Questie-X/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

[Unreleased] - Performance Refactor Branches

Performance

• [Questie Debug - Message Throttle] Added a live debug-message throttle so non-fatal debug output cannot spam chat faster than it can be read. The throttle is configurable in the Advanced tab and keeps fatal output separate.
• [Questie Learner - Tooltip Controls] Added learner-specific tooltip controls so players can toggle the learned spawn line, total learned spawn count, learner confidence lines, automatic tooltip resizing, and a secondary learner tooltip from the Tooltip options. The learner tooltip paths now respect those toggles before adding extra lines.
• [Questie Options - Faster Live Slider Refresh] Reduced the redraw debounce on the icon, clustering, and learner spawn-dedup sliders so changes refresh pins much sooner after the user releases the slider instead of waiting half a second before SmoothReset() even begins. Also made ClusterRedraw() pass { skipCacheTest = true } so clustering-only slider changes skip the QuestLogCache.TestGameCache() wait entirely and redraw immediately without blocking on quest log state.
• [Questie Options - ClusterRedraw SkipCache] SmoothReset() now accepts an optional { skipCacheTest = true } table. ClusterRedraw() uses it so the Objective Icon Cluster Amount and Dense Pin Clustering Aggressiveness sliders redraw icons immediately without waiting on quest log readiness. The Quel'Danas phase, icon limit, and other callers continue to use the full SmoothReset() path unchanged.
• [QuestieLearner - Kill/Pin Refresh Throttling] Debounced learner-triggered map-pin refreshes so heavy kill streaks do not redraw pins on every event. Added a maximum wait cap so batched updates still flush predictably instead of being pushed out forever by constant activity.
• [QuestieLearner - Bystander Kill Suppression] Changed visible nearby UNIT_DIED handling so kills from other players can update short-lived correlation evidence without immediately running full learner injection or pin refresh work.
• [QuestieLearner - PARTY_KILL Event-Order Fix] Fixed an edge case where a UNIT_DIED debounce entry could suppress a later authoritative PARTY_KILL for the same GUID. The debounce now tracks event type and allows the player's/group's kill event through while still suppressing true duplicates.
• [QuestieLearner - Immediate Spawn Pin Rendering] Learner kill evidence now becomes spawn coordinates immediately in learner mode so learned NPC kills can spawn map pins without waiting for the later confidence merge path.
• [QuestieLearner - Quest Accept Resolver Hardening] Removed the learner QUEST_ACCEPTED last-resort quest-ID fallback that could invent impossible quest IDs from raw event arguments. Accepted quests now only learn when the ID resolves back to a real quest-log entry, which prevents bogus keys from being persisted in learner SavedVariables or live overrides.
• [QuestieLearner - Live Performance Options] Added Advanced-tab controls for learner intensity, pin refresh delay, maximum pin refresh wait, minimum kills before learned pins, and live NPC update delay so users can tune the system for low-end PCs or heavy-activity zones.
• [QuestieComms - User-Controlled Intensity] Added Advanced-tab QuestieComms controls, including a full disable switch and live throttles for queue processing, quest-state broadcasts, and bulk sync pacing.
• [QuestieComms - Disable Gate Fix] Scoped the comms enable helper so the disable switch no longer calls a nil global and every send/process entry point consistently respects the setting.
• [Arrow - Low-End Performance Controls] Added live Arrow update throttles to reduce repeated nearest-target and coordinate work while preserving existing arrow behavior.
• [Measured Hot Paths - Phase 3] Landed measured optimizations on the phase 3 branch for literal localization caching, available quest redraw batching, QuestieDB.IsDoable batch reads, hot profile aliases, GetTime() hoists, NPC fallback lookup caching, and validate-cache allocation cleanup.
• [Localization - Zero-Arg Translate Fast Path] _l10n:translate now short-circuits the common no-argument case (select("#", ...) == 0) and returns the translation directly, skipping the {...} table allocation, the tostring coercion loop, and the safeFormat call. The vast majority of translation lookups pass no format arguments, so this avoids per-call garbage on a hot path. Behavior matches the existing slow path: a successful no-arg lookup already returned the raw value, and the missing/invalid-entry branches fall back to the key. Cherry-picked from phase2-lua50-sweep.

Features

• [Map - Looted Object Pins Disappear On Loot] When you open/loot a quest object node (e.g. Fell Wood piles), that specific node's map/minimap pin now disappears immediately even if the objective is not yet fully collected, instead of all node pins staying until turn-in. On LOOT_OPENED, QuestieQuest:RemoveLootedObjectivePins finds the active object-objective spawn nearest the player's world position (within ~12 yards, since you stand on the node to loot it), records it as consumed in Questie.db.char.lootedObjectSpawns, and redraws just that objective so clustering recomputes with the looted node skipped. _DetermineIconsToDraw skips consumed object spawns, so removal persists across redraws and /reload. The looted history is cleared on quest accept (QuestieQuest:ClearLootedSpawns), so abandoning and re-doing the quest — including after an Ascension prestige — shows every node again. Scoped to object-type objectives; monster/kill pins are unchanged. Works in every data source mode (auto / learner / static / none): the suppression is centralized in the single shared _DetermineIconsToDraw draw path that all redraw routes funnel through (core UpdateQuest, the learner's debounced _DoFlushActiveQuestPins, slider redraws), and it operates on the already mode-resolved objective.spawnList. Matching is radius-based (1.5 zone units) rather than exact-coordinate so that in learner/auto mode a spawn the learner re-adds at the player's position for the just-looted node is also suppressed instead of re-appearing.

• [Tooltip - Data Source Attribution (Accurate)] Re-added the "Show data source" tooltip option (General tab, off by default) that adds a Source: line to NPC, object, item and world-map-pin tooltips. Unlike the previous version (removed in an earlier build for guessing the source from the global data-source mode), this is accurate per-pin/per-entity and never guesses: each pin is tagged with its real provenance at creation via the new QuestieDB.GetPinDataSource(entityType, id, spawnData) helper — Learner (per-spawn isLearned flag or a learner record), AscensionDB (a curated ascensionOverrideKeys override for the id), Townsfolk (manual/menu notes), or the base Questie DB — with a Comms overlay appended when comms holds data for the entity. Objective pins are tagged per-spawn in _DetermineIconsToDraw; available/finisher pins are quest-scoped (defaulted in DrawWorldIcon); manual notes are tagged in DrawManualIcon. World-map pins read the per-pin tag (MapIconTooltip); unit/object/item hovers derive it per-id at the render layer (TooltipHandler via QuestieTooltips:GetDataSourceLine). When a pin's source genuinely can't be determined, no line is shown rather than a misleading one.

