v7.0.0

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[7.0.0] - 2026-10-13

AzUI Color Picker is now ABCS – Advanced Bar Coloring System, as it colours far more than AzeriteUI's health bar. Your settings, profiles and share strings carry over as they are; the folder is still AzUI_Color_Picker, and /ahui works next to the new /abcs.

More unit frame addons, rules with two conditions and on every bar, rules you can try and turn around, new conditions and effects, heal and absorb overlays, a colour vision preview and /ahui check, on a lighter engine. Then the rest of your UI: class resources, threat and casting rules, a sound when a rule starts, setups shared through a link in chat, and translations on CurseForge.

Added

• Class resources (More Bars, off by default): combo points, holy power, chi, arcane charges, soul shards, essence and runes take your health bar's colour or their own colour and effect, on AzeriteUI (5.x, JuNNeZ Edition, AzeriteUI6), ElvUI, Unhalted Unit Frames and oUF layouts. Points that are not filled stay as faint as their addon draws them; Monk stagger keeps its own colour, as it says how heavy the stagger is. A rule can show on them too ("Show on: Class resources"), and Every bar includes them.

• Threat rules: "Threat: I have aggro", "Losing aggro" (tanking, with someone close behind) and "About to pull aggro" (above the tank without tanking). Casting rules: while you cast, channel, or either. Midnight can hide both answers in some content; the rule then waits rather than guess, turned around or not. Their events are only looked at while such a rule exists.

• A sound when a rule starts showing: raid warning, ready check, alarm clock, boss whisper, whisper, friend online or quest complete, on the Master channel so it is heard with sound effects off. Picked with the speaker on the rule's row (the classic window has a Sound list); picking one plays it, and Try plays it too. Logging in or changing profile shows rules without a sound.

• Two more ready-made rules: about to pull aggro when you are not the tank (orange heartbeat, raid warning sound) and a tank losing aggro (red pulse, alarm).

• Share in Chat (Share page): puts [ABCS: name] in your chat box for you to send. Anyone with the addon sees it as a link; clicking it fetches the parts you ticked from you with addon messages and opens them in the import preview, which says who they came from. Nothing changes until Import. Your last five links keep working after a log out, whenever you are online to answer. Where the game restricts addon messages (instances in combat, encounters) the click says so instead of waiting, and a request that gets no answer gives up after twelve seconds.

• Try a rule: Try on a rule's row shows it on its bars for five seconds, whether or not it would match now, even switched off. Raid, Mythic+ and death rules can be set up in town.

• Not: click "When" (or "and") on a rule's row to turn that condition around, as in "When not in a group". The classic window has a Not box. A condition whose answer the game hides still waits, turned around or not.

• A buff rule can watch several spells, typed with commas ("Bloodlust, Heroism, 80353"); any one of them on you matches.

• New rule conditions: in a Mythic+ run, in a delve, flying, in War Mode, in a vehicle, and the time of day (dawn, day, dusk, night on the realm's clock). Flying and the time have no events of their own, so a rule using them is looked at twice a second or every half minute, and only while such a rule exists.

• A rule coloured by health ("By health" in its effect list): it runs from the rule's colour down to your low-health colour, as Colour by Health does with yours. On the pet frame it shows its colour as it is.

• Ready-made rules, picked from a list on the Rules page and added switched off: a pet reminder, healing a raid, Mythic+, delves, Bloodlust and the like, War Mode and night.

• Two effects: Flow, where your colour and the second colour slowly trade ends along the bar, and Spectrum, every colour along the bar at once, drifting. Reduce Motion holds Flow still as Gradient.

• Pulse Depth and Sweep Time on the Health Bar page: how dark Pulse gets, and how long Sweep's band takes.

• Preset packs Midnight (Silvermoon Gold, Sunwell Light, Eversong Crimson, Void Purple, Harandar Green, Zul'Aman Teal) and Class Colours (every class, by the game's own name).

• /ahui check says how long one repaint of every bar takes on your machine.

• Wiki pages: a rules cookbook and the supported frames, with how to read /ahui check.

• More unit frame addons: Z-Perl and PitBull 4 (player and pet health and power bars), and any layout on the shared oUF, found by the unit its frames show. ElvUI and Unhalted Unit Frames are still found by name, as they keep their oUF private.

• Heal and absorb overlays (More Bars, off by default): the incoming heal and the absorb shields drawn over your health bar take a lighter shade of its colour, and keep how see-through their addon makes them, so a hidden one stays hidden. Switched off, each gets back the colour its addon last gave it. AzeriteUI, ElvUI, Shadowed and Unhalted Unit Frames and oUF layouts.

• Personal resource display (More Bars, off by default): the bars Blizzard draws under your character take your health bar's colour, and its power bar follows the Power Bar setting.

• Gradient, a style next to the effects: your colour at one end of the bar, the second colour at the other, across horizontal bars and up vertical ones. It does not move, so it costs nothing to keep on screen.

• Rule conditions: your role (the one your group gave you, or your specialization's), your group (solo, any group, a party, a raid, a raid of 20 or more), your pet (out, or not out as a reminder to call it) and a zone or a place in one, by its name. The Studio shows each with the game's own icon.

• Rules with two conditions, such as "in a raid and in combat": + on a rule's row adds a second condition on a line of its own, ✕ takes it away. The classic window has an And list.

• Rules on more bars: a rule can show on the power bar, the cast bar or every bar. A rule on the power or cast bar takes that bar while it shows, even when the bar is otherwise left alone, and hands it back after.

• A preset per specialization (Profiles): lighter than a profile, changing specialization loads the preset picked for it. Only a real change does, so logging in keeps the colour you left with, and a renamed preset stays picked.

• Colour vision in the Studio's live preview: see your bars as they look with protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or in monochrome, to check that your colours, rules and pet colours stay apart. Only the preview changes, and it is back to normal when the window opens again.

• /ahui check: what each bar shows and why (your colour, a rule, your pet), and every bar found with the addon it comes from, ready to paste in a bug report. Without a health bar it says which addons are supported.

• ESC > Options > AddOns shows your health bar as it is now, colour and effect included.

• A guide to correcting translations in the wiki.

Changed

• The addon is renamed ABCS – Advanced Bar Coloring System (formerly AzUI Color Picker), with /abcs as a new slash command. The window is the ABCS window, its looks ABCS Studio and ABCS Azerite, and a setup shared in chat shows as [ABCS: name]. Nothing you have set changes, and share strings from earlier versions still import. The GitHub project moved to JuNNeZ/ABCS-Advanced-Bar-Coloring-System.

• New switches and sliders in the ABCS window, on every settings row and on the Studio pages: a round pill and a knob, sized in whole screen pixels so they stay sharp at any UI scale. The switch's knob slides. The old cast bar switch read as a solid gold block when small.

• The page list down the left side has its own icons, one line drawing per page, muted, and gold for the page you are on. The game's spell icons it used were each a different style and colour. The open page stands up out of the list as a raised key, in every look.

• Every page longer than the window has a scrollbar beside it, so nothing on it goes unseen: drag it, click above or below it to turn a page, or use the mouse wheel as before. While there is more below, the foot of the page fades out over a small arrow. The search results have one too.

• Headings inside a page have icons too (Effect, Presets, Cast Bar, Export, Import and the rest), and so do the buttons: Reset is an arrow back, Random Colour a die, Rename a pen. Try on a rule's row is a play button.

• Lighter on the game while an effect plays: repainting the bars no longer makes new tables or colours each time, and Sweep only re-anchors its band when the bar changes size. In the test client Sweep costs about a third less time per repaint and less than half the garbage.

• Bars you cannot see (a pet frame with no pet, a closed window's preview) are left out of repaints, and painted the moment they show.

• The effect cards on the Health Bar page follow your Update Rate instead of redrawing every frame while the window is open.

• With Colour by Health on and an effect playing on another bar, a health change no longer repaints every bar at once; the next animated repaint picks it up.

• The animator only runs for effects on bars that exist: a moving pet colour no longer keeps it running while the pet frames are left to their addon.

• Repaints only what changed: while one bar animates, bars whose colour holds still are not painted again on every tick. A setting change still repaints everything.

• Frames are looked for when an addon loads (once for several loading together) and a few times after login, then every 15 sec...

v6.0.0

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[6.0.0] - 2026-10-10

Other unit frame addons, a cast bar, buff and debuff rules, preset packs, a count of changed settings, keyboard navigation and nine translations.

Added

• Preset packs: the Health Bar page has four ready-made packs (Class Fantasy, Elements, Pastel, High Contrast). Adding one only adds names you don't already have; your own presets keep their colours.
• Cast bar: colour your cast bar like your health bar or with its own colour and effect (More Bars, or the Cast bar chip in AzUI Studio). A cast that cannot be interrupted, or one that failed, keeps its own colour.
• Buff or debuff rules: a rule can wait for an aura on you, typed in by spell ID or name. The rule row shows the spell's own icon. While Blizzard hides aura data from addons, as in some combat, the rule waits rather than guess.
• Other unit frames: ElvUI, Shadowed Unit Frames and Unhalted Unit Frames. Your player and pet health bars, power bar and cast bar are coloured there just as on AzeriteUI. Shadowed Unit Frames' idle cast bar stays see-through.
• Changed settings: a gem marks every setting that differs from its default, with an arrow that puts just that one back (colours included). The pages holding changes get a gem in the rail, and the window counts them; click the count to open the first.
• Keyboard: click the search box, then Tab and Shift-Tab walk the pages and settings. Up and Down move within a list, Enter or Space does what a click does, Left and Right step a list or a slider, and typing a letter searches. The window only listens after you click the search box, hands every other key to the game, and lets go on Escape, a mouse click, closing, or combat.
• Translations: Deutsch, Français, Español (España and México), Português (Brasil), Italiano, Русский, 한국어, 简体中文 and 繁體中文, following your game client. Every text in the addon is translated, as is its description in the AddOns list; a text a translation lacks shows in English. These are first translations: corrections from native speakers are welcome. /ahui effect still takes the English effect names in every language.
• ESC > Options > AddOns: AzUI Color Picker now has a landing page there, as AzeriteUI does, with the logo, the version, a button into the AzUI window, one into the classic window, and credits. Opening either closes Blizzard's Settings first.
• AzUI Azerite follows your JuNNeZ Edition theme: the health preview is drawn by the active theme (Hunter, Mage, Paladin), and Legacy HUD gets its own bar.

