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How to Change Max Players on Your Unturned Server

Set the player limit on your Unturned dedicated server.

The default Unturned player limit is 8.

Stop your server

Go to Console in the XGamingServer Panel and stop the server.

Open Commands.dat

Click Files in the sidebar. Navigate to Servers/<ServerName>/Server/ and open Commands.dat.

Set the player count

Find or add the Maxplayers line:

Maxplayers 24

Save and start

Click Save Content and start from Console.

Higher player counts increase RAM and CPU usage. If you notice lag on larger servers, consider a larger map (Russia or Germany instead of PEI) to spread players out, and lower the zombie spawn density.

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Stop your server
Open Commands.dat
Set the player count
Save and start
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