TooManyPlayers

MIMESIS - TooManyPlayers

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Raise the hard 4-player session cap so you can host and play Mimesis with larger groups - you pick the maximum, the host enforces it.

Mimesis ships with a hard limit of 4 players per session. TooManyPlayers raises the network, room, session and Steam lobby limits to the host's configured maximum.

Features

• Raises the player cap from the default 4 to your configured value from 4 to 250 (MaxPlayers, default 8).
• Sets the room and session admission limit and supports more than ten player actors.
• Forces the network transport's client limit to your value (up to 250) and re-applies it whenever a socket is created.
• Raises the Steam lobby member cap from 4 to your configured maximum.
• Public room search uses each host's Steam capacity and shows it on the room card. The searching client needs this mod.
• Keeps the four existing survival result rows and reads scrap results correctly after larger player lists.
• Logs Steam lobby requests, creation result codes, the 30-second timeout, player-cap changes and failed session additions in MelonLoader/Latest.log.
• Your configured value is validated and clamped to the 4-250 range on load.

Screenshots

Seven simulated clients in one host session, photographed using FakePlayers.

The same in-game crew up close.

Requirements

Component — Version

MIMESIS — 0.4.0

MelonLoader — 0.7.3+

Installation

• Recommended: install via a Thunderstore mod manager (r2modman / Gale) and let it resolve dependencies.
• Manual: download TooManyPlayers.dll from GitHub Releases, drop it into MIMESIS/Mods/, then launch the game once to generate the config file at UserData/MelonPreferences.cfg.

Configuration

Stored in UserData/MelonPreferences.cfg under [TooManyPlayers].

Gameplay settings follow the lobby host without overwriting saved client preferences. Without the mod on the host, clients use vanilla behavior. Live settings apply after the host changes them through a MelonPreferences UI or reloads the preferences; editing the file alone does not reload it. Use the same current mod version on host and clients for the new options and live updates. Older versions retain their initial legacy snapshot. Invalid new values use the registered default with a warning.

The host controls both settings. Activation and network capacity are structural, so changes apply to the next lobby. Disabling the mod keeps the configured cap saved and publishes the vanilla cap of four, including for older clients.

Option — Default — Range and effect

Enabled — true — Master switch, next lobby. False uses the vanilla cap of 4.

MaxPlayers — 8 — Capacity, clamped to 4-250 on load, next lobby.

Usage

There are no keybinds and no in-game UI beyond the standard MelonPreferences config.

1. Install the mod and launch the game once to generate UserData/MelonPreferences.cfg.
2. Set MaxPlayers under the [TooManyPlayers] category to your desired cap.
3. Relaunch the game.

Host-side requirement: the cap is enforced by the host/server, so the player hosting the lobby or session must have the mod installed and configured for the larger group to take effect.

Compatibility

Built for Mimesis 0.4.0 / MelonLoader 0.7.3.

Links

Source and releases: github.com/DooDesch-Mods/Mimesis-TooManyPlayers

Images

Screenshots and the package icon are captured in MIMESIS.