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v2.0.0 — EQL Companion is now WarCounsel

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@EKirschmann EKirschmann released this 25 Jul 18:31
v2.0.0
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WarCounsel.exe — one file, nothing to install. A .sha256 is published beside it.

Windows will warn you it does not recognise the publisher (the file is unsigned): More info → Run anyway. Install guide.

Coming from EQL Companion? Drop WarCounsel.exe in the same folder as the old EQLCompanion.exe — it picks up your existing data folder, so sessions, settings and mined maps all carry over. Then delete the old exe and remake any desktop shortcut.

Renamed, in time for EverQuest Legends' launch on July 28.

"Companion" is the most crowded word in this corner of GitHub, and it
undersold what this actually is. War is the live combat half — DPS meter,
overlay, encounter breakdowns, the War Ledger, drop tracking. Counsel is
the advisor — wiki-grounded loadouts, gear recommendations, exaltation
tracking, one-click spell-set writing. Nothing else in this space does both,
and now the name says so.

What this means for you

  • The download is now WarCounsel.exe. Put it in the same folder as the
    old one and it picks up your existing data folder automatically — every
    session, setting and mined map survives. Then delete EQLCompanion.exe.
  • Any desktop shortcut needs remaking, since the filename changed. This
    is the one-off cost of the rename, and the reason it is happening before
    launch rather than after.
  • If your data lived in %LOCALAPPDATA% (the case when the .exe sits
    somewhere Windows will not let programs write), it stays exactly where it
    is. The app looks for the old folder and keeps using it rather than
    starting empty — nothing is moved, so nothing can be half-moved.
  • The old GitHub URL still works. GitHub redirects it, including clones
    and the update check.

Also in this release

  • A real icon. The executable had none, and no version resource either —
    Properties → Details was blank. It now carries an icon at seven sizes and
    reports its version, product name and description, which is what Windows,
    antivirus and support all read.
  • Build actions updated off the deprecated Node 20 runtime.
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