chore(release): v1.5.1 manifest bump

- csproj <Version> 1.5.0 to 1.5.1; <None Include="images\**"> now
  excludes the source-only ASCII study folder so the deploy stays
  clean
- yaml + repo.json changelog block prepended with the v1.5.1 entry,
  v1.4.8 trimmed out per the slim rule (three to four versions in
  the manifest cache, older history lives on the Gitea release page)
- repo.json AssemblyVersion + TestingAssemblyVersion bumped to
  1.5.1.0, three DownloadLink* URLs point at v1.5.1
- docs/CHANGELOG and docs/ROADMAP gain the v1.5.1 entry; ROADMAP
  Next-Cycle slot moves to v1.5.2 First-Run-Wizard rework
- README status sections updated, the previous v1.5.0 paragraph
  kept under a "Project status (pre-v1.5.1, kept for context)"
  heading
- Forge-post .github/forge-posts/v1.5.1.md added, DE body honest
  about the HITCH-win miss
- yamllint config ignores the plugin manifest yaml because it
  follows DalamudPackager's 4-space indent convention rather than
  yamllint's default 2

Changelogs are honest about the cross-plugin HITCH target from
v1.5.0 not landing this cycle.
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---
subtitle: "FontAtlas Refactor and Forge Signature"
versionsnatur: "Architecture + Closure + Branding"
---
- **FontManager-Refactor.** Der FontAtlas baut jetzt nur noch einmal pro Plugin-Load statt vier- bis
fünfmal. Weniger CPU- und GPU-Druck in den ersten Sekunden nach einem Reload, weniger
Atlas-Texture-Memory-Churn. Die acht Font-Einstellungen können live über den neuen
`RebuildDelegateFonts`-Pfad geändert werden, ohne dass das Plugin neu geladen werden muss.
- **Hellion Forge Signatur.** Das Plugin trägt jetzt eine ASCII-Fuchs-Signatur. Im `/xllog`
erscheint beim Plugin-Load ein kleiner Fuchs-Kopf, im First-Run-Wizard und unter Settings →
Information taucht eine eingeklappte „Hellion Forge"-Sektion mit dem vollen Fuchs auf. Gezeichnet
von Julia Moon, fest in der Plugin-DLL eingebettet.
- **Honorific-Integration bleibt unverändert.** Der ursprünglich geplante Gradient-Render-Pfad
(Wave/Pulse-Animation) entfällt. Honorific 3.2 stellt keine IPC für den fertig gerenderten
Gradient-Frame zur Verfügung, und ein eigener Port der Pride-Palette wurde verworfen. Die
Honorific-Anzeige bleibt wie in v1.4.7 etabliert (statischer Glow plus Title).
- **Hinweis zum HITCH-Win.** Der ursprünglich angepeilte 10×-First-Frame-Sprung
(Lightless/XIVIM-Pattern, ~7 ms statt ~75 ms) ist in diesem Cycle nicht eingetreten. Die
Render-Kosten liegen im UiBuilder-First-Frame-Pfad, nicht im FontAtlas-Build. Investigation kommt
als eigener späterer Cycle. Keine User-sichtbare Disruption, keine Migration.
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extends: default
# Plugin-Manifest folgt DalamudPackager-Konvention (4-space-indent für
# image_urls + tags). yamllint-Default verlangt 2 — Konflikt, daher
# ignorieren statt das Manifest zu reformatieren.
ignore: |
HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml
rules:
# Zeilenlängen-Check aus (konsistent mit markdownlint MD013)
line-length: disable
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<Project Sdk="Dalamud.NET.Sdk/15.0.0">
<PropertyGroup>
<!-- Independent versioning; see yaml changelog for upstream Chat 2 base -->
<Version>1.5.0</Version>
<Version>1.5.1</Version>
<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
<!-- Use lock file to pin exact versions -->
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</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
<!-- Plugin icon: copy images/* to output for Dalamud discovery -->
<!-- Plugin icon: copy images/* to output for Dalamud discovery. ASCII
study folder is source-only material, no need to ship it. -->
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="images\**">
<None Include="images\**" Exclude="images\ascii\**">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
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- Replacement
- Privacy
changelog: |-
**v1.5.1 — FontAtlas Refactor and Hellion Forge Signature (2026-05-17)**
Hybrid FontManager refactor plus an embedded provenance mark.
