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Give this ago it does work.

Use this server.txt

vars.servername "Whatever your server name"
admin.password "yourAdminPass"
vars.gamepassword ""
vars.servermessage "Welcome!"
vars.friendlyfire false
vars.serverDescription "Welcome"
vars.bannerURL
punkBuster.activate
vars.idleTimeout 28800
vars.roundStartPlayerCount 2
vars.roundRestartPlayerCount 1

Then follow this Procon is required if you don't have Procon you can download it here: www.phogue.net/

Set your only map to MP_007 ConquestSmall0 2, you can add more maps after the server is full with procon.

Now connect to your server with procon and in the console type vars.maxPlayers 4. Now join your server. Wait a bit battle log will send you quickmatches. Once you hit four people increase it to 8 vars.maxPlayers 8 in the console. Once you hit 8, vars.maxPlayers 16. once you hit 16 vars.maxPlayers 24. Then after you hit 24 vars.maxPlayers 32.

If you have a 64 player server and you are at 32 max players start removing maps and replacing them with the large version of the maps in procon. When a large map loads vars.maxPlayers 64.

Good info for anyone trying to fill up their server, in a future patch some of the player settings like StartPlayerCount probably won't be able to be changed once the server has started so make the most of it

I hope the next update doesn't effect this, a few things to remember when you start your server and you put the command to reduce your server to 4 slots when it fills all 4 slots and you increase the server to 8 slots this wont take effect until the map goes to the second half, this is the case for all slot increases performed, so expect to see players in the Neutral on Procon this is normal.
There is a plugin for Procon that will restart the map when you have 4 members on it this could be useful you can get it here:
www.phogue.net/forumvb/showthread.php?28....0-2011-11-12%29-BF3

This plugin is best run from the Procon layer so if you haven't already go grab a procon layer i got mine from here at GameHosting.

PRoCon server layer for BF3 available here

It's only £1.50 a month if you have a BF3 (or other ranked EA game) server with us and if so you can host all your servers on 1 layer

This plugin is great for populating your server
www.phogue.net/forumvb/showthread.php?29....3.1-12-06-11%29-BF3

It will automatically change your server size to allow the quick match to add clients to your server.
Due to the nature of this plugin it is best run from a parent layer,unless you want to leave your pc on all the time.