Changed

• AzUI Azerite works with every AzeriteUI: JuNNeZ Edition, stock AzeriteUI 5.x and AzeriteUI6. It draws with the art of whichever is installed, read from its own folder; the few pieces an edition does not ship (only JuNNeZ Edition has the window's own glyphs and close button; AzeriteUI6 lends its aura border for the tooltip border) come from Blizzard's art.

[5.2.0] - 2026-10-10

• Simplified the Rules and Hunter Pets empty states into compact coloured icons with soft gradients; replaced the ghost condition icon with a clear death/skull symbol.

• Completed the original AzUI Studio art pack in a Warcraft cartoon fantasy style with sculpted bronze, faceted gold and stone: prism-and-health-bar logo (beside the title in both AzUI Studio and AzUI Azerite), bronze corner fittings, seven rule-condition icons, and rules/pets empty-state illustrations. All eleven alpha TGA assets are enabled; high-resolution PNG masters, SVG placement wrappers and the offline fitting preview are in Tools/AssetBrief/.

Everything planned for 5.1 and 5.2 in the AzUI Feature Plan, the AzUI window with its pet gallery, and Forever support.

Added: 5.1, polish and sharing

• Quick palette: right-click the minimap button (or its AddOn Compartment entry) for your colour, your presets as swatches, every effect, pet colours on or off, and a way into the AzUI window. Shift-click loads your next preset; the tooltip shows your colour, effect and the pet that is out.
• Slash commands: /ahui color #ff8800 (also 1 0.5 0 or 255 128 0), /ahui preset <name>, /ahui next, /ahui effect <name>|off, /ahui pets on|off, /ahui share, /ahui help.
• Key bindings under AddOns: open the AzUI window, toggle rainbow, toggle pulse, next preset, toggle pet colours.
• Smooth fades: the bars blend into a new colour over a third of a second when a pet is called, a preset loads or a rule starts. Can be switched off.
• Share page: turn your colour and effect, presets, pet colours, family and specialization colours and rules into one !AZUI1! line of text, and import one with a preview of what it changes. Uses Blizzard's own encoder; everything imported is checked and capped.
• Blizzard's pet frame is coloured like AzeriteUI's, and can be switched off on the More Bars page.
• Tests run on GitHub on every push, with luacheck for accidental globals.

Added: 5.2, rules and effects

• Rules page: show a colour and effect while you are in combat, mounted, resting, stealthed, dead, in a specialization or in a kind of instance. Rules come before pet colours and your own colour; the first matching rule wins for each bar. Rules can be switched off, moved and deleted.
• New effects: Breathe, Heartbeat, Two-tone (with a second colour) and Flicker, which asks before it starts. Sweep dims the bar and sends a bright band across it, left to right, as in the Feature Plan's preview.
• Reduce Motion shows every effect as its static colour; Update Rate sets 15, 30 or 60 repaints a second.
• Profiles page: make, switch, copy, reset and delete profiles, and switch profile with your specialization.
• Power bar on the More Bars page: leave it alone, match your health bar, or give it its own colour and effect. Colours AzeriteUI's power bar and Blizzard's.
• Colour by Health: your health bar runs from your colour to a low-health colour as your health drops. The game works the colour out with a colour curve, so it works with Midnight's hidden health values.

Fixed

• TextStatusBar.lua: attempt to compare a secret number value (execution tainted by 'AzUI_Color_Picker'). The addon wrote lockColor onto Blizzard's player, pet and mana bars and called Blizzard's own bar updates when handing a bar back; both tainted Blizzard's code, which may not compare Midnight's secret health values while tainted. Nothing is written onto or run in Blizzard's frames any more; the colour is kept by the existing hook instead. The tests now fail if anything is.

Added: AzUI Studio and AzUI Azerite

• The AzUI window's new look, from the Feature Plan's mock-ups and now its default theme: a rounded dark window with a bronze edge and soft shadow, gold for what is selected, and the Marcellus and Source Sans 3 fonts (both SIL Open Font License, in Media/Fonts). The shapes are the addon's own, drawn by Tools/MakeStudioArt.py; no AzeriteUI art is copied. The Azerite, Dark, Light and Class Color themes are still there; changing between Studio and them asks for a /reload.
• Health Bar page: a live preview of your health bar, power bar and pet's bar; a colour wheel with Hex, R G B and Alpha; your last eight colours; presets as swatches you can drag into order and right-click to rename, overwrite or delete; a card per effect that plays it; the speed; "Show on" chips for the pet frames and the power bar; Undo for the changes made since the window opened; and Done.
• Rules page: each rule is one sentence (when, show, on) with a switch, a colour swatch and a drag handle to reorder; the rule showing now wears a gold dot.
• Five example rules, switched off, for every profile that has no rules of its own: grey while dead, a red pulse in combat, violet in stealth, gold in raids and green while resting. "Add example rules" adds them again.
• With Colour by Health on, an effect you pick now shows instead of it (it cannot carry an effect); None brings colouring by health back. Before, effects picked on the Health Bar page seemed to do nothing.
• Sweep follows the shape of the bar it crosses: the band is cut by a mask made from the bar's own fill texture, so it keeps to the angled ends of AzeriteUI's health bar and the facets of its power crystal (JuNNeZ Edition's FakeFill), instead of a rectangle swiping across the bar's box. It crosses horizontal bars left to right and climbs vertical ones, like the crystal, from the bottom. A bar with no fill texture to follow, such as the mana orb, shimmers as the band passes.
• Sweep's band adds light on top of the bar instead of painting over it, so the bar's texture (the crystal's facets) shows through. It is at 60% by default and softer still on vertical bars such as the crystal. "Sweep Strength" on the Health Bar page sets it from 10% to 100%.
• JuNNeZ Edition's mana orb is coloured with the power bar.
• AzUI Azerite's live preview is sized from AzeriteUI's own cases (measured off the textures), so the health bar's stone and the pet bar's case stay inside the card, with the names under the portraits and the power bar under the health bar.
• "Colour the Pet Frames" (More Bars, or "Show on: Pet frame") leaves AzeriteUI's and Blizzard's pet frames to their own colours.
• AzUI Azerite, AzUI's second look (the Azerite theme): the same window and pages dressed in AzeriteUI's own art, read from the installed AzeriteUI and never copied: its sculpted borders on cards and buttons, and its health bar in its case in the live preview. Used with the permission of Blakmane and Goldpaw.

Added: the AzUI window and pet gallery

• New AzUI window, opened with /ahui or the minimap button. It is the options window from AzeriteUI – JuNNeZ Edition: a rail of pages, one search across e...

v5.2.0

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[5.2.0] - 2026-10-10

• Simplified the Rules and Hunter Pets empty states into compact coloured icons with soft gradients; replaced the ghost condition icon with a clear death/skull symbol.

• Completed the original AzUI Studio art pack in a Warcraft cartoon fantasy style with sculpted bronze, faceted gold and stone: prism-and-health-bar logo (beside the title in both AzUI Studio and AzUI Azerite), bronze corner fittings, seven rule-condition icons, and rules/pets empty-state illustrations. All eleven alpha TGA assets are enabled; high-resolution PNG masters, SVG placement wrappers and the offline fitting preview are in Tools/AssetBrief/.

Everything planned for 5.1 and 5.2 in the AzUI Feature Plan, the AzUI window with its pet gallery, and Forever support.

Added: 5.1, polish and sharing

• Quick palette: right-click the minimap button (or its AddOn Compartment entry) for your colour, your presets as swatches, every effect, pet colours on or off, and a way into the AzUI window. Shift-click loads your next preset; the tooltip shows your colour, effect and the pet that is out.
• Slash commands: /ahui color #ff8800 (also 1 0.5 0 or 255 128 0), /ahui preset <name>, /ahui next, /ahui effect <name>|off, /ahui pets on|off, /ahui share, /ahui help.
• Key bindings under AddOns: open the AzUI window, toggle rainbow, toggle pulse, next preset, toggle pet colours.
• Smooth fades: the bars blend into a new colour over a third of a second when a pet is called, a preset loads or a rule starts. Can be switched off.
• Share page: turn your colour and effect, presets, pet colours, family and specialization colours and rules into one !AZUI1! line of text, and import one with a preview of what it changes. Uses Blizzard's own encoder; everything imported is checked and capped.
• Blizzard's pet frame is coloured like AzeriteUI's, and can be switched off on the More Bars page.
• Tests run on GitHub on every push, with luacheck for accidental globals.

Added: 5.2, rules and effects

• Rules page: show a colour and effect while you are in combat, mounted, resting, stealthed, dead, in a specialization or in a kind of instance. Rules come before pet colours and your own colour; the first matching rule wins for each bar. Rules can be switched off, moved and deleted.
• New effects: Breathe, Heartbeat, Two-tone (with a second colour) and Flicker, which asks before it starts. Sweep dims the bar and sends a bright band across it, left to right, as in the Feature Plan's preview.
• Reduce Motion shows every effect as its static colour; Update Rate sets 15, 30 or 60 repaints a second.
• Profiles page: make, switch, copy, reset and delete profiles, and switch profile with your specialization.
• Power bar on the More Bars page: leave it alone, match your health bar, or give it its own colour and effect. Colours AzeriteUI's power bar and Blizzard's.
• Colour by Health: your health bar runs from your colour to a low-health colour as your health drops. The game works the colour out with a colour curve, so it works with Midnight's hidden health values.

Fixed

• TextStatusBar.lua: attempt to compare a secret number value (execution tainted by 'AzUI_Color_Picker'). The addon wrote lockColor onto Blizzard's player, pet and mana bars and called Blizzard's own bar updates when handing a bar back; both tainted Blizzard's code, which may not compare Midnight's secret health values while tainted. Nothing is written onto or run in Blizzard's frames any more; the colour is kept by the existing hook instead. The tests now fail if anything is.

