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  JonKazama-Hellion released this 2026-05-17 17:17:19 +00:00 | 74 commits to main since this release

  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).

  How to install

  This release is distributed via the HellionChat custom repository, not the Dalamud main plugin repo.
  To install:

  1. In XIVLauncher: Settings → Experimental → Custom Plugin Repositories
  2. Add the URL:
     https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/raw/branch/main/repo.json
  3. Enable, save, then /xlplugins → search Hellion Chat → install

  Project documents

  • README
    — features, architecture, build
  • Privacy notice
    — what the plugin stores and sends
  • Third-party notices
    — dependencies and licences
  • Security policy
    — vulnerability reporting
  • Support
    — bug reports, questions, contact paths

  Licence

  EUPL-1.2.
  Based on Chat 2 by Infi and Anna, also EUPL-1.2.

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