Bug Fixes

• [Learner - Learner-Only Mode No Longer Draws AscensionDB/Static Pins] In learner-only mode the map/minimap drew curated AscensionDB (and static) spawns for every quest NPC/object the player had not personally recorded, instead of only the learner's own spawns. QuestieDB:GetNPC/GetObject fall back to the npcDataOverrides/objectDataOverrides entry for metadata when there is no learner record, and that entry's spawns (AscensionDB-curated for un-recorded entities) were being used as pins. Both functions now track whether a real learner record exists and, in learner mode, strip the spawns when it does not — so learner-only mode shows exclusively what the learner has recorded (the metadata fallback for names/tooltips is kept). Added a regression test. Recorded entities still show their learner spawns; auto/static/none modes are unchanged.
• [Map - Quest Type Filters Now Apply To Minimap] (#11) Quest-type filters (Available Dungeon/Raid/PvP/Repeatable/Event Quests, plus other ShouldBeHidden rules like untracked/unexplored and enableMiniMapIcons) were honored on the world map but not the minimap. The world-map icon stayed hidden once ShouldBeHidden filtered it, but the minimap icon's per-frame FadeLogic re-showed any hidden icon as soon as the player came within range, so e.g. a filtered dungeon quest still appeared on the minimap. FadeLogic now re-checks ShouldBeHidden before re-showing, so the same filters apply to both maps (fixed in both the world-icon and manual-icon minimap fade paths).
• [Libs/AceComm - Long Comm Prefix Login Error] (#12) Fixed a recurring login Lua error AceComm:RegisterComm(...): prefix length is limited to 16 characters on servers like ChromieCraft. The cause is a third-party addon (e.g. AtlasLoot) registering an AceComm prefix longer than the client's 16-character limit; because Questie's bundled AceComm is the LibStub winner and its xpcall polyfill wraps AceAddon's OnEnable, the upstream hard error() surfaced through Questie's frames every login. Our bundled AceComm:RegisterComm now degrades gracefully for over-long prefixes (which can never work on the client anyway): it warns once and skips the registration instead of throwing, so the offending addon's OnEnable is no longer aborted and the error popup is gone.
• [Tracker - VoiceOver questPlayButtons Nil Crash] (#15) Fixed attempt to index field 'questPlayButtons' (a nil value) in TrackerUtils:UpdateVoiceOverPlayButtons and TrackerLinePool.SetAllPlayButtonAlpha. TrackerUtils:IsVoiceOverLoaded only checked that the VoiceOver addons were loaded, but some VoiceOver builds (seen on Elune) expose a QuestOverlayUI without a questPlayButtons table. It now also verifies VoiceOver.QuestOverlayUI.questPlayButtons exists; since every play-button call site gates on this function, the integration is now safely skipped instead of crashing on those builds.
• [Libs/AceGUI - Tree Tooltip Nil Crash] (#15) Hardened AceGUIContainer-TreeGroup against attempt to index ... 'tooltip' (a nil value) when a conflicting addon registers a broken AceGUI-3.0 core (observed in the wild as version 1.#INF) that wins LibStub but never creates the shared AceGUI.tooltip frame. The tree button enter/leave handlers now lazily (re)create the tooltip frame; the widget version was bumped 47→48 so the fixed widget wins registration over an unpatched same-version copy.
• [Tooltip - Learner Spawn Data Never In Main Tooltip] Learner spawn/kill data is no longer added inline to the main NPC tooltip under any setting. Previously, with the "Use secondary learner tooltip" option off, _AddLearnedSpawnTooltipLine appended the lines directly to GameTooltip. The toggle now gates the data entirely: on = shown in the separate secondary frame, off = not shown anywhere. Removed the now-unused _AddTooltipSeparator helper and updated the option description. (Complements the earlier System A suppression that kept the duplicate learner lines out of the main tooltip.)
• [Tooltip - Stale Quest Objective Lookup On Turn-In] Hovering an NPC right after turning in (or abandoning) one of its associated quests spammed a debugstack trace in DEVELOP mode: the learner objective-correlation block in QuestieTooltips:GetTooltip called QuestLogCache.GetQuestObjectives for a quest no longer in QuestLogCache (gracefully returns {}, but logs a stack). The NPC and object correlation loops now skip quests not in QuestiePlayer.currentQuestlog, so live objective progress is only looked up for quests the player is currently on. No functional change for active quests (a completed quest had no progress to show anyway).
• [Tooltip - Secondary Learner Tooltip Leak] With the "Use secondary learner tooltip" option enabled, learner spawn/kill lines still appeared in the main NPC tooltip instead of going solely to the secondary frame. Two parallel learner-tooltip systems were both rendering on unit hover: QuestieLearner's OnTooltipSetUnit hook (toggle-aware, secondary-capable) and Tooltip.lua's _GetLearnerTooltipLines (always injected "Learned spawn / Total spawns learned / Total kills recorded" into the m_<npcId> tooltip data). QuestieTooltips:GetTooltip now takes a suppressLearnerLines flag, and the NPC unit-hover call in TooltipHandler.lua passes it so the inline learner lines are omitted there — the OnTooltipSetUnit hook owns that display and routes it to the main tooltip (secondary off) or the separate secondary frame (secondary on). Map-pin and object tooltips are unaffected and keep their learner lines. Also removes the latent duplicate learner lines that appeared in the main tooltip even with the secondary frame disabled.
• [Map - Completed Objective Pins Linger] Added QuestieMap:UnloadQuestFramesForObjective(questId, objectiveIndex) and call it from every completion path in QuestieQuest:PopulateObjective (objective completed, hidden by ShouldHideObjective, and static no-Update objectives). Previously, removing a completed objective's map/minimap pins relied solely on _UnloadAlreadySpawnedIcons, which walks objective.AlreadySpawned. That table desyncs from the frames actually on screen after learner spawn-list invalidation or complete→abandon→reaccept cycles, so when it was reset to {} the live frames leaked and pins for fully-completed objectives (e.g. 6/6 kills, a collected item objective) stayed on the map even though tooltips updated correctly. The new function unloads frames deterministically off the map's own questIdFrames registry by matching frame.data.ObjectiveIndex, so completed-objective pins are removed regardless of AlreadySpawned state. Restricted to positive standard-objective indices; SpecialObjectives (sentinel index 0) keep using AlreadySpawned to avoid cross-unloading siblings.
• [QuestieLib - GetColoredQuestName Nil Guard] Added a nil guard in QuestieLib:GetColoredQuestName so a synthetic questId (e.g. one used in a chat link on servers that do not have a real quest entry) no longer crashes with attempt to index a nil value. The function now checks QuestieDB.GetQuest(questId) before reading its isComplete flag.
• [Tooltip - Item Flicker on ElvUI Refresh] Simplified the AddItemDataToTooltip redraw check to key purely on itemId. The previous condition also re-keyed on tooltip name, line count, and frame name — all of which ElvUI's tooltip-frame recycling transiently resets, so every refresh cycle looked like a new item and caused Questie's lines to flicker repeatedly. The new condition only re-adds when the actual itemId changes, so the tooltip stays stable across ElvUI's refresh ticks.
• [Tooltip - First-Hover Resize Pop] Removed the unconditional QuestieTooltips:ResizeTooltip(self) call from AddItemDataToTooltip. With the flicker fix in place, the resize pass still fired once per item hover and triggered ElvUI's smooth-resize animation, causing a visible frame pop on first hover. ElvUI already manages tooltip sizing correctly, so the Questie resize call is no longer needed for item tooltips.
• [QuestieLearner - Quest Detail Field Mapping] Fixed three quest-field index bugs in OnQuestDetail / OnQuestAccepted that were silently corrupting learner questDataOverrides. The detail handler was writing the objectives text into data[6] (the requiredRaces bitmask field), the quest body into data[17] (the zoneOrSort field), and the current zone areaId into data[8] (the objectivesText table field). Each write permanently blocked the correct value for that field because LearnQuest only writes nil keys. The detail handler now only writes name and zoneOrSort, and the accepted handler is annotated to make the schema restrictions explicit so future fields are not added by guess.
• [QuestieLearner - Accepted Handler Reducer] Collapsed a redundant second pass over the quest log in OnQuestAccepted that was about to introduce a local logIdx = 0 redeclaration. The index found while building the data table is now reused for the subsequent objective-mapping scan instead of being re-derived from scratch.
• [Tooltip - Item ID Always Shown] AddItemDataToTooltip previously gated the "Item ID" line on the item having a registered quest-objective tooltip — for items that are not part of any quest objective (e.g. trade goods, vendor trash, quest-start items with no other Questie data attached), the option to show IDs had no visible effect. The line is now added for every item hover when the option is enabled, mirroring the NPC/Object tooltip behavior. Also switched the call to self:AddDoubleLine so the ID lands on the actual frame that fired OnTooltipSetItem (which can be ItemRefTooltip for chat links, not just GameTooltip).
• [Tooltip - Item Starts Quest] Item tooltips now surface a "Drops a quest !" line with the quest title when the item has a non-zero startQuest value in the static DB / Ascension override table and the player does not already have the quest (active or turned in). The item→quest relationship is a build-time DB field — we never know it ahead of runtime observation — so it is read directly from QueryItemSingle at hover time. The line uses QuestieLib:GetColoredQuestName so the quest title respects the same level/complete state formatting the rest of Questie uses.
• [QuestieDB - Auto Mode Learner Enrichment] In auto data-source mode, QuestieDB.GetQuest now overlays the SavedVariables learner payload on top of the static DB record, filling only fields the static record leaves nil and deep-merging objectives/objIndex. This fixes quests like 8325 where the shipped DB carries only a stub record but QuestieLearner holds the real objective mapping — previously the stub blocked the learned objectives from ever surfacing. Learner data never clobbers a present static value, so it strictly enriches and cannot regress shipped data.
• [QuestieLearner - Accept-Time Objective Pin Seeding] OnQuestAccepted now seeds objective pins directly from the SavedVariables learner payload (objIndex) the moment a quest is accepted in learner mode, instead of waiting for quest-log text sync. This makes quests like 8325 spawn pins immediately on accept when the objective mapping already exists. The accept-time ID lookup was also widened from killcredit to also cover monster objectives, and now falls back to objData.Id when no IdList is present, catching cases where the quest-log text does not normalize cleanly to the NPC name.
• [QuestieLearner - Persisted Spawn Restore on Load] InjectLearnedData stripped each learned NPC's spawn field ([7]) when injecting into QuestieDB.npcDataOverrides, deferring to _MergeSpawnEvidence. But that promoter only runs on live kill evidence, so spawns learned in a prior session never returned to the queryable DB on /reload — pins for a freshly accepted quest (e.g. 8325 → Mana Wyrm 15274 on Sunstrider) stayed missing until the player re-killed the mob. The saved spawns are now restored into the override at injection time under their native uiMapId keys, captured from a snapshot taken before the internal uiMapId→areaId migration runs. This matches exactly what the live kill path stores (e.g. Sunstrider 1241), so pins render on the correct map and HBD isSameZoneSpace shows them on the Eversong map too. The restore deliberately does not convert keys through areaId — uiMapId 1241 resolves to the Eversong parent areaId 3430 → Eversong map 1941, which had been placing Sunstrider pins in the wrong (NE) corner. Gated by IsAscensionProtected so curated AscensionDB coords are never overwritten (always restored in learner mode; in auto mode only non-curated NPCs). Regression introduced by commit 7ce0cdc.
• [QuestieLearner - AscensionDB Spawn Deference (Sunstrider pin placement)] For NPCs whose spawn data AscensionDB hand-curates (e.g. Sunstrider's Mana Wyrm 15274 on quest 8325), the learner now defers entirely to the curated coords instead of mixing in its own — even in learner mode. The learner's Sunstrider coordinates are frequently stored under the wrong map/zone (a kill mis-recorded under zone 1445 rendered as a pin in the NE corner of the map), and _MergeOverride deep-merges spawn tables, so in learner mode (where rawdata is the learner record) those bad zones survived because AscensionDB had no matching entry to displace them. Fixes: (1) QuestieDB.GetNPC now uses the curated override spawns only for AscensionDB-owned NPCs, discarding merged learner zones; (2) InjectLearnedData's spawn restore and (3) _MergeSpawnEvidence's Sunstrider guard both use a new mode-independent AscensionOwnsNpcSpawns() check instead of IsAscensionProtected() (which returns false in learner mode). This restores the protection commit e80a008 documented and commit 0f20ea8 had silently bypassed with a (not learnerLiveMode) condition.
• [Options - Tab Table Vararg Typo] Five Options files initialized their tab tables with { ... } instead of {} (QuestieOptions.tabs plus the Arrow, General, Keybinds, and Tracker tabs). At chunk scope WoW passes ... = (addonName, addonTable), so each table was seeded with two stray junk entries ([1]="Questie", [2]=<addonTable>) instead of being empty, and the { ... } expression is also a hard parse error under strict Lua 5.0. Changed all five to {}.

