**Version 1.4.0** — Privacy-First-Chat-Plugin für FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, basierend auf [Chat 2](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) (EUPL-1.2).
**Version 1.4.1** — Privacy-First-Chat-Plugin für FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, basierend auf [Chat 2](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) (EUPL-1.2).
Hellion Chat ist ein Privacy-First-Plugin auf dem Chat-2-Fundament. Der größte Teil der Engine kommt aus Chat 2 (Message-Store, Channel-Logik, Hook-System), die meisten Tastenkürzel funktionieren weiterhin wie gewohnt. Was sich ändert: schärfere Privacy-Defaults von Haus aus, eigene Slash-Commands unter `/hellionchat`, kein Webinterface mehr, und mit v1.1.0 eine Theme-Engine als Schritt in Richtung eigenes UI-Look-and-Feel.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Hellion Chat wird unter **Hellion Forge** entwickelt, der spezialisierten Moddin
#### Custom Themes (v1.1.0)
HellionChat bringt eine Theme-Engine mit derzeit neun eingebauten Themes (Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum, Chat 2 Klassik, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman) und ein JSON-basiertes Authoring-Format für eigene Themes. Schema und Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung in [`docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md`](docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md). Hellion Spectrum ist Deuteran/Protan-safe (rot-grün-Farbenblindheit) auf Basis der Wong/Okabe-Ito-Palette.
HellionChat bringt eine Theme-Engine mit derzeit zehn eingebauten Themes (Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum, Chat 2 Klassik, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman, Synthwave Sunset) und ein JSON-basiertes Authoring-Format für eigene Themes. Schema und Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung in [`docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md`](docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md). Hellion Spectrum ist Deuteran/Protan-safe (rot-grün-Farbenblindheit) auf Basis der Wong/Okabe-Ito-Palette.
#### Plugin-Integrationen (v1.3.0)
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## Projektstatus
**Version 1.4.0** — Critical Lifecycle Fixes: sieben Race- und Lifecycle-Bugs aus Audit-Pass-3 und Pass-4 abgearbeitet (GC.Collect aus SQLite-Dispose raus, Worker-Threads explizit IsBackground, EmoteCache async-void → async Task, DeferredSave-Race geschlossen, Pre-v13-Backup-Lookup für WindowOpacity-Migration). Erster Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie (Stand: 2026-05-07).
**Version 1.4.1** — Theme Engine Performance: ABGR-Cache auf den Theme-Records pre-computed, HellionStyle.PushGlobal liest aus dem Cache statt pro Slot pro Frame zu konvertieren (~13 % Render-Time-Recovery im Smoke-Test). Custom-Theme-Hot-Reload überlebt transient File-Locks via Last-Known-Good-Snapshot. Plus: Synthwave Sunset als zehnter Built-In, Author-Credits konsolidiert. Zweiter Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie (Stand: 2026-05-07).
Hellion Chat ist ein eigenständiges Plugin, kein Fork mehr im Repository-Sinne. Vollständig abgeschlossen:
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ Hellion Chat ist ein eigenständiges Plugin, kein Fork mehr im Repository-Sinne.
- About-Tab im Hellion-Branding, EN und DE lokalisiert, mit License und Disclaimer
- Theme-Engine mit neun eingebauten Themes plus JSON-Authoring-Format (Engine v1.1.0, Katalog erweitert in v1.2.3, inkl. CVD-safe Hellion Spectrum)
- Theme-Engine mit zehn eingebauten Themes plus JSON-Authoring-Format (Engine v1.1.0, Katalog erweitert in v1.2.3, inkl. CVD-safe Hellion Spectrum; Synthwave Sunset in v1.4.1)
- ABGR-Cache auf den Theme-Records: HellionStyle.PushGlobal liest pre-computed ABGR statt RGBA→ABGR pro Slot pro Frame (v1.4.1, ~13 % Render-Time-Recovery)
In Arbeit: schrittweise Modernisierung des UI-Look-and-Feel über die Theme-Engine hinaus. Was als Nächstes geplant ist und welche Themen langfristig auf der Liste stehen, steht in [`docs/ROADMAP.md`](docs/ROADMAP.md). Konkrete eingeplante Items werden zusätzlich im [GitHub-Issue-Tracker](https://github.com/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/issues) mit dem `roadmap`-Label geführt.
