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player.GetCountConnecting

  number player.GetCountConnecting()
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Description

Returns the amount of players connecting to the server, but not yet spawned in.

player.GetCountConnecting() + player.GetCount() would result in the total player count on this server.

Returns

1 number
Number of players still connecting.

Example

Track how many players are connecting on the client

local PlayerCountConnecting = 0 hook.Add("PlayerConnect", "PlayerGetCountConnecting", function() PlayerCountConnecting = PlayerCountConnecting + 1 end) gameevent.Listen("player_disconnect") hook.Add("player_disconnect", "PlayerGetCountConnecting", function() PlayerCountConnecting = math.max(0, PlayerCountConnecting - 1) end) gameevent.Listen("player_activate") hook.Add("player_activate", "PlayerGetCountConnecting", function() PlayerCountConnecting = math.max(0, PlayerCountConnecting - 1) end) concommand.Add("player_count_connecting", function(ply) print("Players currently connecting: " .. PlayerCountConnecting) end)

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