Kelsidavis-WoWee/tools
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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