Bug Fixes (2026-06-09)

• [QuestieLearner - Learner-Only Spawn Isolation] Fixed learner-only mode showing AscensionDB-curated coords instead of learner data. GetNPC now discards npcDataOverrides in learner mode (where _Asc_MergeInto had written curated coords), returning only the learner record. Three-mode spawn-merge semantics: learner uses learner data exclusively, auto fills gaps with learner while protecting curated spawns, static uses base DB only. Also hardened the object-spawn live-injection path with the same three-mode pattern using a new AscensionOwnsObjectSpawns() helper. Removed the allowSpawnMerge bypass that was the original hole letting learner coords leak into curated spawns in auto mode.
• [QuestieLearner - Kill Position Attribution] Fixed the learner recording the local player's position for other players' kills. OnCombatLogEvent now only calls GetCurrentPlayerPosition() for credited kills (your own kills or mobs you damaged within 60 seconds). Non-credited party/raid kills still update the NPC's learned name and zone but no longer pollute the spawn map with the wrong coordinates.
• [QuestieLearner - Area 52 Compat] Fixed HasQuestReferences crashing with attempt to index local 'entry' (a number value) on Area 52. Some quest records store qData[2][3] as a flat number instead of a table-of-tables; the inner loop now normalizes with a type check before comparing.
• [Tooltip - Learner Spawn Data in Tooltips] Added learner spawn data to NPC tooltips: learned spawn position (from the most-visited GUID), total distinct spawns learned, and total kills recorded. Shown on both unit hover tooltips (via Tooltip.lua) and world-map pin tooltips (via MapIconTooltip.lua). The old Source: attribution line was removed since per-pin provenance tracking would require changing every spawn registration site; the learner data lines are factual (they show what was recorded) rather than attributing a source.

Tooltip

• [Tooltip - Data Source Attribution Line] Objective tooltips and world-map icon tooltips now append a greyed-out Source: line listing where the data came from — Static DB or Learner depending on the active data-source mode, plus Comms when remote player data exists for that key. This makes it clear at a glance whether a pin/objective is backed by the shipped database, runtime-learned evidence, or another player's broadcast. The objective-tooltip path also corrects an internal QuestieDB:GetQuest colon call to the dot form QuestieDB.GetQuest.

• [QuestieLearner - Secondary Tooltip Style Match] The optional secondary learner tooltip frame is now styled to match the standard GameTooltip whether or not ElvUI is installed. When ElvUI is loaded, the frame defers to ElvUI:GetModule("Tooltip"):SetStyle(frame) so the user's configured colors and fonts take effect. When ElvUI is absent, the frame applies a hard-coded replica of ElvUI's default "Transparent" template (backdrop color 0.06, 0.06, 0.06, 0.8, black 1px border, FRIZQT__.TTF 12px, 3px insets, 12px edge) using the standard GameTooltip textures. The skin is re-applied on every OnShow so the frame stays consistent if ElvUI loads late or its settings change.

• [QuestieLearner - Combined Tooltip Spacing] When the secondary learner tooltip is disabled and learner stats are appended directly to the active GameTooltip, the learner section is now framed by an invisible spacer line above and below. This keeps NPC/quest data above and any other-addon data below from being visually crammed against the learner counts, while adding no new texture or color assets.

• [QuestieDB - Required Source Item Guard] Fixed a fresh-load crash in QuestieDB.GetQuest() where quests that had requiredSourceItems but no objectives table would dereference objectives[3] while building SpecialObjectives. This was a code-side nil guard bug on our end, not a saved-variable problem, and it is now covered by a regression test.

• [QuestieLearner - Learner Sunstrider Clustering] Relaxed the Sunstrider Isle clustering override in learner mode so the clustering/deduplication knobs can still consolidate newly learned pins there. Static/auto keeps the original Sunstrider visibility behavior, but learner mode now preserves clustering so nearby learner spawns do not render as an unbounded fan-out of separate icons.

• [QuestieLearner - Turn-In Arrow Spawn Promotion] Allowed quest-related NPC and object spawns to keep their live learner coordinates even when the static database marks those spawn fields as protected. Learner mode now merges the learner's live override tables back into the getter path too, so quest giver and turn-in locations can point from learner-discovered hand-in targets without relaxing protection for unrelated world spawns.

• [QuestieLearner - Quest-Only Item Learning] Hardened item learning so plain junk loot no longer gets recorded as learner state. Only quest-relevant items are accepted now, including items that already have quest references in learned quest data. Quest-item drops still learn and still build source pins, but non-quest loot like generic trade goods and junk no longer pollutes the item learner or source cache.

• [QuestieLearner - Quest-Only Object Learning] Hardened object learning so non-quest world objects are ignored unless they are explicitly tied to a quest flow. Quest giver, turn-in, objective, and GAMEOBJECT_USED promotions now mark the object as quest-relevant before it is stored, and learned object coordinates are only promoted into live object overrides when the object has quest references. This keeps source pins for real quest objects while preventing unrelated world objects from being recorded.

• [QuestieLearner - Quest Object Coordinate Promotion] When a quest-related object is learned, the learner now preserves the actual interaction coordinates when available instead of relying only on fallback player position. Object objective mapping now reuses the recent object evidence cache so the stored spawn point matches the real interaction location and can render immediately as a map pin.

• [QuestieLearner - Source Merge Hardening] Incoming ITEM and OBJECT network merges now reject non-quest data unless the payload is already marked quest-relevant or the local quest graph proves a quest reference exists. This prevents comms-fed junk loot or unrelated objects from reappearing after the local learner gate has filtered them out.

• [QuestieLearner - Source Pin Cache Hygiene] Updated learner cache invalidation and live override injection so quest-item and quest-object updates clear stale caches and rebuild the source pin data immediately instead of waiting for a reload.

• [Error Suppression - Debug Modes] Moved missing quest and other non-fatal database/error spam out of normal chat output and into Questie debug-critical/developer output. Fatal startup failures remain loud.

• [Tooltip Data Precedence] Updated tooltip handling so QuestieLearner defers to AscensionDB-owned tooltip/objective data instead of hiding or replacing server-plugin data for active quests.

• [QuestieQuest - Unavailable Quest Guard] Guarded the available-quest draw thread so unresolved quest IDs are skipped safely instead of crashing the thread, and deduped the skip log so the same missing quest does not spam every redraw.

• [QuestieLearner - Data Source Mode Cohesion] Reworked the Auto / Learner / Static / Neither data-source modes so switching between them applies live and consistently. A single missing static sub-table (npc/object/quest/item) no longer locks the whole addon into learner mode — only the genuinely-missing store falls back. Static and Neither no longer silently fall back to learner records, switching modes now clears the per-zone quest cache, and the mode switch drives a full pin/tracker redraw through QuestieQuest:SmoothReset() (the previous redraw call imported a mis-named module and silently did nothing).

• [QuestieLearner - Pin Refresh Latency] Collapsed a redundant second debounce stage on the live-learn pin-refresh path. Newly learned spawns now redraw within a single debounce window instead of waiting out both the NPC live-update delay and a separate pin-refresh delay, roughly halving perceived pin-update latency in the Balanced and Low presets. Also fixed a latent infinite timer re-arm that could occur once the pin flush was triggered directly.

• [Map - Dense Pin Clustering Aggressiveness Knob] Re-implemented density-adaptive clustering for crowded kill objectives, now controlled by a new "Dense pin clustering aggressiveness" slider on the Advanced tab (0 = show every pin, higher = tighter consolidation where many pins share a zone). Coincident pins are always deduplicated regardless of the clustering settings, and the intentional per-zone (Sunstrider Isle) and object-icon range overrides are preserved.

• [QuestieLearner - One Pin Per Spawn, Not Per Kill] Fixed learner kill evidence rendering a separate pin for every kill. Because kill coordinates are the player's position at kill time (and respawns carry fresh GUIDs), repeated kills at the same spot drifted just enough to dodge the exact-match dedup. The immediate learner-mode spawn builder now merges evidence within a small radius into one pin per physical spawn, and the weighted spawn-evidence merge groups kills by coordinate bucket so a single spot can actually accumulate enough evidence to clear the confidence threshold. The merge distance is exposed as a new "Spawn Pin Dedup Radius" slider on the Advanced tab (0 = show every distinct position, higher = fewer/tighter pins per spawn) which redraws live.

Branch / Release Notes

• The most complete performance candidate is not yet a single branch: questie-learner-comms-improvements has the latest learner/comms/arrow controls, while phase3-measured-perf has the broader measured hot-path changes.
• Before release, merge into a dedicated integration branch, remove or revalidate the stale QuestieMap.ProcessQueue profile-local commit that was reverted on main, fix the unrelated Arrow asset test expectation mismatch, and validate in game with minimap open, nearby-player kills, looting, comms toggles, Arrow throttles, and learner-only/static-only mode switching.

[1.6.3]

Bug Fixes

• [Docs - Release Metadata Sync] Updated the README badge, documentation version badges, and in-game addon version to v1.6.3, then tightened the release filters so handoff notes, local dev settings, and other workspace-only artifacts stay out of the exported release archive.

• [Docs — Minimap Range Cutoff] Documented the new minimap icon range cutoff slider and its real-time refresh behavior so the published release notes match the current UI and runtime behavior.

• [Fix - Debug-Only Error Policy] Routed non-fatal addon errors through Questie:Debug(Questie.DEBUG_CRITICAL, ...) so normal play no longer gets spammed by red chat errors, while the small set of startup-breaking conditions still uses a separate fatal path.

• [Fix - Arrow Asset Regression] Restored the default Arrow1 asset from the original XPArrow4.png source, renamed the bundled image arrows to Arrow1 through Arrow4, regenerated the bundled arrow manifest from the actual image data, and added a busted regression test so arrowold remains the only bundled sprite sheet.

• [Fix - Arrow UI / Attachment Redesign] Reworked the Arrow tab so the arrow and objective text can be detached, reattached, locked independently, and reset independently. Added an attached-gap slider, objective transparency slider, distance-unit selector, larger font sizing, and drop-in preview support for the generated arrow swatches.

• [Fix - Arrow Asset Size Reduction] Rewrote the bundled image arrows to their visible bounds and saved them with TGA RLE compression, which keeps the same in-game appearance while reducing the arrow asset footprint dramatically.

• [Fix - Arrow Texture Cache Bust] Moved the default Arrow style onto the fresh Icons\\Arrows\\Arrow1.tga texture path so WoW stops reusing the old sheet data under the original filename.

• [Fix - Arrow Live Texture Fallback] Routed bundled image arrow rendering through the generated preview textures at runtime so image-based styles stay stable even if a source TGA has odd client-side rendering behavior. The sheet arrow remains on arrowold only.

• [Fix - Arrow Sheet Guardrail] Hardened the runtime arrow renderer so only arrowold and explicitly custom sheet uploads can enter sprite-sheet mode. All bundled image arrows are now forced down the image/rotation path even if an asset manifest entry gets out of sync.