"Description":"Hellion Chat is a privacy-focused chat replacement for FINAL FANTASY XIV based on the Chat 2 codebase (EUPL-1.2). One feature is intentionally removed (the optional webinterface) and a stack of privacy controls is added on top. Tabs, channel filters, RGB colours, emotes, screenshot mode, IPC integration and the chat replacement window itself work the same. The webinterface is intentionally not part of Hellion Chat because it serves a different use case from the smaller default footprint this plugin is built around.\n\nOn top of that, Hellion Chat adds privacy and data-handling controls designed to align with the modern data protection rules that apply across the EU, the United States and Japan. By default only your own conversations are stored; messages from strangers, NPCs and system spam stay out of the database. Retention windows are configurable per channel, history can be wiped retroactively, and stored data can be exported on demand.\n\nKey privacy and data-handling features:\n\n- Channel whitelist with a Privacy-First default\n- Per-channel retention with a daily background sweep\n- Retroactive cleanup with a Ctrl+Shift confirm\n- Export to Markdown, JSON or CSV\n- First-run wizard with three preset profiles (Privacy-First, Casual, Full History)\n- Bilingual UI (English and German) with live language switching\n- Independent plugin state — own config file and database directory, so Hellion Chat does not share state with upstream Chat 2\n\nv1.1.0 — Theme engine with five built-in themes (Hellion Arctic, Chat 2 Klassik, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove) plus JSON-based custom-theme authoring. Settings rebuilt around a card grid with section detail views. See docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md.\n\nv1.2.3 — Theme catalogue grown to nine built-in themes: Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum (CVD-safe Deuteran/Protan), Chat 2 Klassik, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman.\n\nv1.3.0 First plugin integration cycle. Honorific custom titles are shown in the chat header above the message log, with auto-detect and silent fallback when Honorific is not installed.\n\nv1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes. Plugin reload and shutdown are cleaner: SQLite no longer leans on GC pressure to release its file, worker threads are explicitly background, deferred config saves no longer get lost mid-disable, and pre-v13 config backups carry the user's custom theme opacity into the v14 schema instead of falling back to the default.\n\nBased on Chat 2 by Infi and Anna, licensed under EUPL-1.2.\n\nModding & support: join the Hellion Forge Discord at https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR — community for Hellion Chat and other Hellion Online Media plugins/tools.",
"AssemblyVersion":"1.4.1.0",
"Description":"Hellion Chat is a privacy-focused chat replacement for FINAL FANTASY XIV based on the Chat 2 codebase (EUPL-1.2). One feature is intentionally removed (the optional webinterface) and a stack of privacy controls is added on top. Tabs, channel filters, RGB colours, emotes, screenshot mode, IPC integration and the chat replacement window itself work the same. The webinterface is intentionally not part of Hellion Chat because it serves a different use case from the smaller default footprint this plugin is built around.\n\nOn top of that, Hellion Chat adds privacy and data-handling controls designed to align with the modern data protection rules that apply across the EU, the United States and Japan. By default only your own conversations are stored; messages from strangers, NPCs and system spam stay out of the database. Retention windows are configurable per channel, history can be wiped retroactively, and stored data can be exported on demand.\n\nKey privacy and data-handling features:\n\n- Channel whitelist with a Privacy-First default\n- Per-channel retention with a daily background sweep\n- Retroactive cleanup with a Ctrl+Shift confirm\n- Export to Markdown, JSON or CSV\n- First-run wizard with three preset profiles (Privacy-First, Casual, Full History)\n- Bilingual UI (English and German) with live language switching\n- Independent plugin state — own config file and database directory, so Hellion Chat does not share state with upstream Chat 2\n\nv1.2.3 — Theme catalogue grown to nine built-in themes: Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum (CVD-safe Deuteran/Protan), Chat 2 Klassik, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman.\n\nv1.3.0 First plugin integration cycle. Honorific custom titles are shown in the chat header above the message log, with auto-detect and silent fallback when Honorific is not installed.