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Mega Spyglass + GPS Plugin Description
Features
Mega Spyglass + GPS is a server-side Spyglass and player GPS plugin for ARK: Survival Evolved. It gives players creature information through the vanilla Spyglass and a persistent display of their own coordinates, without a Workshop mod or client download.
What It Does
Players equip the normal Spyglass and hold right-click while aiming at a wild dinosaur or their tribe's tame. The plugin displays the enabled creature information while the Spyglass is being used. Enemy tame information is excluded.
The separate GPS display shows the player's own coordinates and updates as they move. Administrators can customize the display and tune the update settings for their server.
Commercial version: 2.10.0
Installation folder and DLL name: TuFSpyglass
Commands
No player chat command is needed for normal use. Equip the vanilla Spyglass and hold right-click. The player GPS is displayed automatically when enabled.
Admin Commands
Available through RCON:
Configuration
Mega Spyglass + GPS can be configured for:
Config
Requirements
Compiled against ArkApi: Live
Tested commercial DLL: V.3.6.8
ARK: Survival Ascended compatibility is not claimed.
Installation
Demonstration
Watch the Mega Spyglass + GPS demonstration on YouTube
License and External Connections
The plugin verifies its license over HTTPS through arktuf.com. Each license is bound to one machine HWID and an authorized DLL build. Contact support before moving machines or replacing a licensed build.
Verification sends the license key, product identifier, hashed machine identifier, DLL SHA-256 hash and plugin version. The license service also records the connecting IP address and last verification time.
Initial activation requires a successful online check. A previously validated, signed cache can provide limited offline grace during a temporary outage, subject to cache validity and license expiry. Plugin features require valid authorization.
Pricing
License duration: Yearly
Machine limit: One HWID per license.
Notes
GPS placement may need adjustment for different resolutions, HUD scales or other HUD plugins. Refresh rate and targeting settings affect responsiveness and server workload. Map alignment profiles do not establish compatibility testing for every map or plugin combination.
Fault-recovery safeguards can temporarily suspend a feature after repeated detected faults; they do not guarantee a crash-free server.
Support / Purchase
Contact Fuente for purchases, installation assistance and license support. Include the plugin version, server versions, map, reproduction steps and relevant logs when reporting an issue. Remove license keys and credentials before sharing files or diagnostic output publicly.
Features
Mega Spyglass + GPS is a server-side Spyglass and player GPS plugin for ARK: Survival Evolved. It gives players creature information through the vanilla Spyglass and a persistent display of their own coordinates, without a Workshop mod or client download.
- Wild dinosaur information - View creature name, sex, level, selected stat points, health and torpor.
- Own-tribe tame information - Inspect your tribe's tames, with tame-added stat points displayed separately.
- Enemy tame privacy - Enemy tame information is blocked.
- Right-click targeting - Hold right-click while aiming with the vanilla Spyglass to display creature information.
- Live player GPS - See your current latitude and longitude while moving.
- Persistent GPS display - Updates the existing GPS display rather than stacking movement notifications.
- Map-aware alignment - Configure GPS alignment for individual maps, with a default profile for unrecognized maps.
- Display customization - Adjust branding, text scale, labels and available display colors.
- Configurable information - Choose which supported stats and values are displayed.
- Refresh and scan controls - Adjust caching, refresh intervals, detection distance and scan limits.
- RCON support - Reload configuration and check runtime or license status.
What It Does
Players equip the normal Spyglass and hold right-click while aiming at a wild dinosaur or their tribe's tame. The plugin displays the enabled creature information while the Spyglass is being used. Enemy tame information is excluded.
The separate GPS display shows the player's own coordinates and updates as they move. Administrators can customize the display and tune the update settings for their server.
Commercial version: 2.10.0
Installation folder and DLL name: TuFSpyglass
Commands
No player chat command is needed for normal use. Equip the vanilla Spyglass and hold right-click. The player GPS is displayed automatically when enabled.
Admin Commands
Available through RCON:
tufspyglass.reload- Reload configuration.tufspyglass.status- Show runtime status and diagnostic counters.tufspyglass.license- Show license status and machine/build identifiers.tufspyglass.license.refresh- Request a new license verification.
Configuration
Mega Spyglass + GPS can be configured for:
- Server branding
- Wild dinosaur and own-tribe tame visibility
- Displayed stats and tame-added points
- Health and torpor information
- Spyglass detection distance and aiming tolerance
- Text scale and available display colors
- Player GPS visibility, text and update frequency
- Map-specific GPS alignment
- Refresh intervals, caching and scan limits
- Localization labels
- Startup delay and fault-recovery settings
Config
This preview describes the available settings. It is not an installable config.json: production keys, internal identifiers, license credentials and exact tuning values are omitted. The editable configuration is supplied with the customer package.
Code:
BRANDING
Customize the server label shown in the display.
CREATURE INFORMATION
Enable wild dinosaur and own-tribe tame information.
Select supported stats and show tame-added points separately.
Toggle health and torpor values.
SPYGLASS TARGETING
Adjust detection range and aiming tolerance.
PLAYER GPS
Enable or disable the coordinate display.
Customize its label, color and scale.
Adjust update frequency and per-map alignment.
DISPLAY AND LOCALIZATION
Adjust text scale and available colors.
Customize supported creature and stat labels.
PERFORMANCE
Tune refresh intervals, cache duration and scan limits.
RECOVERY
Configure startup delay and temporary feature suspension
after repeated detected faults.
LICENSE
Use the customer license supplied with the package.
Online activation and machine/build binding apply.Requirements
- ARK: Survival Evolved dedicated server on Windows x64.
- ArkServerAPI installed and working.
- Active plugin license and outbound HTTPS access to arktuf.com.
- No additional ArkApi plugin dependency is declared by the package.
- No Workshop mod or client download is required.
Compiled against ArkApi: Live
Tested commercial DLL: V.3.6.8
ARK: Survival Ascended compatibility is not claimed.
Installation
- Stop the ARK server and back up any existing installation.
- Copy the supplied TuFSpyglass folder into
ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkApi\Plugins\. - Keep TuFSpyglass.dll, config.json and PluginInfo.json together in that folder.
- Confirm the supplied license key is present and adjust the configuration. Keep config.json valid JSON.
- Start the server and check the startup log and
tufspyglass.licensethrough RCON. - Use
tufspyglass.reloadafter configuration changes. Restart the server for DLL updates.
Demonstration
Watch the Mega Spyglass + GPS demonstration on YouTube
License and External Connections
The plugin verifies its license over HTTPS through arktuf.com. Each license is bound to one machine HWID and an authorized DLL build. Contact support before moving machines or replacing a licensed build.
Verification sends the license key, product identifier, hashed machine identifier, DLL SHA-256 hash and plugin version. The license service also records the connecting IP address and last verification time.
Initial activation requires a successful online check. A previously validated, signed cache can provide limited offline grace during a temporary outage, subject to cache validity and license expiry. Plugin features require valid authorization.
Pricing
License duration: Yearly
Machine limit: One HWID per license.
Notes
GPS placement may need adjustment for different resolutions, HUD scales or other HUD plugins. Refresh rate and targeting settings affect responsiveness and server workload. Map alignment profiles do not establish compatibility testing for every map or plugin combination.
Fault-recovery safeguards can temporarily suspend a feature after repeated detected faults; they do not guarantee a crash-free server.
Support / Purchase
Contact Fuente for purchases, installation assistance and license support. Include the plugin version, server versions, map, reproduction steps and relevant logs when reporting an issue. Remove license keys and credentials before sharing files or diagnostic output publicly.
