EVE Online players received a legal tool for safe autopilot flights via smartphone

Survival in the hostile universe of EVE Online has been given a new layer of automated protection thanks to a fan-made utility that won top honors at a community awards show.

Independent developer Nohus created the suite called RIFT Intel Fusion Tool, which was named best third-party application of the year at the Fenris Creations Creator Awards. The program converts routine client-side logs and publicly available feeds into an early-warning system intended to deny pirates the element of surprise.

At the heart of the combat features is a text-processing module that monitors in-game chat channels in real time. The application continuously reads local log files and applies algorithms designed to interpret typos, player shorthand, and slang used by capsuleers to warn allies. In a live demonstration by Nohus on streamer Loru’s broadcast, the tool parsed a shortened coordinate like 36N, linked it to the star system 36N-HZ, identified the reconnaissance ship Astero, and plotted the contact on an interactive New Eden map in a matter of seconds.

Beyond chat parsing, the utility polls the zKillboard network to register nearby ship losses. When a new destruction is recorded, RIFT Intel Fusion Tool immediately surfaces the aggressor’s statistics, a combat-efficiency percentage, and details of the opposing fleet’s composition. During the stream, Loru pointed out that the application can reveal enemy movement three or four jumps away—well before they arrive—removing the need for pilots to manually sift through overloaded chat windows.

The suite includes multiboxing-focused functionality as well: it displays a distance-based map that tracks the positions of all authorized alternate accounts simultaneously and constructs adaptive control zones around them. If a hostile fleet advances on a sector containing a vulnerable mining barge, the tool highlights the attackers’ route in an alert color, giving the multiboxer time to haul ships back to a station dock.

Customization of combat alerts has drawn particular interest from veteran players. Users can assign personalized sound cues for events such as enemy ships decloaking, the activation of warp disruptors, or the appearance of Covert Ops vessels. The program also supports sending instant push notifications to smartphones, enabling scenarios like running a caravan of 20 freighters on autopilot while away from the keyboard and receiving emergency alerts on a phone if an attack occurs.

Support for mechanics introduced in the Equinox expansion is built into the tool as well. The utility monitors orbital Skyhook structures, scans lava and ice planets to calculate 25-minute raid-preparation timers, and flags objects available for looting. Working in tandem with the EVE-Scout community database, it can display the current wormhole network to give explorers suggested retreat routes through uncharted space.

Despite its tactical reach, the developer says the software operates within CCP Games rules by interacting only with the open ESI programming interface and local text files stored on the user’s device. Unlike rival services that demand monthly subscriptions costing billions of ISK, the RIFT Intel Fusion Tool is distributed free of charge for Windows, Linux, and macOS.