Added: AzUI Studio and AzUI Azerite

• The AzUI window's new look, from the Feature Plan's mock-ups and now its default theme: a rounded dark window with a bronze edge and soft shadow, gold for what is selected, and the Marcellus and Source Sans 3 fonts (both SIL Open Font License, in Media/Fonts). The shapes are the addon's own, drawn by Tools/MakeStudioArt.py; no AzeriteUI art is copied. The Azerite, Dark, Light and Class Color themes are still there; changing between Studio and them asks for a /reload.
• Health Bar page: a live preview of your health bar, power bar and pet's bar; a colour wheel with Hex, R G B and Alpha; your last eight colours; presets as swatches you can drag into order and right-click to rename, overwrite or delete; a card per effect that plays it; the speed; "Show on" chips for the pet frames and the power bar; Undo for the changes made since the window opened; and Done.
• Rules page: each rule is one sentence (when, show, on) with a switch, a colour swatch and a drag handle to reorder; the rule showing now wears a gold dot.
• Five example rules, switched off, for every profile that has no rules of its own: grey while dead, a red pulse in combat, violet in stealth, gold in raids and green while resting. "Add example rules" adds them again.
• With Colour by Health on, an effect you pick now shows instead of it (it cannot carry an effect); None brings colouring by health back. Before, effects picked on the Health Bar page seemed to do nothing.
• Sweep follows the shape of the bar it crosses: the band is cut by a mask made from the bar's own fill texture, so it keeps to the angled ends of AzeriteUI's health bar and the facets of its power crystal (JuNNeZ Edition's FakeFill), instead of a rectangle swiping across the bar's box. It crosses horizontal bars left to right and climbs vertical ones, like the crystal, from the bottom. A bar with no fill texture to follow, such as the mana orb, shimmers as the band passes.
• Sweep's band adds light on top of the bar instead of painting over it, so the bar's texture (the crystal's facets) shows through. It is at 60% by default and softer still on vertical bars such as the crystal. "Sweep Strength" on the Health Bar page sets it from 10% to 100%.
• JuNNeZ Edition's mana orb is coloured with the power bar.
• AzUI Azerite's live preview is sized from AzeriteUI's own cases (measured off the textures), so the health bar's stone and the pet bar's case stay inside the card, with the names under the portraits and the power bar under the health bar.
• "Colour the Pet Frames" (More Bars, or "Show on: Pet frame") leaves AzeriteUI's and Blizzard's pet frames to their own colours.
• AzUI Azerite, AzUI's second look (the Azerite theme): the same window and pages dressed in AzeriteUI's own art, read from the installed AzeriteUI and never copied: its sculpted borders on cards and buttons, and its health bar in its case in the live preview. Used with the permission of Blakmane and Goldpaw.

Added: the AzUI window and pet gallery

• New AzUI window, opened with /ahui or the minimap button. It is the options window from AzeriteUI – JuNNeZ Edition: a rail of pages, one search across every setting and pet, and a heading on each page. It uses AzeriteUI's own art and themes (Azerite, Dark, Light, Class Color) when JuNNeZ Edition is loaded, and Blizzard's art otherwise.
• The window has a page of its own for its theme, opacity and scale. It can be moved and resized, and remembers where it was.
• Pet gallery on the Hunter Pets page: every pet as a card with its portrait, name, family and colour. The pet that is out has a badge.
• The selected pet gets a detail panel with its 3D model, slowly turning (drag it to turn it yourself), next to its colour, own colour, effect and Reset.
• Filters for All, Call slots (Current pet on Forever) and Stabled, plus a search by name, family or specialization.
• "Use for all" on a pet copies its colour to its whole family.
• Specialization colours (Retail): one colour each for Ferocity, Tenacity and Cunning. When switched on, pets set to their family colour show their specialization's colour instead.
• Class colour buttons are shown in their class colours, as a grid in the new window.
• Changed family and specialization colours have a reset arrow beside them in the new window.

Changed

• One Effect setting replaces the Rainbow and Pulse buttons. A running rainbow or pulse carries over once, the first time you log in.
• Picking a colour now only stops Rainbow, which ignores your colour; other effects keep running on the new colour.
• Pets and rules can use every effect.
• The addon is split into files by job (Core, Effects, Pets, Rules, Paint, Share, Profiles, Options, QuickPalette) as the Feature Plan laid out. AzUI_Color_picker.lua is gone; when installing by hand, replace the whole folder.
• /ahui classic opens the previous Ace3 window, which has the same settings. The Window page can make it the default again.
• Pets are now remembered with their display, specialization and level from the stable, for the gallery. Pets remembered by an older version use their icon until their slot or the stable is read again.

Forever and AzeriteUI

• Added a Forever / Camelot TOC for Interface 16001, alongside Retail support.
• Forever is also recognised from the game's build number, so pet slots stay right even if the client loads the Retail TOC.
• Retail TOC also lists Interface 120105, so the addon is not flagged as out of date on the next 12.1 patch.
• Checked against AzeriteUI5 – JuNNeZ Edition 5.19.3 and every theme (Azerite, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Legacy HUD): each one keeps the native health bar, so your colour and effects apply under all of them, including after a theme switch without a reload.
• Checked against AzeriteUI6 1.0.7-Alpha, which now runs on Forever as well as Retail.
• Hunter pet colours on Forever now use its current-pet slot; stored pets appear under Stabled Pets instead of Retail's Call Pet slots.
• Incomplete stable reads no longer remove previously disc...

v5.0.0

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[5.0.0] - 2026-09-15

Added (5.0.0)

• Hunter Pets page in the options panel: your call-pet slots and stabled pets are listed with their in-game icons.
• Each pet can use its family colour, its own colour or no pet colour, with no effect, a pulse or a rainbow.
• Pet Families page to change the colour of every pet family, with per-family and full resets.
• "Show Pet Colours On" setting: health bar and pet frame, health bar only, or pet frame only.

Changed (5.0.0)

• The options panel is split into Health Bar, Hunter Pets and Pet Families pages. "Pet Colour Overrides" is now "Use Pet Colours" on the Hunter Pets page.
• Hunter pets are recognised through the stable and their Call Pet spell, so their colour also works when the game hides unit names.
• "Save to Current Pet" sets the pet's own colour instead of creating a preset. Presets named after a hunter pet become that pet's own colour once; other classes' pets still use a preset named after them.
• Picking your colour or starting an effect while a pet is out only replaces the pet colour on your health bar; the pet frame keeps it.

[4.9.1] - 2026-09-15

Fixed (4.9.1)

• The AzeriteUI pet frame stayed red in 4.9.0. It shows your colour, effects and pet colours again, like the player frame, and the AzeriteUI6 pet frame is coloured as well.

[4.9.0] - 2026-09-15

Added (4.9.0)

• Support for every retail AzeriteUI edition: AzeriteUI 5.x, AzeriteUI5 JuNNeZ Edition and the official AzeriteUI for Midnight (AzeriteUI6), including player frames enabled after login.
• Hunter pet family colours now work in every game language (matched by creature family ID).
• Whiptail pet family colour.

Changed (4.9.0)

• Rainbow, pulse and pet colours are only applied on screen; your saved colour is never changed by them.
• Animations update up to 30 times per second and no longer trigger AzeriteUI frame updates.
• "Rainbow Speed (Hz)" is now "Animation Speed". Speeds are unchanged: at 1.0 a rainbow cycle takes about 21 seconds.
• Alpha is applied to the health bar texture instead of the whole bar frame.
• The Blizzard player health bar art is desaturated so colours show true.
• Picking a colour or starting an effect while a pet colour is shown takes effect immediately; the pet colour returns on the next pet change.
• /ahui now opens and closes the options panel.
• Colour-blind presets are added once per profile.
• The TOC lists all AzeriteUI editions as optional dependencies, and release packages no longer include the wiki.

Removed (4.9.0)

• The addon no longer replaces the global oUF health colour or AzeriteUI's colour table.
• Pet family entries that are not real families (Kodo, Dog, Goat, Mouse, Skunk, Hawk, Shark, Fish, Shale Spider, Silithid). The current names Hound, Aqiri and Shale Beast keep their colours.

Fixed (4.9.0)

• Pulse made the saved colour darker after every /reload or logout while it was running.
• A pet colour replaced the saved player colour after a /reload with the pet out.
• Stopping the rainbow did not bring back the chosen colour.
• Renaming a preset to its own name deleted it, and renaming onto an existing name overwrote that preset.
• Lua errors in oUF layouts caused by replacing oUF.colors.health.
• One-frame colour flicker when AzeriteUI or oUF recoloured the bar, and full AzeriteUI player-frame updates running 10 times per second during animations.
• Colours could be replaced on JuNNeZ Edition frames, whose oUF colours the bar texture directly.
• The options panel did not refresh after saving a preset from the popup, resetting, or a pet change.
• Deleted colour-blind presets came back on every login.
• Possible taint from writing lockColor on the Blizzard player health bar.
• The reset dialog claimed all profiles would be deleted.

[4.8.0] - 2026-08-27

Added (4.8.0)

• World of Warcraft Retail 12.1.0 support (Interface: 120100).
• Native PlayerFrame_GetHealthBar() lookup with structural fallbacks.
• Retail secret-value guards for hunter-pet name and family lookups.
• AddOn Compartment registration through LibDBIcon.

Changed (4.8.0)

• Updated embedded Ace3 to Release-r1403 and LibDBIcon to v12.0.3.
• Corrected dependency order and now load complete AceGUI/AceConfig XML manifests.
• Replaced direct status-bar method overrides with guarded secure post-hooks.
• Reduced health-bar polling and event churn while retaining late AzeriteUI frame discovery.

Fixed (4.8.0)

• Addon startup failures caused by loading LibStub, CallbackHandler, AceConfig dependencies, and AceGUI in the wrong order or not at all.
• An endless zero-delay timer loop caused by re-entering the Blizzard SetStatusBarColor hook.
• Pulse and rainbow effects running simultaneously or surviving manual colour changes.
• Pulse/rainbow state restoration after hunter-pet overrides.
• Pulse state not resuming after reload and reset not fully stopping active effects.
• Alpha being applied twice to status-bar textures.

Validated (4.8.0)

• Confirmed working in the World of Warcraft Retail 12.1 client after the API and library update.

[4.7.27] - 2026-02-18

Changed (4.7.27)

• Version bump for release.

