How many players can I support on a Garry's Mod server?

[Threethumb]

I'm wondering how many players I can safely host for on a Garry's Mod server. I've done 60 without problem on a Minecraft server, but that's boring and I want to host a server on the ultimate sandbox instead. I don't however know if Garry's Mod requires more, less or the same amount of bandwith per player, and I don't want to set the bar too high or too low. So help me please!

I have 16GB's of RAM, and this is my connection speed:


Ask me if there's any other information you need to know.

[rogerxiii]

GMod requires a bit more than minecraft. But you shouldn't start with say a 32 slot server. I would suggest starting with 16-20, then when people enjoy it and there are people regularly joining upgrade it to 32. There is no sense in making a 32 slot server when only 5 players average play it. But I'm pretty sure your pc can handle 32 slots.

[Threethumb]

Actually, the 3 ms ping and 5/5 connectivity thing made sure pretty many people joined right away, so it went 10+ players pretty fast. Haven't been as many as 30 yet, but no lag so far.

[rogerxiii]

(04-06-2013, 07:05 AM)Threethumb Wrote:  Actually, the 3 ms ping and 5/5 connectivity thing made sure pretty many people joined right away, so it went 10+ players pretty fast. Haven't been as many as 30 yet, but no lag so far.

Great, good to see it's going good, just upgrade it to 32 and no worries