Marker North for American Truck Simulator

Description
Versions 7

Marker North is a community-driven companion platform for American Truck Simulator, now with Navigator: a live GPS built from YOUR map mods.

WATCH THE 2-MINUTE PREVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXSq_RyVgM

- Talk to Shadow, your dispatcher: hold push-to-talk and ask in your own words. He answers out loud and calls you by name.

- The Marker North Hub: your load, map, tablet and Shadow in one window on your PC.

- Docking guide: a top-down view to back into the bay. It never steers.

- Free for every driver. Navigator Pro adds an AI dispatcher you can ask anything, with a free trial.

NAVIGATOR (Pre-Alpha) Navigator now in ALPHA

- Works with any map mod, the day it's released. Navigator builds your map on your PC from your own game files and the mods you actually run: Coast to Coast, Pro Mods Canada, Alaska and more. No waiting for anyone to "support" a mod.

- Turn-by-turn directions with lane guidance (just follow the gold lane) and spoken turns.

- Search fuel, rest stops, dealers and more.

- Pick your widgets (speed, fuel, range, ETA, cargo, weight) and drag them anywhere.

- Dark, light and high-contrast maps, plus a Lite mode for older tablets.

- Runs on iPhone, iPad and Android with the Navigator app, or in any browser on your PC.

START DRIVING RIGHT AWAY

The first time, Navigator builds your map in the background (about 10 minutes on a gaming PC, longer on laptops). You can drive and take jobs while it builds, and it switches to your new map by itself. After that it's instant. Change your map mods and it rebuilds on its own.

THE MARKER NORTH PLATFORM

- CAPS-verified trip records, delivery statistics and trip history

- Achievements and rankings

- Driver profiles and VTCs

- Convoy Pulse for driving together

- Live world map of the community

- You control what you share

REQUIREMENTS

- Windows PC with CAPS (free account, create it right in CAPS or at markernorth.com)

- ATS 1.61

- Optional: iPhone, iPad or Android for the Navigator app

0.1.49
2026-10-24

Supported Game Versions: 1.61 21

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

0.1.34
2026-09-27

Supported Game Versions: 1.60 1.61 50

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

0.1.20
2026-09-20

Supported Game Versions: 1.60 30

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.

0.1.19
2026-09-13

Supported Game Versions: 1.60 24

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.

0.1.14
2026-09-06

Supported Game Versions: 1.60 38

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
2026-08-31

Supported Game Versions: 1.60 35

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.

0.1.6
2026-08-30

Supported Game Versions: 1.60 34

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.

Marker North - All rights reserved. Any reupload or redistribution of this file without the author's prior written consent is forbidden.
This American Truck Simulator add-on was created by Marker North and shared in Tools for American Truck Simulator.

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