Warframe Alerts Informer

[SonicSonedit]

Warframe Alerts Informer is a standalone tool (application) for Windows XP/7/8. It will scan for alerts and inform you about new alerts which you want to know about. It's very easy to set up - for example, if you only want to be informed about Orokin Catalyst Blueprint and Orokin Reactor Blueprint alerts, just add "orokin" keyword to filter list!

 

This program:

• Will inform you about alerts you want to know - flexible filter settings.
• Easy to use and setup - Unzip & start!
• Has nice and user-friendly interface, but can also quietly run in tray.
• Well optimized, this tool will not use more than necessary of your CPU or RAM. Much less than a browser tab with plugins.

 

Languages supported:

English

Русский

Espanol

Taiwan

French

German

Portuguese (BR)

 

Current version 1.6.1:

 

First of all, a big thanks to NTYD1S for updating filters, nodes and lang strings.

 

- Fixed a bug with popup windows not going away after you click it

- Now WAI only writes error to log file if same error happened at least 15 minutes ago

- Fixed a bug when settings window will go into background after executing "Open file" dialog on Windows7 and later

- Scrapped windows API sound functions, using custom function to set music volume, now it affects .wav files just fine (affected mp3, ogg and others formats but not wav before)

- Increased volume range

- Fixed popup window not updating it's picture for the first second of notification

- Fixed a lot of bugs related to Test Alert, also you are now prompted about saving the config before launching test alert

- Added new option for when game is already running:

-- Reduce notification time: default 3 seconds, This affects BOTH sound and popup window! If set to 0 then WAI will not notify anything at all while game is running

-- Do not show notification popup window: default off, this basically means "sound only" while game is running.

-- Reduce notification sound volume: default 25%, if enabled, this volume will override any event notification sound volume setting while game is running. Setting volume to 0% makes it "popup window only" while gaming is running.

- Added button to open Warframe alerts twitter "Twitter | (@WarframeAlerts)" to both alert list popup menu and tray popup menu

- Added "Close to tray" option: default off, minimizes app instead of closing it

- Program settings window is now blocked while saving settings to avoid confusion

- Program settings title is now translated

-- Translation:

- Added Portuguese (BR) translation by Kitessencial

- Added 5 new strings which need translation in first post, under "Stings which need translation" section, wrapped in spoiler tag.

 

Older update notes:

Version 1.1 update notes

Version 1.2 update notes

Version 1.3 update notes

Version 1.3.3 update notes

Version 1.3.4 update notes

Version 1.4 update notes

Version 1.4.1 update notes

Version 1.5 update notes

Version 1.5.1 update notes

Version 1.6 update notes

 

 

Screenshots:

 

Windows 7:

Windows XP:

 

 

Settings:

To edit settings click a button with gears on it.


1) Twitter URL - don't edit this.
2) GMT - program should automatically detect your GMT. But still it better check if it detected your GMT correctly (Windows XP users notably). You can check your GMT here. Just select your region under "What's the Time in every country in the World?".
3) You can save keywords to ini file by clicking or load them from ini file by clicking . For example click and load Keywords.ini which should be in program's directory.
4) This is keyword list. When any of these words are present as alert reward, program will inform you about the alert.
5) To add more keywords, click . To delete a keyword, first select it in the list (#4) and then click . To edit a keyword, first select it in the list (#4) and then click .
6) If "Play sound" is checked, program will play "Music123.wav" when alert is detected. If "Flash on taskbar" is checked, program will restore itself from tray and blink on taskbar. if "Show alert info notification" is checked, program will show balloon-popup info about alert (see screenshots above).
7) The notifications above (#6) can be repeated set amount of times or until program's window gets focus.

 

Language strings in "Lang" folder which need an update:

Spanish:

EditKeyword2 (hint when you hover over "edit filter" button)

ActionType (actions to take when informing about alert/invansion/infestation - in other words notification settings for selected filter)

Restore (Restore application from tray icon to normal mode)

CompactMode (Switch to compact mode)

StandardMode (Switch to full mode)

OpenSoundFile (Title for open sound file dialog)

ErrorConnection (This message is logged in error.log on connection error to any URL, not just twitter now)

ErrorNoLib1 (This message will popup if libeay32.dll is missing)

ErrorNoLib2 (This message will popup if ssleay32.dll is missing)

SelectFilterFirst (This message will popup if you try to activate test alert but didn't select filter from which notification settings will be used)

NotificationSettingsFor

EnableCategoryEdit

AutoGMTcorrection (need to be translated into "do this automatically" in 1 word, "Auto" in English)

Defended (Invasion timed out)

Cleared (Infestation timed out)

