Marker North is now in Alpha. Since 0.1.34:

- The Marker North Hub: one window for your load, map, tablet, Shadow and account. Pop panels out over ATS.

- Shadow, your dispatcher: push-to-talk, natural voices, calls you by name, call-ins when you load and deliver, plus Moana, Officer Sandi and Loki.

- Shadow hears every question: your voice is turned into text on your own PC.

- Docking guide for backing into the bay.

- Real distances on the turn card and spoken directions in 12 languages.

- Ready-made maps for popular mod packs, and builds that skip a bad mod and keep going.

- Linked phones and tablets list; pair any browser without the app.

- Navigator for Android is on Google Play; iPhone and iPad on TestFlight.

- Navigator Pro (optional): ask Shadow anything, load board, hours co-pilot, driving coach, trip replays, dashcam and more.

Download: https://markernorth.com/downloads.html

Help: https://markernorth.com/support.html

Since 0.1.20:

- Map builds from any combination of map mods; tested with 28 active mods and Coast to Coast

- No restart needed: Navigator switches to your new map automatically on every screen

- Rebuilds by itself when your map mods change

- Much faster builds: 28 mods went from 26.5 to under 11 minutes

- Keeps your current map plus two recent ones, and warns clearly if your drive is too full

- Fixed Navigator reloading every 30-60 seconds on Android tablets

- Fixed a 1-2 second freeze on every screen when you miss a turn; rerouting now happens in the background

- Lite map mode and automatic recovery for older tablets

Portable Navigator and local map profiles

September 20, 2026

• Packages Navigator's routing runtime with CAPS so it no longer depends on the development folders on the driver's PC.
• Prepares supported ATS map profiles locally from the driver's own installed game and mod files, with an official-map compatibility path and a separately validated nine-mod stack.
• Keeps tablet pairing on port 47890 and preserves existing CAPS connection and pairing settings during the 0.1.19 upgrade.
• Does not distribute third-party map archives or add More American Cities to the validated stack.
• The separate iPhone and iPad Navigator 0.1.5 build 11 is available to existing TestFlight testers; it is not a public App Store release.

Guided tablet access on trusted Public networks

September 12, 2026

• Checks the Windows network profile when you choose "Connect Android tablet" or "iPad". Private-network pairing continues without the extra permission prompt.
• Offers optional administrator-approved access on a trusted Public network, limited to TCP port 47890, the selected adapter, current PC address, and local subnet.
• Explains that this permission persists after CAPS closes or the PC restarts, and can apply on a future Public network with matching addresses.
• Adds Disable Public-network tablet access to remove CAPS opt-in rules without changing Private-network access or turning off the firewall.
• Keeps pairing and account access checks. Guest Wi-Fi isolation, managed policy, or other security software may still block a connection.
• Includes the 0.1.18 Navigator improvements. No new Android app update is required for this network-access change; iOS remains in development.

• Added Coast to Coast map support, including its roads, cities, and highway labels.
• Added turn-by-turn navigation with highway and exit guidance.
• Added destination search, nearby services, clickable map destinations, route cancellation, and automatic rerouting.
• Improved route accuracy, road-direction handling, junctions, route progress, and live-truck tracking.
• Added spoken upcoming-turn instructions using Android text-to-speech.
• Added Android tablet support with QR pairing and a full-screen driving display.
• Improved compatibility across Android versions, including an Android 16 startup fix.
• Moved Navigator to dedicated port 47890, allowing it to run alongside other companion applications.
• Restored the recorded route map on Trip Details, fixing the blank blue map panel.
• Corrected the Live Map’s Real ETA to use ATS’s 1:20 time scale and your smoothed driving speed instead of the in-game delivery clock.
• Fixed active-job destinations, pre-pickup GPS targets, route recalculation, canceled-route cleanup, and repeated spoken instructions.
• Added day, night, and high-contrast map themes with additional visibility and routing controls.
• Allows Marker North to run alongside other external applications that use their own local ports.
• Updates Android tablet pairing, browser access, installer checks, and support guidance together.
• Keeps tablet access limited to paired devices on the Windows Private local subnet.
• Adds QR pairing and a full-screen Android tablet companion for Navigator.
• Detects an active Coast to Coast map mod and loads its roads and cities without modifying the source mod.
• Adds Android text-to-speech support for upcoming turn instructions.
• Restores recorded route maps on Trip Details after a map-style regression left the route panel blank.
• Changes the Live Map driver card from ATS game-time ETA to a smoothed real-world ETA based on remaining route miles and actual speed.

Android Tablet release pending Google Play Store approval

0.1.7

Pre-Alpha

Quiet CAPS startup

August 2026

• CAPS is now a Windows notification-area application and no longer leaves a command window open.
• Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts explicitly start CAPS in background mode.
• Added “Copyright © 2026 Marker North. All rights reserved.” to the tray About window.

0.1.6

Pre-Alpha

Verified download and map wording

August 2026

• Published a uniquely versioned CAPS setup file so the Downloads button cannot resolve to a cached older installer.
• CAPS setup identifies itself as version 0.1.6 Pre-Alpha.
• Live Map cards now show “No active delivery” when no job distance is available.

0.1.5

Pre-Alpha

Installer reliability corrections

August 2026

• Restored CAPS desktop and Start Menu shortcuts.
• Improved existing-installation detection and closes the previous CAPS client before Windows applies the update.
• Added the visible setup version and removed the inactive browser sign-in option.

0.1.4

Pre-Alpha

CAPS update experience

August 2026

• Existing installations now open directly into an update flow that preserves the Marker North connection, ATS plug-in, and startup preference.
• CAPS checks the verified release manifest at startup and periodically afterward, with a short tray notification when a newer version is available.
• The tray's Check for updates action now confirms whether an update is available before opening Downloads.

0.1.3

Pre-Alpha

Distance-to-delivery telemetry

August 2026

• CAPS now sends the remaining navigation distance from ATS for active deliveries.
• The Live Map can display that distance in miles beside ETA, while respecting each driver's cargo-sharing preference.

0.1.2

Pre-Alpha

Installer payload correction

August 2026

• Corrected the self-contained setup payload so the reviewed RenCloud telemetry plug-in is available during installation.
• Added final-EXE payload verification to the release build, preventing a setup file from being published when its required plug-in files cannot be extracted.

0.1.1

Pre-Alpha

Fresh telemetry and client maintenance

August 2026

• CAPS now stops sending retained game coordinates when ATS is closed, so drivers clear from the Live Map after the normal short session timeout.
• Added clearer installed-client maintenance for update, uninstall, and relaunch workflows.
• Marker North account registration and CAPS setup now use a Marker North email address and password.

0.1.0

Pre-Alpha

Initial CAPS installer release

August 2026

• Added the self-contained Windows CAPS installer.
• Added Marker North Terms, Privacy Policy, and third-party notices to setup.
• Added browser approval for accounts created with Google or Discord; their provider passwords are never entered into CAPS.
• Added ATS folder selection, reviewed telemetry plug-in installation, Windows-start preference, and a Marker North system-tray icon.