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Bumps csproj, yaml, repo.json, CHANGELOG, ROADMAP and README in lock-step to 1.5.4. Forge-post DE-body added with the Polish & Motion versionsnatur. Slim-rule applied to the yaml and repo.json changelog blocks (keeps v1.5.4 + v1.5.3 + v1.5.2 + v1.5.1, drops v1.5.0). A csharpier reflow of two v1.5.4 source files (ChatLogWindow, HellionStyle) is folded in. preflight.sh blocks A-F all green.
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# Changelog — Hellion Chat
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All user-facing changes to Hellion Chat. Format follows
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[Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), version numbers follow
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[Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
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Detailed release notes per version are available directly on the
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[Gitea Release page](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases) and
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in the plugin changelog block (`HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml` → `changelog:`). This file summarises
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releases as an overview and links to the release pages for details.
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---
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## Hellion Chat 1.5.4 — Polish and Motion (2026-05-20)
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A polish cycle of three P3 items. Theme switches now crossfade smoothly over ~300 ms
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across every Hellion-rendered surface; the window background snaps deliberately so the
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per-window opacity override from Dalamud's pinning menu stays intact. A new header
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quick-picker — a palette button left of the cog — opens a compact popup for switching
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themes and tabs without opening Settings. Sidebar icons and card-mode message borders
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gain framerate-independent hover animations. A new "Reduce motion" toggle in Theme &
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Layout disables the crossfade, hover animations and unread-tab pulse for accessibility.
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No schema bump, migration v17 stays.
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## Hellion Chat 1.5.3 — Localisation Wave + Bundled-Font Overhaul (2026-05-19)
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Multi-language pass plus a long-standing first-frame HITCH lands as a side effect of a font-stack
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rewrite. The bundled UI font swaps from Exo 2 to Inter Light. HellionChat now ships strings and
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renderable glyph coverage for 24 languages.
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### User-visible
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- Twenty-four selectable UI languages: Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
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German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norsk bokmål, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil),
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Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Simplified
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Chinese, Traditional Chinese. The dropdown sorts alphabetically by endonym, "None" pinned first.
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Non-native translations are AI-assisted and flagged for community native-speaker review via the
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Hellion Forge Discord.
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- Bundled **Inter Light** replaces Exo 2 as the in-plugin font. Wider European coverage (Latin
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Extended-A/B, Greek polytonic, Cyrillic Supplement) so Czech, Polish, Romanian, Turkish,
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Hungarian, Greek and Ukrainian render without manual font configuration. SIL OFL 1.1, 343 KB.
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- **NotoSansCjkRegular fallback** layer added as a merge-on-top so Hangul, Simplified-Chinese
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characters specific to the post-1956 reform, and other CJK glyphs the FFXIV Japanese game font
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does not ship now render correctly inside the HellionChat UI.
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- First-frame **HITCH dropped from ~74 ms** (the v1.5.2 baseline that has held since v1.4.x) to a
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**median of ~20 ms** (5-reload sample: 23.6 / 20.4 / 17.9 / 20.1 / 19.2 ms, Linux/Wine; Windows
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baseline pending Jin's verification per the cross-platform-pflicht). The bundled-font path
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silently fell back to the FFXIV Axis game font for the entire v1.5.x series because of an
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early-return in the draw loop. The fix that routes `RegularFont` through draw also lands the
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defer-pattern win the v1.5.1 cycle was reaching for.
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- **ExtraGlyphRanges activates automatically** when the user picks a language that needs a non-Latin
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script. Selecting Korean enables the Korean glyph range and rebuilds the atlas without a manual
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toggle in Fonts & Colours.
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- New **WarningText under the language dropdown** notes that FFXIV's own chat input only fully
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supports EN, DE, FR and JA character sets. Other languages render inside HellionChat but may
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garble when typed into in-game chat or sent as messages.
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### Under the hood
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- Three-layer font stack in `FontManager.BuildRegularFontHandle` and `BuildItalicFontHandle`:
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Inter Light (or the user-selected global font) as primary, FFXIV JapaneseFont as merge 1 for
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native FFXIV kana/kanji style, NotoSansCjkRegular as merge 2 for everything else CJK.