What changes under the hood:
- FontManager handle creation moves into the ctor inside a single
atlas.SuppressAutoRebuild() block. The font atlas now builds once
per plugin load instead of four to five times — less CPU and GPU
pressure in the first seconds after a reload, less atlas texture
memory churn.
- Hybrid property model: Axis, AxisItalic and FontAwesome become
init-only handles. RegularFont and ItalicFont stay mutable because
the eight font settings still need to replace them at runtime —
that path is funnelled through RebuildDelegateFonts() now and
runs without a plugin reload.
- FontAwesome reuses Dalamud's UiBuilder.IconFontFixedWidthHandle
instead of building its own atlas slot. One delegate-build step
less in the ctor.
- BuildFontsAsync and BuildFonts are removed; the live mutation
path is RebuildDelegateFonts() now.
- Two FontManager self-test steps registered with /xlperf: ctor
smoke (every handle non-null after Phase-1 resolve, no atlas
load-exception) and push smoke (Push() returns without throwing).
Honorific full-gradient port (originally the v1.5.1 main item) was
dropped: Honorific 3.2 exposes no IPC for the rendered gradient
frame, and an in-plugin port of the colour palette was declined.
The integration stays at the v1.4.7 glow-only shape.
User-visible:
- Hellion Forge signature: a small fox-head ASCII silhouette is
emitted to /xllog on every plugin load, and a full fox banner
with "Hellion Forge" set inside the body is available as a
folded TreeNode in the First-Run Wizard and Settings ->
Information tab. Drawn by Julia Moon, embedded in the plugin DLL.
- No settings changes, no migration. v17 stays.
Note on performance: the cross-plugin baseline target from v1.5.0
(matching Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger at ~7 ms HITCH) did
not land this cycle. HITCH stays around 80 ms because the cost is
in the UiBuilder first-frame render path, not in the atlas build
(which this cycle did reduce from 4-5 builds per load to 1). A
first-frame render investigation is reserved for a later cycle.
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
---
**v1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)**
Major architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a
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---
**v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)**
Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer
cluster (DbViewer FTS5 full-text search, ad-block foundation
investigation) plus three polish quick-wins.
- DbViewer full-text search: optional FTS5 index across the full
chat history. Built asynchronously on first load after the
update with a progress toast. The local page-filter remains
available as the default mode. Queries match as exact phrases
-- multi-word terms must appear together in order; advanced
users can opt into raw FTS5 MATCH syntax by wrapping their own
double-quotes.
- Custom theme files now auto-reload when edited while the theme
is active -- no need to re-click the theme in the picker.
- Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread, removing
the ~194ms mini-hitch per sweep.
- Status bar renders correctly at Windows display scaling > 100%.
- Receive-suppressed-tells routing investigated this cycle and
postponed to v1.5.x: when other plugins suppress tells via
CheckMessageHandled, the FFXIV chat pipeline skips the
RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry path so HellionChat's
ContentIdResolverHook does not fire and tell-partner
identification breaks. The fix belongs next to the planned
ad-block hook layer where the same patch surface comes up.
- Internal: messages.Id is declared BLOB but stored as TEXT
(Microsoft.Data.Sqlite Guid binding). FTS bulk insert and
LoadByGuids match the TEXT storage form on both sides.
Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
---
Full history: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases
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# Hellion Chat — ASCII branding assets
ASCII art collected during the Hellion Chat branding pass. Two variants
ship inside the plugin DLL as embedded resources and render at runtime;
everything in this folder is the wider study collection that did not get
picked for the live slots, kept around as reference material and for
anyone who wants to remix or build on top of them.
ASCII art collected during the Hellion Chat branding pass. The Hellion Chat mascot is a fox, and two
variants ship inside the plugin DLL as embedded resources and render at runtime. Everything in this
folder is the wider study collection that did not get picked for the live slots, kept around as
reference material and for anyone who wants to remix or build on top of them.
