Player Range Finder

Check how far away other players are, get their direction, and track them with a live compass arrow - all without needing line of sight.

What It Does

Player Range Finder gives you tools to locate other players on your server. Aim at someone to see their distance, run a command to get a full breakdown, or enable a persistent direction arrow that points you toward a specific player in real-time.

Distance Tooltip: Aim at any player to see how many meters away they are (auto-shows as a HUD element)
Full Range Check: Get distance, compass direction, and height difference with one command
Direction Arrow: A rotating arrow HUD that always points toward your tracked player, using 16 compass directions relative to YOUR camera (not world north)
Entity Highlight: Automatic glow effect on entities you're aiming at, with customizable color, strength, duration, and mode
Interactive Settings GUI: Full visual settings menu with navigation between Display, Highlight, and Privacy pages - no commands needed
Privacy System: Block specific players from tracking you, or deny everyone and whitelist only friends
Solo Testing: NPC direction test mode so you can try the arrow without needing another player online

Distance Tooltip

When you aim at another player, a floating tooltip appears showing their name and distance in meters. This works automatically - just look at someone.

Customizable per-player:

Background and text opacity (0-100%)
Text color (any hex color)
Position on screen (pixel-precise alignment or preset positions)
Fade animations on/off

Direction Arrow

Track a specific player with a persistent arrow that rotates to show their direction relative to where you're looking. The arrow snaps to 16 compass directions (N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, etc.) based on YOUR camera angle, not world coordinates.

How it works:

Run /rangef <player> dir to start tracking
An arrow HUD appears showing which direction to look
The arrow updates every 250ms as you and the target move
Run /rangef dir off to stop

Switching targets: If you try to track a new player while already tracking someone, a confirmation UI pops up asking "Already tracking [current]. Switch to [new]?" with Switch and Cancel buttons. Enable auto-switch mode to skip this dialog.

Customizable:

Arrow position (pixel-precise alignment)
Arrow background on/off with adjustable opacity
Arrow display on/off (keeps tracking state, just hides the visual)

Entity Highlight

Entities you aim at get a colored glow effect. Works on players and NPCs.

ONCE mode: Single pulse when you aim at something, then fades (good for quick identification)
LOOP mode: Persistent glow as long as you're looking at the entity
12 colors: white, red, orange, yellow, lime, green, cyan, blue, purple, magenta, pink, gray
Adjustable strength: 0.1 to 1.0 (glow thickness)
Adjustable duration: 0.2s to 3.0s (sweep speed)
Cooldowns: Separate cooldown timers for ONCE and LOOP modes (0-20s each)

Settings GUI

Run /rangef to open the interactive settings menu. Everything you can do with commands, you can do from the GUI instead.

Display Settings (main page):

Toggle distance tooltip on/off
Background and text opacity dropdowns
Text color picker (12 color grid)
Screen position presets (Center Top, Center Right, Above Stamina, etc.)
Fade animation toggle

Highlight Settings (navigate from Display page):

Toggle highlight on/off
Mode selection (Once / Loop)
Color picker, strength, duration
Separate cooldowns for Once and Loop modes
Cooldown scope (per-entity or global)
Debug mode toggle

Privacy List (navigate from Display page):

Add/remove players from your allow or deny list
Undo/redo support for accidental removals

All pages link to each other with navigation buttons - no need to close and reopen.

Commands

Distance:

/rangef <player> - Show distance to a player
/rangef <player> full - Distance + compass direction + height difference

Direction Arrow:

/rangef <player> dir - Start tracking a player with the direction arrow
/rangef dir off - Stop direction tracking
/rangef dir auto - Toggle auto-switch (skip confirmation when switching targets)
/rangef arrow on/off - Toggle arrow display
/rangef arrow bg on/off - Toggle arrow background
/rangef arrow opacity <0-100> - Arrow background opacity
/rangef arrowalign - Show/set arrow position

Display Settings:

/rangef on/off - Toggle distance tooltip
/rangef opacity <0-100> - Set tooltip opacity
/rangef opacity bg/text <0-100> - Background or text opacity separately
/rangef color <hex> - Set text color
/rangef align - Show/set tooltip position
/rangef align <preset> - Use a preset (center-top, center-right, above-stamina, etc.)
/rangef fade - Toggle fade animations

Entity Highlight:

/rangef hl - Show current highlight settings
/rangef hl on/off - Toggle highlight
/rangef hl once/loop - Set highlight mode
/rangef hl col <name> - Set color (or 'reset')
/rangef hl st <0.0-1.0> - Set strength (or 'reset')
/rangef hl dr <0.2-3.0> - Set duration (or 'reset')
/rangef hl once cd <0.0-20.0> - ONCE mode cooldown (or 'reset')
/rangef hl loop cd <0.0-20.0> - LOOP mode cooldown (or 'reset')
/rangef hl reset - Reset all highlight settings to defaults

Privacy:

/rangef deny all - Block everyone from tracking you
/rangef allow all - Allow everyone (default)
/rangef deny <player> - Block a specific player
/rangef allow <player> - Whitelist a specific player
/rangef deny list / /rangef allow list - View your lists

Other:

/rangef - Open settings GUI
/rangef help - Full command list
/rangef debug - Toggle distance tooltip for NPCs/entities (testing)

Per-Player Settings

Every setting is saved per-player and persists across sessions. Nothing is global - each player customizes their own experience.

Compatibility

Optional: MultipleHUD (for HUD compatibility with other mods - works standalone too)

Installation

Download the JAR file
Place in your Hytale mods folder: %APPDATA%\Hytale\UserData\Mods\
Launch the game

Planned Updates

16:10 aspect ratio support - Distance tooltip position presets will be adjusted for proper alignment on 16:10 displays (e.g. 2560x1600, 1920x1200)

Credits

Created by BeyondSmash

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