How To Upload An Existing ICARUS Save To Your Server

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of uploading a custom world file to your ICARUS dedicated server.

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Note

If you haven’t already, you need to Connect to your server, then create a new prospect to generate the necessary files on your server.

Finding Your Save Files

Worlds aren’t found in the game files, they are found in a different location which can be accessed by doing this.

1. Press Windows Key + R.
2. Enter this:

   %LocalAppData%/ICARUS/Saved/PlayerData

3. Open the folder named after your SteamID64, and then enter Prospects.
4. Copy your prospect.json file.
   • For example if your Prospect is named MySave, your save file will be MySave.json in the Prospects folder.

Uploading Your World

This is how to upload and load your existing save, these steps will use the example of MySave.json for the name of your save file.

1. Login to the Game Host Bros Game Panel and Stop your ICARUS server.
2. Go to Management > File Manager.
3. Navigate to /ICARUS/Saved/PlayerData/DedicatedServer/Prospects.
4. Upload your MySave.json save file.

Loading Your World

1. Login to the Game Host Bros Game Panel and Stop your ICARUS server.
2. Go to Management > File Manager.
3. Navigate to /ICARUS/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/ServerSettings.ini in ServerSettings.ini edit LoadProspect= to the name of your save.
4. Start your server.

Once uploaded your server files should look like this.

ServerSettings.ini

• DirectoryICARUS

  • DirectorySaved

    • DirectoryConfig

      • DirectoryWindowsServer

        • ServerSettings.ini Edit me!

Uploaded Prospect.json

• DirectoryPlayerData

  • DirectoryDedicatedServer

    • DirectoryProspects

      • MySave.json Your uploaded save!