Twitch drop tricks

A lot of people outside of the US have constant complaints about official Warframe streams (those with drops enabled) being outside of times that they can attend those streams (either because they are at work or because it’s the middle of the night where they live when the stream starts).  You have to remember that those official streams are a part of Digital Extremes’ job, so you can’t really expect them to stream outside of business hours where they are located.  I’ve been making it a point to attend even the streams that are in the middle of the night where I live in the US, so it’s doable, although I’ll admit perhaps not ideal...

I’m going to fill in users on a few tricks I’ve been using on my PC:

• The first is that you don’t actually need to be actively watching those streams, just in the channel with the stream playing & unmuted (at least in the site’s player, you can still mute the browser tab without it affecting your drop progress).  A lot of streamers still appreciate people lurking in their channels, so they usually won’t object to you being the channel before the stream even starts or being inactive in chat.  You can also set the quality of the stream to the lowest quality to save on bandwidth (or to make it easier in the second trick I'm going to detail below if you have a low upload rate that the running stream might impair).
• The second trick I’m going to give is regarding remote access.  You can use your mobile device to remote access your PC to start progression towards a drop.  This will require that you use software that allows for unattended access to your PC (because you will not be able to accept an incoming remote access request if you are not at your PC).  A few things I do have to point out here, however.
• When allowing unattended remote access to your computer, this opens it up to potentially being compromised.  First thing is make sure you have a strong password to be able to access that device.
• The password also has to be a static password, not a randomized password, as you will not be able to double-check the password remotely.
• Utilize the device whitelist if the software has the option for it.  This will limit only your devices to be able to access it, but will need to be set up prior to attempting to access it for the first time (the device ID should show on your device, which you would enter into the whitelist before attempted access for the first time). 
• Only run the software when you expect you are going to need it.  In the case of TeamViewer (note that I’ve stopped using this software & closed my account because they incorrectly flagged my devices as being used for non-personal use), this means disabling the background service (note that the TeamViewer background service will re-enable itself after an update to the software, so it will need to be disabled again after each update) & only running the software when you think it will be needed (also don’t leave it running indefinitely, otherwise you may run into the same problems I did).
• Make sure your user account on your PC has a password on it & lock your PC (Windows Key+L hotkey) when you are not at it.  This will add an additional step before they will be able to access your PC if somebody does access your computer while it’s not being used.
• Disable file transfers in the remote access software.  This can be enabled if you need it once you get past the login screen on your PC, but remember to turn it off again before disconnecting the session (software like TeamViewer will auto-lock your PC if you had to unlock it after a session is started).

Of course there are mobile apps you can use while you are out, however if you have limited bandwidth (or are in an area where service is spotty at best, if not a mobile service dead zone) these may not be an ideal alternative (especially if you have to do it at work).  From my personal experience, the official apps really are not a reliable option (I would suspect this is where a lot of the complaints are coming from on the Warframe forums regarding drop progression not correctly tracking) & some of the apps really aren’t even usable anymore (the Shield TV app breaks stream playback after MOST ads are played; I’ve started using the remote access method to watch streams playing on my PC to get around this).

Changes on Twitch may limit use of the site

Recent changes to external scripts on Twitch has caused a slew of ongoing issue on their website...  I'm going to start documenting what is broken in this post, as well as giving the workaround I am using to get around it.

First issue is logging into the site (clearing cookies & cache for Twitch domains being the second thing I attempted after lessening browser security to allow all cookies & scripts from all external sites on Twitch, which required me to log back in), where it's now stating through a normal login window that my browser is not supported:

Unsupported Browser error

Note that I have censored my username & the characters in my password in the screenshot above

In order to get past this, I have to disable all browser plugins enabled in Firefox, clear cookies & cache on all Twitch domains, restart the browser, then log back in again (which means getting a new authentication code texted to me again).  This is only a temporary fix however, as the additional issues I'm going to detail below are certain site functions I've confirmed as still being broken even after going through all this trouble just to get back into my account.  The only way I've found to fully get around this issue is to log into Twitch through a Private Browser window (which means I'm having to get a new text authentication code almost daily, if not multiple times a day just to access what still remains broken through my normal method of accessing the site).

Drop Campaigns broken

 

This screenshot shows that Twitch is reporting that there are no drop campaigns available when logged in normally.

 

Claiming drops throws an error

 

Note that even the official Twitch apps occasionally throw errors when attempting to claim drops through it...

 

Notifications don't load

 

This screenshot shows that the notifications are not loading correctly (this is accessed by accessing the small icon in the top-right of this screenshot).

 

Roles Manager is broken

 

 

This screenshot shows the roles manager is throwing an error.  This is the area where you set moderators, VIPs & so on.  It's still possible to assign roles using internal chat commands through chat on your channel.

 

Clips do not extend beyond the first page
Clips I've created

Clips of my channel

The screenshots above may not be apparent what the problem is here, however when you look at these screenshots taken when I was logged in through a Private Browser window in Firefox on my PC:

Clips I've created

 

 Clips of my channel

...it shows that the top clip on the list of these screenshots taken in a Private Browser window are where the cutoff (and broken scripts) are when logged into Twitch normally.

 

Bonus points button non-functional 

 

Claiming bonus points through the button on the chat panel appears to not be functional anymore.  It turned red for a second or two.

 

Sometimes it appears to register the bonus points, but after refreshing the channel page, the button is back for claiming again & the points that appeared to be awarded before have been revoked...

 

Chat members list broken 

 

Just noticed on the 29th that even the list of people in chat is also broken:

  

This only became apparent because I was attempting to dismiss a moderation bot from my channel after figuring out how to enable ad break notifications in chat through StreamElements, meaning the other bot was no longer necessary.  Not a huge issue, I still have the userlist in my IRC client, but it's not as detailed as what Twitch does with the list (such as giving rolls to each user); this would be more of an issue in channels where you don't know the roles of other users (not that it's too hard to figure out when they have user badges shown next to their names, although sometimes users hide these).

 

Workaround for many of these issues 

 

Logging in through a Private Browser window using your PC web browser will allow you to get past most of these issues, however this requires you having to log back in REPEATEDLY (as well as having to repeatedly utilize authentication codes if you use multi-factor login protection) because your sessions will not continue beyond closing the window.  In my case, this means getting an authentication code texted to me every day I want to watch (or even lurk) a stream that has points or drops on it & sometimes multiple times a day...  Whether this will be a necessary step when I want to stream or not is still undetermined...

 

I will continue updating on other functions that are getting broken by these latest script changes on Twitch, but for the time being, these changes may cause issues if I attempt to do a stream (I can only guess how it's going to affect the embedded chat in the channel, I may have to find another alternative to get around this expected new problem as well)...

 

Last updated 6/29/2026