• [Fix — Minimap Pin Drift: Live View-Radius API + Corrected Pixel Math] Resolved the long-running minimap pin drift bug where quest pins appeared to "follow" the player or jump on every frame. This one took three weeks of iteration, including three false starts and one regression, before the live API path and pixel math finally lined up. Pins now stay anchored to their world positions across all minimap zoom levels (0-5+) and across both Stock UI and ElvUI.

  • Root Cause 1 — Hardcoded lookup table used on 3.3.5a: Compat/HBD.lua was reading mapRadius from a hardcoded minimap_size lookup table calibrated for stock WoW zoom levels. The API check C_Minimap and C_Minimap.GetViewRadius evaluated to nil on 3.3.5a (and Ascension), so the broken lookup table was always used. The lookup value minimap_size.outdoor[5] = 250 produced mapRadius = 125, but the actual live minimap view radius at zoom 5 is 116.67 yards (from Minimap:GetViewRadius()). This 6.7% error compounded across all pin offsets.
  • Root Cause 2 — Factor-of-2 in pixel math: minimapWidth was computed as (GetWidth() * mapRadius / 155.52) / 2, mixing pixel-half-width with a yards-based scale factor. The / 155.52 constant was a hardcoded normalization that did not match the live API value. The math was self-inconsistent: ratio minimapWidth / mapRadius was 0.56 (off by ~7% from the correct 0.6).
  • Root Cause 3 — Scale not applied to pixel dimensions: minimapWidth was based on GetWidth() alone, ignoring GetScale(). When UI scale changed, the pixel dimensions reported by GetWidth() would diverge from the actual on-screen size, while mapRadius (in yards) stayed fixed. This caused drift to worsen at higher zoom levels where the ratio was most sensitive.
  • Fix (Compat/HBD.lua lines 337-339): Changed the radius API detection to use the 3.3.5a-native Minimap:GetViewRadius() (instance method), with C_Minimap.GetViewRadius as secondary fallback. The new line:

    local MinimapRadiusAPI = (C_Minimap and C_Minimap.GetViewRadius) or Minimap.GetViewRadius
    

  • Fix (Compat/HBD.lua line 528 and line 639): Replaced C_Minimap.GetViewRadius() with MinimapRadiusAPI(Minimap) in both call sites, so the live API is invoked through the resolved function reference.
  • Fix (Compat/HBD.lua lines 536-540 and lines 653-656): Replaced the minimapWidth = (GetWidth() / 2) * (mapRadius / 155.52) formula with minimapWidth = GetWidth() * GetScale() / 2. The new formula yields the actual half-width of the visible minimap in screen pixels, which is the correct multiplier for diffX * minimapWidth when diffX is normalized by mapRadius (yards in viewport).
  • Fix (debug code preserved as comments): All QDMATH / UPDATE entering / ICON debug prints and _G.QuestieDebugPinMath global state in Compat/HBD.lua are now wrapped in --[[ DEBUG: ... --]] block comments. The drift bug is fixed; debug output is silent in production. The commented-out blocks are preserved for future regression investigation — to re-enable, remove the --[[ and --]] markers and reload.
  • Verification: Live Minimap:GetViewRadius() returns 116.67 at zoom 5. minimapWidth = 70 (from GetWidth()=140 * GetScale()=1.0 / 2). diffX * minimapWidth / mapRadius = diffX * 0.6, matching the expected 0.6 pixels-per-yard scaling. Pins now stay anchored to their world positions as the player moves; the per-frame diffX of ~0.35 yards during walking translates to ~0.21 pixels of pin movement per frame (correct for 1 yard of world movement).

• [Fix — Sunstrider Isle: 5 Mana Wyrm Pins Now Show Correctly] Resolved two interacting bugs that caused only 2 pins (instead of 5) to appear for the "Slay Mana Wyrm" kill objective on Sunstrider Isle, and caused pin data to corrupt on subsequent mob kills.

  • Root Cause 1 — Learner bypassed AscensionDB protection in isSunstrider block: _MergeSpawnEvidence in QuestieLearner.lua had an isSunstrider special case (lines 1106–1134) that wrote learner kill-evidence coords directly to npcDataOverrides[npcId][7][3431] WITHOUT checking IsAscensionProtected. This is the same bypass guard that the live-injection path (line 864) correctly checks. The result: after AscensionDB injected 5 clean coords at zone 1241, each kill event added zone 3431 learner coords that competed with (or replaced) the AscensionDB data, leaving dbSpawns={z3431=2} instead of {z1241=5}.

    • Fix (QuestieLearner.lua): Added if IsAscensionProtected("NPC", npcId, 7) then return false end at the top of the isSunstrider block. AscensionDB-owned NPCs are now completely immune to learner injection in this path.
    • REGRESSION WARNING: Removing or disabling the IsAscensionProtected guard in _MergeSpawnEvidence will immediately reintroduce z3431 data pollution and restore the 2-pin bug.

  • Root Cause 2 — Clustering collapsed 4 of 5 spawns into 1 pin: _DrawObjectiveIcons uses clusterLevelHotzone = 50 yards as the pin clustering radius. Four of the five AscensionDB Mana Wyrm spawn coords are within 27 yards of each other, so they were collapsed into a single centroid pin. Only the outlier at {57.78, 64.93} (~94 yards away) remained separate, yielding 2 pins total from 5 coords.

    • Fix (QuestieQuest.lua): Added if orderedList[1] and orderedList[1].zone == 1241 then range = 0 end after the existing object-icon range reduction. Zone 1241 (Sunstrider Isle) is a tiny starter area where every spawn coord should be shown individually.

• [Fix — QuestieLearner Zone ID Normalization] All learner spawn data was being stored under raw area IDs (e.g. 3431 for Sunstrider Isle) rather than the map IDs (1241) that AscensionDB, ZoneDB, and the pin rendering pipeline use. This caused learner pins for any NPC on Sunstrider to be silently dropped by DrawWorldIcon/HBD because mapData[3431] does not exist.

  • Root Cause: LearnNPC and _StoreGuidSpawnEvidence stored the raw spawnZoneId (area ID from GetAreaID()) without converting it. NormalizeSpawnZoneKey only handled ghost map 946 and was never called at storage time.
  • Fix: Rewrote NormalizeSpawnZoneKey to consult ZoneDB.private.areaIdToUiMapId — the same authoritative table used by AscensionDB — for all zone ID conversions. LearnNPC now calls it immediately after obtaining zoneId. _StoreGuidSpawnEvidence calls it before storing evidence. _MergeSpawnEvidence isSunstrider check updated from topEvidence.zoneId == 3431 to IsSunstriderNativeZone(topEvidence.zoneId) since normalized zone IDs are now map IDs (1241) not area IDs (3431).
  • Result: Learner spawns are now stored under map IDs matching AscensionDB's key space (z1241, z1941, etc.), ensuring consistent zone keys across both data sources and correct pin rendering for all zones.

Bug Fixes

• [Fix — Arrow Rendering: Single-Frame SetRotation] Replaced the sprite sheet-based arrow rendering with a single-frame texture + SetRotation() for perfectly smooth rotation. The sprite sheet approach used 108 discrete frames (3.33° per step), causing visible jitter. The previous attempt to fix this with SetRotation sub-cell interpolation broke WoW's UV sampling and displayed the entire sprite sheet on screen.

  • New arrow texture: Icons/arrow.tga was set to X-PLORE's XPArrow4.tga — a single 256×256 RGBA TGA with a blue neon arrow pointing UP at SetRotation(0), centered at pixel (128,128) for clean pivot rotation.
  • Removed all sprite sheet logic: No more ARROW_SHEET_*, ARROW_CELL_*, ARROW_TOTAL_CELLS, SetTexCoord cell selection, or UV padding. Replaced with ARROW_DISPLAY_SIZE (single constant for on-screen pixel size) and SetRotation(-angle) for infinite angular resolution.
  • Direction math: WoW's SetRotation is clockwise-positive (CW for positive r). The arrow angle 0 = target ahead (north), positive = clockwise, so we apply SetRotation(angle).
  • Arrow anchor: Changed from SetPoint("TOP") to SetPoint("CENTER") so the rotation pivot aligns with the frame center.
  • No color tint: SetVertexColor(1, 1, 1) preserves the original blue neon appearance.

• [Fix — Arrow Target Selection: Mixed Coordinate Systems] Fixed the GPS arrow not pointing to the nearest objective when quests span calibrated (Sunstrider) and normal zones. Three interacting bugs caused incorrect distance sorting:

  • _CollectFinisherSpawns used HBD exclusively: On Sunstrider, objective distances used calibrated pseudo-world coordinates (0-1353 range) while finisher distances used HBD world coordinates (tens of thousands range). These incomparable units caused quests with both objectives and turn-in NPCs on the same map to sort incorrectly — a Sunstrider finisher NPC at calibrated distance 500 (≈500 yards) could lose to an objective at HBD distance 300 because 300 < 500, even though the finisher was closer. Now _CollectFinisherSpawns uses QuestieCompat.GetCalibratedWorldCoordinatesFromZone and calibrated Euclidean distance for calibrated targets, matching _CollectObjective.
  • Player position in HBD distance calls: On Sunstrider, _arrow_playerX/Y held calibrated pseudo-world coordinates (0-1353). Both _CollectObjective and _CollectFinisherSpawns passed these to HBD:GetWorldDistance(pInst, pX, pY, tX, tY) for non-calibrated targets, mixing pseudo-world player coords with real-world target coords. Now both functions use _arrow_hbdPlayerX/Y (always in HBD world coordinate space) for HBD distance calculations, ensuring the coordinate systems match.
  • Cross-instance penalty for calibrated targets: The tInst ~= pInst penalty (500000 + dist * 100) applied to calibrated targets on Sunstrider where tInst = 0 (from GetCalibratedWorldCoordinatesFromZone) and pInst was the real instance ID. Now gated behind (not calibratedTargetGroup) so calibrated targets are never penalized for instance mismatch.