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- Two new `ExtraGlyphRanges` flags: `LatinExtended` (U+0100-U+024F) and `Greek` (U+0370-U+03FF +
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U+1F00-U+1FFF). Implemented as `builder.AddChar` pair lists in `SetUpRanges` (no managed-pointer
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pinning needed).
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- `LanguageOverride` enum gains ten locales (Catalan, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian,
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Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, Ukrainian) plus three previously
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commented-out entries (Italian, Korean, Norwegian re-enabled with code `nb` instead of `no`).
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New values are appended to the enum to keep existing user-config integer serialisation stable.
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- **Crowdin gap closed:** four ChatTwo keys added after the last community sync
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(`Options_ColorSelectedInputChannelButton_Name` / `_Description`,
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`Options_HideInNewGamePlusMenu_Name` / `_Description`) are now backfilled into the thirteen
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legacy Crowdin locales with per-key AI-translated markers.
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- Plugin init runs a one-shot migration that ORs in the matching `ExtraGlyphRanges` flag based on
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the user's current `LanguageOverride`. An update from v1.5.2 picks up the new coverage without
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the user having to toggle the language twice.
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- `Plugin.cs:937` draw-path fixed: `RegularFont` is now pushed whenever **either** `FontsEnabled`
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**or** `UseHellionFont` is on. The previous `Config.FontsEnabled`-only check meant the bundled
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font path was silently dead whenever `FontsAndColours.cs:50` force-set `FontsEnabled = false` on
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the UseHellionFont-toggle. Source of the HITCH win.
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- `ExtraGlyphRanges` settings panel is now reachable in **all** UseHellionFont / FontsEnabled
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combinations. The bundled-font branch used to short-circuit past it.
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- **Resource bundle split:** fork-added strings live in `HellionStrings.resx` (24 locales, 328
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keys each) alongside the ChatTwo-Crowdin-heritage `Language.resx` (24 locales, 456 keys each).
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The `Language` siblings for the ten brand-new locales and Greek carry a Hellion Forge maintainer
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header that points reviewers at the Discord rather than the standalone-hosted Gitea.
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- **Em-dash sweep** across the EN source and 18 translations: in-prose em-dashes replaced with
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period or colon per the house style guide. Russian and Ukrainian keep their typographic norm
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where the em-dash is orthographically required (subject-predicate separator).
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- **Bundled font asset rotation:** `HellionFont.ttf` (Exo 2) plus its OFL notice removed from
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`Resources/`. `Inter-Light.ttf` plus `Inter-OFL.txt` take their place. `FontManager`
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references rename to `BundledFontBytes` / `TryGetBundledFontBytes()` for clarity (config field
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`UseHellionFont` keeps its name so existing user configs deserialize cleanly).
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### Migration
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- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
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- Existing `UseHellionFont = true` users transition transparently from Exo 2 to Inter Light on
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first reload.
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- Existing users with `LanguageOverride != None` get their matching `ExtraGlyphRanges` flag set
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on the first plugin init after the v1.5.3 update (Plugin.cs LoadAsync migration step).
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### Reserved for follow-up cycles
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- Native-speaker review pass for AI-assisted translations in the 13 legacy Crowdin locales (ca,
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es, fr, it, ja, ko, nl, pt-BR, ro, ru, sv, zh-Hans, zh-Hant) — corrections via the Hellion
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Forge Discord.
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Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
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---
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## Hellion Chat 1.5.2 — First-Run Wizard Rework (2026-05-18)
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UX patch. The single-page first-run wizard becomes a four-step staged-commit flow, the privacy
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profile catalogue gains a fourth entry "Roleplay", and a new power-settings stage surfaces six
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previously-hidden Configuration defaults. Existing v1.5.1 users see the new wizard once on first
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v1.5.2 boot via a new `WizardLastShownVersion` config marker.
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User-visible:
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- Wizard layout: Welcome → Privacy profile → Power settings → Done. Forge-Bronze pagination dots,
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per-step Back / Decide later / Next footer. Decide-later and X-close both leave the existing
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config untouched; only the Finish ✓ click commits pending choices.