## Live assets (rendered at runtime)
These two files live as embedded resources under
`HellionChat/Resources/Branding/` and are loaded by the plugin at
startup. They are intentionally outside this folder so the build
pipeline can treat them as binary blobs rather than loose assets.
These two files live as embedded resources under `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/` and are loaded by
the plugin at startup. They are intentionally outside this folder so the build pipeline can treat
them as binary blobs rather than loose assets.
| File | Slot |
|---|---|
| `Resources/Branding/fox-banner.txt` | Full fox silhouette with "Hellion Forge" set inside the body. Rendered as a folded `TreeNode` in the First-Run Wizard and in the Settings → Information tab. |
| `Resources/Branding/fox-mini.txt` | Compact fox-head + curly-tail. Prepended to the DI-logger bootstrap banner so an `/xllog` reader sees the signature on every plugin load. |
| File | Slot |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/fox-banner.txt` | Full fox silhouette with "Hellion Forge" set inside the body. Rendered as a folded `TreeNode` in the First-Run Wizard and in the Settings → Information tab. |
| `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/fox-mini.txt` | Compact fox-head + curly-tail. Prepended to the DI-logger bootstrap banner so an `/xllog` reader sees the signature on every plugin load. |
## Study assets (this folder, not embedded)
Variants drawn during the design pass that did not get picked for the
live slots. Kept around so the next branding iteration can remix them
or pull one in if a new render slot needs an alternative shape.
Variants drawn during the design pass that did not get picked for the live slots. Kept around so the
next branding iteration can remix them or pull one in if a new render slot needs an alternative
shape.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| `fox-profile-hf.txt` | Fox profile silhouette in `$`/`X` stipple with a small "HF" mark inside the chest. |
| `fox-sitting-stipple.txt` | Sitting fox in `&` stipple with a full tail sweep to the right. |
| `fox-paw-stipple.txt` | Detailed paw print in `@` stipple — five upper pads plus the main pad. |
| `fox-paw-outline.txt` | Compact outline paw with `^` claw marks (non-retractable claws are a fox-vs-cat tell). |
| `wolf-head-blazejkozlowski.txt` | Wolf head, kept as inspiration / style reference. **Not by Julia Moon** — see the attribution section below. |
| File | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `fox-profile-hf.txt` | Fox profile silhouette in `$`/`X` stipple with a small "HF" mark inside the chest. |
| `fox-sitting-stipple.txt` | Sitting fox in `&` stipple with a full tail sweep to the right. |
| `fox-paw-stipple.txt` | Detailed paw print in `@` stipple — five upper pads plus the main pad. |
| `fox-paw-outline.txt` | Compact outline paw with `^` claw marks (non-retractable claws are a fox-vs-cat tell). |
| `wolf-head-blazejkozlowski.txt` | Third-party work, kept as a style reference from the design pass — see attribution below. |
## License / attribution
### Julia Moon (all `fox-*.txt` files)
All `fox-*.txt` files in this folder and under `Resources/Branding/`
were drawn for Hellion Chat by **Julia Moon**.
"Julia Moon" is the pseudonym used by the Hellion Chat maintainer for creative work. All `fox-*.txt`
files in this folder and under `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/` were drawn for Hellion Chat under
that name.
- Free to use, no attribution required, no copyright notice needed.
- Remix, adapt, or build on top of them as you wish.
- They travel under Hellion Chat's main EUPL-1.2 license but the
author waives the attribution clause for these specific assets.
- They travel under Hellion Chat's main EUPL-1.2 license but the author waives the attribution
clause for these specific assets.
### Blazej Kozlowski (`wolf-head-blazejkozlowski.txt`)
The wolf head is by **Blazej Kozlowski**, originally published on the
ASCII Art Archive:
The wolf head is by **Blazej Kozlowski**, originally published on the ASCII Art Archive:
<https://www.asciiart.eu/art/2717ef726b5e8ea6>
It is kept here as a study reference for the fox silhouette work.
