THE AWESOME SPYGLASS MOD

[Izeith]

Hello, I love the awesome spyglass mod (but there is no discussion area on the actual mod page) Anyway I was wondering if there is anyway to turn off the glowing outlines of all the dinos and characters that show up when the spyglass is active. I would like the benefits of using the spyglass (stats, color regions, torpor and health etc.) however without giving away the location of everything around you.

[Alpha]

i think the shortcut for it is alt+s and you have an option to turn it off there

[Izeith]

Originally posted by Alpha:

i think the shortcut for it is alt+s and you have an option to turn it off there

I am looking for a setting to just remove that feature so that no one who plays on the cluster ( I am the cluster admin) has the ability to use it.

[VulcanTourist]

You mean like?

AllowOutline=False

It was right there in front of you.

[Izeith]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

You mean like?

AllowOutline=False

It was right there in front of you.

well I figured there is someplace to do it at, I just have never altered a mod like this before so I do not know where to even access that setting at. I use logic servers, is it in the game user settings ini, or game settings ini or would it be located elseware? Sorry for such an easy Question for you I just have never changed a mod like this before.

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by IA_Izeith:

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

You mean like?

AllowOutline=False

It was right there in front of you.

well I figured there is someplace to do it at, I just have never altered a mod like this before so I do not know where to even access that setting at. I use logic servers, is it in the game user settings ini, or game settings ini or would it be located elseware? Sorry for such an easy Question for you I just have never changed a mod like this before.

I ripped that right from the mod's main description; it took me seconds to find it. You might want to start with reading that (again) fully.

[Izeith]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

Originally posted by IA_Izeith:

well I figured there is someplace to do it at, I just have never altered a mod like this before so I do not know where to even access that setting at. I use logic servers, is it in the game user settings ini, or game settings ini or would it be located elseware? Sorry for such an easy Question for you I just have never changed a mod like this before.

I ripped that right from the mod's main description; it took me seconds to find it. You might want to start with reading that (again) fully.

I see where it says that on the mod page, however I still do not know where to access it. I see where it says the file location for save game etc.. however That would be on my PC and im guessing would not affect anyone else playing since the servers are hosted in Texas through Logic Servers. I checked the gameusersettings.ini and game.ini notepad and just did a search for the word Outline and AllowOutline and nothing comes up. so my issue is I just have no idea where to find THAT command at since the listed path of \\ARK\\ShooterGame\\Saved\\SaveGames\\AwesomeSpyGlassServerSettingsV2.sav
either isnt accessable to me? or would be on my personal computer and probably wouldnt change anything for anyone else?

[VulcanTourist]

Originally posted by IA_Izeith:

I see where it says that on the mod page, however I still do not know where to access it. I see where it says the file location for save game etc.. however That would be on my PC and im guessing would not affect anyone else playing since the servers are hosted in Texas through Logic Servers. I checked the gameusersettings.ini and game.ini notepad and just did a search for the word Outline and AllowOutline and nothing comes up. so my issue is I just have no idea where to find THAT command at since the listed path of \\ARK\\ShooterGame\\Saved\\SaveGames\\AwesomeSpyGlassServerSettingsV2.sav
either isnt accessable to me? or would be on my personal computer and probably wouldnt change anything for anyone else?

I've only played singleplayer, so the only experience I have is directly editing local files. In this instance, I pasted that configuration block into my usergamesettings.ini file and changed the ones I desired (I leave the others intact with default values for later reference). A remote hosted server must have some means of uploading and downloading files, however, and possibly a Web-based tool for directly editing text files in situ. The server host would be the one to answer how those things are handled for their servers. The directory structure would have to be the same, I would expect.

[Izeith]

Originally posted by VulcanTourist:

Originally posted by IA_Izeith:

I see where it says that on the mod page, however I still do not know where to access it. I see where it says the file location for save game etc.. however That would be on my PC and im guessing would not affect anyone else playing since the servers are hosted in Texas through Logic Servers. I checked the gameusersettings.ini and game.ini notepad and just did a search for the word Outline and AllowOutline and nothing comes up. so my issue is I just have no idea where to find THAT command at since the listed path of \\ARK\\ShooterGame\\Saved\\SaveGames\\AwesomeSpyGlassServerSettingsV2.sav
either isnt accessable to me? or would be on my personal computer and probably wouldnt change anything for anyone else?

I've only played singleplayer, so the only experience I have is directly editing local files. In this instance, I pasted that configuration block into my usergamesettings.ini file and changed the ones I desired (I leave the others intact with default values for later reference). A remote hosted server must have some means of uploading and downloading files, however, and possibly a Web-based tool for directly editing text files. The server host would be the one to answer how those things are handled for their servers. The directory structure would have to be the same, I would expect.

alright, ill contact logic servers and see if they are the ones who are supposed to modify it maybe. The web based tool allows me access to the game.ini and gameusersettings.ini files for editing, however like I said there is nothing about AllowOutline in either of those 2 files. There is also nothing about the other 8 or so mods installed either.. so they must be elseware. Also on another note, if youre looking for a good 9 map (all official maps) cluster to start on, that is relatively fresh with a super low population at the moment. let me know! I am always looking for some more players to add to it, there are only about 10 on the entire cluster right now.

[VulcanTourist]

Well, no, of course that property wouldn't already exist in GUS.ini: it's only valid in the presence of the mod and properties for mods never get added to INI files automatically. You must add them yourself. That is true for every single mod. If it has any properties that you wish to alter, you must add them manually to gameusersettings.ini yourself. Otherwise the mods will rely on the internal defaults for those properties.

This is why it's crucial to read every scrap of documentation you can find for any mod, to determine what default INI settings you might need to alter. I go so far as to recreate all that documentation with any detailed explanation of the properties in a separate gameusersettings.ini.TXT file, which I keep handy for reference. PITA having to track down again what I've read before but could never remember every time I need to tweak something.