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- Fourth privacy profile "Roleplay": Privacy-First whitelist plus `Say` and both emote types, with a
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30-day retention window for `Say` and 90 days for the two emote channels. `Shout`, `Yell` and
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`NoviceNetwork` stay out — public-distance noise from strangers is not story content.
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- Privacy picker becomes a 2×2 grid. Casual stays the recommended option with a ★ marker.
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- Power-settings stage surfaces six existing `Configuration` fields in one place: Load Previous
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Session, Filter Include Previous Sessions, Auto-Tell-Tabs History Preload, Compact Density,
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Prettier Timestamps, plus a built-in theme picker. No new settings are introduced — the stage just
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collects what was previously buried in Settings → Privacy / Chat / Data Management / Appearance.
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- Inline test hint on the done stage: `type /tell <Player Name> into chat` surfaces the auto-tell-tab
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spawn mechanism for new users.
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- Wizard window starts at 720×480 (was 900×560) and can shrink to 600×400. Step 1 wraps the fox
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banner in a collapsible TreeNode, folded by default — onboarding copy stays primary.
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- Existing v1.5.1 users get the new wizard surfaced once on first v1.5.2 boot. A new
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`WizardLastShownVersion` config field tracks the most recent version whose wizard was shown;
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Plugin.LoadAsync resets `FirstRunCompleted` once when the constant `1.5.2` doesn't match.
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Under the hood:
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- `WizardStateSmokeStep` registered with `/xlperf`. Variant 1 walks the four steps with empty
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pending state to pin the no-op CommitPending path. Variant 2 picks Roleplay on Step 2, skips
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Step 3, commits, and asserts `LoadPreviousSession` / `FilterIncludePreviousSessions` stayed on
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their pre-test value — pinning the null-semantics contract. The step snapshots six privacy /
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retention fields before Variant 2 and `CleanUp()` restores them, so back-to-back runs don't drift
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the active profile.
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- Twelve pure-helper xUnit Facts in the Build Suite (`Privacy/PrivacyDefaultsTests.cs`) cover all
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four profile whitelists plus the new Roleplay retention overrides.
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- `Configuration` grows one optional string field `WizardLastShownVersion` (default empty). No
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schema bump — migration v17 still applies.
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Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
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[Full release notes on the Gitea release page.](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.5.2)
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## Hellion Chat 1.5.1 — FontAtlas Refactor and Hellion Forge Signature (2026-05-17)
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Hybrid FontManager refactor plus an embedded Hellion Forge provenance mark.
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- FontManager handle creation moves into the ctor inside a single `atlas.SuppressAutoRebuild()`
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block — the font atlas now builds once per plugin load instead of four to five times.
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- Hybrid property model: `Axis`, `AxisItalic` and `FontAwesome` become init-only handles;
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`RegularFont` and `ItalicFont` stay mutable because the eight font settings still need to replace
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them at runtime via the renamed `RebuildDelegateFonts()` path, without a plugin reload.
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- `FontAwesome` reuses Dalamud's `UiBuilder.IconFontFixedWidthHandle` instead of building its own
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atlas slot.
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- `BuildFontsAsync` and `BuildFonts` are removed; the live mutation path is `RebuildDelegateFonts()`
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now.
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- Two new self-test steps register with `/xlperf`: FontManager ctor smoke (every handle non-null, no
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atlas load-exception) and push smoke (`Push()` returns without throwing).
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- Hellion Forge signature embedded in the plugin DLL: a fox-head ASCII silhouette is prepended to
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the `/xllog` bootstrap banner on every plugin load, and a full fox banner with "Hellion Forge" set
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inside the body is available as a folded `TreeNode` in the First-Run Wizard and Settings →
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Information tab. Drawn by Julia Moon.
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- Honorific full-gradient port (originally scheduled for this cycle) was dropped: Honorific 3.2
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exposes no IPC for the rendered gradient frame, and an in-plugin port of the colour palette was
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declined. The integration stays at the v1.4.7 glow-only shape.
