BF3 Round start player count

[Forbestoo]

Does modifying the "round start player count" affect a "normal" rating or anything else in the server browser?

I have seen people say it does and it doesn't.

Does anyone know for sure?

[disconnect]

I can say for certain it doesnt. I changed mine and still get quick match joins.

[Forbestoo]

Hmmmmm..... the knowledgebase says it does affect quickmatch....anyone else?

[disconnect]

http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... 032#p29032

Edge = Knowledgebase

[Forbestoo]

Ok cool. Thanks. I had read thru that one earlier but didnt realize it was edge who posted it seems like its ok to change it then. It was the knowledgebase that threw me off.thanks again for your help

[Klikster]

I've got my start count set to 1 and my preround set to 0, and my server is continuously filling up via Quick Match.

[Edge100x]

The game's documentation indicates that it would stop Quickmatch from seeing the server, but that doesn't seem to be true right now. Battlelog is in a constant state of flux and I don't know if they plan to change this at some point.

[Forbestoo]

Well, I changed it, and we are now having population problems we never had before.

Before the change once we got about 12-14 players it would fill right up in minutes, every single time.

Today after the change, we get about 20-24 players max and haven't got any higher than that in a few hours.

Looks like I have to switch it back.

[Brutus]

I tried changing my player start number to tow, using the easy setup, but it sets it to 8.

[.Strafe]

I tried changing my player start number to tow, using the easy setup, but it sets it to 8.

the easy setup option doesnt work for some reason ...

go into the server control tab and type in the commands:

vars.roundPlayerStartCount 1
vars.roundPlayerRestartCount 1

you'll see "OK" if you typed them in correctly

then do !nextmap to change map and set them in motion

[Vanderburg]

On the Easy Setup page, you must set the Preround player count to something lower than the Round player count. If they are equal, or Preround is higher, it will make it require 8 players to start.

[Brutus]

On the Easy Setup page, you must set the Preround player count to something lower than the Round player count. If they are equal, or Preround is higher, it will make it require 8 players to start.

That worked, thanks.

[PandaBear]

I got a response from JBRipley and he said that if changing the setting doesn't change your server preset from Normal to Custom you should still get quick match players. And I can confirm, after having the round start player count set to 2 for the past two days, that we are continuing to get hundreds of new players (ie quick-matched) throughout the day. It would seem that as long as your server is set to preset normal, you should get quick match players.

Battlelog thread: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/fo ... 744233640/

[MyOdessa]

how can you tell, if players come from quick match or just found you server in battlelog?

[TimeX]

From what I have heard, server admins have just been asking the players that joined if they joined from the list or from quick match.