• [Fix — Complete-Abandon-Reaccept Pin Lifecycle] Fixed quest map pins and GPS arrow not reappearing after completing quest objectives, abandoning the quest, and re-accepting it from the quest giver. Five interacting bugs caused stale state to survive the quest reset:

  • MarkQuestAsAbandoned: The objectivesWereComplete path called CompleteQuest without clearing quest.Objectives, quest.WasComplete, or quest.isComplete. Stale Completed=true and isUpdated=true flags caused PopulateObjectiveNotes to skip drawing pins on re-accept. Now clears objectives/flags and calls SetObjectivesDirty(questId) before CompleteQuest.
  • CompleteQuest: Did not clear quest.Objectives (unlike AbandonedQuest which does). Now adds quest.Objectives = {} with type guard as defense-in-depth.
  • QUEST_TURNED_IN dead code: questLog[questId] = {} wiped state before the QUEST_TURNED_IN state check could read it, making the auto-complete cleanup unreachable. Moved the check before the wipe.
  • AcceptQuest reset: Added SetObjectivesDirty(questId) in the quest re-accept reset block for defense-in-depth, ensuring isUpdated flags are reset even if stale objectives somehow survive.
  • Arrow spawnList gap: The GPS arrow's _CollectObjective silently skipped objectives with nil/empty spawnList. After quest re-accept, PopulateQuestLogInfo creates objectives without spawnList; PopulateObjectiveNotes builds it later in the TaskQueue. Added QuestieQuest:BuildObjectiveSpawnList(objective, objectiveData) public API that lazily builds spawnList from objectiveSpawnListCallTable handlers (which include QuestieLearner-injected NPC/object/item spawn data from SavedVariables). The arrow now calls this when spawnList is missing.

• [Fix — MapIconTooltip _GetLevelString Guard] Resolved attempt to concatenate local 'minLevel' (a nil value) crash in MapIconTooltip.lua:494 (_GetLevelString function). The creature name "Uneasy Citizen" existed in creatureLevels as an empty table {} rather than the expected [1]=minLevel, [2]=maxLevel, [3]=rank tuple, causing creatureLevels[name][1] to return nil. Added an early-return guard at the top of _GetLevelString: if creatureLevels[name] is falsy or not a table with a numeric level at index [1], return the name unmodified.

• [Fix — Tooltip Learned Data Schema Mismatch] Reworked learned NPC/object tooltip registration in Modules/Tooltips/Tooltip.lua to match the actual QuestieLearner storage format.

  • Player-Facing Symptom: Fixed the Stormwind mouseover crash reported on Bronzebeard while hovering city guards and other learned tooltip targets: Questie-X\\Modules\\Tooltips\\Tooltip.lua:240: attempt to index local 'objList' (a number value).
  • Root Cause: QuestieLearner:_AddToArray stores flat arrays of quest IDs (learnedNpc[10] = { questId1, questId2, ... }, learnedObj[2] = { questId1, questId2, ... }), but the pushed tooltip code still iterated them as { questId -> objList } maps. That caused crashes like attempt to index local 'objList' (a number value) when a quest ID number was treated like an objective-text array.
  • Fix: Replaced the legacy for questId, objList in next, ... / objList[oIndex] traversal with schema-correct lookup: iterate learned quest IDs via ipairs, fetch QuestieLearner.data.quests[questId], then walk qData[10] objective slots and entries (objEntry[2]) to reconstruct tooltip text safely.
  • Scope: Applied to both learned NPC tooltips (m_<id>) and learned object tooltips (o_<id>). Object lookup now reads quest IDs from learnedObj[2] (quest starts) instead of the old learnedObj[10] path.

• [Fix — InsertMissingQuestIds String Guard] Added if type(QuestieDB.questData) ~= "table" then return end guard at the start of InsertMissingQuestIds() in both tbcQuestFixes.lua and wotlkQuestFixes.lua. Prevents the function from writing to questData while it is still an uncompiled string during early loader initialization.

• [Fix — Sunstrider Isle Arrow Distance (Map Closed)] Resolved arrow distance showing ~1118 yards instead of ~37 yards on Sunstrider Isle when the world map is NOT open. Map open and zoomed out showed correct distance.

  • Root Cause (Player Position): HBD:GetPlayerWorldPosition() returns a non-nil value on Sunstrider Isle, but those coords are Eastern Kingdoms world position (wrong), not Sunstrider's actual position. Because a non-nil value is returned, the fallback chain never fires. The arrow then calculates distance using wrong player coords vs correct target coords, giving a wildly incorrect distance.
  • Root Cause (Ghost Map Player Position): C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(946, "player") where 946 is Ascension's ghost/cosmic map for Sunstrider Isle returns (0, 0) because the ghost map has no valid coordinate data. The correct map for player position on Sunstrider is 1941 (Eversong Woods parent), which shares the same world coordinate space and returns valid zone coords.
  • Root Cause (OnUpdate same-map check): OnUpdate was using _ResolveArrowUiMapId(_arrow_playerUiMapId) (which resolves 1241→1941) for the player-side uiMapId, making it equal to target.uiMapId (also 1941). This caused the same-map branch to fire, which then called C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(_arrow_playerUiMapId) with 946, getting (0, 0) and computing wrong distance.
  • Fix — QuestieArrow.lua UpdateNearestTargets: Added Sunstrider detection (zoneId == 3430 OR 3431 OR uiMapId == 1241) BEFORE calling HBD:GetPlayerWorldPosition() to force the C_Map fallback path. All 4 Sunstrider detection checks in QuestieArrow.lua now accept zoneId 3430 OR 3431 OR uiMapId 1241 (lines 354, 395, 747, 782), since GetCurrentZoneId() can return either 3430 or 3431 when the player is physically on uiMap 1241. The fallback now calls C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(1241, "player") to get Sunstrider map-space coords, then converts through HBD:GetWorldCoordinatesFromZone(..., 1941) using Eversong Woods bounds — which share Sunstrider's world coordinate space.
  • Fix — QuestieArrow.lua OnUpdate same-map branch: Changed C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(1941, "player") for player zone coords (not _arrow_playerUiMapId which is 946). Normalizes both playerUiMapId and targetUiMapId through _ResolveArrowUiMapId() before same-map comparison. Uses zoneScale = 13.53 yards/zone-unit for distance. Declares worldPlayerX/Y before the if-else to prevent nil in debug prints.
  • Debug Output: Added debug prints showing UnitPosition vs HBD player coords comparison, raw vs resolved uiMapIds, branch selection, and per-frame distance calculation inputs.

• [Fix — Sunstrider Isle Map Pins Not Appearing] Resolved quest objective icons (map pins) not appearing on the world map when zoomed into Sunstrider Isle (uiMapId 1241), even though they appeared correctly when zoomed out to Eversong Woods (uiMapId 1941).

  • Root Cause: HBDPins:HandlePin (HereBeDragons-Pins-2.0:424) has an early-return guard: if not HBD.mapData[uiMapID] then return end. When the player zooms into Sunstrider Isle, uiMapID is 1241, but HBD.mapData[1241] is nil — no mapData entry existed for Sunstrider's custom child map. The icon was silently dropped before any coordinate conversion occurred.
  • Fix — Compat/HBD.lua: Added mapData[1241] = mapData[1941] alias and mapData[946] = mapData[1941] alias. Sunstrider Isle (1241) and its ghost map (946) share Eversong Woods' (1941) world coordinate space for these conversions.
  • Fix — HBD fallback loading: Added a lazy fallback to the real HBD library's mapData for maps not present in Questie's compat table, so custom/private-server maps can still resolve world and zone coordinates when QuestieCompat lacks a local entry.
  • Fix — Modules/Map/QuestieMap.lua: Added _ResolveMapUiMapId() helper (1241→1941) applied across FadeLogic, FindClosestStarter, GetNearestSpawn, and GetNearestQuestSpawn. DrawWorldIcon and DrawManualIcon now also store and render Sunstrider map icons against the resolved parent map coordinate space.

• [Fix — Northshire Valley UiMapData Registration] Added explicit QuestieCompat.UiMapData[1238] for Northshire Valley so custom/private-server zone lookups have concrete geometry for the child map instead of relying on incomplete parent fallbacks.

• [Fix — QuestieLearner Icon Preservation] Preserved the learned objective icon when registering with the tooltip system so nameplates can render the correct learned slay/loot/talk marker. Previously the icon was always nil on fresh registration.

• [Fix — Override Data Invisible to GetNPC/GetObject/GetItem] — CRITICAL bug where ALL override data (from wotlkNPCFixes, AscensionDB, and QuestieLearner) was silently ignored by the three entity getter functions. Root cause: GetNPC/GetObject/GetItem iterated npcKeys/objectKeys/itemKeys using string keys (e.g. override["spawns"]) but ALL override sources store data using numeric keys via the key constants (e.g. override[npcKeys.spawns] = override[7]). In Lua, t["spawns"] ≠ t[7]. Fix: Added _MergeOverride(result, override, rawdata, keyMap) helper that tries both string and numeric keys before falling back to rawdata. Applied to GetNPC, GetObject, and GetItem. This ensures AscensionDB spawn data, wotlkNPCFixes corrections, and QuestieLearner-learned spawns are all visible through the database API.

• [Fix — QuestieLearner Spawn Zone Tracking] All LearnNPC call sites now explicitly pass zoneId as the spawnZoneId parameter, ensuring learned spawn data is stored under the correct areaId key (3430 for Eversong) instead of leaving it nil for the fallback GetZoneId() which previously returned the wrong uiMapId. Affected call sites: OnMouseoverUnit (passes areaId from l10n), OnQuestDetail, OnQuestComplete, OnQuestAccepted, OnQuestTurnedIn, and GOSSIP_SHOW handler. OnQuestComplete also now captures zoneId via GetZoneId() before using it.

• [Fix — Sunstrider Isle Zone Mapping] Changed areaIdToUiMapId[3430] from 1241 to 1941. Both WotLKDB and AscensionDB store Eversong-wide coordinates under zone 3430; mapping 3430→1241 forced those coordinates onto the Sunstrider sub-map, placing pins in mountains. Now 3430→1941 renders pins correctly on Eversong, and ZONE_REDIRECT provides cross-visibility to Sunstrider (1241). Removed redundant UiMapIdOverrides[1241]=3430. Additionally, removed the 1241→1941 redirect in _ResolveMapUiMapId() so pins targeting Sunstrider render natively using Ascension-calibrated bounds. Added areaIdToUiMapId[1241] = 1241 mapping in zoneDB.lua so DrawWorldIcon can place pins directly on the Sunstrider sub-map.

