Kelsidavis-WoWee/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

[Unreleased] — changes since v1.8.9-preview

Architecture

• Break Application::getInstance() singleton from GameHandler via GameServices struct
• EntityController refactoring (SOLID decomposition)
• Extract 8 domain handler classes from GameHandler
• Replace 3,300-line switch with dispatch table
• Multi-platform Docker build system (Linux, macOS arm64/x86_64, Windows cross-compilation)
• Decompose ChatPanel monolith into 15+ modules under src/ui/chat/ with IChatCommand interface, ChatCommandRegistry, MacroEvaluator, ChatMarkupParser/Renderer, ChatBubbleManager, ChatTabManager, GameStateAdapter, and 11 command modules (PR #62)
• Decompose WorldMap (1,360 LOC) into 16 modules under src/rendering/world_map/ with WorldMapFacade (PIMPL), CompositeRenderer, DataRepository, CoordinateProjection, ViewStateMachine, 9 overlay layers (PR #61)
• Extract reusable CatmullRomSpline module to src/math/ with O(log n) binary search and fused position+tangent evaluation (PR #60)
• Decompose TransportManager (1,200→500 LOC): extract TransportPathRepository, TransportClockSync, TransportAnimator; consolidate 7 duplicated spline parsers into spline_packet.cpp (PR #60)

World Editor (tools/editor/)

• Standalone world editor for creating custom WoW zones (14.1k+ lines, 57 files)
• 6 editing modes: Sculpt, Paint, Objects, Water, NPCs, Quests
• 30+ terrain tools: procedural generators (hill, mesa, crater, canyon, island, ridge, dunes), thermal erosion, noise, mirror/rotate, stamp copy/paste with file persistence
• Multi-select objects (Ctrl+Shift+Click), Select All (Ctrl+A), Select by Type (M2/WMO)
• Time-of-day lighting with dawn/dusk/night transitions and color pickers
• Texture eyedropper (Alt+Click), brush size presets + bracket keys
• Object tools: snap to ground, align to slope, flatten terrain around buildings, scatter with auto-align
• River/road path tool with click-to-set points and translucent preview ribbon
• Quest chains with circular reference detection, inline editing, load/save
• 631 creature presets across 8 categories with patrol path editing
• Full undo/redo for ALL terrain operations (generators, transforms, paint)
• Auto-save with configurable interval, unsaved changes quit confirmation
• Zone rename, recent zones menu, adjacent tile export with edge stitching
• Zone metadata panel: configurable Map ID, Display Name, Description
• Zone gameplay flags: Allow Flying, PvP, Indoor, Sanctuary (serialized to zone.json)
• Zone audio configuration: music track, day/night ambience, volume sliders, presets
• PNG/JPG/BMP/TGA heightmap image import (any resolution, 8/16-bit, undoable)
• Collision slope overlay on minimap (steep terrain visualization)
• Client-side WOC collision loading with walkability queries
• Zone map image export: colored top-down PNG with terrain, water, objects
• SQL spawn export for AzerothCore/TrinityCore (creature_template, creature, waypoint_data, quest_template — ready-to-import .sql files)
• Server module generator: one-click AzerothCore module with map registration, spawns, teleport command, zone flags, conf snippet, and admin README
• Live open format validation (0-7 score) in File menu

Novel Open Formats (7/7 Blizzard format replacements)

• ADT → WOT/WHM: terrain metadata + binary heightmap with alpha maps and doodad/WMO placements
• WDT → zone.json: map definition with full placement arrays
• BLP → PNG: texture override system
• DBC → JSON: data tables via DBCFile::loadJSON()
• M2 → WOM (WOM1/WOM2): static models + animated models with bones, keyframes, skeletal binding
• WMO → WOB (WOB1): buildings with material flags/shader/blendMode, doodad rotation
• Collision → WOC (WOC1): walkability mesh with slope classification, hole support, water flags
• WCP (WCP1): content pack archive with categorized file list
• Terrain stamps: portable terrain features saved as JSON
• All formats documented in FORMAT_SPEC.md v1.1
• Client auto-loads open formats from custom_zones/ and output/ directories
• Batch convert: M2→WOM and WMO→WOB from filesystem or asset manifest
• WCP Import & Load: one-click unpack + auto-open for editing
• 328 test assertions across 84 test cases (DBC binary+JSON, WOB, WHM, WOT, WOC)

Features

• Spell visual effects system with bone-tracked ribbons and particles (PR #58)
• GM command support: 190-command data table with dot-prefix interception, tab-completion, /gmhelp with category filter (PR #62)
• ZMP pixel-accurate zone hover detection on world map (PR #63)
• Textured player arrow (MinimapArrow.blp) on world map (PR #63)
• Multi-segment path interpolation for entity movement (PR #59)
• Character screen keyboard navigation (Up/Down/Enter) (PR #59)

Bug Fixes (v1.8.10+)