The "bug" string at the bottom of the art is the artist's traditional
signature, not a status marker. If you want to use it yourself, follow
the rules on asciiart.eu rather than the Julia Moon waiver above.
It is kept here as a style reference for the fox silhouette work. The `bug` string at the bottom of
the art is the artist's traditional signature, not a status marker. If you want to use it yourself,
follow the rules on asciiart.eu rather than the Julia Moon waiver above.
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[![Build](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/actions/workflows/build.yml)
[![License: EUPL-1.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-EUPL--1.2-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.5.0-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.5.1-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
[![Dalamud API](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dalamud-API_15-purple)](https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud)
[![.NET](https://img.shields.io/badge/.NET-10.0-512BD4)](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/)
[![FFXIV](https://img.shields.io/badge/FFXIV-Dawntrail-c3a37f)](https://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<img src="docs/images/hellion-forge.png" alt="Hellion Forge" width="180" />
</p>
**Version 1.5.0** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
**Version 1.5.1** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
[Chat 2](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) (EUPL-1.2).
Hellion Chat is a privacy-first plugin built on the Chat 2 foundation. The majority of the engine
@@ -299,6 +299,29 @@ An optional submission to the Dalamud main plugin repo (in addition to the custo
## Project Status
**Version 1.5.1** — FontAtlas Refactor and Hellion Forge Signature. The FontManager moves from the
inherited Chat 2 anti-pattern (null! fields + a separate BuildFonts method) to a hybrid model where
the game fonts and FontAwesome are init-only handles and only the user-configurable delegate fonts
stay mutable. All five handles register inside a single `IFontAtlas.SuppressAutoRebuild` block in
the ctor, so the font atlas builds once per plugin load instead of four to five times. FontAwesome
itself is now Dalamud's `UiBuilder.IconFontFixedWidthHandle` rather than a custom delegate slot.
Live font-setting changes go through `RebuildDelegateFonts()` and no longer require a plugin reload.
Plus an embedded Hellion Forge signature (drawn by Julia Moon) appears as a fox-head silhouette in
the `/xllog` bootstrap banner and a full fox in the First-Run Wizard and Settings → Information tab.
The Honorific full-gradient port that was originally scheduled for v1.5.1 was dropped: Honorific 3.2
exposes no IPC for the rendered gradient frame, and an in-plugin port of the colour palette was
declined. The integration stays at the v1.4.7 glow-only shape.
The 10× HITCH cut targeted from the v1.5.0 cross-plugin baseline (Lightless / XIVInstantMessenger
defer their font-atlas build to land at ~7 ms; Chat 2 + HellionChat were ~75 ms) did not land — the
cost lives in the UiBuilder first-frame render path, not in the atlas build. A first-frame render
investigation is reserved for a later cycle.
---
### Project status (pre-v1.5.1, kept for context)
**Version 1.5.0** — DI Foundation and Service Refactor. Major architecture cycle: the plugin
bootstrap moves to a generic-host DI container (`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` +
`IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync. All 18 instance-class services migrate from a
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---
## Hellion Chat 1.5.1 — FontAtlas Refactor and Hellion Forge Signature (2026-05-17)
Hybrid FontManager refactor plus an embedded Hellion Forge provenance mark.
- FontManager handle creation moves into the ctor inside a single `atlas.SuppressAutoRebuild()`
block — the font atlas now builds once per plugin load instead of four to five times.
- Hybrid property model: `Axis`, `AxisItalic` and `FontAwesome` become init-only handles;
`RegularFont` and `ItalicFont` stay mutable because the eight font settings still need to replace
them at runtime via the renamed `RebuildDelegateFonts()` path, without a plugin reload.
- `FontAwesome` reuses Dalamud's `UiBuilder.IconFontFixedWidthHandle` instead of building its own
atlas slot.
- `BuildFontsAsync` and `BuildFonts` are removed; the live mutation path is `RebuildDelegateFonts()`
now.
- Two new self-test steps register with `/xlperf`: FontManager ctor smoke (every handle non-null, no
atlas load-exception) and push smoke (`Push()` returns without throwing).