• [Fix — Sunstrider Map Pin System] Removed the 1241→1941 redirect in _ResolveMapUiMapId(). Pins on 1241 now render natively using Ascension-calibrated bounds instead of being forced to 1941's coordinate space. Added areaIdToUiMapId[1241] = 1241 mapping in zoneDB.lua so DrawWorldIcon can place pins directly on the Sunstrider sub-map. HBD's ZONE_REDIRECT visibility (ResolveZone(1241)=1941) ensures pins on 1241 are also visible on the Eversong map.

• [Fix — Sunstrider zoneId 3431 Detection (QuestieArrow.lua)] GetCurrentZoneId() returns 3431 (Eversong Woods) when the player is physically on uiMap 1241 (Sunstrider Isle), not 3430 as previously assumed. All 4 Sunstrider detection checks in QuestieArrow.lua now accept zoneId 3430 OR 3431 OR uiMapId 1241 (lines 354, 395, 747, 782). Without this fix, NONE of the Sunstrider coordinate overrides triggered, causing the arrow to compute player and target positions in different coordinate spaces (858 yard offset).

• [Fix — Arrow Rotation Direction (QuestieArrow.lua)] WoW's Texture:SetRotation(r) rotates CW for positive r, NOT CCW as the code comment claimed. Changed rotAngle = -relative to rotAngle = relative (line 441). The arrow was rotating in the opposite direction of the target, pointing away instead of toward it.

• [Fix — Collection Function Distance Mismatch (QuestieArrow.lua)] _CollectFinisherSpawns and _CollectObjective converted targets through 1941 (Eversong) bounds while player coordinates were in 1241 (Sunstrider) bounds. Added sunOverride = (pMap == 1241) variable and forced target conversion through 1241 bounds at all 4 conversion sites in both functions. Without this fix, sortedTargets showed dist=1261 instead of the correct ~48 yards.

• [Fix — NPC Spawn Zone for Sunstrider (AscensionDB)] NPC 15281 (Lanthan Perilon) spawn data changed from zone 3430 to zone 1241. Coordinates gathered via GetPlayerMapPosition on uiMap 1241 are in 1241's normalized space, NOT 1941's. Using zone 3430 (→1941) produced world coordinates outside 1241's 0-1 range, making map pins invisible on the Sunstrider sub-map. HBD's ZONE_REDIRECT visibility (ResolveZone(1241)=1941) ensures pins on 1241 are also visible on the Eversong map.

Notes

• The 1.6.3 section reflects the published release state. Future entries will be added above this section in the next release cycle.
• Several Sunstrider experiments did NOT work and are intentionally not the documented fix path: relying on HBD:GetPlayerWorldPosition() on the closed map, using ghost map 946 for C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition, and treating QuestieLearner tooltip data as { questId -> objList } instead of flat quest-id arrays.

v1.6.1 (2026-05-04)

Bug Fixes

• [Fix - Map Icon Completion] Resolved a bug where quest objective icons (map pins and minimap markers) persisted on the world map and minimap after objectives were fulfilled, only disappearing after speaking to the quest giver to complete the quest.
  • SpecialObjectives Dirty Flag: Added a missing loop in SetObjectivesDirty to reset isUpdated = false on quest.SpecialObjectives alongside the existing quest.Objectives loop. Previously, special objectives (e.g. demonic runestones, portal-closing mechanics) would skip the ObjectiveUpdate early-exit guard because their isUpdated flag was never cleared, preventing objective.Completed from being set to true and leaving map icons on-screen indefinitely.
  • Completion Guard in PopulateObjective: Added a defensive check in PopulateObjective so that objectives without an Update function still unload their spawned icons if objective.Completed or quest.isComplete is already true from a prior update cycle.
• [Fix - QuestLogCache Error Spam] Silenced repetitive [ERROR] Please report this error. GetQuest/GetQuestObjectives: The quest doesn't exist in QuestLogCache chat messages that fired for quests not present in the cache (e.g. quest IDs 595, 959, 254048).
  • Root Cause: QuestLogCache.GetQuest and QuestLogCache.GetQuestObjectives called Questie:Error(...) unconditionally whenever a quest ID was not found in the cache, flooding chat on every objective update cycle.
  • Fix: Demoted both calls (and the accompanying debugstack print) from Questie:Error to Questie:Debug(Questie.DEBUG_DEVELOP, ...). The messages are now silent during normal play and only visible when developer debug mode is active.

Session 34 (2026-05-02)

Maintenance

• Removed unsupported legacy server references — Deleted an unsupported legacy server row from the server compatibility table and removed its load tip from installation instructions in README.md.

Documentation

• Clarified two-addon installation requirement — Updated README.md installation instructions to explicitly state that Questie-X requires BOTH the core addon AND a server-specific database plugin to function.

v1.6.0 (2026-04-08)

Bug Fixes

• [Fix — Map Search DB] Resolved a critical database issue where objects and NPCs searched via Advanced Search failed to display all available spawn locations.
  • Override Prioritization: Refactored GetObject, GetNPC, and GetItem in QuestieDB to prioritize manual corrections (overrides) over the compiled database. This ensures human-verified data is always used when available.
  • Correction Loader Fix: Resolved a fundamental flaw in the correction system where WotLK-specific object fixes were being written to the binary database companion table (objectData) instead of the active override table (objectDataOverrides), causing overrides to be ignored by the rendering engine.
  • Data Compatibility: Hardened the database engine to support both integer and string-based indexing, preventing nil errors on legacy clients while maintaining performance.
• [Fix — Object Spawn Data] Restored missing "Blood of Heroes" (ID 176213) spawn locations.
  • Override Migration: Restructured the 150+ verified spawn locations to use the direct override path, ensuring they correctly render for all factions in Plaguelands on WotLK servers.
  • Data Merge: Integrated 150+ verified spawn locations from both the Classic database and Wowhead scraping into the WotLK module.
  • Deduplication: Sanitized coordinate data to remove duplicate pins, providing a cleaner map interface for high-density spawns in Plaguelands.
• [UI — Search Experience] Improved the Advanced Search results interface.
  • Dynamic Button States: Fixed the "Show on Map" button state management to correctly toggle to "Remove from Map" when pins are active.
  • Stability: Removed experimental rendering logic that caused regressions with standard quest objective icons.
• [Fix — ChatFilter Mythic Keystone Parsing] Resolved a bug where mythic keystone IDs posted in chat were incorrectly parsed as quest links and converted to broken clickable quests.
  • Pattern Guard: Added an early skip in ChatFilter.Filter to detect and skip entries where the extracted name starts with "Keystone", preventing keystones from entering the quest-link conversion path.
  • Root Cause: The regex \[(.+) %((%d+)%)] matched chat messages like [Keystone 12345] because the name portion "Keystone 12345" matched .+ and the ID happened to correspond to a valid quest ID in QuestPointers, causing a false-positive hyperlink replacement.
• [Fix — Ebonhold Call Board Repeatable Quests] Resolved a bug where repeatable quests from the Ebonhold Call Board showed as permanently complete in the tracker after re-accepting them.
  • State Leak: On Ebonhold, Call Board quests auto-complete and vanish from the quest log without firing a QUEST_REMOVED event. Questie was marking them as QUEST_TURNED_IN in the internal questLog table but never cleaning that state on re-accept, causing the tracker to render them as already-complete.
  • Re-Accept Guard: Added a pre-check in the QUEST_ACCEPTED handler that detects quests already in QUEST_TURNED_IN state and performs full cleanup (QuestLogCache.RemoveQuest, CompleteQuest, Journey:CompleteQuest, Announce:CompletedQuest, Tracker:RemoveQuest, questLog[questId] = nil) before processing the fresh accept.

v1.5.9 (2026-04-08)

Bug Fixes

• [Fix — QuestieQuest Crash] Resolved a critical runtime crash occurring after killing certain NPCs (specifically Water Revenant 30877 in Wintergrasp).
  • Harden Error Handling: Replaced the fragile print(debugstack()) in ERR_FUNCTION with a robust Questie:Error handler to prevent secondary crashes from masking real errors.
  • Fix NPC Mapping: Resolved a variable shadowing bug and fixed the mapping logic in QuestieQuestPrivates:killcredit to ensure NPC objective data is correctly populated during combat updates.

v1.5.8 (2026-04-07)

Questie-X - Expanded Font Selection

New Features

• Arrow Font Options: Added font family and size settings for the arrow:
  • Arrow Font selector (SharedMedia + common WoW fonts)
  • Arrow Font Size slider (8-18)
• Tracker "Apply to All" Options: Added ability to set font and size for all tracker elements at once:
  • Font for All - sets font for Header, Zones, Quests, and Objectives simultaneously
  • Font Size for All - sets all font sizes simultaneously
• Expanded Font List: Both Arrow and Tracker font dropdowns now include common WoW fonts in addition to SharedMedia fonts (Friz Quadrata TT, Arial Narrow, GameFont variants, etc.)

Bug Fixes

• Arrow Scale/Alpha Real-time Updates: Arrow scale, transparency, and font settings now update in real-time when changed in options
• Arrow Position Reset: Reset position button now properly resets the arrow to center screen
• Arrow Font: Fixed font not changing - now properly uses SharedMedia:Fetch to get actual font objects
• Font List Blank: Fixed font list being empty by using pairs() instead of ipairs() for hash table iteration (Lua 5.x compatible)

v1.5.7 (2026-04-02)

Stability & Initialization

• [Fix — Options Crash] Resolved a critical runtime error on WotLK 3.3.5a: attempt to call method 'AddToBlizOptions' (a nil value). This was caused by the modern AceConfigDialog-3.0 library attempting to use the Retail-only Settings API. A compatibility shim has been implemented in !X-Libs to bridge this call back to the native InterfaceOptions_AddCategory API.
• [Fix — Library Load Order] Updated core library package to !X-Libs to ensure it loads before all other addons. This guarantees that LibStub is initialized and available for addons like BugSack that load very early in the sequence.

v1.5.5 (2026-03-29)

Performance — Profiler-Driven Optimizations

Addressed micro-stutters and FPS drops (190 → sub-100) reported during high-frequency NPC/player mouseover interactions. Five targeted fixes based on profiler data.