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The 10× HITCH cut targeted from the v1.5.0 cross-plugin baseline did not land — HITCH stays around
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80 ms because the cost lives in the UiBuilder first-frame render path, not in the atlas build (which
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this cycle did reduce from 4-5 builds per load to 1). A first-frame render investigation is reserved
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for a later cycle. No settings changes, no migration. v17 stays.
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[Full release notes on the Gitea release page.](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.5.1)
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## Hellion Chat 1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)
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Major architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a generic-host DI container
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(`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync. Service logging
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migrates from a static `Plugin.LogProxy` locator to typed `Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T>`
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via constructor injection, bridged over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` by a custom `DalamudLogger` trio.
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### Under the hood
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- 18 instance-class services migrate to `ILogger<T>` via constructor injection across four slices:
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data layer (`MessageStore`, `MessageManager`, `AutoTellTabsService`), IPC and integrations
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(`HonorificService`, `IpcManager`, `TypingIpc`, `ExtraChat`, three `GameFunctions` classes), UI
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window layer (`ChatLogWindow`, `DbViewer`, `Popout`, three settings tabs), and root (`Commands`,
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`ThemeRegistry`, `PayloadHandler`).
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- `Plugin.LogProxy` stays in place for the eight buckets ctor injection cannot reach: static helpers
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(`EmoteCache`, `AutoTranslate`, `MemoryUtil`, `WrapperUtil`), Dalamud-reflected types
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(`Configuration`), the `Message` data class, and instance classes that only log from static
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methods (`FontManager`, one `GameFunctions` site).
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- Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines — virtually identical to the pre-cycle 1013. The new Phase-1 host
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build and `Plugin.X` bridge wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations that
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previously lived in `LoadAsync`.
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- Cross-plugin baseline confirms no performance penalty against Chat 2: HellionChat first-frame
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HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2 74 ms median. Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit around 7 ms by
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deferring their font-atlas build past `Finished loading` — that pattern is the v1.5.1 follow-up
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item.
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### User-visible
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- Slash-command insert fix: pasting a slash command into the chat input (Friend List "/tell" action,
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plugin-driven inserts from Artisan, AllaganTools etc.) now replaces the existing input instead of
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concatenating onto whatever the user was typing. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `ee7768ac`
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with namespace adaptation.
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Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
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Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
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---
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## Hellion Chat 1.4.10 — Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (2026-05-16)
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Eleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish-Sweep series. Symbol picker for the chat input, a
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tell-history reload fix for users with many active partners, and a closing cleanup sweep before
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v1.5.0 picks up the DI-container adoption.
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- Symbol picker for the chat input: smile-icon button left of the channel indicator opens a popup
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with two tabs — 161 FFXIV PUA glyphs (Dalamud's SeIconChar enum) and 97 server-verified BMP
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symbols round-tripped through `/echo` and `/say` in a four-round probe. Cursor-aware splice,
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multi-insert keeps the popup open, recent-used strip floats the last sixteen picks across both
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tabs. Toggle in Settings → Chat → Message behaviour, default on.
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- Pinned auto-tell tabs reload their full history again. PreloadHistory had a hidden 500-row scan
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cap that overrode the user-configurable `AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload` setting whenever you chatted
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with many partners; less-frequent pinned partners lost their backlog. The cap is removed.
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- Slash-command teardown cleanup: `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionDebugger` (and
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`#if DEBUG /hellionSeString`) wrappers are now cached as private fields so plugin teardown
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detaches the live registration instead of re-Register'ing with identical args (latent maintenance
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hazard from v1.4.9).
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- v1.4.x Polish-Sweep wraps up here. The ImGuiListClipper render refactor that was on the v1.4.10
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reserve list got dropped after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll rubber-band is a Wine/Linux
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render-pipeline quirk, not universal — Windows users never saw it. It will get its own
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platform-targeted spike in a later patch. Next major cycle is v1.5.0 with the DI-container
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adoption (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting + ILogger<T>) modelled on Lightless.
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- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
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Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
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## Hellion Chat 1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)
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Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame render cost drops from ~127 ms median
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down to ~76 ms median — comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold. The remaining
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~13 ms gap to ChatTwo upstream (~63 ms median) is the cost of HellionChat-only features (sidebar tab
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view, custom status bar, Honorific integration).
