Admin Spectator
General Info
The admin spectator mode was first introduced In V191 of ARK. It has added the ability for admins to freely roam around the map and teleport and follow players. This is an extremely useful tool for preventing greifing and maintaining servers. Additionally it could also be used as a content creation tool in order to achieve those hard to get shots of your in game creations. Admins can also make a password for other players to go into spectator mode.
Warning
Once you enter the spectator state your body will disapear and your inventory items will be erased as well. If you leave the game and rejoin it will carry on where you left off, thus using the command "stopspectating" is highly recommended. The latter will show the respawn map.
Commands
- To enable spectator [For any admin]:
cheat enablespectator
- To Disable spectatormode:
stopspectating
To use non-admin spectator, the server must specify a spectator password like so in the GameUserSettings.ini:
[ServerSettings] SpectatorPassword=mypassword
or via commandline ?SpectatorPassword=mypassword
Then any client can use this console command:
requestspectator mypassword
Spectator Controls
| Action | Key(s) |
|---|---|
| Move forward/backward, left/right (like underwater) | W, A, S, D |
| Ascend / Descend | Space / C |
| Player-list | Ctrl + N |
| Attach to player in front | 
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| Cycle through attached players | ← / → |
| Detach from player | Space |
| Move fast | ⇧ Shift |
| Move Slow | Ctrl |
| Adjust Speed | scroll 
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| Save Camera positions | ⇧ Shift + F1 - F10 |
| Jump to saved Camera positions | F1 - F10 |
Changelog
| Patch |  ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
|
|---|---|
| 191.0 | Admin Spectator is added to the game. |
| 192.0 |
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| 193.0 |
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| 194.0 | Fix for one last case of possibly erroneously entering Spectator mode. |
| 196.0 | Spectators are no longer booted after idle period, and enabling spectator after death now clears death postprocess effects, and spectating after death gets proper view-location networking now. |
| 216.0 | Fixed double hud overlays when in spectator mode and showing long-range HUDs and near HUDs. |
| 218.3 | Spectator Player List now can sort by Player or Tribe and also Search by Player or Tribe. |
| 219.7 | Improved Spectator view attaching to Dinosaurs. |
| 237.1 | Fixed spectator crash. |
| 248.0 | Spectators can now see player-talking moving lips & hear voice chat when in range. |
| 254.3 | All-Players floating names for admin spectator now are defaulted off. |
| 264.5 | Fixed spectator crash. |
| 264.36 | Paintings / Character Paints now appear properly when in Spectator mode. |
| 287.110 | Fix server crash when running DumpDinoStats cheat as a spectator. |
| 296.101 | copycoordstoclipboard command now works in spectator mode. |
| 313.30 | Prevented the trough visual from displaying in spectator mode. |
| 313.55 | Fixed a bug which would cause spectator mode to stop working. |
| 357.3 | Spectators in admin mode can now see all local chat. |