• [Perf — Position Caching] Cached HBD:GetPlayerWorldPosition() and HBD:GetPlayerZonePosition() at a 50ms interval (20 Hz). Previously these called QuestieCompat.GetCurrentPlayerPosition() — a C API round-trip — on every minimap OnUpdate frame (60–144 times/sec), accounting for 1,171ms / 45,570 calls over 10 minutes in profiler data. Cache is invalidated immediately on PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD and ZONE_CHANGED_* events. Expected call reduction: ~97%.

• [Perf — ZoneDB O(1) Lookup] Replaced the O(n) linear scan in ZoneDB:GetAreaIdByUiMapId with an O(1) pre-built reverse lookup cache (uiMapIdToAreaIdCache). The old implementation iterated the entire uiMapIdToAreaId table on every call, accounting for 6.92ms / 375 calls in the profiler (called by QuestieArrow and QuestiePlayer). The cache is built once at ZoneDB:Initialize() via a new _ZoneDB:BuildUiMapIdToAreaIdCache() function and kept in sync by ApplyCustomZones(). The name-match fallback remains available for unmapped IDs and now caches its results on first use.

• [Perf — Tooltip OnUpdate Throttle] Throttled the GameTooltip:HookScript("OnUpdate", ...) callback to a maximum of 10 checks per second (100ms interval). This hook was previously firing every frame (60–144 Hz) and calling GetText(), CountTooltip(), and potentially AddObjectDataToTooltip() on every frame regardless of whether the tooltip changed. Added a _tooltipLastText cache so expensive work is skipped when the hovered object hasn't changed.

• [Perf — Arrow Closure Hoisting] Hoisted four inner local function declarations out of _CollectQuestTargets (called at 1 Hz by QuestieArrow:UpdateNearestTargets): _HasMissingCompletedFlag, _GetCompleteIconType, _CollectFinisherSpawns, and _CollectObjective. These were re-allocated as closures on every call, producing GC pressure. They are now module-level functions that read per-cycle context from shared _arrow_* upvalue variables set at the start of each UpdateNearestTargets call.

• [Perf — LearnerComms Micro-Optimizations] Four targeted fixes in QuestieLearnerComms:

  • Ticker rate: ProcessQueues ticker reduced from 0.2s to 0.5s (still 7× faster than the 3.5s minChatInterval rate limit, so no messages are delayed).
  • Channel ID caching: Hidden channel ID is now cached at Initialize() and lazily refreshed on disconnect, instead of calling GetChannelName on every queue tick.
  • Compression level: LibDeflate:CompressDeflate level reduced from 9 (slowest/max) to 1 (fastest). For small addon message payloads the size difference is negligible but the CPU cost is substantially lower.
  • Dedup counter: IsDuplicateMessage now uses an O(1) integer counter (messageCacheCount) to track cache size instead of an O(n) for _ in pairs(messageCache) scan on every incoming message.

• [Fix — Profiler UI] Resolved an issue where the QuestieProfiler UI text was overlapping horizontally when function names were too long, rendering the time and call counts illegible. Lines are now appropriately spaced and function names are clamped and left-aligned.

• [Perf — Math Inlining] Removed QuestieLib:Euclid function call overhead from the minimap icon FadeLogic hot loop in favor of an inline Pythagorean distance check, reducing micro-stutters during movement.

• [Perf — Quest Tracker Bag Scans] Removed O(N) nested loops iterating over the entire character inventory in TrackerLinePool:SetItem and QuestieQuest:CheckQuestSourceItem, replacing them with native O(1) GetItemCount(itemId) queries. Completely eliminated thousands of GetContainerItemInfo calls.

• [Perf — Tracker Cooldown Throttling] Added a 5Hz (0.2s) execution throttle to the tracker quest item button btn.OnUpdate frame handler, dropping baseline GetItemCooldown API polls from ~6000+ checks every few minutes down to a fraction of that load.

• [Fix — Tooltip Duplicates] Added aggressive regex filtering to automatically strip Ascension's duplicate native custom quest text lines from appearing twice in unit and item tooltips (Before Questie seamlessly injects its own higher-fidelity formatted data).

v1.5.4 (2026-03-29)

Ascension Custom Zone Support

• [Fix — PrintDifficultyColor Nil Text] Fixed crash in PrintDifficultyColor when quest name is nil. Added defensive nil check in GetColoredQuestName to return early if QuestieDB.QueryQuestSingle returns nil for a quest, preventing "attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value)" errors.

• [Fix — Townsfolk POI Map IDs] Fixed some Townsfolk POIs not appearing in custom zones. Removed the uiMapId > 1000 restriction in ZoneDB:ApplyCustomZones() that was preventing custom zone IDs below 1000 from being registered as self-mappings. This caused some Townsfolk NPCs with zone IDs < 1000 to fail UiMapId lookups and not display on the map.

• [Fix — Townsfolk DataOverrides Lookup] Fixed Townsfolk initialization to properly check both QuestieDB.npcData and QuestieDB.npcDataOverrides / QuestieDB.objectDataOverrides. On custom servers (Ebonhold, Ascension), the database is loaded via plugins into overrides tables, but Townsfolk.Initialize() was only checking the base database tables which are empty until Stage 3 compilation. This affected Flight Masters, Auctioneers, Innkeepers, Repair Vendors, Class Trainers, and Mailboxes.

• [Fix — Custom Zone Map Pins] Fixed map icons not appearing in Ascension custom zones (e.g., Valley of Trials, Northshire Valley). The issue was that custom zone UiMapData was not properly injected into QuestieCompat.UiMapData before HBD initialized its map cache. Added ApplyCustomZones() function in ZoneDB that hooks ZoneDB.Initialize to inject custom zones BEFORE the original initialization runs, ensuring HBD's mapData table contains custom zone entries like 1244 (Valley of Trials).

• [Fix — Zone Name Fallback] Fixed "Unknown Zone" display for custom zones in the tracker. When GetZoneNameByID fails for custom zone IDs, the system now falls back to GetQuestLogZoneName which reads the zone header directly from the quest log where custom zone names are properly displayed.

• [Fix — GetCurrentUiMapID] Updated QuestieCompat.GetCurrentUiMapID to check QuestieCompat.UiMapData directly for custom zone IDs. Previously, only mapIdToUiMapId was checked, which doesn't contain custom zones.

• [Fix — Arrow Waypoint Zone Filter] Fixed waypoint arrow not showing targets in custom zones. The arrow's auto-tracking logic was filtering out objectives by zone comparison, but custom zones use different IDs (e.g., 1244 for Valley of Trials) than their parent zones (e.g., 14 for Durotar). Added QuestiePlayer:GetCurrentUiMapId() function and updated arrow zone filtering to compare both playerZoneId AND playerUiMapId against objective zone IDs.

• [Fix — Tracker Objective Nil Check] Added defensive nil check for objective.Description when rendering quest objectives. Custom server quests may have objectives without a Description field, which would previously cause a crash.

• [Fix — InjectUiMapData Registration] Fixed QuestiePluginAPI:InjectUiMapData to call ZoneDB:ApplyCustomZones() after injecting custom zone data, ensuring the zone mappings are properly registered with both ZoneDB and QuestieCompat.UiMapData.

Realm Detection

• [Fix — Realm Name Matching] Fixed Ascension realm detection in AscensionUiMapData.lua to use string.find() instead of exact string comparison. Realms like "Bronzebeard - Warcraft Reborn" now properly match the "Bronzebeard" pattern, allowing custom zone data to load on all Ascension server variants.

Database

• [Feature — Use Quest Item Keybind] Added configurable keyboard hotkey to automatically use the quest item for the nearest incomplete quest objective. When pressed, Questie scans active quests for usable quest items (items with spells), checks which ones are in the player's bags, calculates proximity to quest objectives, and uses the nearest one. Configurable via Tracker options tab under "Use Quest Item (Nearest)".

Keybinds

• [Feature — Dedicated Keybinds Tab] Added a new Keybinds options tab with configurable keybinds for:
  • Use Nearest Quest Item — Press to automatically use the quest item for the nearest incomplete quest objective
  • Toggle Options — Open/close the Questie Options window
  • Toggle Tracker — Show/hide the Questie Tracker
  • Toggle My Journey — Open/close the Journey window

v1.5.2 (2026-03-29)

Ascension Custom Zone Support

• [Fix — Custom Zone Map Pins] Fixed map icons not appearing in Ascension custom zones (e.g., Valley of Trials, Northshire Valley). The issue was that custom zone UiMapData was not properly injected into QuestieCompat.UiMapData before HBD initialized its map cache. Added ApplyCustomZones() function in ZoneDB that hooks ZoneDB.Initialize to inject custom zones BEFORE the original initialization runs, ensuring HBD's mapData table contains custom zone entries like 1244 (Valley of Trials).

• [Fix — Zone Name Fallback] Fixed "Unknown Zone" display for custom zones in the tracker. When GetZoneNameByID fails for custom zone IDs, the system now falls back to GetQuestLogZoneName which reads the zone header directly from the quest log where custom zone names are properly displayed.

• [Fix — GetCurrentUiMapID] Updated QuestieCompat.GetCurrentUiMapID to check QuestieCompat.UiMapData directly for custom zone IDs. Previously, only mapIdToUiMapId was checked, which doesn't contain custom zones.

• [Fix — Arrow Waypoint Zone Filter] Fixed waypoint arrow not showing targets in custom zones. The arrow's auto-tracking logic was filtering out objectives by zone comparison, but custom zones use different IDs (e.g., 1244 for Valley of Trials) than their parent zones (e.g., 14 for Durotar). Added QuestiePlayer:GetCurrentUiMapId() function and updated arrow zone filtering to compare both playerZoneId AND playerUiMapId against objective zone IDs.

• [Fix — Tracker Objective Nil Check] Added defensive nil check for objective.Description when rendering quest objectives. Custom server quests may have objectives without a Description field, which would previously cause a crash.

• [Fix — InjectUiMapData Registration] Fixed QuestiePluginAPI:InjectUiMapData to call ZoneDB:ApplyCustomZones() after injecting custom zone data, ensuring the zone mappings are properly registered with both ZoneDB and QuestieCompat.UiMapData.

