicated server can the player cap be adjusted, it seems there is a "MaxServerPlayers" launch parameter. What performance/balance ramifications does this introduce?

[MechWarden]

For non-dedicated servers, it is up to 6 people online at the same time (host and 5 others). I'm hosting a full group of 6 and I've had 3 other guests show up in this run.

What I can say for sure about dedicated server having more than 6 is that it isn't recommended, and that it could cause stability issues. Also I kind of doubt there is much, if any, balancing consideration at anything higher than 6 right now.

[Kai]

If it's a UE5 game you can surely modify the parameters, but the thing here is that the devs tampered with the exe causing engine.ini modifications to not work anymore.

Not sure why they did this but I suspect they are collaborating with Epic as all UE5 devs will contact them for assistance. But if you used parameters in the dedicated server software, you could make it work, as there are dedicated servers with bigger lobbies.

I notice performance issue with Stalker 2 as well and how successive UE5 games comes with worse and worsening performance as time passes, but the graphical fidelity never changes.

[MechWarden]

I think that's a bit beyond the scope of the question.

[Drexl]

Originally posted by MechWarden:

I think that's a bit beyond the scope of the question.

Seems so. It's going to be featured at an upcoming LAN event I'm hosting so I was trying to figure out if I could get more than 6 people in it. It seems yes. My main concern is just how much it'll effect game balance. based on the interest I've received so far I suspect we'll be somewhere between 5-8 players, hence why I'm wondering.