\n\nv1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes. Plugin reload and shutdown are cleaner: SQLite no longer leans on GC pressure to release its file, worker threads are explicitly background, deferred config saves no longer get lost mid-disable, and pre-v13 config backups carry the user's custom theme opacity into the v14 schema instead of falling back to the default.\n\nv1.4.1 — Theme Engine Performance plus a tenth built-in. HellionStyle.PushGlobal reads pre-computed ABGR values from a per-theme cache instead of converting RGBA per slot per frame (~13 % render-time recovery in typical scenes). Custom-theme hot-reload survives transient file locks (editor mid-save keeps the last-known-good snapshot). Synthwave Sunset joins as the tenth built-in theme — Hot Magenta + Cyan on midnight violet, 80s neon-grid vibes.\n\nBased on Chat 2 by Infi and Anna, licensed under EUPL-1.2.\n\nModding & support: join the Hellion Forge Discord at https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR — community for Hellion Chat and other Hellion Online Media plugins/tools.",
"Punchline":"Chat replacement with privacy controls aligned to EU, US and JP rules — based on Chat 2 (EUPL-1.2)",
"Changelog":"**Hellion Chat 1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes**\n\nFirst sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Seven known lifecycle and race bugs eliminated before any performance refactor sits on top.\n\n- MessageStore disposal no longer triggers GC.Collect globally; Pooling=false on the SQLite connection means there's nothing left to clean up by hand\n- PendingMessage and RetentionSweep worker threads are explicitly marked IsBackground=true so the plugin domain can unload during XIVLauncher reload without waiting for them\n- EmoteCache image and gif loaders moved from async-void to async Task with a shared task tracker, draining on Dispose so an in-flight load can no longer write to a disposed EmoteImages entry\n- DisposeAsync 10s timeout now warns loudly instead of silently leaving the worker behind\n- Plugin.Dispose flushes any pending DeferredSaveFrames before tearing services down, so settings changes made in the last few frames before disable are no longer lost\n- The v13→v14 config migration now reads the pre-v13 backup and carries HellionThemeWindowOpacity into the new WindowOpacity field instead of falling back to the default 0.85\n\nModding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n**Hellion Chat 1.3.0 - Plugin Integrations: Honorific**\n\nFirst step on the plugin-integration roadmap. HellionChat now listens to Honorific and shows your custom title in the chat header. The slot auto-hides when Honorific is not installed, when no custom title is active, or when you are using the original FFXIV title.\n\n- New \"Integrations\" settings tab\n- Honorific integration with auto-detection and live updates\n- \"Coming soon\" preview of the next five planned integrations: context menu actions, smart notifications, RP status block, ExtraChat channels, and quick DM compose\n- Maintainer attribution buttons for Honorific repo and Caraxi\n- New service-class pattern under HellionChat/Integrations/\n\nModding and support: join Hellion Forge - https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n**Hellion Chat 1.2.3 — Theme Expansion**\n\nFour new built-in themes round out the picker. No engine changes, no settings touched — just more colour options.\n\n- **Night Blue** — Royal Blue on deep marine. Cool tech-dashboard mood, distinct from the brand themes.\n- **Indigo Violet** — Royal Violet on deep indigo with a turquoise-mint counter for an aurora glitter feel. Sister to Event Horizon but darker and denser; the turquoise accent keeps the two distinguishable.\n- **Forge Merchantman** — Patina bronze on workshop slate, warm amber counter. Hellion Forge given a theme of its own — sister to Hellion Arctic but greener and warmer instead of cold cyan.\n- **Hellion Spectrum** — Deuteran/Protan-safe channel colours using Wong/Okabe-Ito palette tones. Channel identity (Tell pink, Yell yellow, Shout orange, Party blue, FC green) is preserved; tones are chosen so each channel stays distinguishable under red-green colour vision deficiency. Covers the ~99% of CVD cases that are red-green.\n\nNo schema bump, no migration. Default theme is unchanged (Hellion Arctic). Existing custom themes keep working.\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n---\n\nEarlier history: https://github.com/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases",
