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Changelog — Hellion Chat

All user-facing changes to Hellion Chat. Format follows Keep a Changelog, version numbers follow Semantic Versioning.

Detailed release notes per version are available directly on the Gitea Release page and in the plugin changelog block (HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml → changelog:). This file summarises releases as an overview and links to the release pages for details.

Hellion Chat 1.4.3 — Plugin-Load Async-Init + Repo-Cutover (2026-05-08)

Plugin lifecycle migrated to Dalamud's IAsyncDalamudPlugin API. The constructor now does only the bootstrap-essentials (config load, language init, conflict detection); migrations, service allocations, window construction and hook subscription move to LoadAsync. Dalamud can keep its UI responsive while the heavy work runs.

IAsyncDalamudPlugin two-phase load with per-line CaptureFailure in DisposeAsync (mirrors LightlessSync's pattern); idempotency guard protects against reload races
Schema-gate replaces the v9 → v16 migration chain. Configs on schema v16+ load directly; older configs trigger an "install v1.4.2 first" error so the historic migration path stays intact
AutoTranslate.PreloadCache moved off the load path. First use may have a sub-second hitch instead of every-load; the upstream chose differently, we accept first-use latency
FontManager.BuildFonts is called sync at the start of LoadAsync; Dalamud rebuilds the font atlas on its own pipeline so the custom Hellion-Exo2 font appears with a brief font-pop after load (matches ChatTwo's behaviour)
Custom-repo URL moved to gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat. GitHub repo stays as a frozen v1.4.2 snapshot; new releases ship from Gitea. Existing testers need to update the custom-repo URL once
Plugin-load time in this release sits at ~3.7 s median (5 reloads), comparable to v1.4.2. Async migration is foundational for v1.4.4 Lazy-Init optimisations rather than an immediate user-perceived win

Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR

Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

Hellion Chat 1.4.2 — ChatLog Frame-Hot-Path

Third sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Per-frame allocations from the chat-log render path eliminated.

DrawMessages card-mode hoists theme/drawList/winLeft/winRight/borderColorAbgr out of the per-message loop. About 500 redundant calls per frame at 100 visible messages, multiplied by every pop-out window
Auto-tell tab tint and icon use a per-tab cache. Hash computation and string allocation only happen when the tell target name or world drifts. AutoTellTabTint stays a pure hash helper; cache lives in a thin TabTintCache wrapper
Status bar gates its tab aggregation behind the same one-second cache it already used for the format strings. LINQ Sum and Count replaced with a single foreach pass that runs on roughly 1 % of frames

Realistic frame-time recovery: 2-5 % in typical scenes, more on pop-out-heavy setups because the card-border hoist scales per window.

Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR

Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

Hellion Chat 1.4.1 — Theme Engine Performance

Second 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.

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()
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 %)
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
New built-in: Synthwave Sunset — Hot Magenta + Cyan on midnight violet, 80s neon-grid vibes; tenth theme in the picker
Author credits refreshed: brand themes are credited as "Hellion Forge"; Mint Grove and Forge Merchantman now credited to Carla Beleandis as a community thanks

No schema bump, no user-visible behaviour change other than smoother frames on GC-sensitive setups and one additional colour option.

Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR

Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

Hellion Chat 1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes

First sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Seven known lifecycle and race bugs eliminated before any performance refactor sits on top.

MessageStore disposal no longer triggers GC.Collect globally; Pooling=false on the SQLite connection means there's nothing left to clean up by hand
PendingMessage and RetentionSweep worker threads are explicitly marked IsBackground=true so the plugin domain can unload during XIVLauncher reload without waiting for them
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
DisposeAsync 10s timeout now warns loudly instead of silently leaving the worker behind
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
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

Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR

Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

Hellion Chat 1.3.0 — Plugin Integrations: Honorific

First 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.

New "Integrations" settings tab
Honorific integration with auto-detection and live updates
"Coming soon" preview of the next five planned integrations: context menu actions, smart notifications, RP status block, ExtraChat channels, and quick DM compose
Maintainer attribution buttons for Honorific repo and Caraxi
New service-class pattern under HellionChat/Integrations/

Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR

Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

v1.2.3 — Theme Expansion (2026-05-06)

Added

Four new built-in themes:
- Night Blue — Royal Blue on deep marine, cool tech-dashboard mood
- Indigo Violet — Royal Violet on deep indigo with a turquoise-mint counter (aurora glitter feel)
- Forge Merchantman — Patina bronze on workshop slate with warm amber counter (Hellion Forge identity)
- 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) preserved while keeping every channel separable under red-green colour vision deficiency
Built-in theme catalogue grown from five to nine

Notes

No engine changes, no settings touched, no migration
Default theme unchanged (Hellion Arctic). Existing custom themes keep working.
Hellion Spectrum covers the ~99 % of CVD cases that are red-green; a Tritan-safe variant could follow in a later cycle if there is demand.