[4.7.26] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.26)

• Complete TWW hunter pet family coverage: Added all missing The War Within hunter pet families to familyColours table.
• New Exotic families: Carapid, Pterrordax, Shale Beast.
• New Mammal families: Courser, Feathermane, Gruffhorn, Hound, Mammoth, Stag, Wolf.
• New Bird families: Bat, Waterfowl.
• New Reptile families: Hopper, Ray, Wind Serpent.
• New Insect families: Scorpid.
• Special skill-required families: Blood Beast, Lesser Dragonkin, Warp Stalker.

Changed (4.7.26)

• Updated hunter pet family fallback colors to include all current TWW pet families.
• Normalized some family naming (e.g., "Shale Spider" → "Shale Beast").
• Enhanced color variety across all pet family types with thematic color choices.

Fixed (4.7.26)

• Missing fallback colors for newer hunter pet families introduced in The War Within expansion.

[4.7.25] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.25)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.
• Enhanced Blizzard health bar color override for Dragonflight/TWW+.

Fixed (4.7.25)

• "attempt to call global 'SetHealthColor' (a nil value)" errors.
• "attempt to index a number value" on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.
• Missing SetHealthColor function definition.

Changed (4.7.25)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.25.
• Improved code organization with proper sectioning and comments. Picker

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning
Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

[4.7.20] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.20 – Features)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.

Changed (4.7.20 – Logic)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.20.

Fixed (4.7.20 – Compatibility)

• “attempt to index a number value” on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.

[4.7.19] – 2026-06-16

Changed (4.7.19 – UI)

• Earlier texture swap (to flat WHITE8X8) reverted for Blizzard bars; now re-tint gradient instead.
• Option-panel label and header bumped to 4.7.19.

Fixed (4.7.19 – Bugs)

• Unwanted flat-brown bar on AzeriteUI frames.

[4.7.18] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.18 – Features)

• Removed duplicate numeric-texture branch that forced all bars to flat white.
• Extra end in PatchFrame eliminated (syntax error in VS Code).

Fixed (4.7.18 – Bugs)

• Stray end before Blizzard helper comment – stopped <eof> compile error.
• Deleted leftover duplicate SetHealthColor snippet.

[4.7.17] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.17 – Features)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

Fixed (4.7.17 – Bugs)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

[4.7.16] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.16 – Features)

• Blizzard Dragonflight/TWW player-frame support** (ForceBlizzardHealthBarColor).
• Hook to keep bar coloured after Blizzard refreshes.

Fixed (4.7.16 – Bugs)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

[4.7.15] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.15 – Features)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

Fixed (4.7.15 – Bugs)

• Deleted redundant two-line snippet overriding colour logic.
• Version bump only.

[4.7.14] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.14 – Fea...

v4.9.1

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[4.9.1] - 2026-09-15

Fixed (4.9.1)

• The AzeriteUI pet frame stayed red in 4.9.0. It shows your colour, effects and pet colours again, like the player frame, and the AzeriteUI6 pet frame is coloured as well.

[4.9.0] - 2026-09-15

Added (4.9.0)

• Support for every retail AzeriteUI edition: AzeriteUI 5.x, AzeriteUI5 JuNNeZ Edition and the official AzeriteUI for Midnight (AzeriteUI6), including player frames enabled after login.
• Hunter pet family colours now work in every game language (matched by creature family ID).
• Whiptail pet family colour.

Changed (4.9.0)

• Rainbow, pulse and pet colours are only applied on screen; your saved colour is never changed by them.
• Animations update up to 30 times per second and no longer trigger AzeriteUI frame updates.
• "Rainbow Speed (Hz)" is now "Animation Speed". Speeds are unchanged: at 1.0 a rainbow cycle takes about 21 seconds.
• Alpha is applied to the health bar texture instead of the whole bar frame.
• The Blizzard player health bar art is desaturated so colours show true.
• Picking a colour or starting an effect while a pet colour is shown takes effect immediately; the pet colour returns on the next pet change.
• /ahui now opens and closes the options panel.
• Colour-blind presets are added once per profile.
• The TOC lists all AzeriteUI editions as optional dependencies, and release packages no longer include the wiki.

Removed (4.9.0)

• The addon no longer replaces the global oUF health colour or AzeriteUI's colour table.
• Pet family entries that are not real families (Kodo, Dog, Goat, Mouse, Skunk, Hawk, Shark, Fish, Shale Spider, Silithid). The current names Hound, Aqiri and Shale Beast keep their colours.

Fixed (4.9.0)

• Pulse made the saved colour darker after every /reload or logout while it was running.
• A pet colour replaced the saved player colour after a /reload with the pet out.
• Stopping the rainbow did not bring back the chosen colour.
• Renaming a preset to its own name deleted it, and renaming onto an existing name overwrote that preset.
• Lua errors in oUF layouts caused by replacing oUF.colors.health.
• One-frame colour flicker when AzeriteUI or oUF recoloured the bar, and full AzeriteUI player-frame updates running 10 times per second during animations.
• Colours could be replaced on JuNNeZ Edition frames, whose oUF colours the bar texture directly.
• The options panel did not refresh after saving a preset from the popup, resetting, or a pet change.
• Deleted colour-blind presets came back on every login.
• Possible taint from writing lockColor on the Blizzard player health bar.
• The reset dialog claimed all profiles would be deleted.

[4.8.0] - 2026-08-27

Added (4.8.0)

• World of Warcraft Retail 12.1.0 support (Interface: 120100).
• Native PlayerFrame_GetHealthBar() lookup with structural fallbacks.
• Retail secret-value guards for hunter-pet name and family lookups.
• AddOn Compartment registration through LibDBIcon.

Changed (4.8.0)

• Updated embedded Ace3 to Release-r1403 and LibDBIcon to v12.0.3.
• Corrected dependency order and now load complete AceGUI/AceConfig XML manifests.
• Replaced direct status-bar method overrides with guarded secure post-hooks.
• Reduced health-bar polling and event churn while retaining late AzeriteUI frame discovery.

Fixed (4.8.0)

• Addon startup failures caused by loading LibStub, CallbackHandler, AceConfig dependencies, and AceGUI in the wrong order or not at all.
• An endless zero-delay timer loop caused by re-entering the Blizzard SetStatusBarColor hook.
• Pulse and rainbow effects running simultaneously or surviving manual colour changes.
• Pulse/rainbow state restoration after hunter-pet overrides.
• Pulse state not resuming after reload and reset not fully stopping active effects.
• Alpha being applied twice to status-bar textures.

Validated (4.8.0)

• Confirmed working in the World of Warcraft Retail 12.1 client after the API and library update.

[4.7.27] - 2026-02-18

Changed (4.7.27)

• Version bump for release.

[4.7.26] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.26)

• Complete TWW hunter pet family coverage: Added all missing The War Within hunter pet families to familyColours table.
• New Exotic families: Carapid, Pterrordax, Shale Beast.
• New Mammal families: Courser, Feathermane, Gruffhorn, Hound, Mammoth, Stag, Wolf.
• New Bird families: Bat, Waterfowl.
• New Reptile families: Hopper, Ray, Wind Serpent.
• New Insect families: Scorpid.
• Special skill-required families: Blood Beast, Lesser Dragonkin, Warp Stalker.

Changed (4.7.26)

• Updated hunter pet family fallback colors to include all current TWW pet families.
• Normalized some family naming (e.g., "Shale Spider" → "Shale Beast").
• Enhanced color variety across all pet family types with thematic color choices.

Fixed (4.7.26)

• Missing fallback colors for newer hunter pet families introduced in The War Within expansion.

[4.7.25] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.25)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.
• Enhanced Blizzard health bar color override for Dragonflight/TWW+.

Fixed (4.7.25)

• "attempt to call global 'SetHealthColor' (a nil value)" errors.
• "attempt to index a number value" on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.
• Missing SetHealthColor function definition.

Changed (4.7.25)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.25.
• Improved code organization with proper sectioning and comments. Picker

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning
Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

[4.7.20] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.20 – Features)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.

Changed (4.7.20 – Logic)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.20.

Fixed (4.7.20 – Compatibility)

• “attempt to index a number value” on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.

[4.7.19] – 2026-06-16

Changed (4.7.19 – UI)

• Earlier texture swap (to flat WHITE8X8) reverted for Blizzard bars; now re-tint gradient instead.
• Option-panel label and header bumped to 4.7.19.

Fixed (4.7.19 – Bugs)

• Unwanted flat-brown bar on AzeriteUI frames.

[4.7.18] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.18 – Features)

• Removed duplicate numeric-texture branch that forced all bars to flat white.
• Extra end in PatchFrame eliminated (syntax error in VS Code).

Fixed (4.7.18 – Bugs)

• Stray end before Blizzard helper comment – stopped <eof> compile error.
• Deleted leftover duplicate SetHealthColor snippet.

[4.7.17] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.17 – Features)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

Fixed (4.7.17 – Bugs)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

[4.7.16] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.16 – Features)

• Blizzard Dragonflight/TWW player-frame support** (ForceBlizzardHealthBarColor).
• Hook to keep bar coloured after Blizzard refreshes.

Fixed (4.7.16 – Bugs)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

[4.7.15] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.15 – Features)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

Fixed (4.7.15 – Bugs)

• Deleted redundant two-line snippet overriding colour logic.
• Version bump only.

[4.7.14] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.14 – Features)

• Second duplicate “Classic / pre-DF path” block removed.
• Stray end (f.Health,"SetStatusBarColor"... line deleted (line-213 crash).

Fixed (4.7.14 – Bugs)

• Began clean-up: re-ordered PatchFrame, consolidated texture handling.

[4.7.13] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.13 – Features)

• Double equals typo (colorClass=false=false) corrected.
• Blizzard gradient now recolours via VertexColor not flat replace.

Fixed (4.7.13 – Bugs)

• Forced WHITE8X8 on all non-Blizzard bars (prevented green tint on retail).

[4.7.12] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.12 – Features)

• Retail player bar path updated (HealthBarsContainer.HealthBar).

Fixed (4.7.12) – Bugs

• Blizzard helper added, but wrong path: resulted in nil test, quickly superseded.