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- First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside `ChatLogWindow` skip their first
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Draw and run one frame later. Covered sections are the bottom status bar, channel-name SeString
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chunks, window bounds check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete and input-preview calculation. At 60
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fps the user sees those sections ~17 ms after plugin reload — invisible inside the ~2.5 s
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font-atlas build window every reload runs through anyway. Frame 1 stays well under 100 ms too (~40
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ms), so no secondary HITCH warning appears.
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- Slash-command centralisation: `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionSeString` and
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`/hellionDebugger` are now registered during `LoadAsync` instead of inside the corresponding
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window constructors. The commands work before their target window is opened the first time, and
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Dalamud's plugin-manager configuration / open buttons (`UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi` / `OpenMainUi`)
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hang on the same path.
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- Plugin-load profiling logs stay on: `MessageStore.Connect`, `MessageStore.Migrate`,
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`FilterAllTabs` and the auto-translate warm-up timing log are now Information level rather than
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Debug. They serve as a tripwire so a future regression past 100 ms shows up directly in `/xllog`
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without re-enabling Debug.
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- ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors ChatTwo's full IPC surface
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(`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`, `Invoke`)
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under the `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates.
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Third-party integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC — for example Artisan's
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and AllaganTools' context-menu hooks — keep working without requiring a code change on their side.
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Conflict detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel with HellionChat, so there is no
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slot-collision risk at runtime.
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- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
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- Internal: hypothesis-triage during the R2 cycle falsified three of the four candidate root causes
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(font-atlas sync, theme-apply ABGR-cache init, multiple-window render). Actual cause is `DrawList`
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setup cost distributed across ~10 ImGui sections inside ChatLogWindow (5-20 ms each). The six
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selective defers above are the pragmatic fix — a clean structural rewrite would belong in the
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v1.5.x DI-container cycle.
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Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
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## Hellion Chat 1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)
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Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer cluster (FTS5 full-text search,
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ad-block foundation investigation) plus three polish quick-wins.
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- DbViewer full-text search: optional FTS5 index across the full chat history. Built asynchronously
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on first run after the update with a progress toast (UI stays responsive, the toggle is disabled
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until the build completes). The local page-filter remains the default mode. Multi-word queries
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match as exact phrases; power users can opt into raw FTS5 `MATCH` syntax by wrapping their own
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double-quotes around the term.
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- Custom theme files now auto-reload when edited while the theme is active. Save the JSON in your
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editor and the live render picks up the change within a second — no need to re-click the theme in
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the picker. Disk-stat is throttled to 1 Hz so per-frame cost stays free.
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- Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread. `Framework.Run(...).Wait()` is replaced by
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`Framework.RunOnTick(...)`, which removes the ~194 ms hitch the sweep used to add per run.
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- Status bar height is derived from `GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing()` plus a DPI-aware spacer so the
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bar renders correctly at Windows display scaling above 100 %. Linux/Wayland default of 100 % is
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unaffected.
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- Receive-suppressed-tells routing was investigated this cycle and **postponed to v1.5.x**. When
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other plugins suppress tells via `CheckMessageHandled`, FFXIV's chat pipeline skips the
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`RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry` path, which means HellionChat's `ContentIdResolverHook` does
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not fire and tell-partner identification breaks for AutoTellTab routing. The proper fix sits next
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to the planned ad-block hook layer (`RaptureLogModule.ShowMiniTalkPlayer` and friends) where the
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same patch surface comes up anyway.
