Plugin/Mod Support for Rust Plus Desk

[ArabKustam]

Hi, I wanted to suggest a possible feature for Rust Plus Desk: support for community-made modifications or plugins, something similar to a workshop/mod system where users could download and enable custom extensions.

I’ve personally modified the program for my own use and added several experimental tracking tools. For example, I created a teammate movement tracker that records player movement history, including deaths and teleports. It also supports replaying previous movement paths. Even if a teammate leaves the team later, their movement history remains saved locally for later review.

Another idea I experimented with is a radar/scanner system for locating player activity on low-population servers. The concept is based on tracking player appearance within the Rust+ F7/team loading range. The tool creates a radius around the searching player and allows marking detection points whenever a target player appears in range. By taking multiple detection points from different positions, the system can estimate where a player or base may be located. Using this method, I once managed to find a hidden base built inside rock terrain in the jungle biome — something I probably would never have discovered normally.

I also have ideas for future extensions, such as:

• Logging vending machine appearance/disappearance events
• Detecting suspicious temporary vending machine placements
• Tracking vending machines placed in ocean grid areas
• Creating filters to hide clan vending machines that use “blood-for-blood” style trades or useless self-trades (for example: 1 rocket for 1 rocket, 1 HQM for 1 HQM, etc.)

I think a plugin/modification system could make Rust Plus Desk much more powerful and allow the community to build many useful tools around it.

Just wanted to share the idea because I think the program has huge potential for extensibility.

I also attached screenshots demonstrating how my custom tracker and scanner systems currently look and work in practice.

[Pronwan]

Good idea. The "f7" trick I don't recommend using because this has to call data from the Rust client itself. This can be considered third party modification and increases the ban risk. I highly recommend this to operate as clean and only API based.

Those two features are already in:
Logging vending machine appearance/disappearance events
Detecting suspicious temporary vending machine placements

Click on Shop Search and activate "new shop alerts" and "Suspicios Shops".

But making it modular is a good thing. Right now we are refactoring and making it more clean etc. before we implement more features.

[ArabKustam]

Good idea. The "f7" trick I don't recommend using because this has to call data from the Rust client itself. This can be considered third party modification and increases the ban risk. I highly recommend this to operate as clean and only API based.

Those two features are already in: Logging vending machine appearance/disappearance events Detecting suspicious temporary vending machine placements

Click on Shop Search and activate "new shop alerts" and "Suspicios Shops".

But making it modular is a good thing. Right now we are refactoring and making it more clean etc. before we implement more features.

The F7 detection method is performed manually and does not modify the Rust game client itself. The tool only provides a “Detect” button that the user presses manually whenever the target player appears within the normal Rust+/F7 loading range. The process is completely user-controlled and not automated.

[ArabKustam]

Good idea. The "f7" trick I don't recommend using because this has to call data from the Rust client itself. This can be considered third party modification and increases the ban risk. I highly recommend this to operate as clean and only API based.

Those two features are already in: Logging vending machine appearance/disappearance events Detecting suspicious temporary vending machine placements

Click on Shop Search and activate "new shop alerts" and "Suspicios Shops".

But making it modular is a good thing. Right now we are refactoring and making it more clean etc. before we implement more features.

I also added another feature to my modified version: movement tracking playback with the ability to trim specific moments and export them as video clips.

I also had another interesting idea for you related to automation zones and smart triggers.

In Rust, players often use SAM sites for base defense. It could be possible to let users define a protected zone around their own SAM sites and configure which smart switch controls them. Then, if a friendly minicopter or player is rapidly approaching the base and enters the pre-detection radius, the system could temporarily disable the SAM site before they enter its attack range, and automatically re-enable it afterward.

This kind of zone-based automation system could allow for many creative features where entering or leaving a zone triggers specific actions.

For example, some Russian hardcore servers use a “one life” rule where players are permanently banned if they die. Some of those servers also have a custom item called an electric collar. The collar cannot be removed by the player and works through a radio frequency system similar to C4 frequencies. When the connected frequency is activated, the collar shocks the player wearing it.

Using Rust Plus Desk, it could theoretically be possible to create restricted movement zones where leaving an allowed area automatically triggers a smart switch connected to the collar system. This could create interesting roleplay, prison, faction-control, or territory restriction mechanics on custom servers.

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P.S. I genuinely think this program could have a huge future for large clans if a workshop/plugin system was added. Community-made extensions could introduce many small quality-of-life features that not every user necessarily needs, but that specific groups or clans would find extremely useful.

For example:

• tracking how long each teammate was online;
• advanced movement tracking tools like the ones I created;
• custom automation systems and zone triggers;
• chat keyword/trigger monitoring;
• event logging systems;
• and many other niche clan-management tools.

A modular workshop-style system would allow the community to experiment and expand the program without overcomplicating the main application for regular users.

[Pronwan]

Still fully agree. At the moment we are definitely not ready for that though :( It could potentially harm our reputation if really bad stuff was added. It's super powerful but we have to be carful what we add and what not.

The player movement tracker I think is super cool. Will add that as soon as we have a synchronized Cloud Server running so sharing this kind of stuff between team mates is seamless. e.g. live device sharing etc. @ArabKustam