Memory Compass

A Hytale server plugin that helps you find nearby memories, resources, and ores by placing a marker on your map and compass.

The plugin adds a craftable Memory Compass that points to the nearest undiscovered memory when activated. For balance reasons, the compass is only available after you've played for a little bit - it requires an upgraded workbench and some resources. Also, it's only active while it's being held. It can be held in either hand, though! The compass also emits a faint blue light, to help with nighttime memory collection.

Using the Memory Compass

The rest of the features of the plugin are only for more dedicated players, and as such are only available as server commands.

My children told me that the thing they like the most in Hytale is to explore for new memories. However, after a while it gets more difficult to find new creatures, and nobody likes wasting their time. This mod will help you find those last few missing creatures when you're almost done collecting everything!

In keeping with the spirit of "saving time", the mod will also help you find those items that you normally have to search a long time for. Items such as Hides and the rarer Ores.

Features

Memory Tracking - Find uncollected memories to complete your collection
Hide Tracking - Locate creatures that drop light, medium, or heavy hides
Ore Tracking - Find ore deposits (copper, iron, silver, gold, thorium, cobalt, adamantite, mithril)
Map Marker - Target location shown on your map and compass with distance
Chat Notifications - Get notified when a new target is found or when tracking changes

Screenshots

Tracking an undiscovered memory

The map shows the marker as well

You know what must be done

Commands

/track <type> - Start tracking. Available types:

Type	Description
`memory`	Track nearest uncollected memory
`light_hide`	Track creatures that drop light hide
`medium_hide`	Track creatures that drop medium hide
`heavy_hide`	Track creatures that drop heavy hide
`copper`	Track copper ore
`iron`	Track iron ore
`silver`	Track silver ore
`gold`	Track gold ore
`cobalt`	Track cobalt ore
`mithril`	Track mithril ore
`thorium`	Track thorium ore
`adamantite`	Track adamantite ore
`off`	Stop tracking
`status`	Show current tracking status

Configuration

Edit config.json in the plugin's data folder:

{
  "blockSearchRadiusBlocks": 64,  
  "blockSearchIntervalMs": 15000,  
  "entitySearchRadiusBlocks": 512,  
  "entityUpdateIntervalTicks": 10. 
}

Setting	Description
`blockSearchRadiusBlocks`	How far to search for ores (in blocks)
`blockSearchIntervalMs`	How often to re-scan for ores (in milliseconds)
`entitySearchRadiusBlocks`	How far to search for creatures/memories (in blocks)
`entityUpdateIntervalTicks`	How often to update creature tracking (in server ticks)

Notes

Only one thing can be tracked at a time - selecting a new target automatically stops the previous one
Ore tracking searches all stone variants (basalt, sandstone, shale, slate, stone, volcanic)
Ore tracking is more server-intensive, so it will only track once every few seconds.
Ore tracking will find things that are "in the nearest chunks first". So it might find ore right beneath your feet, but 100 blocks down before it finds ore "40 blocks ahead".