How to Change the Player Count Display for Your Minecraft Server

Are you looking to make your Minecraft server appear more lively? Or perhaps you're striving for a more exclusive, intimate atmosphere? The displayed player count for your server can significantly influence the first impression it makes on potential players. This article will guide you through alternating this count using the SimpleGameHosting control panel. 

The process allows you to change the number of available player slots shown to the public, which can impact the perceived activity of your server. However, it's crucial to remember that this adjustment only affects the displayed player count, not your server's actual performance or hardware capacity.

⛏️ Looking for more server customization tips? Check out our full list of helpful guides on customizing your server here! 

Changing Your Player Count Display

Step 1: Logging Into The Game Panel

To begin the process of adding an adjusting the displayed player account for your Minecraft server, you first need to access the SimpleGameHosting Control Panel. 

1. Open a new tab in your browser and navigate to panel.simplegamehosting.com. 

2. Enter your login credentials in the provided field and click the Login button. 

3. After logging in successfully, you’ll be taken to the Console tab for your server. If you have more than one server, you’ll first see a dashboard listing all your available servers. Just click on the one you want to manage.

Step 2: Safely Shutting Down Your Server

On your servers Console tab, you can safely stop your server from here by hitting the red Stop button in the terminal/console window. 

🛑Wait: Before you continue, make sure that your server has fully shut down. Once complete, you will often see the console display "Server marked as offline...".

Step 3: Setting the Available Player Slots

From here, you will need to access the File Manager in the menu bar. This will take you to the home/container folder with all your server files. 

1. While you're on the /home/container page, locate the 'server.properties' file in the manager.

2. In your server.properties file, you will see a line starting with 'max-players=' with a number (20 is usually the default) after. You can change the number here to something else that suits your server. 

3. Once you're done, be sure to hit the Save Content button in the top right corner of the file editor. Otherwise, your changes will not display. 

Step 4: Restart Your Server

Head back to the Console tab on the SimpleGameHosting Panel by clicking Console from the menu bar. Once you’re there, click the Start button to boot up your Minecraft server.

After the server has fully started:

1. Launch Minecraft on your computer.

2. Go to the Multiplayer tab.

3. If your server isn’t already saved to your list, you can quickly add it by copying your server IP.

• Just click the two overlapping squares next to the IP address on the Console page to copy it to your clipboard.
• Paste it into Minecraft to connect easily.

You should now see your new player count displayed to the right of your server list.

🤔 Not working? Try this. If you already had Minecraft open in the background, you will need to press the "refresh" button in-game for the changes to be visible.