Server Not Filling? Try THIS!! (BF3)

[Edge100x]

Whether the server is given clients through Quickmatch is up to Battlelog. You can confirm that the beta updater is changing the vars.maxPlayers properly by looking at the status page -- it's definitely doing it right.

My latest tweak is to have my system not lower the player slots immediately when clients leave, as Battlelog may be getting confused by that.

[Mycologist]

Whether the server is given clients through Quickmatch is up to Battlelog. You can confirm that the beta updater is changing the vars.maxPlayers properly by looking at the status page -- it's definitely doing it right.

My latest tweak is to have my system not lower the player slots immediately when clients leave, as Battlelog may be getting confused by that.

John, you are amazing. This system has already worked wonders for our Rush server. Honestly, such great innovation on your part.

[nutz]

and of course because i said something the 20 i had in earlier are gone and back to 0...blah...

[Jeff7477]

My server really hasn't passed 8 or so players in the last couple days even with the dynamic max players, until today.

At about 9 am central time it started to fill pretty fast. By 9:40 I think it was full and has pretty much stayed that way.

[dapriest]

I just got another clan's server started and we simply filled it to 32 people and then we saw more pubbers joining. Once it got to 64 it crashed once and then filled up after a couple of hours. So yea, I think the quickmatch isn't being used by players as much. EA needs to come out with more statistics on people using quickmatch vs straight search and joins. I also noticed that putting hardcore or HC and conquest or cq in your name helps.

One thing that comes to mind is getting together with other communities/clans and both trying to get your servers filled by ilding in them. This has worked well for us!

[Edge100x]

I've been tweaking the auto-player-adjuster throughout the day. In its current form, it seems to work well for getting servers up to 32 players through Quickmatch, and it works equally well when running ConquestLarge0 maps and ConquestSmall0 maps, but beyond 32 is a struggle right now. I'm sure that those last 32 players must need to come from the browser.

Edit: ConquestSmall0 may actually work better than ConquestLarge0, so to be safe, I recommend using it instead (you can't really get more QM players beyond 32 anyhow). Rush also works well.

[zeroumus]

i actually have a pretty stable 32 now. I even get upwards of 40-50 here and there


I am doing that with conquest small maps, but up to 64

[Edge100x]

nutz, your server has also been solid full for most of the night under the auto system -- that's good to see.

[SiC Pwnage]

THANK YOU for making that auto system! Server is back to full!

[bhremm]

Are you guys finding the auto system is working with Hardcore also?

[TimSad]

John, any idea why mine gets up to 8 and stays at 8 out of 8 without increasing?

[TimSad]

NM, it looks like it just takes a while to increment.

[Edge100x]

TimSad, that would happen if you have a SquadRush0 map in your cycle, as the game limits the actual player count value to the most supported by the lowest-denominator mode in the cycle.

[Edge100x]

NM, it looks like it just takes a while to increment.

It actually increases it instantly . Battlelog does have delays on its end, as far as what is shown to clients in the server list.

[TimSad]

NM, it looks like it just takes a while to increment.

It actually increases it instantly . Battlelog does have delays on its end, as far as what is shown to clients in the server list.

Ahhh, yes, that's true. I was looking at the player count that Procon was reporting too and that takes time to update for some reason as well.