Alerts the player when designated keywords are found in specified chat channels
Download it and install as a typical wow addon. Customization can be found in the interface/addons panel. Clicking on an author's name in the alert frame or printed alerts will open a whisper to that player.
/mca
opens the addon options panel/mca alerts
opens the alert frame/mca ignore {player}
adds the player to the addon's ignore list
Left Click
Toggles the alert frame to show/hideControl + Left Click
Opens the interface options panel for the addonRight Click
Clears stored alerts in the alert frameControl Right Click
Toggles theEnable
setting, controls whether alerts are enabled or disabled
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Open the addon's options
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In the
Channels
section, select achannel
from the dropdown, or manually type in the name -
In the
Keywords
section, select thechannel
you want to add an alert to -
Type in the
keyword
that you want to be alerted for -
You now have a functioning alert! Further configuration can be done, the settings section below will explain each setting
Enable
- Toggles alerts on or offDisable in instance
- If checked, suppress alerts while inside of an instanceMinimap
- Toggle the minimap button on or offTime to wait
- Controls how long to prevent duplicate messages from repeat authors from triggering a second alert (in seconds,0
to disable the feature)
Enable
- Whether to play a sound when alert is triggeredAlert Sound
- The soundID (number) to play, this can be browsed on Wowhead- There is a GitHub issue regarding a quick-add list of sounds, similar to the channels, and I'm trying to build a list of some good sounds to use; if you have some favorite alerts sounds please comment them!
Enable
- Whether to print alerts to the screenDestination
- Where should the printed alerts be displayedPrint Message
- If you want to override the default printed message, what you enter here is used as the format${keyword}
,${author}
,${message}
will be replaced with the respective fields when an alert is triggered- E.g.
[${author}]: ${message}
will output an alert of the format:[Name]: Something said to trigger an alert
Base Text Color
- The base color of the alert text (anything that isn't a replacement)Keyword Color
- The color to use for the keyword, colors both${keyword}
replacements and the keyword within ${message} replacementsAuthor Color
- The color to use for the authorMessage Color
- The color to use for the message that triggered the alert
Select New Channel
- Quick-add list of channels you can add to be watchedRemove Channel
- Selectable list of added channels, pick one to be removedRemove Channel (Button)
- Press the button after selecting a channel to remove it (along with associated keywords and filter words)Add Channel
- You can manually type in a channel name if you want to add something not in the quick-add list
Select Channel
- Selectable list of added channels, pick one to add keywords tooMyChatAlert Globals
is for keywords to watch for in every added channel
Add Keyword
- Type in the keyword you want to be alerted for- Simple keyword:
dm
- Alerts ifdm
is found in a message - Advanced keyword:
dm+west-east
- Alerts ifdm
is found in a message that also containswest
and does not containeast
- Simple keyword:
Remove Keyword
- Selectable list of added keywords, pick one to be removedRemove Keyword (Button)
- Press the button after selecting a keyword to remove it
Select Channel
- Selectable list of added channels, pick one to add filter words toMyChatAlert Globals
is for words to filter from every added channel
Add Filter
- Type in a word if you don't want to receive alerts for messages containing the word- E.g.
guild
- Don't alert for messages that containguild
, even if the message contains a keyword
- E.g.
Remove Filter
- Selectable list of added filter words, pick one to be removedRemove Filter (Button)
- Press the button after selecting a filter word to remove it
Add Name
- Type in the name of a player you don't want to receive alerts from- E.g.
GuildRecruiter
: Don't alert for messages sent byGuildRecruiter
, even if the message contains a keyword
- E.g.
Remove Name
- Selectable list of added names, pick one to be removedRemove Name (Button)
- Press the button after selecting a name to remove it
If you want to help translate the addon to your locale, you can view what phrases are missing on Curseforge