"Changelog":"**Hellion Chat 1.4.1 — Theme Engine Performance**\n\nSecond sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Heap pressure from the theme engine's per-frame render path removed, plus a tenth built-in theme and hardening for the custom-theme hot-reload.\n\n- Theme records carry a pre-computed ABGR-packed cache for every color slot; cache is filled when the theme is registered and refreshed defensively on every Switch()\n- HellionStyle.PushGlobal reads ABGR values from the cache instead of calling ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr per slot per frame; ~13 % render-time recovery measured in typical scenes (plan estimate was 2–6 %, real ~10–15 %)\n- ThemeRegistry custom-theme reload distinguishes a recoverable file lock (editor mid-save) from a permanent IO failure; locked themes keep their last-known-good snapshot and retry on the next lookup instead of dropping out of the picker\n- New built-in: Synthwave Sunset — Hot Magenta + Cyan on midnight violet, 80s neon-grid vibes; tenth theme in the picker\n- Author credits refreshed: brand themes are credited as \"Hellion Forge\"; Mint Grove and Forge Merchantman now credited to Carla Beleandis as a community thanks\n\nNo schema bump, no user-visible behaviour change other than smoother frames on GC-sensitive setups and one additional colour option.\n\nModding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n**Hellion Chat 1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes**\n\nFirst sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Seven known lifecycle and race bugs eliminated before any performance refactor sits on top.\n\n- MessageStore disposal no longer triggers GC.Collect globally; Pooling=false on the SQLite connection means there's nothing left to clean up by hand\n- PendingMessage and RetentionSweep worker threads are explicitly marked IsBackground=true so the plugin domain can unload during XIVLauncher reload without waiting for them\n- EmoteCache image and gif loaders moved from async-void to async Task with a shared task tracker, draining on Dispose so an in-flight load can no longer write to a disposed EmoteImages entry\n- DisposeAsync 10s timeout now warns loudly instead of silently leaving the worker behind\n- Plugin.Dispose flushes any pending DeferredSaveFrames before tearing services down, so settings changes made in the last few frames before disable are no longer lost\n- The v13→v14 config migration now reads the pre-v13 backup and carries HellionThemeWindowOpacity into the new WindowOpacity field instead of falling back to the default 0.85\n\nModding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n**Hellion Chat 1.3.0 - Plugin Integrations: Honorific**\n\nFirst step on the plugin-integration roadmap. HellionChat now listens to Honorific and shows your custom title in the chat header. The slot auto-hides when Honorific is not installed, when no custom title is active, or when you are using the original FFXIV title.\n\n- New \"Integrations\" settings tab\n- Honorific integration with auto-detection and live updates\n- \"Coming soon\" preview of the next five planned integrations: context menu actions, smart notifications, RP status block, ExtraChat channels, and quick DM compose\n- Maintainer attribution buttons for Honorific repo and Caraxi\n- New service-class pattern under HellionChat/Integrations/\n\nModding and support: join Hellion Forge - https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n**Hellion Chat 1.2.3 — Theme Expansion**\n\nFour new built-in themes round out the picker. No engine changes, no settings touched — just more colour options.\n\n- **Night Blue** — Royal Blue on deep marine. Cool tech-dashboard mood, distinct from the brand themes.\n- **Indigo Violet** — Royal Violet on deep indigo with a turquoise-mint counter for an aurora glitter feel. Sister to Event Horizon but darker and denser; the turquoise accent keeps the two distinguishable.\n- **Forge Merchantman** — Patina bronze on workshop slate, warm amber counter. Hellion Forge given a theme of its own — sister to Hellion Arctic but greener and warmer instead of cold cyan.\n- **Hellion Spectrum** — Deuteran/Protan-safe channel colours using Wong/Okabe-Ito palette tones. Channel identity (Tell pink, Yell yellow, Shout orange, Party blue, FC green) is preserved; tones are chosen so each channel stays distinguishable under red-green colour vision deficiency. Covers the ~99% of CVD cases that are red-green.\n\nNo schema bump, no migration. Default theme is unchanged (Hellion Arctic). Existing custom themes keep working.\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n---\n\nEarlier history: https://github.com/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases",
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