If you have a modded server.dll or server_i486.so file - it may no longer work. Here are the replacements:

OUT OF DATE goto http://forums.srcds.com/viewtopic/5533

v1.0.0.5 as of 09/10/07


32 Players server_i486.so (Linux):

http://youngteam.eu/files/tf2/v1.0.0.5/s...486.so.bz2 (thanks to kilorat for providing patch - see link below)

http://rat.org/tf2/32players.html

32 Players server.dll (Windows):

http://youngteam.eu/files/tf2/v1.0.0.5/server.dll.zip


How-To

Back-up your existing server_i486.so or server.dll from /tf2/bin before replacing.

After you've replaced the file, go to /tf2/cfg/valve.rc and open this file in notepad or something similar. Add:

and add the usual:

in your startup parameters.

This post was last modified: 10-27-2007 06:10 AM by Muppet.

I just want to report that now if you are using the hexed server.dll (32 players) with -autoupdate switch on.
It will also give out this when u run your server:

MasterRequestRestartt
Your server is out of date. Please update and restart.

It seems that Valve is also aware of this and want to prevent us from from doing it.

I don't have autoupdate on and I still get the message.
I believe this also prevents it from being listed in the master servers, try viewing the servers in the internet tab, and find one with maxplayers 32.
I think Valve finally decided to put a stop to us daring to not play the game exactly as they intended.

This post was last modified: 10-10-2007 04:44 PM by kilorat.

yup that sucks, maximum amount of players on the masterlist: 24

Only 159 servers online, yesterday there were over 500 in europe, I'm getting a mere total of 900 for the whole world (no filters)

This post was last modified: 10-10-2007 05:15 PM by Drocona.

Cool - never tested this before release. So hexed files no longer needed?

Until another workaround is found..

It still works, but nobody can just browse and find your server, the only use I can see for this now is at LAN parties.
Or if you are lucky enough to have a big community that knows about your server and can keep it populated just from word of mouth.

Hey, someone figured out how to get 32 players to be listed, check the server browser.
If anyone figures out the trick, please post. I will post if I find it.

These guys did it. I don't see any info on how though.
http://www.pestgaming.com/index.php?topic=4802.0

This post was last modified: 10-16-2007 10:11 AM by kilorat.

Already been in contact with every person/club/organization who run these 32 player servers. Pest won't give out the details as they received the info from someone else who doesn't want to release it yet.

And I can't figure it out on my own..
I tried starting the server, then in another window quickly rename the files, since maybe it does a md5 check on the files or something, but I can't fool it.

How was this done before? Did someone open up the DLL in a hex editor and change a value from 24 to 32?

Yes it was hobgoblin

close, but basically.. yes.

And now the problem is, the server goes into "out of date" mode, where it spams the console with "Your server needs to be restarted in order to receive the latest update."
So my guess is, the master servers reject any server in that state, and that is how they are blocking them, is if you modify the DLL's, it puts it in that state.

I will be releasing a patch to that real soon! Stay tuned!

Frigging awesome!
At the very least I have been crying for something like this so I can do reserved slots again.