• Fix walk/run animation persisting after entity arrival (PR #59)
• Fix entity teleport during dead-reckoning overrun phase (PR #59)
• Fix Vulkan crash on window resize when minimized (0×0 extent) (PR #59)
• Fix quest log not populating on quest accept (PR #59)
• Fix hit-reaction animation being overridden on next frame (PR #59)
• Fix ChatType enum values to match WoW wire protocol (SAY=0x01 not 0x00) (PR #62)
• Fix BG_SYSTEM_* values from 82–84 (UB in bitmask shifts) to 0x24–0x26 (PR #62)
• Fix infinite Enter key loop after teleport (PR #62)
• Remove stale kVOffset (-0.15) from zone hover detection causing ~15% vertical offset
• Add null guard for cachedGameHandler_ in ChatPanel input callback
• Fix cosmic highlight aspect ratio with resolution-independent square rendering
• Skip transport waypoints with broken coordinate conversion instead of silent use
• Fix spline endpoint validation bypass for entities near world origin
• Fix off-by-one in chat link insertion buffer capacity check
• Zero window border in world map to eliminate content/window gap

Tests

• Add 19 new test files (27 total, up from 8):
  • Chat: chat_markup_parser, chat_tab_completer, gm_commands, macro_evaluator
  • World map: world_map, coordinate_projection, exploration_state, map_resolver, view_state_machine, zone_metadata
  • Transport/spline: spline, transport_components, transport_path_repo
  • Animation: animation_ids, locomotion_fsm, combat_fsm, activity_fsm, anim_capability, indoor_shadows

Bug Fixes (v1.8.2–v1.8.9)

• Fix VkTexture ownsSampler_ flag after move/destroy (prevented double-free)
• Fix unsigned underflow in Warden PE section loading (buffer overflow on malformed modules)
• Add bounds checks to Warden readLE32/readLE16 (out-of-bounds on untrusted PE data)
• Fix undefined behavior: SDL_BUTTON(0) computed 1 << -1 (negative shift)
• Fix BigNum::toHex/toDecimal null dereference on OpenSSL allocation failure
• Remove duplicate zone weather entry silently overwriting Dustwallow Marsh
• Fix LLVM apt repo codename (jammy→noble) in macOS Docker build
• Add missing mkdir in Linux Docker build script
• Clamp player percentage stats (block/dodge/parry/crit) to prevent NaN from corrupted packets
• Guard fsPath underflow in tryLoadPngOverride

Code Quality (v1.8.2–v1.8.9)

• 30+ named constants replacing magic numbers across game, rendering, and pipeline code
• 55+ why-comments documenting WoW protocol quirks, format specifics, and design rationale
• 8 DRY extractions (findOnUseSpellId, createFallbackTextures, finalizeSampler, renderClassRestriction/renderRaceRestriction, and more)
• Scope macOS -undefined dynamic_lookup linker flag to wowee target only
• Replace goto patterns with structured control flow (do/while(false), lambdas)
• Zero out GameServices in Application::shutdown to prevent dangling pointers

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[v1.8.1-preview] — 2026-03-23

Performance

• Eliminate ~70 unnecessary sqrt ops per frame; constexpr reciprocals and cache optimizations
• Skip bone animation for LOD3 models; frustum-cull water surfaces
• Eliminate per-frame heap allocations in M2 renderer
• Convert entity/skill/DBC/warden maps to unordered_map; fix 3x contacts scan
• Eliminate double map lookups and dynamic_cast in render loops
• Use second GPU queue for parallel texture/buffer uploads
• Time-budget tile finalization to prevent 1+ second main-loop stalls
• Add Vulkan pipeline cache persistence for faster startup

Bug Fixes

• Fix spline parsing with expansion context; preload DBC caches at world entry
• Fix NPC/player attack animation to use weapon-appropriate anim ID
• Fix equipment visibility and follow-target run speed
• Fix inspect (packed GUID) and client-side auto-walk for follow
• Fix mail money uint64, other-player cape textures, zone toast dedup, TCP_NODELAY
• Guard spline point loop against unsigned underflow; guard hexDecode/stoi/stof
• Fix infinite recursion in toLowerInPlace and operator precedence bugs
• Fix 3D audio coords for PLAY_OBJECT_SOUND; correct melee swing sound paths
• Prevent Vulkan sampler exhaustion crash; skip pipeline cache on NVIDIA
• Skip FSR3 frame gen on non-AMD GPUs to prevent driver crash
• Fix chest GO interaction (send GAMEOBJ_USE+LOOT together)
• Restore WMO wall collision threshold; fix off-screen bag positions
• Guard texture log dedup sets with mutex for thread safety
• Fix lua_pcall return check in ACTIONBAR_PAGE_CHANGED

Features

• Render equipment on other players (helmets, weapons, belts, wrists, shoulders)
• Target frame right-click context menu
• Crafting sounds and Create All button
• Server-synced bag sort
• Log GPU vendor/name at init

Security

• Add path traversal rejection and packet length validation

Code Quality

• Packet API: add readPackedGuid, writePackedGuid, writeFloat, getRemainingSize, hasRemaining, hasData, skipAll (replacing 1300+ verbose expressions)
• GameHandler helpers: isInWorld, isPreWotlk, guidToUnitId, lookupName, getUnitByGuid, fireAddonEvent, withSoundManager
• Dispatch table: registerHandler, registerSkipHandler, registerWorldHandler, registerErrorHandler (replacing 120+ lambda wrappers)
• Shared ui_colors.hpp with named constants replacing 200+ inline color literals
• Promote 50+ static const arrays to constexpr across audio/core/rendering/UI
• Deduplicate class name/color functions, enchantment cache, item-set DBC keys
• Extract settings tabs, GameHandler::update() phases, loadWeaponM2 into methods
• Remove 12 duplicate dispatch registrations and C-style casts
• Extract toHexString, toLowerInPlace, duration formatting, Lua return helpers