[4.7.6] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.6) – Features

• StopRainbow nil error when hunter-pet events fired before rainbow functions were in scope.
• Duplicate storedPlayerColor, storedRainbow declaration removed.

Fixed (4.7.6) – Bugs

• Rainbow toggle button now shows “Stop Rainbow Effect” while active.
• Ping-Pong mod...

v4.9.0

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[4.9.0] - 2026-09-15

Added (4.9.0)

• Support for every retail AzeriteUI edition: AzeriteUI 5.x, AzeriteUI5 JuNNeZ Edition and the official AzeriteUI for Midnight (AzeriteUI6), including player frames enabled after login.
• Hunter pet family colours now work in every game language (matched by creature family ID).
• Whiptail pet family colour.

Changed (4.9.0)

• Rainbow, pulse and pet colours are only applied on screen; your saved colour is never changed by them.
• Animations update up to 30 times per second and no longer trigger AzeriteUI frame updates.
• "Rainbow Speed (Hz)" is now "Animation Speed". Speeds are unchanged: at 1.0 a rainbow cycle takes about 21 seconds.
• Alpha is applied to the health bar texture instead of the whole bar frame.
• The Blizzard player health bar art is desaturated so colours show true.
• Picking a colour or starting an effect while a pet colour is shown takes effect immediately; the pet colour returns on the next pet change.
• /ahui now opens and closes the options panel.
• Colour-blind presets are added once per profile.
• The TOC lists all AzeriteUI editions as optional dependencies, and release packages no longer include the wiki.

Removed (4.9.0)

• The addon no longer replaces the global oUF health colour or AzeriteUI's colour table.
• Pet family entries that are not real families (Kodo, Dog, Goat, Mouse, Skunk, Hawk, Shark, Fish, Shale Spider, Silithid). The current names Hound, Aqiri and Shale Beast keep their colours.

Fixed (4.9.0)

• Pulse made the saved colour darker after every /reload or logout while it was running.
• A pet colour replaced the saved player colour after a /reload with the pet out.
• Stopping the rainbow did not bring back the chosen colour.
• Renaming a preset to its own name deleted it, and renaming onto an existing name overwrote that preset.
• Lua errors in oUF layouts caused by replacing oUF.colors.health.
• One-frame colour flicker when AzeriteUI or oUF recoloured the bar, and full AzeriteUI player-frame updates running 10 times per second during animations.
• Colours could be replaced on JuNNeZ Edition frames, whose oUF colours the bar texture directly.
• The options panel did not refresh after saving a preset from the popup, resetting, or a pet change.
• Deleted colour-blind presets came back on every login.
• Possible taint from writing lockColor on the Blizzard player health bar.
• The reset dialog claimed all profiles would be deleted.

[4.8.0] - 2026-08-27

Added (4.8.0)

• World of Warcraft Retail 12.1.0 support (Interface: 120100).
• Native PlayerFrame_GetHealthBar() lookup with structural fallbacks.
• Retail secret-value guards for hunter-pet name and family lookups.
• AddOn Compartment registration through LibDBIcon.

Changed (4.8.0)

• Updated embedded Ace3 to Release-r1403 and LibDBIcon to v12.0.3.
• Corrected dependency order and now load complete AceGUI/AceConfig XML manifests.
• Replaced direct status-bar method overrides with guarded secure post-hooks.
• Reduced health-bar polling and event churn while retaining late AzeriteUI frame discovery.

Fixed (4.8.0)

• Addon startup failures caused by loading LibStub, CallbackHandler, AceConfig dependencies, and AceGUI in the wrong order or not at all.
• An endless zero-delay timer loop caused by re-entering the Blizzard SetStatusBarColor hook.
• Pulse and rainbow effects running simultaneously or surviving manual colour changes.
• Pulse/rainbow state restoration after hunter-pet overrides.
• Pulse state not resuming after reload and reset not fully stopping active effects.
• Alpha being applied twice to status-bar textures.

Validated (4.8.0)

• Confirmed working in the World of Warcraft Retail 12.1 client after the API and library update.

[4.7.27] - 2026-02-18

Changed (4.7.27)

• Version bump for release.

[4.7.26] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.26)

• Complete TWW hunter pet family coverage: Added all missing The War Within hunter pet families to familyColours table.
• New Exotic families: Carapid, Pterrordax, Shale Beast.
• New Mammal families: Courser, Feathermane, Gruffhorn, Hound, Mammoth, Stag, Wolf.
• New Bird families: Bat, Waterfowl.
• New Reptile families: Hopper, Ray, Wind Serpent.
• New Insect families: Scorpid.
• Special skill-required families: Blood Beast, Lesser Dragonkin, Warp Stalker.

Changed (4.7.26)

• Updated hunter pet family fallback colors to include all current TWW pet families.
• Normalized some family naming (e.g., "Shale Spider" → "Shale Beast").
• Enhanced color variety across all pet family types with thematic color choices.

Fixed (4.7.26)

• Missing fallback colors for newer hunter pet families introduced in The War Within expansion.

[4.7.25] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.25)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.
• Enhanced Blizzard health bar color override for Dragonflight/TWW+.

Fixed (4.7.25)

• "attempt to call global 'SetHealthColor' (a nil value)" errors.
• "attempt to index a number value" on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.
• Missing SetHealthColor function definition.

Changed (4.7.25)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.25.
• Improved code organization with proper sectioning and comments. Picker

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning
Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

[4.7.20] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.20 – Features)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.

Changed (4.7.20 – Logic)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.20.

Fixed (4.7.20 – Compatibility)

• “attempt to index a number value” on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.

[4.7.19] – 2026-06-16

Changed (4.7.19 – UI)

• Earlier texture swap (to flat WHITE8X8) reverted for Blizzard bars; now re-tint gradient instead.
• Option-panel label and header bumped to 4.7.19.

Fixed (4.7.19 – Bugs)

• Unwanted flat-brown bar on AzeriteUI frames.

[4.7.18] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.18 – Features)

• Removed duplicate numeric-texture branch that forced all bars to flat white.
• Extra end in PatchFrame eliminated (syntax error in VS Code).

Fixed (4.7.18 – Bugs)

• Stray end before Blizzard helper comment – stopped <eof> compile error.
• Deleted leftover duplicate SetHealthColor snippet.

[4.7.17] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.17 – Features)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

Fixed (4.7.17 – Bugs)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

[4.7.16] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.16 – Features)

• Blizzard Dragonflight/TWW player-frame support** (ForceBlizzardHealthBarColor).
• Hook to keep bar coloured after Blizzard refreshes.

Fixed (4.7.16 – Bugs)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

[4.7.15] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.15 – Features)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

Fixed (4.7.15 – Bugs)

• Deleted redundant two-line snippet overriding colour logic.
• Version bump only.

[4.7.14] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.14 – Features)

• Second duplicate “Classic / pre-DF path” block removed.
• Stray end (f.Health,"SetStatusBarColor"... line deleted (line-213 crash).

Fixed (4.7.14 – Bugs)

• Began clean-up: re-ordered PatchFrame, consolidated texture handling.

[4.7.13] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.13 – Features)

• Double equals typo (colorClass=false=false) corrected.
• Blizzard gradient now recolours via VertexColor not flat replace.

Fixed (4.7.13 – Bugs)

• Forced WHITE8X8 on all non-Blizzard bars (prevented green tint on retail).

[4.7.12] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.12 – Features)

• Retail player bar path updated (HealthBarsContainer.HealthBar).

Fixed (4.7.12) – Bugs

• Blizzard helper added, but wrong path: resulted in nil test, quickly superseded.

[4.7.6] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.6) – Features

• StopRainbow nil error when hunter-pet events fired before rainbow functions were in scope.
• Duplicate storedPlayerColor, storedRainbow declaration removed.

Fixed (4.7.6) – Bugs

• Rainbow toggle button now shows “Stop Rainbow Effect” while active.
• Ping-Pong mode re-implemented with true HSV hue sweep (0 → 1 → 0) for clearer contrast versus Cycle.

(No functional code changes to Pulse or presets.)

[4.7.5] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.5) – Features

• Ping-Pong pattern...

v4.8.0

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Changelog

[4.8.0] - 2026-08-27

Added (4.8.0)

• World of Warcraft Retail 12.1.0 support (Interface: 120100).
• Native PlayerFrame_GetHealthBar() lookup with structural fallbacks.
• Retail secret-value guards for hunter-pet name and family lookups.
• AddOn Compartment registration through LibDBIcon.

Changed (4.8.0)

• Updated embedded Ace3 to Release-r1403 and LibDBIcon to v12.0.3.
• Corrected dependency order and now load complete AceGUI/AceConfig XML manifests.
• Replaced direct status-bar method overrides with guarded secure post-hooks.
• Reduced health-bar polling and event churn while retaining late AzeriteUI frame discovery.

Fixed (4.8.0)

• Addon startup failures caused by loading LibStub, CallbackHandler, AceConfig dependencies, and AceGUI in the wrong order or not at all.
• An endless zero-delay timer loop caused by re-entering the Blizzard SetStatusBarColor hook.
• Pulse and rainbow effects running simultaneously or surviving manual colour changes.
• Pulse/rainbow state restoration after hunter-pet overrides.
• Pulse state not resuming after reload and reset not fully stopping active effects.
• Alpha being applied twice to status-bar textures.

Validated (4.8.0)

• Confirmed working in the World of Warcraft Retail 12.1 client after the API and library update.

[4.7.27] - 2026-02-18

Changed (4.7.27)

• Version bump for release.

[4.7.26] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.26)

• Complete TWW hunter pet family coverage: Added all missing The War Within hunter pet families to familyColours table.
• New Exotic families: Carapid, Pterrordax, Shale Beast.
• New Mammal families: Courser, Feathermane, Gruffhorn, Hound, Mammoth, Stag, Wolf.
• New Bird families: Bat, Waterfowl.
• New Reptile families: Hopper, Ray, Wind Serpent.
• New Insect families: Scorpid.
• Special skill-required families: Blood Beast, Lesser Dragonkin, Warp Stalker.

Changed (4.7.26)

• Updated hunter pet family fallback colors to include all current TWW pet families.
• Normalized some family naming (e.g., "Shale Spider" → "Shale Beast").
• Enhanced color variety across all pet family types with thematic color choices.