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- Internal: storage form of `messages.Id` clarified (declared BLOB but Microsoft.Data.Sqlite stores
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Guid parameters as TEXT). FTS bulk insert and `LoadByGuids` join now match the TEXT storage form
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on both sides. Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
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Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
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|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## Hellion Chat 1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (2026-05-13)
|
||
|
||
Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5 —
|
||
pinned tell tabs that survive relog, opt-in Honorific glow rendering, a configurable sidebar, plus a
|
||
Settings-Save channel-preservation fix surfaced during smoke testing.
|
||
|
||
- TempTell Pin: right-click a TempTell tab in the sidebar and choose "Pin Tab" / "Tab anpinnen".
|
||
Pinned tabs survive plugin reload and character logout, keep their conversation history (loaded on
|
||
demand from the message store on rehydrate), and stay bound to the same `/tell` partner. Hard cap
|
||
of 5 pinned tabs in a pool separate from the 15-tab auto-tell pool — total ceiling is 20 tabs. The
|
||
sidebar groups pinned tabs into their own section with a divider header
|
||
- Honorific glow outlines now render via an 8-direction DrawList pre-pass when the title carries a
|
||
Glow colour. Opt-in via **Settings → Integrations → Render glow outlines (Honorific)** (default
|
||
off). Honorific's gradient surface (`Color3`, `GradientColourSet`, `GradientAnimationStyle`) is
|
||
parsed and stashed for a later cycle but renders as the primary colour until then — the v1.4.7 DTO
|
||
already mirrors all four extra fields so the JSON roundtrip doesn't silent-drop them
|
||
- Sidebar width configurable in **Theme & Layout** (44–160 px, default 44 stays icon-only). The icon
|
||
button stretches with the configured width so a widened sidebar looks intentional, not a 36 px
|
||
icon floating in empty space
|
||
- `Configuration.UpdateFrom` now preserves the runtime `CurrentChannel` across the persistent-tab
|
||
merge alongside `Messages` and `LastSendUnread`. `TabSwitched` deep-clones the seeded channel from
|
||
the previous tab instead of sharing the same `UsedChannel` instance. Together these fix a
|
||
regression where Settings-Save on a Party or Linkshell tab popped the chat input back to
|
||
`/tell <pinned-partner>` on the next interaction
|
||
- `Util/ImGuiUtil.cs` `DrawArrows` IconButton id uses `(id + 1).ToString()` with explicit
|
||
parentheses instead of the operator-precedence quirk `id + 1.ToString()` (which resolved to
|
||
`id.ToString() + "1"`). Single live caller is `Ui/DbViewer.cs:227` page-navigation
|
||
- Internal: `IPluginLogProxy` indirection over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` routes all ~91 `Plugin.Log`
|
||
call sites through a testable proxy. `MessageStore.Migrate0` can now run in xUnit without loading
|
||
`Dalamud.dll`, closing the gap F12.1 left in v1.4.6. Production wrapper `DalamudPluginLogProxy`
|
||
and Build-Suite `FakePluginLogProxy` mirror the full `IPluginLog` surface
|
||
(`Verbose`/`Debug`/`Information`/`Info`/`Warning`/`Error`/`Fatal`) with single-string,
|
||
`Exception+string`, and `params object[]` overloads
|
||
- Internal: TempTab counter switched from an `Interlocked` cached field to a derived
|
||
`Tabs.Count(predicate)`. Pin-state transitions (TryPin / Unpin / Promote) are cold-path and don't
|
||
need lock-free reads; counter mutation surface dropped from 5 to 0 sites. Build-Suite floor 688 →
|
||
710 (+22)
|
||
- Schema bump v16 → v17 is additive: new `Tab.IsPinned` bool, default false. Existing v16 configs
|
||
load cleanly and get their `Version` stamp bumped after the gate check
|
||
|
||
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## Hellion Chat 1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)
|
||
|
||
Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the development feedback loop, fixes
|
||
two upstream-inherited bugs from ChatTwo `f35b7d3`, and prepares the code for the v1.4.7 backlog
|
||
cleanup.
