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Now, Paimon is on your Windows "system tray"!
PaimonTray is a Windows desktop app that can present Genshin Impact's real-time notes for users. Thanks to real-time notes, it becomes more convenient for the game players to be able to track a list of things as follows.
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- Daily commissions: completed with bonus rewards claimed?
- Enemies of Note: any remaining Original Resin cost-halving opportunity this week?
- Expeditions: show me the game characters dispatched!
- Original Resin: fully replenished?
- Parametric Transformer: can be used?
- Realm Currency: limit reached?
Paimon now makes real-time notes available on your Windows taskbar corner (aka the notification area or "system tray"). It can be absolutely a pain in the arse without this tool app. What do you reckon? 🤪
PaimonTray also has some other highlights that may interest you. These include but not limited to:
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- Web page login method: log in to your account on the specific web page just like in a browser1 to add/update an account.
- Alternative login method: logging in to your account by entering cookies manually is another way to add/update an account.
- Not only the CN server (aka a miHoYo account) but also the global (aka a HoYoLAB account).
- Multiple accounts2 with nifty management: all your added accounts can be updated, checked and refreshed, or removed.
- Only your selected characters: all characters (aka Genshin Impact accounts) linked with a miHoYo/HoYoLAB account are there for you to select whether to allow retrieving real-time notes.
- Configurable real-time notes refresh interval.
- Imperceptible security check mechanism3.
- Real-time notes reminders (will be available in the future).
- Date and time rather than duration: e.g., Paimon converts the duration required to complete/fully replenish/... to an estimated date and time to make it clear.
- Hints for "not yet unlocked" if Paimon can tell you.
- Dark mode support.
- Acrylic/Mica support4.
- I18n (Internationalisation). Supported languages as follows:
- English (United Kingdom)
- English (United States) - default if no matches
- Indonesia (Indonesia) - primarily contributed by bimagusti.p
- 中文（简体，中国）
You can get PaimonTray from:
| Channel | Latest version | Stable releases | Pre-releases | Auto-update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Store |  |
✅ | ✅ | |
| Releases |  |
✅ | ✅ |
Q & A
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Which channel should I select to get the app?
Please always get the app from Microsoft Store if possible. It may provide a stabler support to handle prerequisites (e.g. the app's framework dependency).
Downloading the
PaimonTray_<version>.msixbundlefile from the releases is an alternative option. You may select this channel if:- You do not use Windows 10/11 in S mode.
- You cannot/hate to use Microsoft Store.
- You do not care auto-updating.
- You desire to try pre-releases.
- You can handle prerequisites yourself when necessary.
You may have the app from both channels installed at the same time depending on your Windows version and some system settings. However, it is not recommended, even though I would not point out any significant downside.
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I cannot get the latest version as stated above from Microsoft Store.
It depends on the Microsoft's app certification process, which may result in delays.
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How to use the downloaded
.msixbundlefile to install the app?You can double-click the file to install the app via the App Installer. If it fails for any reason, you can try the following command at a PowerShell prompt. You may need an elevated PowerShell prompt if any error like "access is denied" occurs.
# NOTE: If you are using PowerShell 7+, please run the following command before using Add-AppxPackage. # Import-Module Appx -UseWindowsPowerShell Add-AppxPackage PaimonTray_<version>.msixbundle
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Why does the provided
.msixbundlefile a little large?Framework-dependent deployment has already reduced the file size significantly. The file bundles the multiple architecture versions of the installer into one entity.
May I have your attention pls? 🔥
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By 1 January 2023, everything looks good with Visual Studio 2022 (Version: 17.4.3) + .NET 7.0. PaimonTray is built with Windows UI Library (WinUI) 3, which ships with the Windows App SDK. You may find this link useful to load the project. Additionally, I would like to thankfully acknowledge all translators and the following authors/projects.
- API uses credited to genshin.py and DGP Studio.
- App icon credited to Chawong.
- README banner background credited to void_0.
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Due to the use of the Windows App SDK, PaimonTray is expected to work well on Windows 10, version 1809 (build 17763) and later (arm64, x64, and x86). It is awfully safe to permit the app behaviour for any system prompt regarding safety confirmation. The app is signed, is not malware, and will never ever collect and upload any user privacy. Should you report a problem encountered, you may find issues useful.
Warning
Due to the limitation of the Windows App SDK, the following OS servicing update is required if PaimonTray is started with elevated privilege:
Note
There may be prompts asking you to download runtime, including but not limited to .NET Desktop Runtime and Windows App SDK runtime. Please download and install the runtime because PaimonTray applies framework-dependent deployment to reduce the installer file size.
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PaimonTray is designed to be a lightweight tool app focusing on Genshin Impact's real-time notes only. Performance is the very 1st priority, and stability is also significant. Continuous optimisation will be provided
(hopefully), but you need to be aware that PaimonTray relies on undocumented miHoYo/HoYoLAB APIs heavily. Currently, there is no plan to make it a fully-fledged app. Anyway, you are welcome to shout out your ideas. -
The NuGet packages of the project are listed in the following table.
Name Version H.NotifyIcon.WinUI 2.0.74 Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications 7.1.3 Microsoft.Windows.SDK.BuildTools 10.0.22621.755 Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 1.2.221209.1 Serilog.Sinks.Async 1.5.0 Serilog.Sinks.File 5.0.0
- Code: create a branch named
devor whatever based on themainbranch → coding → make a pull request (PR) for reviewers to peruse. 😘 - Internationalisation: thanks much for your translations in Crowdin! 😘
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Alternative on macOS: PaimonMenuBar
It is the inspiration for PaimonTray, and we use the same app icon. However, you are not expected to consider PaimonTray as "PaimonMenuBar for Windows", or vice versa. We have various design ideas and patterns for the target platforms, and independent development road maps.
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Alternative extension for your browsers: paimon-webext
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Alternative script on the serverless service, Docker, or the local machine: Genshin Dailynote Reminder
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Fully-fledged alternative on Windows: Snap.Hutao
Good luck! 💖
1. This feature relies on Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime. PaimonTray will guide you properly if the runtime cannot be detected. You can also download the runtime by clicking here.
2. Currently up to 5 accounts due to performance consideration. It may be tweaked, as PaimonTray sharpens itself.
3. Currently, only CN server accounts require this mechanism, which can significantly reduce the frequency of manually completing a security check in the specific section of the Miyoushe app.
4. This feature depends on your Windows version and some system settings. The actual visual effects can vary.