sv_maxClients above the free limit
You asked for more player slots than a free server is allowed. The limit is 48 without a paid Cfx subscription.
Do this first
Set sv_maxClients to 48, or subscribe on the Cfx account your licence key belongs to.
What it means
FiveM caps a free server at 48 slots. Above that requires an Element Club subscription tier, and without one the server either refuses the value or does not list.
What causes it
Ordered by how often it is the answer.
- 1
sv_maxClients set above 48 without a subscription
The straightforward case.
- 2
A config copied from a bigger server
Templates commonly ship 64 or 128.
- 3
The subscription is on a different Cfx account
Slots follow the account the license key belongs to.
- 4
The value is not a number
Quotes around it, or a stray character.
How to tell which one is yours
grep -n "sv_maxClients" server.cfg
If it reads more than 48 and you have no subscription, that is the whole answer.
Where to look
server.cfg.
How to fix it
sv_maxClients 48
Or raise the tier on the Cfx account that owns the license key. There is no config trick for this — it is enforced server-side by Cfx.
Still stuck on your own code?
This page is what this error usually means. Paste your console into Server Fixer and it will rank everything in it and tell you what to do first, and if you would rather not touch it, ORBIE can repair the script and hand the resource back ready to drop in.
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