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How to Increase the Max Player Limit (8+ Players) on Your Left 4 Dead 2 Server

Important!

You must have SourceMod and MetaMod installed on your server before following this guide. If you do not have them yet, check out our Getting Started guides on installing them first.

1. Download the L4DToolZ Plugin

Selecting the L4D2 Linux tar.gz release from the L4DToolZ GitHub repository

2. Download the SuperVersus Plugin

Scroll down to the bottom of the post and click the Get Plugin link to download the superversus.smx file

Clicking the Get Plugin link on the AlliedModders forum to download SuperVersus

3. Log In to Your Panel

4. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

L4D2 Server Dashboard, Files Tab Highlighted

5. Select the ‘left4dead2’ Folder

Navigating to the left4dead2 root folder in the Cybrancee server file manager

6. Upload the L4DToolZ Into the ‘left4dead2’ Folder

Uploading the L4DToolZ extension archive to the server

7. Unarchive the L4DToolZ File

click the three dots next to it and select Unarchive. This will automatically place the extension files into the respective folders.

Using the file manager to unarchive the L4DToolZ extension files

8. Select the ‘addons’ Folder

9. Select the ‘sourcemod’ Folder

Selecting the SourceMod folder in L4D2

10. Select the ‘plugins’ Folder

Selecting the Plugins in L4D2

9. Upload the SuperVersus Plugin Into the ‘plugins’ Folder

Uploading the superversus.smx plugin file to the server

10. Go Back Inside the ‘left4dead2’ Folder and Select ‘cfg’ Folder

Opening the cfg configuration folder for Left 4 Dead 2 on the Cybrancee panel

11. Select the ‘server.cfg‘ File

Clicking the server.cfg file in the Cybrancee file manager to edit configuration settings

12. Add the Max Players Commands

Scroll to the very bottom of the file and paste the following two commands on new lines:

sv_maxplayers 8
(You can change the 8 to whatever maximum number of players you want!)

sv_removehumanlimit 1
(This stops the server from kicking extra players)

sv_force_unreserved 1

Adding the sv_maxplayers and sv_removehumanlimit commands to the server.cfg file

13. Select the ‘Save Content’ Button

14. Restart Your Server

15. Go Back Inside the ‘cfg’ Folder and Select ‘sourcemod’ Folder

Opening the sourcemod folder inside the cfg directory

16. Inside ‘sourcemod’ Folder Select ‘l4d_superversus.cfg‘ File

Locating the l4d_superversus.cfg file inside the sourcemod cfg folder

17. Tell SuperVersus to Spawn 8 Bots

Add this new line to the file:
l4d_survivor_limit “8”

(Note: Change the number 8 to how many players you want in your server)

Editing the l4d_superversus.cfg file to change the survivor limit to 8

18. Save the Changes

19. Restart Your Server

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