StartsIn (Countdown when Alert is not available yet but will start soon) (yes this happens)

Saving (When options window is blocked while settings are saved to file)

BalloonPopup (Show small notification popup window with information about alert)

GameIsrunning ("If Warframe is already running" or "When warframe is being played")

ReduceTimeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce notification time to)

DoNotShowPopup (If warframe is being played, do not show small notification popup window with information about alert)

ReduceVolumeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce volume to value to)

CloseToTray (When close button is clicked (the "X" at the top right border of the screen) minimize to tray instead of closing the application

 

Taiwan:

None

 

French:

NotificationArea (Small always-on-top notification window settings)

NotificationPosition (position of said window)

AutoGMTcorrection (need to be translated into "do this automatically" in 1 word, "Auto" in English)

Defended (Invasion timed out)

Cleared (Infestation timed out)

StartsIn (Countdown when Alert is not available yet but will start soon) (yes this happens)

Saving (When options window is blocked while settings are saved to file)

BalloonPopup (Show small notification popup window with information about alert)

GameIsrunning ("If Warframe is already running" or "When warframe is being played")

ReduceTimeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce notification time to)

DoNotShowPopup (If warframe is being played, do not show small notification popup window with information about alert)

ReduceVolumeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce volume to value to)

CloseToTray (When close button is clicked (the "X" at the top right border of the screen) minimize to tray instead of closing the application

 

German: 

NotificationArea (Small always-on-top notification window settings)

NotificationPosition (position of said window)

AutoGMTcorrection (need to be translated into "do this automatically" in 1 word, "Auto" in English)

Defended (Invasion timed out)

Cleared (Infestation timed out)

StartsIn (Countdown when Alert is not available yet but will start soon) (yes this happens)

Saving (When options window is blocked while settings are saved to file)

BalloonPopup (Show small notification popup window with information about alert)

GameIsrunning ("If Warframe is already running" or "When warframe is being played")

ReduceTimeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce notification time to)

DoNotShowPopup (If warframe is being played, do not show small notification popup window with information about alert)

ReduceVolumeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce volume to value to)

CloseToTray (When close button is clicked (the "X" at the top right border of the screen) minimize to tray instead of closing the application

 

Portuguese (BR): 

Saving (When options window is blocked while settings are saved to file)

BalloonPopup (Show small notification popup window with information about alert)

GameIsrunning ("If Warframe is already running" or "When warframe is being played")

ReduceTimeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce notification time to)

DoNotShowPopup (If warframe is being played, do not show small notification popup window with information about alert)

ReduceVolumeTo (If warframe is being played, reduce volume to value to)

CloseToTray (When close button is clicked (the "X" at the top right border of the screen) minimize to tray instead of closing the application

 

Version 1.6.1:
Download
Steam thread
Virustotal

 

Found a bug?
Have idea for a new feature?
Want to add translation?
Contact me here!

Edited February 21, 2015 by SonicSonedit

[Ronon2222]

That's what the Alerts Informer shows now:

Canada (Earth): 99999cr Reactor Catalyst Forma x9001 - Time Left: 16:18:00

What that mean? What canada? o_O

That's the test alert.. it's just a joke (:

[Syzodia]

Few more bugs

• The test alert can't be deleted
• I think this is when using a repeat timelimit on the alert notification, but the bubble/tooltip/toast notification on the systray pops up MULTIPLE times rather than just once, meaning that if I want to close it immediately, i have to close the subsequent popups (I think once per second). If this was an attempt to simulate a ticking time in the notification, I prefer that you didn't do this; it's quite annoying (and besides, it doesn't tick anymore after the last popup)

[SonicSonedit]

I was out of town for holidays. I will get home 14th and update informer a week or two after. Anyway, by the end of the month I will release version with reworked alert list (including undeletable test alerts fix and other stuff like that) and compact mode.

[Frendh]

There is an orokin catalyst alert now, four or slightly less hours left. It is not showing in the version I downloaded just now, 1.4.1.

 

I am using the default filters.

 

I suspect it is a 24h alert from a livestream.

Edited January 11, 2014 by Frendh

[RSITH]

sweet!

[Tony4580]

iv'e been wanting a program just like this where i can specifically select what kind of alerts i want like orokin catalysts >:) Program looks great and works great thanks !

[Sagesmith]

hmmm. interesting software you made there. 

Has anyone tested this on win8 ? or even win8.1?

[SonicSonedit]

Has anyone tested this on win8 ? or even win8.1?

Tested on Win7, should work fine on Win8, since basically it's same platform with some minor updates/changes.

Edited January 12, 2014 by SonicSonedit

[milhouse234]

I don't know if I'm missing something, but everytime I minimize it, it disappears and I have to go through the folder to run it again, there isn't any icon to bring it back up. Anything to change this?