v1.2.1 — Settings Cleanup (2026-05-06)

Changed

Settings cards re-sorted thematically: 9 cards remain, each card has one clear job and a one-line subtitle.
Theme & Layout (new) collects the theme picker, window frame style (title bar, sidebar, hide button, pop-out title bar) and the timestamp style options.
Fonts & Colours (new) houses font choice, font size and per-channel chat colours.
Data Management (new) collects retention windows, cleanup, export, the database viewer and the shift-click advanced tools.
Privacy is now focused on the privacy filter alone.
Chat absorbs the Auto-Tell-Tabs history-preload slider that used to live under Privacy.
General groups the keybind mode under Input.

Removed

Legacy "Style override" option and the unused style-name field — both obsolete since the v1.1.0 themes engine.
Legacy WindowAlpha slider — if you had it set, the value is auto-migrated to Theme & Layout → Window Style → Window Transparency.
Unused ShowThemeQuickPicker schema field.

Migration

v15 → v16 with backup at pluginConfigs/HellionChat.json.pre-v16-backup.
All other settings preserved unchanged.
One-time toast on first start if Style override was previously active.

v1.2.0 — Layout Refresh (2026-05-05)

Added

Sidebar tab modernization: icon-only at fixed 44 px, tooltip on hover, vertical accent pill for active tab
Top tabs: accent underline pill replaces background fill on active tab
Per-tab custom icons in Settings → Tabs (15-glyph FontAwesome picker)
Bottom status bar (22 px): channel indicator, privacy badge, counters, tells, version — updates 1×/sec
Card rows as default message render: sender header in channel color, subtle border between cards
Compact-Density toggle in Appearance: switches back to single-line [HH:mm] Sender: Text layout
Auto-Tell tabs: per-partner hashed icon (7-glyph pool: envelope/star/heart/bell/bookmark/flag/fire) plus hashed color (12-color palette) — 84 distinct icon+color combinations
Unread indicator: pulsing red dot in the top-right corner of any sidebar tab icon with unread messages, 2-second sine-wave pulse, respects Configuration.ReduceMotion

Changed

Migration v14 → v15: deprecated Configuration fields HellionThemeEnabled and HellionThemeWindowOpacity removed
Appearance settings cleaned: legacy theme-engine bindings replaced by Themes tab (introduced in v1.1.0)

Fixed

Settings save no longer wipes chat history by default — the heavy ClearAllTabs + FilterAllTabsAsync cycle now only runs when a filter-relevant setting actually changed (Privacy filter, persisted channels, per-tab channel selection). Cosmetic changes keep the in-session chat intact
Identifier-based MessageList restore in Configuration.UpdateFrom plus TempTab skip in ClearAllTabs/FilterAllTabs ensure persistent tabs and Auto-Tell tabs both survive the save
Sidebar buttons now align vertically with the first message row (top padding mirrors the chat header toolbar height)
Sidebar child window no longer paints the top padding area with its frame background
Status bar version slot (vX.Y.Z · Hellion) no longer clips its rightmost character

Notes

Polish phase (animations, theme crossfade, header quick-picker) follows in v1.3.0
Top-Tab icon prefixes were considered but dropped: Dalamud's default font atlas does not include FontAwesome codepoints, so mixed-font in a single TabItem label renders as tofu. Underline pill alone is the v1.2.0 visual treatment for top tabs. Resolution would require Font-Atlas merge at FontManager level — out of scope.

[1.1.0] — 2026-05-05 — Theme Foundation

First major UI cycle after v1.0.0. Theme engine, five built-in themes, custom themes via JSON, settings card grid.

Added

Theme engine with five built-in themes: Hellion Arctic (default), Chat 2 Classic, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove.
Settings → Themes with mini mockup preview per theme. Clicking a card instantly switches the entire plugin (chat, settings, pop-outs).
Custom themes via JSON in pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/. On first start, example-theme.json is placed there as a template.
Optional theme chat channel colours: themes can ship their own channel colours. On switch, a banner appears with Apply / Keep current — never applied automatically.
Settings card grid: new overview on open, clicking a card navigates into the section's detail view. Breadcrumb + ESC navigate back.
docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md as a guide for writing custom themes, with Hellion Forge branding.

Changed

Plugin icon updated to Hellion Forge hammer (previously a ChatTwo derivative).
Settings detail view uses the full width — the second tab list on the left is gone because the card overview handles navigation.
HellionStyle.PushGlobal is now theme-driven (PushGlobal(theme, opacity)) instead of const-palette-driven.
Configuration v13 → v14: all users land on hellion-arctic. Those who prefer the upstream look can select chat2-classic in Settings → Themes.

