Add a dedicated Hosting on windows file

docs/SUMMARY.md

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 * [Prerequisites](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/prerequisites.md)
 * [Hosting a Basic Listen Server](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/basic-listen-server.md)
 * [Hosting a Dedicated Server](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/dedicated-server/README.md)
-  * [Best practices](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/dedicated-server/best-practices.md)
+  * [Hosting on Windows](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/dedicated-server/hosting-on-windows.md)
   * [Hosting on Linux](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/dedicated-server/hosting-on-linux.md)
 * [Server settings](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/server-settings/README.md)
   * [Startup arguments](hosting-a-server-with-northstar/server-settings/startup-args.md)

docs/hosting-a-server-with-northstar/dedicated-server/best-practices.md → docs/hosting-a-server-with-northstar/dedicated-server/hosting-on-windows.md

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-description: Tweaks and tricks to improve both your experience in hosting and others' in playing on your server
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+# Hosting on Windows
 
-# Best practices
+## Hardware
 
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 TODO: If you have experience in hosting Northstar servers and want to share your knowledge, please open a [pull request](https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarWiki/pulls).
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 **Requirements per server:**
 
-- 5GB free disk space (+3 GB if you're on windows due to origin and deps)
+- 8GB free disk space (5GB of the game and 3 for Origin/EA app)
 - 3+ cores (2 might work, though)
 - 3GB+ total memory (RAM or swap will do)
-- Windows 8.1 (and built-in WARP [use `-softwared3d11`] or a graphics card) + or wine 6.0.0+ (and dxvk+lavapipe+x11, wined3d+llvmpipe+x11, or a working graphics setup with dxvk or llvmpipe) (see [this](https://github.com/pg9182/northstar-dedicated) for more)
+- Windows 8.1 
 
 **Per instance:**
 
@@ -26,11 +24,27 @@ The current minimum requirements are as follows:
 
 **Note:** It is recommended to surpass the listed requirements. Currently the number of available servers covers the daily playerbase more than enough. If you're planning to host public servers for the community it is therefore recommended to either fill a niche (like a gamemode that is so popular that all existing servers are full) or provide a better service than existing hosts (less lag, more stable, etc.).
 
-## Monitoring
 
-You can set the Convar `ns_should_log_all_clientcommands` to `1` to log all client commands. This includes both benign things like the command a client sends to server to respawn after death but also nefarious, like a malicious client calling `emit`, a command that before being patched out allowed clients to spam voice lines to other clients.
+## Setup
 
-Due to the increased verbosity `ns_should_log_all_clientcommands` is set to `0` (disabled) by default but should be enabled in cases where you want to investigate suspicious activity on your server.
+Dedicated servers allow you to host a Northstar server without having to use a full client, making them more lightweight and easier to host for longer periods of time. Dedicated servers are still in development for Northstar, so while they do work, expect some bugs and general jank.\
+To start a dedicated server on Northstar, launch NorthstarLauncher.exe with the argument `-dedicated`, this can be done manually, but releases also provide the batch file `r2ds.bat`, which will also do this.\
+When using a dedicated server, arguments are read from `ns_startup_args_dedi.txt`, rather than `ns_startup_args.txt`.
+
+#### Useful configuration files
+
+* `ns_startup_args_dedi.txt`\
+  contains the [startup arguments](../server-settings/README.md/#startup-arguments)
+* `R2Northstar\mods\Northstar.CustomServers\mod.json`\
+  contains [ConVars](../server-settings/convars.md) default values
+* `R2Northstar\mods\Northstar.CustomServers\mod\cfg\autoexec_ns_server.cfg`\
+  contains [ConVars](../server-settings/convars.md) and [overrides](../server-settings/playlistvars.md)
+
+### Dedicated Server Caveats
+
+At the moment, dedicated servers still require DirectX 11 to work, which typically requires a physical GPU, though they use almost no GPU processing power while in use, this can be an issue especially on GPU-less setups, so the launch argument `-softwared3d11` can be used to force DirectX to run in software mode.\
+While this is absolutely not ideal, it's the best solution for truly headless dedicated servers at the moment, and surprisingly hardly uses any CPU time, though it can use roughly up to 1GB of RAM.\
+Regarding RAM usage, dedicated servers also use significant amounts of RAM at the moment, often requiring 1.5-2GB, though I expect this to lower as development continues.
 
 ## Optimization Commands (Optional)
 
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 | `sv_maxrate 127000`              | Sets the maximum bandwidth rate allowed (both incoming/outcoming) per second (in bytes)                                        |
 
 **Note:** The effect is dependent on your network, system, etc. Therefore, you should really add the command one by one and test it to see if there is any benefit for your server.
+

docs/hosting-a-server-with-northstar/server-settings/convars.md

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+# ConVars
+## Monitoring
+
+You can set the Convar `ns_should_log_all_clientcommands` to `1` to log all client commands. This includes both benign things like the command a client sends to server to respawn after death but also nefarious, like a malicious client calling `emit`, a command that before being patched out allowed clients to spam voice lines to other clients.
+
+Due to the increased verbosity `ns_should_log_all_clientcommands` is set to `0` (disabled) by default but should be enabled in cases where you want to investigate suspicious activity on your server.
+
 ## Convars
 
 Convars are located inside the `R2Northstar\mods\Northstar.CustomServers\mod\cfg\autoexec_ns_server.cfg` file.