This is a work in progress guide at this moment. Will add more details overtime and will help people in need. Ask more questions will add more to the guide.

Please don't use the files that came with the client to run the server.

First off it's recommended you download steamcmd Download Link:
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd.zip

Extract steamcmd into a folder somewhere you feel that might be a dedicated place for it and run steamcmd.exe

In a sense steamcmd is now fully setup this is like having just installed steam itself without the gui but it's cleaner and much better for server admins.



After steamcmd is open and updates and says Loading Steam API...OK. and shows the Steam prompt you will have to type a series of short commands.

First Command is to login:
login anonymous
- Make sure it's always anonymous and not your actual user as this the currently only login that allows the download of the software.

Second Command is to download / install / update the server always use this same command:
app_update 565060

You are done. If you want to update the server again just repeat Step 2 again.



Now running your server is cake all you have to do is go to the folder where you placed your steamcmd.exe and just go through the following folder structure:
steamapps\common\AvorionServer

Since you are on windows it's best just to run launcher.bat but you can also use server.bat but in either case you have to currently open the bat files in notepad and edit their slashes.

launcher.bat:
from :
bin/ServerRunner.exe
to:
bin\ServerRunner.exe

server.bat:
from:
bin/AvorionServer.exe --galaxy-name avorion_galaxy --admin $USER "$@"
to:
bin\AvorionServer.exe --galaxy-name avorion_galaxy --admin $USER "$@"

The slash needs to be backwards rather then forward it's a bit of a typo.

Now you should be able to run your servers just fine!

This is a work in progress guide at this moment. Will add more details overtime and will help people in need. Ask more questions will add more to the guide.

Linux users follow this guide :)
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Linux