[SonicSonedit]

I don't know if I'm missing something, but everytime I minimize it, it disappears and I have to go through the folder to run it again, there isn't any icon to bring it back up. Anything to change this?

Isn't there a small icon in tray? At the bottom right of the screen. It also maybe hidden by windows, look for small arrow-like ">" button at the left side of tray.

[Tazmanyak]

I don't know if I'm missing something, but everytime I minimize it, it disappears and I have to go through the folder to run it again, there isn't any icon to bring it back up. Anything to change this?

What is you operating system? I have no icon issues by myself. but it's a well known issue that Win7 and > can make systray icons just *puff* disapear.

[SonicSonedit]

Stay tuned, work in progress! Update incoming in a week or so!

[Ronon2222]

Looks great, thanks! I'm guessing there won't be an option to use the old system as well? (I prefer the new one, just like choices)

I look forward to the update (:

[SonicSonedit]

Looks great, thanks! I'm guessing there won't be an option to use the old system as well? (I prefer the new one, just like choices)

I look forward to the update (:

It will be basically combination of both. You can add/delete/edit filters like you did before, but you will be able to enable/disable each of them individually and assign different sound/notification actions/whatever to every filter. With default values for lazy people, ofcourse :)

[Ronon2222]

I hadn't though of that as a possibility.. nice! should be good =D

[Tazmanyak]

Will wait for this one :)

 

 

And now, time for some feature request ...

There's an unofficial twitter for Invasion alerts, displaying factions and rewards.

It is there: https://twitter.com/WFInvasionNew

 

Do you think it is possible to add optional second feed to your app using this twitter account, and of course a way to add some kind of new filters?

Edited January 18, 2014 by Tazmanyak

[SonicSonedit]

There's an unofficial twitter for Invasion alerts, displaying factions and rewards.

It is there: https://twitter.com/WFInvasionNew

 

Do you think it is possible to add optional second feed to your app using this twitter account, and of course a way to add some kind of new filters?

 

Yeah, it is possible. The only thing that concerns me is that it's unofficial twitter - it's unreliable: there can be false information, absence of information or it can be simply forgotten after some time.

 

Also this https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/164938-last-orokin-reactorcatalyst-alert/?p=1934994

 

Lets wait for some time and see what happens, okay? For now I will work on filters and compact mode.

 

Edited January 18, 2014 by SonicSonedit

[Ronon2222]

Yeah, it is possible. The only thing that concerns me is that it's unofficial twitter - it's unreliable: there can be false information, absence of information or it can be simply forgotten after some time. But I will look into it.

 

From Reb's post in another thread, it sounded like the chances of getting an official twitter are decent, Here's hoping (:

[Tazmanyak]

Yeah, it is possible. The only thing that concerns me is that it's unofficial twitter - it's unreliable: there can be false information, absence of information or it can be simply forgotten after some time.

 

Also this https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/164938-last-orokin-reactorcatalyst-alert/?p=1934994

 

Lets wait for some time and see what happens, okay? For now I will work on filters and compact mode.

 

Okay, lets wait!

Even if i'm totally confident in the twitter source, as it's a well known info provider since many months now :)

I hope DE wont take 3 months to work on an invasions feed ... :p

 

Then, so to say ... be ready to allow multiple twitter feeds in your app, cause it will certainly happen soon :)

Edited January 18, 2014 by Tazmanyak

[SonicSonedit]

Even if i'm totally confident in the twitter source, as it's a well known info provider since many months now :)

Okay, then I will work towards unofficial twitter after filters rework. Hopefully parsing format won't be very different if invasions will appear in official twitter :)

 

P. S.

Don't forget to add "Hammershot" filter :)

Edited January 18, 2014 by SonicSonedit

[Duk282]

How about just a nightmare mod filter? 

[SonicSonedit]

How about just a nightmare mod filter? 

Do you really need all nightmare mods? I need only Hammershot & Blaze.

[Duk282]

Do you really need all nightmare mods? I need only Hammershot & Blaze.

 

I assumed it would be simpler and easier to make a filter that just searches for "nightmare" since the alerts will be posted as "nightmare mod located." 

[Audeath]

Okay, then I will work towards unofficial twitter after filters rework. Hopefully parsing format won't be very different if invasions will appear in official twitter :)

 

P. S.

Don't forget to add "Hammershot" filter :)

I cannot guarantee that the format of the tweets won't change. If you want, I can provide access to something a little easier to parse.

[SonicSonedit]

I cannot guarantee that the format of the tweets won't change. If you want, I can provide access to something a little easier to parse.

This would be very nice of you!