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Battle.net Friend Alert

Alerts you when Battle.net friends switch WoW characters or games.

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v3.8

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  • Dec 6, 2022
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File Name

BattleNetFriendAlert-v3.8.zip

Supported Versions

  • 10.0.2

3.8

  • Release date: 12/05/2022
  • TOC updated for patch 10.0.2.

3.7

  • Release date: 09/17/2022
  • Minor update to prevent Lua error when Battle.net is offline.

3.6

  • Release date: 09/13/2022
  • Updated BNGetFriendInfo to C_BattleNet.GetFriendAccountInfo and remapped the data the new function provides.
  • Added icon path for Crash Bandicoot 4, Diablo II: Resurrected, Diablo Immortal, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and Blizzard Arcade Collection.

3.5

  • Release date: 05/09/2020
  • Added icon path for Call of Duty: MW, Call of Duty: MW2CR, and Warcraft III.

3.4

  • Release date: 10/12/2019
  • Minor change to code to reduce memory usage. Special thanks to Areko on CurseForge for the suggestion.

3.3

  • Release date: 10/12/2019
  • Removed call to garbage collection as it was lagging the game in some circumstances.

3.2

  • Release date: 10/12/2019
  • TOC updated for patch 8.2.5.
  • Added call to garbage collection to reduce memory usage.

3.1

  • Release date: 12/22/2018
  • TOC updated for patch 8.1.
  • Added icon path for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

3.0

  • Release date: 07/18/2018
  • TOC updated for patch 8.0.1.

2.9

  • Release date: 07/07/2018
  • Bug fix: Alert incorrectly occurred when friends switched from the Battle.net "App" to "Mobile" and vice versa. This issue was compounded by Blizzard rapidly reporting a switch between App and Mobile when the friend was not switching at all.

2.8

  • Release date: 05/29/2018
  • No longer reports Mobile as "Unknown Game" when friends stop playing an actual game title. The "In App" and "Mobile" status as seen on the in-game Friends list is now reported accurately.
  • Minor localization phrase changes.

2.7

  • Release date: 10/15/2017
  • Bug fix: On rare occassion a Lua format error would occur related to unknown character names in the API.

2.6

  • Release date: 08/31/2017
  • Added icon path for Destiny 2

2.5

  • Release date: 08/31/2017
  • TOC updated for patch 7.3.0.
  • Bug fix: PlaySound API call updated for patch 7.3.0.

2.4

  • Release date: 08/02/2017
  • New slash command allows setting a chat window to use for alerts.
  • New slash command for turning on|off the chat tab flash on alert.
  • Usage of slash commands has been added to the addon's description on Curse.com or type /bnfa in game.
  • Icon added for game StarCraft: Remastered.
  • The localization phrase that includes (%sIn Battle.net) has been changed to (%sIn App) to match changes made by Blizzard.
  • New localization phrases required for these changes have been added in the addon and on CurseForge for translation.

2.3

  • Release date: 07/26/2017
  • Adds localization for Russian kindly added by Curse users.

2.2

  • Release date: 03/30/2017
  • TOC updated for patch 7.2.0.

2.1

  • Release date: 10/25/2016
  • TOC updated for patch 7.1.0.

2.0

  • Release date: 07/19/2016
  • TOC updated for patch 7.0.3.

1.9

1.8

  • Release date: 03/27/2016
  • If your friend's character name is not provided by Blizzard, which is possible in games other than WoW since patch 6.2.4, then the game name (e.g. Hearthstone) will now be shown instead of "Unknown" to avoid confusion.

1.7

  • Release date: 03/22/2016
  • Bug fix, patch 6.2.4 caused Battle.net friends playing games other than WoW to have an empty character name. The unexpected empty data caused an LUA error with the format function.

1.6

  • Release date: 02/08/2016
  • Added icon path for Overwatch.

1.5

  • Release date: 06/23/2015
  • TOC updated for patch 6.2.0.
  • Minor code rewrite, removed functions from global namespace, now using C_Timer.After introduced in patch 6.0.3.

1.4

  • Release date: 02/24/2015
  • TOC updated for patch 6.1.0.

1.3

1.2

  • Release date: 11/10/2014
  • Bug fix, friends logging into Heroes of the Storm causes LUA error.

1.1

  • Release date: 11/02/2014
  • Changed "is now (@ In Battle.net)." to "stopped playing (@ In Battle.net).".
  • Removed an unnecessarily created frame during code cleanup.

1.0

  • Release date: 11/01/2014
  • Intial public release.