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I have configured a temporary server and can connect to it remotely but under the "client" tab it fails to announce the number of connected players ("? / ?"), the server name and server description. I know that minetest.conf is working because my changes to motd and passwords appear after joining. Does it need to announce to the server list in order for these to appear?

In minetest.config, check your setting:

server_announce = xxxxx

I believe this is false by default - set to true if you want to be on the public server list.

You only get those info if the server is from the server list. Use server announce as explained above

That did work, but why is it designed that way? You would think that players on a private server would like to know how many people are connected and such.

AnxiousInfusion wrote:That did work, but why is it designed that way? You would think that players on a private server would like to know how many people are connected and such.

That would require the client to query the server directly to find out that information. That's not impossible but it could be messy.