Kelsidavis-WoWee/include
Kelsi af214d8b34 feat(pipeline): add WCHN (Wowee Chat Channel) catalog
Novel open replacement for Blizzard's ChatChannels.dbc +
the AzerothCore-style chat_channel SQL tables. The 40th
open format added to the editor.

Defines the world chat channel system: General, Trade,
LookingForGroup, GuildRecruitment, LocalDefense, plus
per-zone area channels and custom user-created channels.
Each channel has access rules (faction / level), join
behavior (auto vs opt-in), broadcast policy (announce /
moderated), and optional area / map gating that auto-joins
or auto-leaves the channel as the player moves.

Cross-references with previously-added formats:
  WCHN.entry.areaIdGate -> WMS.area.areaId
                           (channel auto-attaches in this area)
  WCHN.entry.mapIdGate  -> WMS.map.mapId
                           (channel auto-attaches on this map)

Format:
  • magic "WCHN", version 1, little-endian
  • per channel: channelId / name / description /
    channelType / factionAccess / autoJoin / announce /
    moderated / minLevel / areaIdGate / mapIdGate

Enums:
  • ChannelType (10): AreaLocal / Zone / Continent / World /
                      Trade / LookingForGroup / GuildRecruit /
                      LocalDefense / Custom / Pvp
  • FactionAccess (3): Alliance / Horde / Both

API: WoweeChannelLoader::save / load / exists / findById.

Three preset emitters:
  • makeStarter   — 4 stock channels (General Zone +
                     Trade + LFG + GuildRecruit) with
                     default autoJoin policies
  • makeCity      — 5 city-specific channels (3 Stormwind +
                     2 Orgrimmar) with mapId / areaId gates
                     so they auto-attach on entry
  • makeModerated — 3 moderated / restricted channels
                     (LocalDefense level 10+, WorldDefense
                     moderated, RaidCoordination level 60+)

CLI added (5 flags, 677 documented total now):
  --gen-channels / --gen-channels-city / --gen-channels-moderated
  --info-wchn / --validate-wchn

Validator catches: channelId=0 + duplicates, empty name,
unknown channelType / factionAccess, world / continent
channel with area or map gate (gate is silently ignored at
runtime — usually a typo), minLevel=0 (no level gate at all).
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addons chore(lua): refactor addon Lua engine API + progress docs 2026-04-03 07:31:06 +03:00
audio fix(render): code quality cleanup 2026-04-06 22:43:13 +03:00
auth fix(render): code quality cleanup 2026-04-06 22:43:13 +03:00
core refactor: decompose world map into modular component architecture 2026-04-12 09:52:51 +03:00
game fix(movement): reject server teleports to corrupted near-origin positions 2026-04-24 17:48:49 -07:00
math refactor: extract spline math, consolidate packet parsing, decompose TransportManager 2026-04-11 08:30:28 +03:00
network memory, threading, network hardening 2026-04-06 21:19:37 +03:00
pipeline feat(pipeline): add WCHN (Wowee Chat Channel) catalog 2026-05-09 18:43:26 -07:00
platform Fix all remaining build warnings and eliminate UB in binary parsers 2026-02-23 19:58:38 -08:00
rendering fix(camera): NaN/range guards on Camera setters 2026-05-06 08:57:31 -07:00
third_party Fix cross-platform FSR3 compile path and Path-A runtime wiring 2026-03-09 04:24:24 -07:00
ui refactor(chat): extract ItemTooltipRenderer, slim render(), consolidate utils 2026-04-12 15:46:03 +03:00