Change Player Count

Before following these steps, make sure to stop your server first. This is to avoiding breaking anything on your server while you edit. 

Step 1: Head to your game panel and look for your Startup icon on the left hand side.
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Step 2: In the Startup area, look for the box that says: MAX PLAYERS
Here you can change your player count to any number.

HOWEVER, do not do more the 29 players. The reason for this, is that you server will very likely start breaking game save file and player save file. You won't be able to fix this, if you start getting corrupted files. So to be on the safe side do 29 and lower.

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Do not edit your serverconfig.xml for MaxPlayers. Your Startup will keep overriding your player count if you do.

After Completing these steps, you can now go and start you server.

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