Hero Companion 0.12.22

Hero Companion 0.12.22

• This is the first digitally signed Hero Companion release. The installer
  and app now carry a Microsoft-verified signature ("Joel Andrew Chambers"), so
  Windows shows a named publisher instead of an "unknown publisher" warning.
  Every release from here on ships signed. (SmartScreen's "not commonly
  downloaded" prompt is reputation-based and fades as downloads accrue — that
  part takes time, not more paperwork.)
• The engine now values a Mastermind's pet buffs (model v34). A Mastermind's
  main damage is its pets, and the buffs it casts on them — Supremacy (+25%),
  Accelerate Metabolism-class ally buffs, Temporal Selection (single-target, on
  your biggest pet), Beast Mastery's Pack Mentality (assuming 8 of 10 stacks
  with pets engaged, stated on the build) — now raise pet damage in every score
  and label. Caster-only buffs (like the Musculature Alpha) correctly do not.
  A new "Pet damage buffs" section on the offense panel shows exactly which
  buffs applied, at what strength and uptime. Stated simplification: pets are
  modeled as always hitting; pet accuracy is a named next step. Two champions
  genuinely improved under the corrected math and were re-certified (the
  Radiation/Sonic and Radiation/Radiation Defenders); every other certified
  build re-verified with its score updated. Making the search fully exploit
  the new term is the named next engineering item.
• Every power, powerset, and epic pool now uses the game's current names.
  The client's own files are the authority — 74 power names and 4 pool names
  that had drifted (the old "Field Mastery" is the game's "Energy Mastery",
  "Breath of Fire" is "Fiery Breath", and so on) now match what you see in
  game. A standing check keeps them matched. The suspected "phantom epic pool"
  turned out to be a real Mastermind ancillary wearing its stale name — every
  epic offered to every archetype was verified against the game's own
  eligibility rules (zero leaks; a standing check now pins that too).
• No more silent dead pages. If the app's local server isn't running (or a
  page action fails), the page now says so plainly with a Reload button instead
  of buttons that silently do nothing — the field report that found this also
  added an interaction test to every release so it can't ship again. Uncaught
  page errors surface the same visible banner, and older saved characters that
  a newer version can't fully read load safely with an honest note instead of
  deadening the page.
• Imported builds with empty slots say so. An import now flags "in
  progress" powers ("4 empty slots: Dark Consumption") so an unfinished
  character never reads as a finished plan.
• Honest slotting labels. "Full set" now means the set is actually
  complete. A partial set mixed with procs reads "Frankenslot"; a clean
  partial set (plus universal globals like Luck of the Gambler) reads
  "Partial set". The globals list also learned knockback protection (Karma,
  Blessing of the Zephyr), slow resistance (Winter's Gift), and the Theft of
  Essence +endurance proc.
• The content picker's farm section is now two honest choices — AFK Fire
  Farm (passive) and Active Fire Farm. The old generic "Fire Farm" is retired;
  saved builds that used it get a prompt to pick the one that matches how they
  play (never silently remapped).
• Four more dead-air fixes from release-night testing. The build button now
  names the exact field you're missing and highlights it in red instead of
  repeating gray text; the Solve button does the same when Content isn't picked,
  and honestly says "no changes" when your slotting already meets the goal. The
  biggest one: Solve's "are you sure about this role?" question was being asked
  in a hidden panel on every installed copy — Solve would silently wait forever
  for an answer you couldn't see. It now asks where you can see it. And the
  import file dialog no longer strands you on an empty page if you cancel it.
  A set's own proc piece now counts toward its "Full set" label (a 6-piece
  Javelin Volley is a full set, not a mix).
• Data currency: game-client data re-exported 2026-07-15; current through the
  game's July 7 patch.