0.3.2

🚀 0.3.2 — 2026-06-23

This release brings major improvements to Retail 12.x support, character customization, Armory importing, performance, stability, and compatibility with the latest WoW builds.

✨ Added

• 64-bit build with wxWidgets 3.2, removing the old memory limitations and improving stability with modern WoW data.
• Automatic listfile updates, keeping model and texture paths current without manual maintenance.
• Client Choice launcher to select WoW installation, product (wow / wow_beta), and data profile before loading.
• Loading Client progress window with smooth progress updates during startup and file parsing.
• Direct NPC import from URL from the Character menu.
• Retail 12.x WMO support, including:
  • GFID group files
  • FileDataID textures
  • MODI doodads
  • Large (>256 material) WMOs
  • Correct orientation and camera framing
• Support for newly-added and encrypted game content, including automatic TACT key updates.
• Loaded model path displayed in the window title bar.

🚀 Performance

• Startup is dramatically faster through optimized CASC enumeration.
• Character loading no longer performs dozens of redundant refreshes.
• Character customization and Randomise operations are significantly faster.
• Item searching and equipping are much more responsive.
• Database queries have been optimized with additional indexes.
• File List search now updates as you type.
• Models with large animation sets no longer stall the application.
• Texture compositing and character assembly have been heavily optimized.
• Zoom and pan controls now scale naturally with camera distance.

🐛 Fixed

Character Customization

• Full customization lists now appear correctly for all races and forms, including:
  • Dracthyr visage forms
  • Dragonriding drakes
  • Allied races
  • Haranir and other recent races
• Characters once again load with their complete appearance, including hair, tattoos, jewelry, horns, markings, and race-specific features.
• Ear customization now works correctly.
• Race-specific customization options no longer appear on unrelated races.
• Placeholder "Transmog" customization entries are now hidden.
• Eye colours that depend on Eye Style now load correctly.
• Eye colour and Eyesight glow now render together.
• Underclothes textures now load completely.

Character Rendering

• Helmets, shoulders, weapons, and off-hand items render correctly again.
• Creature textures load correctly on Retail 12.x clients.
• Mechagnome cybernetic parts now:
  • Render correctly
  • Use proper paint textures
  • Hide replaced limbs correctly
  • Maintain proper reflections
  • No longer shimmer or flicker during animation

Armory & Imports

• Armory import works out of the box.
• Imported characters now correctly apply skin and hair colours.
• Dragonriding mount customizations no longer overwrite character appearances.
• Wowhead NPC and item import works again.
• Importing NPCs from newer game builds no longer crashes the viewer.

Compatibility

• New client builds automatically fall back to compatible data profiles.
• DB2 layouts are detected automatically from file structure fingerprints.
• PTR and Beta installations now load their own game data instead of Retail.
• New races, forms, models, and future patch content load correctly.

Stability

• Fixed multiple WMO-related crashes, including heap corruption issues.
• Fixed startup crashes caused by DB2 layout mismatches.
• Hardened animation-track loading and bounds checking.
• Missing or unavailable encrypted models now fail gracefully.
• Dropdown controls no longer collapse under scaling.
• Removed an unnecessary image-decoding popup dialog.

🗑️ Removed

• In-app lighting controls have been removed.
• Models are now lit automatically using a default light source.