Host an Icarus server on a windows system

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First you'll need a modern version of powershell - v5.1 or later, which ships with current versions of windows 10 and higher.

Head to the Powershell GSM repository and download the code with the green Code button: https://github.com/patrix87/PowerShellGSM

Extract the archive somewhere. The server files will live here as well. I picked c:\pgsm.

In the extracted folder, copy the template config to the config dir:
cp templates/icarus.psm1 config/icarus.psm1

In the launchers directory, copy run.cmd to icarus.cmd:
cp launchers/run.cmd launchers/icarus.cmd

So the resulting important files for me are:
c:\pgsm\launchers\icarus.cmd
c:\pgsm\config\icarus.psm1

Go and edit the config file at config\icarus.psm1:
1. Putting a password on your server is highly recommended
2. Note the ports needed to be forwarded by your router. (Defaults: 27015, 17777)
3. Personally, I recommend setting
  * UsePID = $true
  * AutoRestart = $false
  And managing crashes manually because the method of using scheduled tasks to 
  kill and start servers is not multi-process friendly. Meaning the watchdog tasks will
  shoot legitimate server processes listening on different ports. If you are not running
  multiple servers on your machine, don't worry about #3 here.

Go into the launchers directory and double click icarus.cmd. Don't call the script from a prompt or powershell. double click it. 
This will download everything you need, including steamcmd, start the server, 
then prompt you to close the window and edit files. This is unnecessary. Close the windows then
re-launch icarus.cmd and wait for the server window to say 'server is now empty' before joining.

The server files will download to servers\<configfilename>. So if I named my config file surviveicarus.psm1, the server would be in c:\pgsm\servers\surviveicarus\... . If I had multiple different named configs with different ports, noting #3 above, I would have a copy of the server files for each config:

PS C:\psgsm\configs> ls


    Directory: C:\psgsm\configs


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----        12/16/2022   6:25 PM            128 #README.txt
-a----          1/1/2023   3:15 PM           8857 icarus.psm1
-a----          1/1/2023   3:15 PM           8879 icarusmissions.psm1
-a----          1/1/2023   3:15 PM           8887 icarusmissions2.psm1
-a----          1/1/2023   3:15 PM           8872 icarusmissions3.psm1


PS C:\psgsm\configs> cd ..\servers
PS C:\psgsm\servers> ls


    Directory: C:\psgsm\servers


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d-----        12/25/2022  12:26 PM                icarus
d-----          1/1/2023   2:53 PM                icarusmissions
d-----        12/30/2022   4:54 PM                icarusmissions2
d-----        12/31/2022   3:27 PM                icarusmissions3
-a----        12/25/2022   4:44 PM            108 icarus.INI
-a----          1/1/2023   2:54 PM            108 icarusmissions.INI
-a----          1/1/2023   2:54 PM              4 icarusmissions.PID
-a----        12/31/2022  11:18 AM            108 icarusmissions2.INI
-a----        12/31/2022   3:28 PM            108 icarusmissions3.INI
-a----        12/31/2022   3:28 PM              4 icarusmissions3.PID