|
||
|
||
- `scripts/preflight.sh` gains Block E (`dotnet csharpier check`) and Block F (`markdownlint-cli2`)
|
||
so reflow drift and markdown violations are caught at the pre-push gate. `.markdownlint.json` adds
|
||
`MD024 siblings_only` and disables `MD036` so the bilingual forge-post bold-emphasis headings pass
|
||
linting; the `.claude/` directory is excluded from the scan
|
||
- `FontManager.AddFontWithFallback` catch-filter now covers `InvalidOperationException` and
|
||
`ArgumentException` on top of the existing IO triad. The warning log carries the exception type
|
||
name, so the diagnostic path knows which class of atlas-toolkit throw triggered the
|
||
NotoSansCjkRegular fallback
|
||
- `BrandingLinks` (5 URLs) and `Integrations/IntegrationLinks` (2 URLs) validate themselves on first
|
||
module load via `[ModuleInitializer]` + a shared `UrlValidation.ValidateAll` helper. A malformed
|
||
URL now throws `InvalidOperationException` at plugin load with the source class and the broken URL
|
||
in the message
|
||
- Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`: `Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the native
|
||
`Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel. The validity check is now wrapped
|
||
around the `ChangeChatChannel` call instead of short-circuiting before `Dtor`. `ValidAnyLinkshell`
|
||
is renamed to `IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell` and the `ChatLogWindow` call-site follows the rename
|
||
- Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`: `Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and
|
||
`TellTarget`. The old `CurrentChannel = CurrentChannel` was a reference copy, so PopOut and Temp
|
||
tabs mutated each other's channel state (incl. tell target). `TellTarget.From(t)` static factory
|
||
is replaced with an instance `Clone()`; `UsedChannel.Clone()` is new and runs deep-clone on both
|
||
TellTarget references
|
||
- `ChatLogWindow` active-tab underline pill now scales with `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` and rounds
|
||
its DrawList coordinates to physical pixels via `MathF.Round`, so the 2 px line stays crisp on 125
|
||
% and 150 % DPI setups instead of bleeding into a sub-pixel blur
|
||
- `ImGuiUtil.IconButton` width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled `CellPadding.X * 2` from the
|
||
raw `int` width. `ImGui.Button` handles its own frame padding internally, so the measured
|
||
`buttonWidth` now passes through verbatim (inspired-by upstream `f35b7d3`, but our two call-sites
|
||
need the parameter, so the param itself stays)
|
||
- Internal: `HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha threshold logic extracted to
|
||
`HellionStyleHelpers.ResolveChildBgAlpha` with a build-suite mirror test that pins the 0.999f
|
||
cutoff. `Plugin.SaveConfig` clones only the temp-tab subset in the pre-serialization snapshot
|
||
instead of the full tab list. `SettingsOverview` caches `ImGui.GetWindowDrawList()` once per frame
|
||
and passes the pointer down to `DrawCard`
|
||
- Internal: `Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface (`IsWine`, `OpenLink`) routed through a new
|
||
`IPlatformUtil` indirection. `MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe is now reachable from the xUnit
|
||
AppDomain via a `FakePlatformUtil` fixture (full isolated MessageStore construction still pending
|
||
— `Plugin.Log.Information` in `Migrate0` is a separate Dalamud-static surface, slated for v1.4.7)
|
||
- Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (royal sapphire and electric magenta over obsidian, by
|
||
CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit Bloom in the built-in roster. Users who had Moonlit Bloom selected
|
||
fall back to the default Hellion Arctic on the first plugin load; an existing custom JSON copy of
|
||
Moonlit Bloom under `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/` keeps working unchanged
|
||
|
||
Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
|
||
|
||
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## Hellion Chat 1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (2026-05-12)
|
||
|
||
Sixth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. User-visible robustness fixes plus two doc/test
|
||
polish items from the audit backlog. No schema bump, no migration.
|
||
|
||
- `ChatLogWindow.Draw` now surfaces a one-shot warning notification when the draw path throws. The
|
||
stack trace still goes to `/xllog` via `Plugin.Log.Error`; the notification is suppressed for the
|
||
rest of the plugin session so a recurring failure can't spam the notification stack
|
||
frame-by-frame. Pattern-match to the existing `Plugin.cs:505-516` migration-blocker notification
|
||
- `FirstRunWizard` splits accept from close. `OnClose` no longer silently sets `FirstRunCompleted`,
|
||
so closing the X leaves the wizard pending and it reopens on the next plugin load. A new footer
|
||
"Later — keep defaults" button is the explicit path to dismiss without picking a profile.
