<function name="GetCountConnecting" parent="player" type="libraryfunc"> <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. ⤶ </description>⤶ ⤶ <note>If you want to know how many players are connecting on the clientside, you can use this code :⤶ ```lua⤶ 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)⤶ ```⤶ </note>⤶ </description>⤶ <added>2025.06.04</added> <realm>Server</realm> <rets> <ret name="" type="number">Number of players still connecting.</ret> </rets> </function>