ThuleFriendNearAlert notifies you when a friend is near you without requiring friendly nameplates.

The addon detects proximity using zone and subzone information from the friends list and can optionally alert you when a friend speaks nearby using say, yell, or emote chat messages. This makes it useful even when friendly nameplates are disabled.

Features

- Alerts when a friend is in the same zone
- Optional stricter subzone detection
- Optional nearby chat detection (say, yell, emote)
- Configurable alert cooldown per friend
- Adjustable polling interval
- Customizable sound notification
- Chat message and on-screen error display support
- Works with WoW friends and Battle.net friends currently playing WoW
- No friendly nameplates required

How It Works

The addon periodically scans your friends list for online characters and compares their reported area with your current zone or subzone. If a match is detected, an alert is triggered.

For close-range confirmation, the addon can also trigger when an online friend uses say, yell, or emote near you.

Commands

/tfn on
Enable the addon

/tfn off
Disable the addon

/tfn zone
Enable zone-based alerts

/tfn subzone
Enable stricter subzone-based alerts

/tfn chat on
Enable nearby chat alerts

/tfn chat off
Disable nearby chat alerts

/tfn poll <seconds>
Set polling interval (minimum 5 seconds)

Example:
/tfn poll 10

/tfn sounds
List available sound presets

/tfn sound <soundKitID>
Set the sound notification

Example:
/tfn sound 8960

/tfn rebuild
Rebuild the internal friend snapshot

/tfn test
Trigger a manual test alert

Limitations

World of Warcraft does not provide a direct distance-based proximity API for arbitrary players. This addon relies on zone and subzone data from the friends list and nearby chat events to approximate proximity.

Compatibility

Retail version 120001 and later.