Deprecated

Configuration.HellionThemeEnabled and HellionThemeWindowOpacity remain readable for one release as a safety net but are no longer evaluated. Removal planned for v1.2.0.

Security

Custom theme JSON loader validates schemaVersion, required fields and hex format. Invalid themes are skipped with a warning; the plugin continues loading with built-ins.

Internal

51 local unit tests (theme records, registry, JSON round-trip, sanity per built-in theme). Tests are gitignored.

[1.0.3] — 2026-05-04 — Polish Patch

Four small polish items from the backlog bundled together:

Hide on New Game+ menu: optional global toggle that hides Hellion Chat (and all other plugin windows such as Settings, DB Viewer, pop-outs) while the NG+ menu is open. Settings → Window → Frame, default off. Skips the entire WindowSystem.Draw() path analogous to the existing LoadingScreens pattern.
Channel selector colouring: optional tinting of the channel-select button (comment icon) next to the input field in the current channel colour. Settings → Appearance → Chat Colours, default on. Consistent with the existing input text colouring; ExtraChat override is carried over.
(De)buff icon aspect-ratio fix: PayloadHandler.InlineIcon was squashing all hover icons to 32×32. Status icons with non-square dimensions (debuffs with an arrow indicator) are now shrunk aspect-preserving. Standalone float-math implementation with zero-size guard instead of a cherry-pick from the open ChatTwo PR #157 (which had an int-division trap).
HideState logging sweep: all HideState transitions (Battle/Cutscene/User/Override plus pop-out mirroring) log at verbose level. Off by default; enable via /xllog set HellionChat verbose for bug-report diagnostics.

Release Notes 1.0.3

[1.0.1] — 2026-05-04 — Window Position Recovery

Fixes an off-screen-window scenario the user could end up in after a monitor disconnect or display layout change between sessions. An automatic one-shot bounds check on the first draw after plugin load snaps the window back into the visible viewport, and a new "Reset Window Position" button in Settings → Window → Frame serves as the manual escape hatch for edge cases.

Bundled housekeeping since v1.0.0: documentation restructured into docs/, stale ChatTwo/* paths in repo configs cleaned up, Pidgin parser library bumped from 3.3.0 to 3.5.1, GitHub Actions bumps for actions/setup-dotnet (4 → 5) and github/codeql-action (3 → 4).

Release Notes 1.0.1

[1.0.0] — 2026-05-03 — Standalone Major Release

First fully independent release. Code namespace, IPC channels and source tree structure consolidated under HellionChat.*. Plugin refuses to start alongside an active upstream Chat 2 (bilingual conflict message). SQLite native pinned to 3.50.3 (CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-7709). Tab layout default for new installs and users on config version 12 or older restructured (5 thematic tabs instead of 6+ kitchen-sink). Sweep of critical and major findings from the codebase audit incorporated.

Release Notes 1.0.0

[0.6.1] — 2026-05-03 — Pop-Out Discoverability & /tell Auto-Pop-Out

Pop-out button visible in the chat header, one-time hint banner for the pop-out feature. New setting "Open new /tell tabs directly as pop-out". Pop-out input is now active by default. Bug fixes: ghost windows on LRU-drop / logout, dead zone below the input bar when the hint banner is active.

Release Notes 0.6.1

[0.6.0] — 2026-05-03 — UX Polish: Pop-Out Input + Colour Presets

Two opt-in UX features. Pop-out windows optionally get a compact input bar with a channel-coloured icon button and an independent text buffer per pop-out. Seven built-in colour presets (Classic, High Contrast, Pastel, Dark Mode Tuned, Hellion, Night Blue, Indigo Violet) for one-click apply. Configuration migration v10 → v11.

Release Notes 0.6.0

[0.5.4] — 2026-05-02 — WrapText Hardening

ImGuiUtil.WrapText rewritten from pointer arithmetic to Span- and index-based control flow. Permanently closes the recurring CodeQL critical alert "unvalidated local pointer arithmetic". No user-visible behaviour change — word-wrap output is byte-identical to 0.5.3.

Release Notes 0.5.4

[0.5.3] — 2026-05-02 — Pointer Arithmetic Hardening

First attempt at closing the CodeQL critical alert in ImGuiUtil.WrapText. Encoded byte buffer length is validated via GetByteCount before pointer arithmetic.

Release Notes 0.5.3

Earlier Versions

Releases before 0.5.3 (bootstrap phase 0.1.0 to 0.5.2) are available directly on the Gitea release stream:

Maintenance Note

The source of truth for the user-facing changelog is the changelog: block in HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml. repo.json and the GitHub release body are fed from there. This file (docs/CHANGELOG.md) is a curated summary with links to the release pages and is updated manually on each version bump.