Fixed (4.7.26)

• Missing fallback colors for newer hunter pet families introduced in The War Within expansion.

[4.7.25] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.25)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.
• Enhanced Blizzard health bar color override for Dragonflight/TWW+.

Fixed (4.7.25)

• "attempt to call global 'SetHealthColor' (a nil value)" errors.
• "attempt to index a number value" on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.
• Missing SetHealthColor function definition.

Changed (4.7.25)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.25.
• Improved code organization with proper sectioning and comments. Picker

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[4.7.20] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.20 – Features)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.

Changed (4.7.20 – Logic)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.20.

Fixed (4.7.20 – Compatibility)

• “attempt to index a number value” on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.

[4.7.19] – 2026-06-16

Changed (4.7.19 – UI)

• Earlier texture swap (to flat WHITE8X8) reverted for Blizzard bars; now re-tint gradient instead.
• Option-panel label and header bumped to 4.7.19.

Fixed (4.7.19 – Bugs)

• Unwanted flat-brown bar on AzeriteUI frames.

[4.7.18] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.18 – Features)

• Removed duplicate numeric-texture branch that forced all bars to flat white.
• Extra end in PatchFrame eliminated (syntax error in VS Code).

Fixed (4.7.18 – Bugs)

• Stray end before Blizzard helper comment – stopped <eof> compile error.
• Deleted leftover duplicate SetHealthColor snippet.

[4.7.17] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.17 – Features)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

Fixed (4.7.17 – Bugs)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

[4.7.16] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.16 – Features)

• Blizzard Dragonflight/TWW player-frame support** (ForceBlizzardHealthBarColor).
• Hook to keep bar coloured after Blizzard refreshes.

Fixed (4.7.16 – Bugs)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

[4.7.15] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.15 – Features)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

Fixed (4.7.15 – Bugs)

• Deleted redundant two-line snippet overriding colour logic.
• Version bump only.

[4.7.14] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.14 – Features)

• Second duplicate “Classic / pre-DF path” block removed.
• Stray end (f.Health,"SetStatusBarColor"... line deleted (line-213 crash).

Fixed (4.7.14 – Bugs)

• Began clean-up: re-ordered PatchFrame, consolidated texture handling.

[4.7.13] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.13 – Features)

• Double equals typo (colorClass=false=false) corrected.
• Blizzard gradient now recolours via VertexColor not flat replace.

Fixed (4.7.13 – Bugs)

• Forced WHITE8X8 on all non-Blizzard bars (prevented green tint on retail).

[4.7.12] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.12 – Features)

• Retail player bar path updated (HealthBarsContainer.HealthBar).

Fixed (4.7.12) – Bugs

• Blizzard helper added, but wrong path: resulted in nil test, quickly superseded.

[4.7.6] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.6) – Features

• StopRainbow nil error when hunter-pet events fired before rainbow functions were in scope.
• Duplicate storedPlayerColor, storedRainbow declaration removed.

Fixed (4.7.6) – Bugs

• Rainbow toggle button now shows “Stop Rainbow Effect” while active.
• Ping-Pong mode re-implemented with true HSV hue sweep (0 → 1 → 0) for clearer contrast versus Cycle.

(No functional code changes to Pulse or presets.)

[4.7.5] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.5) – Features

• Ping-Pong pattern now sweeps half the HSV hue wheel and reverses, giving a visibly different effect from Cycle.
• Chaos pattern now picks a fresh random hue every tick (0.1 s) for maximum contrast.
• Rainbow toggle button text switches between “Rainbow Effect” and “Stop Rainbow Effect”.
• Version bump to 4.7.5.

[4.7.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.4) – Features

• Single toggle buttons for both Rainbow and Pulse (start/stop in one).

Fixed (4.7.4) – Bugs

• StopRainbow nil error in UNIT_PET handler by converting it to an up-value assignment.

[4.7.3] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.3) – Features

• Pulse Colour / Stop Pulse buttons that pulse the currently selected colour (independent of rainbow).

Changed (4.7.3)

• Removed “Pulse” entry from Rainbow Pattern dropdown (now its own effect).
• Updated .toc library paths to match Libs\… structure.

[4.7.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.2) – Features

• Minimap launcher now toggles the options panel (click to open/close).

Fixed (4.7.2) – Bugs

• Cleaned duplicate state blocks and stray end to clear Lua warnings.

[4.7.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.1) – Features

• Pulse Colour picker to define the base hue for Pulse pattern.

[4.7.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.0) – Features

• Advanced Rainbow patterns: Cycle, Ping-Pong, Chaos (Pulse split later).

Changed (1.5.0)

• Rainbow Speed slider restarts animation live.

[4.6.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.2)

• Minimap/Titan launcher click now closes the panel if it’s already open.

[4.6.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.1)

• Descriptive tooltips for every control.

Fixed (4.6.1)

• Removed duplicate tooltip lines and stray em-dashes.

[4.6.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.0)

• LibDataBroker + LibDBIcon minimap launcher with “Show Minimap Icon” toggle.

[4.5.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.5.4

• 40+ hunter-pet family fallback colours (with comments).

Fixed (4.5.4)

• Nil reference in reset popup via forward declarations.

[4.5.3] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.3 – Features)

• Confirmation popup for “Reset to Defaults”.

[4.5.2] - 2025-06-15

Fixed (4.5.2 – Bugs)

• Rainbow buttons missing after header refactor.

[4.5.1] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.1 – Features)

• Section headers to group options visually.

[4.5.0] - 2025-06-14

Added (4.5.0 – Features)

• Alpha-channel support (RGBA).
• Rainbow speed slider (0.1 - 5 Hz).
• Quick “Class Colour”...

v4.7.29

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Changelog

[4.7.27] - 2026-02-18

Changed (4.7.27)

• Version bump for release.

[4.7.26] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.26)

• Complete TWW hunter pet family coverage: Added all missing The War Within hunter pet families to familyColours table.
• New Exotic families: Carapid, Pterrordax, Shale Beast.
• New Mammal families: Courser, Feathermane, Gruffhorn, Hound, Mammoth, Stag, Wolf.
• New Bird families: Bat, Waterfowl.
• New Reptile families: Hopper, Ray, Wind Serpent.
• New Insect families: Scorpid.
• Special skill-required families: Blood Beast, Lesser Dragonkin, Warp Stalker.

Changed (4.7.26)

• Updated hunter pet family fallback colors to include all current TWW pet families.
• Normalized some family naming (e.g., "Shale Spider" → "Shale Beast").
• Enhanced color variety across all pet family types with thematic color choices.

Fixed (4.7.26)

• Missing fallback colors for newer hunter pet families introduced in The War Within expansion.

[4.7.25] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.25)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.
• Enhanced Blizzard health bar color override for Dragonflight/TWW+.

Fixed (4.7.25)

• "attempt to call global 'SetHealthColor' (a nil value)" errors.
• "attempt to index a number value" on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.
• Missing SetHealthColor function definition.

Changed (4.7.25)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.25.
• Improved code organization with proper sectioning and comments. Picker

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning
Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

[4.7.20] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.20 – Features)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.

Changed (4.7.20 – Logic)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.20.

Fixed (4.7.20 – Compatibility)

• “attempt to index a number value” on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.

[4.7.19] – 2026-06-16

Changed (4.7.19 – UI)

• Earlier texture swap (to flat WHITE8X8) reverted for Blizzard bars; now re-tint gradient instead.
• Option-panel label and header bumped to 4.7.19.

Fixed (4.7.19 – Bugs)

• Unwanted flat-brown bar on AzeriteUI frames.

[4.7.18] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.18 – Features)

• Removed duplicate numeric-texture branch that forced all bars to flat white.
• Extra end in PatchFrame eliminated (syntax error in VS Code).

Fixed (4.7.18 – Bugs)

• Stray end before Blizzard helper comment – stopped <eof> compile error.
• Deleted leftover duplicate SetHealthColor snippet.

[4.7.17] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.17 – Features)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

Fixed (4.7.17 – Bugs)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

[4.7.16] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.16 – Features)

• Blizzard Dragonflight/TWW player-frame support** (ForceBlizzardHealthBarColor).
• Hook to keep bar coloured after Blizzard refreshes.

Fixed (4.7.16 – Bugs)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

[4.7.15] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.15 – Features)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

Fixed (4.7.15 – Bugs)

• Deleted redundant two-line snippet overriding colour logic.
• Version bump only.

[4.7.14] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.14 – Features)

• Second duplicate “Classic / pre-DF path” block removed.
• Stray end (f.Health,"SetStatusBarColor"... line deleted (line-213 crash).

Fixed (4.7.14 – Bugs)

• Began clean-up: re-ordered PatchFrame, consolidated texture handling.

[4.7.13] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.13 – Features)

• Double equals typo (colorClass=false=false) corrected.
• Blizzard gradient now recolours via VertexColor not flat replace.

Fixed (4.7.13 – Bugs)

• Forced WHITE8X8 on all non-Blizzard bars (prevented green tint on retail).

[4.7.12] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.12 – Features)

• Retail player bar path updated (HealthBarsContainer.HealthBar).

Fixed (4.7.12) – Bugs

• Blizzard helper added, but wrong path: resulted in nil test, quickly superseded.

[4.7.6] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.6) – Features

• StopRainbow nil error when hunter-pet events fired before rainbow functions were in scope.
• Duplicate storedPlayerColor, storedRainbow declaration removed.

Fixed (4.7.6) – Bugs

• Rainbow toggle button now shows “Stop Rainbow Effect” while active.
• Ping-Pong mode re-implemented with true HSV hue sweep (0 → 1 → 0) for clearer contrast versus Cycle.

(No functional code changes to Pulse or presets.)

[4.7.5] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.5) – Features

• Ping-Pong pattern now sweeps half the HSV hue wheel and reverses, giving a visibly different effect from Cycle.
• Chaos pattern now picks a fresh random hue every tick (0.1 s) for maximum contrast.
• Rainbow toggle button text switches between “Rainbow Effect” and “Stop Rainbow Effect”.
• Version bump to 4.7.5.

[4.7.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.4) – Features

• Single toggle buttons for both Rainbow and Pulse (start/stop in one).

