Just strip out the numbers from the string you mostly have these 3 cases.
if you get 2 or more numbers and they are different, you most probably have a 1-4 players format or something similar, the minimum and maximum players. Do the average and in case of a team game round to the nearest number that is dividable by 2.
If you get 2 numbers and they are the same then add them up because the format is most probably something like 1 on 1 or 5 vs 5
If you get only one number than most probably that is the total amount of players
Maps also have further settings such as recommended enemies and recommended team mates. Some maps have these values set like CTF-Face-SE
Some mappers (like me) sometimes goof around whit map players settings. If you get values beyond 32 or you don't get any numbers then the mod should default back to 8 players.
For example
My joust map has a player setting like 1 on 100.
W00tabulous has 3654794-9999999 but it has recommended teammates 2 and recommended enemies 3.
It would be a nice option to be able to set the defaults for these kinds of maps in an *.ini file.
For example
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[special cases]
mapstring0="*Joust*" // wildcard could be usefull
playercount0=2
mapstring1="CTF-W00tabulous.unr" //a specific map whit full name
playercount1=6
and so on.