- Hellion Forge signature embedded in the plugin DLL: a fox-head ASCII silhouette is prepended to
the `/xllog` bootstrap banner on every plugin load, and a full fox banner with "Hellion Forge" set
inside the body is available as a folded `TreeNode` in the First-Run Wizard and Settings →
Information tab. Drawn by Julia Moon.
- Honorific full-gradient port (originally scheduled for this cycle) was dropped: Honorific 3.2
exposes no IPC for the rendered gradient frame, and an in-plugin port of the colour palette was
declined. The integration stays at the v1.4.7 glow-only shape.
The 10× HITCH cut targeted from the v1.5.0 cross-plugin baseline did not land — HITCH stays around
80 ms because the cost lives in the UiBuilder first-frame render path, not in the atlas build (which
this cycle did reduce from 4-5 builds per load to 1). A first-frame render investigation is reserved
for a later cycle. No settings changes, no migration. v17 stays.
[Full release notes on the Gitea release page.](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.5.1)
---
## Hellion Chat 1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)
Major architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a generic-host DI container
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---
## Next Cycle (v1.5.1)
## Next Cycle (v1.5.2)
**Honorific Full Gradient Port plus FontAtlas-Defer for a 10× HITCH cut.** v1.5.0 closed the
DI-container cycle with no performance penalty against Chat 2 (77 ms vs 74 ms median first-frame
HITCH), but the cross-plugin baseline against Lightless Sync and XIVInstantMessenger surfaced a
clean optimisation: both plugins defer their font-atlas build until after `Finished loading` and sit
at 6-7 ms HITCH, an order of magnitude below the ~75 ms floor that Chat 2 and HellionChat share.
v1.5.1 ports that pattern. Plus the Honorific gradient render path — DTO is gradient-ready since
v1.4.7, only the Wave / Pulse animation port remains. After that, First-Run-Wizard rework with
curated defaults beyond the three privacy profiles, then FR localisation (Hezcal native-speaker
review confirmed), then the Plugin Integrations Wave 2-6 (Context-Menu, NotificationMaster, Moodles,
ExtraChat, XIVIM Quick-DM). Wine/Linux scroll-rubber-band spike sits as a low-priority Linux-only
investigation at the tail.
**First-Run-Wizard rework with curated defaults beyond the three privacy profiles.** Jin's discovery
in v1.4.10 surfaced the wizard's three-card layout as too thin — power users want richer presets out
of the box. After that, FR localisation (Hezcal native-speaker review confirmed), then the Plugin
Integrations Wave 2-6 (Context-Menu, NotificationMaster, Moodles, ExtraChat, XIVIM Quick-DM). The
UiBuilder first-frame HITCH investigation that v1.5.1 surfaced sits as a separate spike near the
Wine/Linux scroll-rubber-band investigation at the tail.
---
## v1.5.1 — FontAtlas Refactor and Hellion Forge Signature (released 2026-05-17)
Hybrid FontManager refactor with init-only game-font handles plus a mutable delegate path for the
eight live font settings, all wired through a single `IFontAtlas.SuppressAutoRebuild()` block.
Atlas-build count drops from 4-5 per plugin load to 1. FontAwesome reuses Dalamud's
`UiBuilder.IconFontFixedWidthHandle` instead of building its own slot. `BuildFontsAsync` is removed,
`BuildFonts` renamed to `RebuildDelegateFonts` and scoped to the delegate fonts.
Plus an embedded Hellion Forge provenance mark: a fox-head ASCII silhouette in the `/xllog`
bootstrap banner, a full fox banner in the First-Run Wizard and Settings → Information tab. Drawn by
Julia Moon.
Honorific full-gradient port (originally the v1.5.1 main item) was dropped: Honorific 3.2 exposes no
IPC for the rendered gradient frame, and an in-plugin port of the colour palette was declined. The
integration stays at the v1.4.7 glow-only shape.
The cross-plugin baseline target from v1.5.0 (matching Lightless / XIVInstantMessenger at ~7 ms
HITCH) did not land — HITCH stays around 80 ms because the cost lives in the UiBuilder first-frame
render path, not in the atlas build. A first-frame render investigation is reserved for a later
cycle.
---
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