|
||
Bilingual strings (EN + DE) plus a tooltip
|
||
- `InputHistoryService.Reset` is wired into `Plugin.DisposeAsync` alongside the existing pure-memory
|
||
cleanups. Static state used to survive a plugin reload — the next load now starts with an empty
|
||
history
|
||
- `FontManager.GetHellionFontBytes` becomes `TryGetHellionFontBytes` with a nullable return. On miss
|
||
(broken csproj, hand-rolled dev build) the caller falls back to the system-font path that
|
||
`UseHellionFont=false` already uses, plus a `Plugin.Log.Warning`. The whole UiBuilder no longer
|
||
throws if the embedded font resource is absent
|
||
- `Plugin.cs:167-168` gets a 4-line reasoning comment around the session-only
|
||
`RemoveAll(IsTempTab)`: tells are usually privacy-filtered, resurrecting an empty crashed-session
|
||
tab would trigger DB reconstruction on the next load. `TempTabCounter.InitFromList` mirrors the
|
||
post-strip semantic in the Build-Suite with a pinning test
|
||
- `StatusBar.cs` drops the version slot when the chat window's content width minus the version text
|
||
is below 200 px. The right-aligned version used to clip into the four left-side slots in narrow
|
||
windows
|
||
|
||
Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
|
||
|
||
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## Hellion Chat 1.4.4 — Threading and IPC Safety Polish (2026-05-12)
|
||
|
||
Fifth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Threading assumptions are documented per-method,
|
||
a hot-path lock falls away in `AutoTellTabsService`, IPC-cleanup failures become visible, and the
|
||
privacy filter now speaks up when an unknown ChatType shows up.
|
||
|
||
- `AutoTellTabsService.ActiveTempTabCount` switches from a lock-protected LINQ `Count` to an
|
||
`Interlocked` counter kept in sync with `Config.Tabs` from inside the existing mutation paths.
|
||
`Initialize()` seeds the counter from the persisted Tabs list, and `SaveConfig`'s snapshot-restore
|
||
path calls a new `ResyncTempTabCounter()` so the mid-step `RemoveAll` doesn't leave the counter
|
||
drifting. Pure-helper test mirror lives in the Build-Suite repo
|
||
- `HonorificService` per-method threading banners replace the block comment at the bottom of the
|
||
file. Each IPC callback (`TryInitialPull`, `OnTitleChanged`, `OnReady`, `OnDisposing`,
|
||
`TryUnsubscribe`) and the `CurrentTitle` field carry a one-line `// Thread:` annotation so the
|
||
framework-thread invariant is visible at the call site
|
||
- `TryUnsubscribe` log-level upgraded from `Debug` to `Warning`. A silent unsubscribe failure leaks
|
||
a live subscription across plugin reloads, which is exactly the kind of issue that should not be
|
||
at Debug
|
||
- `AutoTranslate.PreloadCache` thread now has `IsBackground = true` and a thread name. Without
|
||
`IsBackground` the warmup blocks plugin unload (typically 100-300 ms). Pattern-match to
|
||
`MessageManager` (F6.1) and `Plugin.RetentionSweep` (F9.3), both since v1.4.0
|
||
- `Configuration.IsAllowedForStorage` adds a one-line `Plugin.Log.Warning` for the first occurrence
|
||
of any ChatType that isn't in `PrivacyPersistChannels`. Dedup via a `NonSerialized`
|
||
`HashSet<ChatType>`, so the warning fires once per runtime — not once per frame, not once per
|
||
install. Failsafe routing through `PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels` is unchanged
|
||
- `PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels` field default flipped from `false` to `true` for new installs via
|
||
a constant in `PrivacyDefaults`. Existing configs keep their explicit choice — the deserializer
|
||
overrides the initializer. No schema bump, no migration, no first-run banner
|
||
|
||
Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
|
||
|
||
Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## Hellion Chat 1.4.3 — 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](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.3)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## [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](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.1)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## [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](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.0)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## [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](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.6.1)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## [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](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.6.0)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## [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](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.5.4)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## [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](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.5.3)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## Earlier Versions
|
||
|
||
Releases before 0.5.3 (bootstrap phase 0.1.0 to 0.5.2) are available directly on the Gitea release
|
||
stream:
|
||
|
||
[All Releases](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases)
|
||
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
## 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.
|