Fixed (4.7.4) – Bugs

• StopRainbow nil error in UNIT_PET handler by converting it to an up-value assignment.

[4.7.3] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.3) – Features

• Pulse Colour / Stop Pulse buttons that pulse the currently selected colour (independent of rainbow).

Changed (4.7.3)

• Removed “Pulse” entry from Rainbow Pattern dropdown (now its own effect).
• Updated .toc library paths to match Libs\… structure.

[4.7.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.2) – Features

• Minimap launcher now toggles the options panel (click to open/close).

Fixed (4.7.2) – Bugs

• Cleaned duplicate state blocks and stray end to clear Lua warnings.

[4.7.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.1) – Features

• Pulse Colour picker to define the base hue for Pulse pattern.

[4.7.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.0) – Features

• Advanced Rainbow patterns: Cycle, Ping-Pong, Chaos (Pulse split later).

Changed (1.5.0)

• Rainbow Speed slider restarts animation live.

[4.6.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.2)

• Minimap/Titan launcher click now closes the panel if it’s already open.

[4.6.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.1)

• Descriptive tooltips for every control.

Fixed (4.6.1)

• Removed duplicate tooltip lines and stray em-dashes.

[4.6.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.0)

• LibDataBroker + LibDBIcon minimap launcher with “Show Minimap Icon” toggle.

[4.5.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.5.4

• 40+ hunter-pet family fallback colours (with comments).

Fixed (4.5.4)

• Nil reference in reset popup via forward declarations.

[4.5.3] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.3 – Features)

• Confirmation popup for “Reset to Defaults”.

[4.5.2] - 2025-06-15

Fixed (4.5.2 – Bugs)

• Rainbow buttons missing after header refactor.

[4.5.1] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.1 – Features)

• Section headers to group options visually.

[4.5.0] - 2025-06-14

Added (4.5.0 – Features)

• Alpha-channel support (RGBA).
• Rainbow speed slider (0.1 - 5 Hz).
• Quick “Class Colour” reset button.
• Colour-blind friendly presets seeded on first run.
• AceLocale scaffold for future translations.

[4.0.0] - 2025-06-10

Added (4.0.0 – Features)

• Ace3 rewrite: static colour picker, rainbow cycle, presets, save-to-pet, random colour, class buttons.

[3.1.103] - 2025-05-30

Added (3.1.103 – Features)

• Preset save now prompts for custom name.

[3.1.102] - 2025-05-28

Fixed (3.1.102 – Bugs)

• Hunter-pet presets now revert to player colour when pet dismissed.

[3.1.101] - 2025-05-25

Added (3.1.101 – Features)

• Automatic hunter-pet name presets applied on summon.

[3.1.100] - 2025-05-21

Added (3.1.100 – Features)

• Initial Ace3 public release with rainbow cycle, presets, and debug logging.

[3.0.100] - 2025-06-13

Added (3.0.100 – Features)

• (Original note set – modular rewrite, rainbow cycle, class colours, presets, debug logging, etc.)

Fixed (3.0.100 – Bugs)

• DB nil during startup, double event registration.

[2.9.2] - 2025-06-12

Added (2.9.2 – Features)

• Dynamic BuildPresetDropdown; combat-safe ApplyColor.

[2.9.0] - 2025-06-11

Added (2.9.0 – Features)

• Rename input box and buttons.

[2.8.0] - 2025-06-11

Added (2.8.0 – Features)

• Rainbow cycle toggler.

[2.7.0] - 2025-06-11

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v4.7.28

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Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

Changelog

[4.7.27] - 2026-02-18

Changed (4.7.27)

• Version bump for release.

[4.7.26] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.26)

• Complete TWW hunter pet family coverage: Added all missing The War Within hunter pet families to familyColours table.
• New Exotic families: Carapid, Pterrordax, Shale Beast.
• New Mammal families: Courser, Feathermane, Gruffhorn, Hound, Mammoth, Stag, Wolf.
• New Bird families: Bat, Waterfowl.
• New Reptile families: Hopper, Ray, Wind Serpent.
• New Insect families: Scorpid.
• Special skill-required families: Blood Beast, Lesser Dragonkin, Warp Stalker.

Changed (4.7.26)

• Updated hunter pet family fallback colors to include all current TWW pet families.
• Normalized some family naming (e.g., "Shale Spider" → "Shale Beast").
• Enhanced color variety across all pet family types with thematic color choices.

Fixed (4.7.26)

• Missing fallback colors for newer hunter pet families introduced in The War Within expansion.

[4.7.25] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.25)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.
• Enhanced Blizzard health bar color override for Dragonflight/TWW+.

Fixed (4.7.25)

• "attempt to call global 'SetHealthColor' (a nil value)" errors.
• "attempt to index a number value" on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.
• Missing SetHealthColor function definition.

Changed (4.7.25)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.25.
• Improved code organization with proper sectioning and comments. Picker

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning
Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

[4.7.20] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.20 – Features)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.

Changed (4.7.20 – Logic)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.20.

Fixed (4.7.20 – Compatibility)

• “attempt to index a number value” on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.

[4.7.19] – 2026-06-16

Changed (4.7.19 – UI)

• Earlier texture swap (to flat WHITE8X8) reverted for Blizzard bars; now re-tint gradient instead.
• Option-panel label and header bumped to 4.7.19.

Fixed (4.7.19 – Bugs)

• Unwanted flat-brown bar on AzeriteUI frames.

[4.7.18] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.18 – Features)

• Removed duplicate numeric-texture branch that forced all bars to flat white.
• Extra end in PatchFrame eliminated (syntax error in VS Code).

Fixed (4.7.18 – Bugs)

• Stray end before Blizzard helper comment – stopped <eof> compile error.
• Deleted leftover duplicate SetHealthColor snippet.

[4.7.17] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.17 – Features)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

Fixed (4.7.17 – Bugs)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

[4.7.16] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.16 – Features)

• Blizzard Dragonflight/TWW player-frame support** (ForceBlizzardHealthBarColor).
• Hook to keep bar coloured after Blizzard refreshes.

Fixed (4.7.16 – Bugs)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

[4.7.15] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.15 – Features)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

Fixed (4.7.15 – Bugs)

• Deleted redundant two-line snippet overriding colour logic.
• Version bump only.

[4.7.14] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.14 – Features)

• Second duplicate “Classic / pre-DF path” block removed.
• Stray end (f.Health,"SetStatusBarColor"... line deleted (line-213 crash).

Fixed (4.7.14 – Bugs)

• Began clean-up: re-ordered PatchFrame, consolidated texture handling.

[4.7.13] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.13 – Features)

• Double equals typo (colorClass=false=false) corrected.
• Blizzard gradient now recolours via VertexColor not flat replace.

Fixed (4.7.13 – Bugs)

• Forced WHITE8X8 on all non-Blizzard bars (prevented green tint on retail).

[4.7.12] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.12 – Features)

• Retail player bar path updated (HealthBarsContainer.HealthBar).

Fixed (4.7.12) – Bugs

• Blizzard helper added, but wrong path: resulted in nil test, quickly superseded.

[4.7.6] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.6) – Features

• StopRainbow nil error when hunter-pet events fired before rainbow functions were in scope.
• Duplicate storedPlayerColor, storedRainbow declaration removed.

Fixed (4.7.6) – Bugs

• Rainbow toggle button now shows “Stop Rainbow Effect” while active.
• Ping-Pong mode re-implemented with true HSV hue sweep (0 → 1 → 0) for clearer contrast versus Cycle.

(No functional code changes to Pulse or presets.)

[4.7.5] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.5) – Features

• Ping-Pong pattern now sweeps half the HSV hue wheel and reverses, giving a visibly different effect from Cycle.
• Chaos pattern now picks a fresh random hue every tick (0.1 s) for maximum contrast.
• Rainbow toggle button text switches between “Rainbow Effect” and “Stop Rainbow Effect”.
• Version bump to 4.7.5.

[4.7.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.4) – Features

• Single toggle buttons for both Rainbow and Pulse (start/stop in one).

Fixed (4.7.4) – Bugs

• StopRainbow nil error in UNIT_PET handler by converting it to an up-value assignment.

[4.7.3] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.3) – Features

• Pulse Colour / Stop Pulse buttons that pulse the currently selected colour (independent of rainbow).

Changed (4.7.3)

• Removed “Pulse” entry from Rainbow Pattern dropdown (now its own effect).
• Updated .toc library paths to match Libs\… structure.

[4.7.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.2) – Features

• Minimap launcher now toggles the options panel (click to open/close).

Fixed (4.7.2) – Bugs

• Cleaned duplicate state blocks and stray end to clear Lua warnings.

[4.7.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.1) – Features

• Pulse Colour picker to define the base hue for Pulse pattern.

[4.7.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.0) – Features

• Advanced Rainbow patterns: Cycle, Ping-Pong, Chaos (Pulse split later).

Changed (1.5.0)

• Rainbow Speed slider restarts animation live.

[4.6.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.2)

• Minimap/Titan launcher click now closes the panel if it’s already open.

[4.6.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.1)

• Descriptive tooltips for every control.

Fixed (4.6.1)

• Removed duplicate tooltip lines and stray em-dashes.

[4.6.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.0)

• LibDataBroker + LibDBIcon minimap launcher with “Show Minimap Icon” toggle.

[4.5.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.5.4

• 40+ hunter-pet family fallback colours (with comments).

Fixed (4.5.4)

• Nil reference in reset popup via forward declarations.

[4.5.3] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.3 – Features)

• Confirmation popup for “Reset to Defaults”.

[4.5.2] - 2025-06-15

Fixed (4.5.2 – Bugs)

• Rainbow buttons missing after header refactor.

[4.5.1] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.1 – Features)

• Section headers to group options visually.

[4.5.0] - 2025-06-14

Added (4.5.0 – Features)

• Alpha-channel support (RGBA).
• Rainbow speed slider (0.1 - 5 Hz).
• Quick “Class Colour” reset button.
• Colour-blind friendly presets seeded on first run.
• AceLocale scaffold for future translations.

[4.0.0] - 2025-06-10

Added (4.0.0 – Features)

• Ace3 rewrite: static colour picker, rainbow cycle, presets, save-to-pet, random colour, class buttons.

