ForeverSVFix v1.0.4

ForeverSVFix v1.0.4

ForeverSVFix v1.0.4 separates SavedVariables persistence from EllesmereUI-specific compatibility and fixes a confirmed Windows decoding crash.

EllesmereUI migration

EllesmereUI-specific fixes now live in the standalone EllesmereUI Forever Fix addon:

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/ellesmereui-forever-fix

ForeverSVFix is still required for EllesmereUI settings/profile persistence while the WoW Forever SavedVariables loader bug exists.

If Apply / Refresh finds the old ForeverSVFixEllesmereUI.lua compatibility shim from v1.0.3 or earlier, it asks before removing it and creates a safety backup first. ForeverSVFix does not download or install the standalone addon automatically.

Windows fix

v1.0.4 fixes UnicodeDecodeError failures caused by localized cmd.exe output during Windows junction creation/removal. Both subprocess paths now tolerate bytes that cannot be represented by Python's selected locale codec.

Scope

This release does not claim fixes for the still-open Wowhead Looter TOC-rewrite issue, the macOS startup issue, or addons that are not currently discovered as SavedVariables targets.

ForeverSVFix v1.0.3

ForeverSVFix v1.0.3

v1.0.3 fixes two issues reported after the first stable releases.

Per-character SavedVariables

WoW Forever requires first and last names for characters. ForeverSVFix now handles the full character identity more defensively when selecting generated per-character helpers, including safe fallbacks for the beta's inconsistent WTF folder layouts.

Generated per-character helpers are also marked enabled by default.

Windows addon updates

Some addon updaters can replace ForeverSVFix's Windows directory junctions with normal directories while updating an addon. Apply / Refresh can now remove those stale ForeverSVFix-owned directories and recreate the proper links instead of aborting with "The directory is not empty."

As before, normal SavedVariables under WTF are not deleted by this cleanup.

ForeverSVFix v1.0.2

ForeverSVFix v1.0.2

v1.0.2 reduces the automatic update-check cache from 24 hours to 15 minutes.

This means ForeverSVFix will notice newly released updates much sooner while still avoiding repeated GitHub requests when the app is opened many times in a short period.

Manual Check for updates checks remain immediate and bypass the cache.

There are no changes to the SavedVariables workaround in this release.

ForeverSVFix v1.0.1

ForeverSVFix v1.0.1

v1.0.1 fixes a SavedVariables load-order problem found after the first stable release.

Some addons initialize their SavedVariables globals to defaults while their normal Lua/XML files load. ForeverSVFix v1.0.0 restored data before those files, which allowed those addons to overwrite the restored values again.

v1.0.1 restores account-wide and per-character SavedVariables after the addon's normal files by default, matching WoW's normal SavedVariables timing more closely.

Addons that explicitly declare ## LoadSavedVariablesFirst: 1 keep their requested pre-script behavior. The previously validated EllesmereUI compatibility path also keeps its existing ordering.

Existing installations are migrated when you run Apply / Refresh ForeverSVFix after updating.

This fix was reproduced and confirmed with the per-character loading issue reported in GitHub issue #2.

ForeverSVFix v1.0.0

ForeverSVFix v1.0.0

ForeverSVFix v1.0.0 is the first stable release of the workaround for the World of Warcraft: Forever beta SavedVariables loading bug.

Highlights

• Restore account-wide SavedVariables before addon initialization.
• Restore per-character SavedVariables through generated load-on-demand helpers.
• Support addons using account-wide and per-character SavedVariables together.
• Support metadata-only Forever TOCs.
• Automatically clean stale ForeverSVFix runtime files during Apply / Refresh.
• Add targeted EllesmereUI v9.2.1 Profiles & Presets compatibility.
• Create safety backups before applying changes.
• Provide installation checks, uninstall support, and update notifications.
• Provide standalone builds for Windows x64, Linux x86_64, macOS Intel, and macOS Apple Silicon.
• Provide a Linux x86_64 AppImage.
• Simplified the menu and consolidated some of the menu options into one.

Advanced scan, install, repair, doctor, and status commands remain available from the command line.

Validation status

Linux/Wine has been validated in-game across account-wide and per-character settings, /reload, relogging, full client restarts, EllesmereUI profiles, and a large mixed addon installation.

Windows and macOS builds are available but remain experimental pending native in-game testing.

ForeverSVFix v0.4.0 RC10

ForeverSVFix v0.4.0 RC10

Standalone update checks now use a bundled CA certificate store so HTTPS works reliably in frozen builds.

RC10 adds update notifications and carries forward the validated EllesmereUI
profile compatibility introduced in RC9.

Changes

• Automatically check the public GitHub Releases API for newer ForeverSVFix releases.
• Include release candidates as well as stable releases in update checks.
• Cache automatic checks for 24 hours.
• Use a short timeout and continue normally if GitHub is unavailable.
• Add menu option 9. Check for ForeverSVFix updates.
• Add the check-update command-line command.
• Never auto-download or auto-install an update.
• Send no WoW paths, account names, SavedVariables, addon lists, or telemetry.
• Document EllesmereUI compatibility more clearly for normal users.
• Mark EllesmereUI v9.2.1 profile support as validated in-game across profile switching, /reload, relogging, and full client restarts.

The core SavedVariables restoration mechanism is unchanged from RC9.

Linux/Wine remains the only platform validated in-game. Windows and macOS builds
remain experimental pending native testing.