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Icarus server

Managed from: GamePanel. 4 answers, updated 14 November 2026.

Essentials 1

Backups, subdomain, SFTP and ports

Your sessions are in Icarus/Saved/PlayerData/DedicatedServer/Prospects. The other topics are common to all games: see the GamePanel guide. For SFTP, follow the step-by-step FileZilla tutorial.

  1. Help center home, GamePanel guide (all games).

Guides 3

How do I configure my Icarus server?

Name, slots (8 at most), password, admin password, lobby rights and automatic shutdowns are set in GamePanelServer Options and written to Icarus/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/ServerSettings.ini on every start.

  1. GamePanelServer Options: change the setting you want.

  2. Restart the server to apply it.

Common errors

  • SessionName, JoinPassword, MaxPlayers, AdminPassword, ShutdownIfNotJoinedFor, ShutdownIfEmptyFor, AllowNonAdminsToLaunchProspects, AllowNonAdminsToDeleteProspects and ResumeProspect are rewritten from the Options on every start: a manual edit of these lines is lost.
  • Do not leave a filled CreateProspect= line in the file: it can create a fresh session on every start.
Why does my Icarus session close when everyone leaves?

By default, the official server closes the session after 5 minutes without players. At HelloServ, both shutdowns are disabled (-1): the session stays loaded.

  1. GamePanelServer Options: "Close if nobody joins" (SHUTDOWN_NOT_JOINED) and "Close when the server empties" (SHUTDOWN_EMPTY), in seconds, -1 = never.

  2. Restart the server to apply a change.

Common errors

  • The session went back to the lobby while both settings are at -1: an admin may have typed /ReturnToLobby. Relaunch the session from the lobby.
How do I schedule an automatic restart of my Icarus server?

A scheduled task restarts the server at a set time. Each restart also installs the latest server version and frees the memory built up by a long session.

In the GamePanel

your serverSystemSchedulesOpen

  1. GamePanelSystemSchedulesCreate, choose Empty task, Continue, then the name, frequency and time, and Create the task.

  2. On the task page, Create a task: Send a power action, Restart the server, offset 0.

  3. Trigger runs the task right away to try it, restart included.

Common errors

  • Pick a quiet hour: connected players are disconnected during the restart.

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