[3.1.103] - 2025-05-30

Added (3.1.103 – Features)

• Preset save now prompts for custom name.

[3.1.102] - 2025-05-28

Fixed (3.1.102 – Bugs)

• Hunter-pet presets now revert to player colour when pet dismissed.

[3.1.101] - 2025-05-25

Added (3.1.101 – Features)

• Automatic hunter-pet name presets applied on summon.

[3.1.100] - 2025-05-21

Added (3.1.100 – Features)

• Initial Ace3 public release with rainbow cycle, presets, and debug logging.

[3.0.100] - 2025-06-13

Added (3.0.100 – Features)

• (Original note set – modular rewrite, rainbow cycle, class colours, presets, debug logging, etc.)

Fixed (3.0.100 – Bugs)

• DB nil during startup, double event registration.

[2.9.2] - 2025-06-12

Added (2.9.2 – Features)

• Dynamic BuildPresetDropdown; combat-safe ApplyColor.

[2.9.0] - 2025-06-11

Added (2.9.0 – Features)

• Rename input box and buttons.

[2.8.0] - 2025-06-11

Added (2.8.0 – Features)

• Rainbow cycle toggler.

[2.7.0] - 2025-06-11

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v4.7.27.5

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning
Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

Changelog

[4.7.27] - 2026-02-18

Changed (4.7.27)

• Version bump for release.

[4.7.26] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.26)

• Complete TWW hunter pet family coverage: Added all missing The War Within hunter pet families to familyColours table.
• New Exotic families: Carapid, Pterrordax, Shale Beast.
• New Mammal families: Courser, Feathermane, Gruffhorn, Hound, Mammoth, Stag, Wolf.
• New Bird families: Bat, Waterfowl.
• New Reptile families: Hopper, Ray, Wind Serpent.
• New Insect families: Scorpid.
• Special skill-required families: Blood Beast, Lesser Dragonkin, Warp Stalker.

Changed (4.7.26)

• Updated hunter pet family fallback colors to include all current TWW pet families.
• Normalized some family naming (e.g., "Shale Spider" → "Shale Beast").
• Enhanced color variety across all pet family types with thematic color choices.

Fixed (4.7.26)

• Missing fallback colors for newer hunter pet families introduced in The War Within expansion.

[4.7.25] – 2025-06-15

Added (4.7.25)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.
• Enhanced Blizzard health bar color override for Dragonflight/TWW+.

Fixed (4.7.25)

• "attempt to call global 'SetHealthColor' (a nil value)" errors.
• "attempt to index a number value" on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.
• Missing SetHealthColor function definition.

Changed (4.7.25)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.25.
• Improved code organization with proper sectioning and comments. Picker

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
This project adheres to Semantic Versioning
Format inspired by Keep a Changelog

[4.7.20] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.20 – Features)

• Lua 5.2 + 5.4 compatibility: local unpack = table.unpack or unpack shim.
• Class-colour buttons now show both male / female localized names where they differ.

Changed (4.7.20 – Logic)

• Texture-detection logic finalised:
  • Blizzard gradient → recoloured via VertexColor (keeps gloss, no tint).
  • AzeriteUI / oUF numeric gradients → recoloured, not replaced.
  • Unknown custom textures → fallback to WHITE8X8.
• Version bump to 4.7.20.

Fixed (4.7.20 – Compatibility)

• “attempt to index a number value” on retail when GetStatusBarTexture() returned a fileID.

[4.7.19] – 2026-06-16

Changed (4.7.19 – UI)

• Earlier texture swap (to flat WHITE8X8) reverted for Blizzard bars; now re-tint gradient instead.
• Option-panel label and header bumped to 4.7.19.

Fixed (4.7.19 – Bugs)

• Unwanted flat-brown bar on AzeriteUI frames.

[4.7.18] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.18 – Features)

• Removed duplicate numeric-texture branch that forced all bars to flat white.
• Extra end in PatchFrame eliminated (syntax error in VS Code).

Fixed (4.7.18 – Bugs)

• Stray end before Blizzard helper comment – stopped <eof> compile error.
• Deleted leftover duplicate SetHealthColor snippet.

[4.7.17] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.17 – Features)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

Fixed (4.7.17 – Bugs)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

[4.7.16] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.16 – Features)

• Blizzard Dragonflight/TWW player-frame support** (ForceBlizzardHealthBarColor).
• Hook to keep bar coloured after Blizzard refreshes.

Fixed (4.7.16 – Bugs)

• PatchFrame now tests type(texPath) before :match(), preventing
  “attempt to index a number value” on numeric fileIDs.
• Version strings bumped.

[4.7.15] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.15 – Features)

• Missing end after hooksecurefunc block closed PatchFrame correctly.
• Duplicate SetHealthColor snippet removed (caused wrong colours / loader fail).

Fixed (4.7.15 – Bugs)

• Deleted redundant two-line snippet overriding colour logic.
• Version bump only.

[4.7.14] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.14 – Features)

• Second duplicate “Classic / pre-DF path” block removed.
• Stray end (f.Health,"SetStatusBarColor"... line deleted (line-213 crash).

Fixed (4.7.14 – Bugs)

• Began clean-up: re-ordered PatchFrame, consolidated texture handling.

[4.7.13] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.13 – Features)

• Double equals typo (colorClass=false=false) corrected.
• Blizzard gradient now recolours via VertexColor not flat replace.

Fixed (4.7.13 – Bugs)

• Forced WHITE8X8 on all non-Blizzard bars (prevented green tint on retail).

[4.7.12] – 2026-06-16

Added (4.7.12 – Features)

• Retail player bar path updated (HealthBarsContainer.HealthBar).

Fixed (4.7.12) – Bugs

• Blizzard helper added, but wrong path: resulted in nil test, quickly superseded.

[4.7.6] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.6) – Features

• StopRainbow nil error when hunter-pet events fired before rainbow functions were in scope.
• Duplicate storedPlayerColor, storedRainbow declaration removed.

Fixed (4.7.6) – Bugs

• Rainbow toggle button now shows “Stop Rainbow Effect” while active.
• Ping-Pong mode re-implemented with true HSV hue sweep (0 → 1 → 0) for clearer contrast versus Cycle.

(No functional code changes to Pulse or presets.)

[4.7.5] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.5) – Features

• Ping-Pong pattern now sweeps half the HSV hue wheel and reverses, giving a visibly different effect from Cycle.
• Chaos pattern now picks a fresh random hue every tick (0.1 s) for maximum contrast.
• Rainbow toggle button text switches between “Rainbow Effect” and “Stop Rainbow Effect”.
• Version bump to 4.7.5.

[4.7.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.4) – Features

• Single toggle buttons for both Rainbow and Pulse (start/stop in one).

Fixed (4.7.4) – Bugs

• StopRainbow nil error in UNIT_PET handler by converting it to an up-value assignment.

[4.7.3] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.3) – Features

• Pulse Colour / Stop Pulse buttons that pulse the currently selected colour (independent of rainbow).

Changed (4.7.3)

• Removed “Pulse” entry from Rainbow Pattern dropdown (now its own effect).
• Updated .toc library paths to match Libs\… structure.

[4.7.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.2) – Features

• Minimap launcher now toggles the options panel (click to open/close).

Fixed (4.7.2) – Bugs

• Cleaned duplicate state blocks and stray end to clear Lua warnings.

[4.7.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.1) – Features

• Pulse Colour picker to define the base hue for Pulse pattern.

[4.7.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.7.0) – Features

• Advanced Rainbow patterns: Cycle, Ping-Pong, Chaos (Pulse split later).

Changed (1.5.0)

• Rainbow Speed slider restarts animation live.

[4.6.2] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.2)

• Minimap/Titan launcher click now closes the panel if it’s already open.

[4.6.1] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.1)

• Descriptive tooltips for every control.

Fixed (4.6.1)

• Removed duplicate tooltip lines and stray em-dashes.

[4.6.0] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.6.0)

• LibDataBroker + LibDBIcon minimap launcher with “Show Minimap Icon” toggle.

[4.5.4] - 2026-06-15

Added (4.5.4

• 40+ hunter-pet family fallback colours (with comments).

Fixed (4.5.4)

• Nil reference in reset popup via forward declarations.

[4.5.3] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.3 – Features)

• Confirmation popup for “Reset to Defaults”.

[4.5.2] - 2025-06-15

Fixed (4.5.2 – Bugs)

• Rainbow buttons missing after header refactor.

[4.5.1] - 2025-06-15

Added (4.5.1 – Features)

• Section headers to group options visually.

[4.5.0] - 2025-06-14

Added (4.5.0 – Features)

• Alpha-channel support (RGBA).
• Rainbow speed slider (0.1 - 5 Hz).
• Quick “Class Colour” reset button.
• Colour-blind friendly presets seeded on first run.
• AceLocale scaffold for future translations.

[4.0.0] - 2025-06-10

Added (4.0.0 – Features)

• Ace3 rewrite: static colour picker, rainbow cycle, presets, save-to-pet, random colour, class buttons.

[3.1.103] - 2025-05-30

Added (3.1.103 – Features)

• Preset save now prompts for custom name.

[3.1.102] - 2025-05-28

Fixed (3.1.102 – Bugs)

• Hunter-pet presets now revert to player colour when pet dismissed.

[3.1.101] - 2025-05-25

Added (3.1.101 – Features)

• Automatic hunter-pet name presets applied on summon.

[3.1.100] - 2025-05-21

Added (3.1.100 – Features)

• Initial Ace3 public release with rainbow cycle, presets, and debug logging.

[3.0.100] - 2025-06-13

Added (3.0.100 – Features)

• (Original note set – modular rewrite, rainbow cycle, class colours, presets, debug logging, etc.)

Fixed (3.0.100 – Bugs)

• DB nil during startup, double event registration.

[2.9.2] - 2025-06-12

Added (2.9.2 – Features)

• Dynamic BuildPresetDropdown; combat-safe ApplyColor.

[2.9.0] - 2025-06-11

Added (2.9.0 – Features)

• Rename input box and buttons.

[2.8.0] - 2025-06-11

Added (2.8.0 – Features)

• Rainbow cycle toggler.

[2.7.0] - 2025-06-11

A...