Realm Detection

• [Fix — Realm Name Matching] Fixed Ascension realm detection in AscensionUiMapData.lua to use string.find() instead of exact string comparison. Realms like "Bronzebeard - Warcraft Reborn" now properly match the "Bronzebeard" pattern, allowing custom zone data to load on all Ascension server variants.

Database

• [Feature — Use Quest Item Keybind] Added configurable keyboard hotkey to automatically use the quest item for the nearest incomplete quest objective. When pressed, Questie scans active quests for usable quest items (items with spells), checks which ones are in the player's bags, calculates proximity to quest objectives, and uses the nearest one. Configurable via Tracker options tab under "Use Quest Item (Nearest)".

v1.5.1 (2026-03-28)

• [Fix — Minimap Icons] Prevented external "minimap button grabber" addons (e.g., Leatrix Plus, MBB) from incorrectly hiding Questie-X quest pins. Minimap icons now use a protected QuestieFrameGroup container that is ignored by these addons while maintaining correct spatial anchoring via HereBeDragons.
• [Fix — Tracker Crash] Fixed "attempt to index field 'Description' (a nil value)" crash in QuestieTracker when iterating over quest.Objectives that contain nil entries. Added nil check before accessing objective.Description to prevent crashes on custom server quest data.
• [Fix — Killcredit NPC Linking] Enhanced killcredit objective handling to properly link NPCs when database entries have missing or invalid IDs. Added two-pass approach: first tries ID-based lookup, then falls back to name-based search using the objective description text. Also fixed monster function to gracefully handle npcId <= 0 instead of erroring.
• [Feature — Existing Quest Scanning] Added ScanExistingQuestLog function to proactively map objectives for quests already in the quest log on addon initialization. Previously, objective mapping only occurred for newly accepted quests.
• [Fix — AceComm-3.0] Added nil check for RegisterAddonMessagePrefix on private servers where this API may not be available.

v1.5.0 (2026-03-28)

• [Fix — Database Robustness] Added strict guards against invalid or zero IDs in QuestieDB lookup functions (GetNPC, GetObject, GetItem). This prevents the "rawdata is nil" debug spam that occurred when custom plugins attempted to access uninitialized or malformed entity data.
• [Refactor — Lookup Logic] Refactored QuestieDB override handling to support both numeric and string keys simultaneously. This ensures that custom server data (e.g., Ascension, Ebonhold) is correctly resolved regardless of how the third-party plugin formats its internal IDs.
• [Refactor — Data Injection] Updated QuestieLearner:InjectLearnedData to enforce numeric key normalization. All dynamically learned spawn data is now strictly indexed by numeric IDs, preventing type-mismatch collisions during database merging.
• [Feature — Enhanced Logging] Improved Stage 3 initialization logging to provide detailed reporting on custom data injection. Developers can now verify the exact number of NPCs, Objects, and Items injected by plugins directly from the DEVELOP log.
• [Fix — Ascension Zone Mapping] Fixed a regression in QuestieCompat where uiMapData for Ascension-specific zones was not correctly propagating to the global mapping table, restoring map pin functionality for seasonal and custom zones.
• [Fix — QuestieLearner] Centralized zone/area ID lookup in l10n module to prevent GetAreaIdByLocalName nil errors (Fixes Project Ebonhold runtime crash).
• [Fix — Custom Server Compilation] Fixed database compilation not running on custom servers (Ascension, Ebonhold, etc.) where plugins inject data after initial load.
  • Modified Modules/QuestieInit.lua Stage1 to defer compilation to Stage3 for custom servers, ensuring plugins finish injecting data before compilation runs.
  • Added l10n:Initialize() and QuestieCorrections:MinimalInit() calls when deferring to Stage3, as Stage2 (QuestieJourney:Initialize()) requires hiddenQuests to be populated.
  • Added "Bronzebeard" and "Warcraft Reborn" to Ascension realm detection patterns in Modules/QuestieServer.lua.
• [Fix — Zone Mapping Bug] Fixed incorrect key assignment in QuestiePluginAPI:InjectZoneTables(). Changed areaIdToUiMapId[uiMapId] = uiMapId to areaIdToUiMapId[areaId] = uiMapId at line 138. This caused zone lookups to fail, resulting in "No UiMapID or fitting parentAreaId" errors for custom zone IDs.

Known Issues (v1.5.0)

• [Ebonhold Detection] The Questie.IsEbonhold flag detection remains brittle. It currently relies on a substring match against GetRealmName(). Variations like "Test Ebonhold" or localized names may cause the flag to fail, resulting in missing Questie-X-Ebonhold features. A more robust detection pattern using GetCVar("realmName") or server-pushed flags is planned for a future update.

v1.4.9 (2026-03-26)

• [Fix — Quest Cache] Resolved the "GetQuest: The quest doesn't exist in QuestLogCache" fatal error occurring during initialization on the Ascension WoW client.
  • Implemented a robust retry mechanism in _QuestEventHandler:InitQuestLog to wait for the game's quest log data to become fully available before populating the local cache.
  • Refactored QuestLogCache.GetQuest and GetQuestObjectives to fail gracefully (returning nil or {}, respectively) instead of throwing a fatal error when data is accessed prematurely during the initialization handshake.
• [Robustness] Improved cache-miss handling for questId == 0 and early-access calls from third-party addons during the login process.
• [Fix — Validation Crash] Fixed crash in DecodePointerMap when compiled database pointer map was empty or corrupted. Added defensive check to return empty table instead of crashing.
• [Fix — Database Compiler] Added skip logic in ValidateObjects and ValidateQuests when compiled binary data is missing, preventing validation failures on cached databases from incomplete previous sessions.
• [Fix — Initialization] Modified QuestieInit to skip validation in Stage 1 when plugins are pending, since plugins inject data after compilation and validation would compare stale pre-plugin data against post-plugin data.
• [Fix — Quest Links] Fixed duplicate quest links when shift-clicking quests in the quest log (e.g., "[A Boar's Vitality] [A Boar's Vitality]"). Removed redundant ChatEdit_InsertLink call from QuestLogTitleButton_OnClick hook; Blizzard's native function now handles link insertion.
• [Fix — Profiler] Fixed "memory allocation error: block too big" crash in QuestieProfiler. Added early-exit logic in HookTable to skip large pure-data tables (e.g., npcDataOverrides spawn coordinates) that don't benefit from profiling.
• [Fix — Zone Mapping] Added UiMapId overrides for 1415 (Eastern Kingdoms) and 947 (Azeroth) in zoneDB.lua to resolve "No AreaId found" warnings on Ascension servers.
• [Fix — Quest Validation] Fixed QuestieValidateGameCache to silently skip "ghost quests" (removed from database but still in quest log) instead of failing validation, resolving infinite retry loops on servers with custom quest content.
• [Fix — AscensionDB] Fixed syntax error in AscensionNpcDB_2.lua (missing closing } at end of NPC entry for ID 3287).
• [Map Pin Gating] Learned map pins (sword icons) now only appear after reaching a configurable confidence threshold (default: 2).
• [Confidence in Tooltips] NPC and Object tooltips now display their confidence level (e.g., (Learned - Confidence: 2)).
• [Timestamp Tracking] Added lastSeen (ls) timestamps to all learned entries to track data freshness.

QuestieLearnerComms.lua — Global Data Sharing

• [Community Reinforcement] Expanded data sharing from Party/Guild to a global hidden channel. Confidence values (mc) now increment when identical data is received from other Questie users, allowing the community to verify spawns collectively.
• [Network Freshness] Receiving data over the network now refreshes the lastSeen timestamp, keeping active community spawns from being pruned.

QuestieLearnerExport.lua — Tiered Stale Data Cleanup

• [Tiered Pruning] Implemented a robust cleanup system that protects "Verified" (high-confidence) data from age-based deletion.
• [Age-Based Pruning] "Unconfirmed" data is now automatically pruned if it hasn't been seen within a configurable timeframe (default: 90 days).
• [Redundancy Pruning] Logic to remove data already present in the official Questie database now respects the pruneVerified toggle, allowing users to keep verified personal data even if it overlaps with the core DB.

QuestieOptionsDatabase.lua — Advanced Cleanup Controls

• [Stale Data Threshold] Added a slider to control the age-pruning threshold (1-180 days) for unconfirmed data.
• [Verified Data Protection] Added a toggle to include or exclude verified data from redundancy pruning.
• [UI Reorganization] Refactored the Database tab's cleanup section for better logical flow and clarity.

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v1.2.9 — QuestieLearner Cross-Link Engine + Tracker Zone Fix + Untrack Fix

QuestieLearner.lua — Universal Cross-Link Engine

• [Cross-link engine — full rewrite] Replaced the narrow NPC↔Quest cross-link stubs with a comprehensive bidirectional relationship engine covering all four entity types. Three shared primitives underpin the whole system: _AddToArray(tbl, key, value, ovrTable, ovrId) adds a value to an array field and mirrors it to the live *DataOverrides table in the same call; _AddToNestedArray does the same for two-level nested arrays (used for quest starters/finishers sub-slots); _AddToQuestObjective inserts {entityId, text} pairs into quest[10][slot] (the objectives array) with the same dual-write pattern. Every write is idempotent (no-op if value already present).
• [CrossLinkAfterNPC] Called whenever a new NPC ID is first committed to learnedData.npcs. Iterates all learned quests: (a) if quest[2][1] contains this npcId → adds questId to npc[10] (questStarts); (b) if quest[3][1] contains this npcId → adds questId to npc[11] (questEnds); (c) walks quest[10][3] (item objectives) — for each item whose item[2] (npcDrops) already references this NPC, the NPC is injected into quest[10][1] as a creature objective so it can receive map pins and tooltip text.
• [CrossLinkAfterQuest] Called when a new quest is first committed to learnedData.quests. Links all referenced entities: starter NPCs (quest[2][1]) → each known NPC's npc[10]; starter objects (quest[2][2]) → each known object's obj[2]; finisher NPCs (quest[3][1]) → npc[11]; finisher objects (quest[3][2]) → obj[3]; source item (quest[11]) → item[5] (startQuest key per itemDB schema); item drop chain (quest[10][3] items whose item[2] lists known NPCs) → those NPCs are injected into quest[10][1] as a creature objective. This means: learn a quest that needs Wolf Fur → later kill a wolf that drops it → the wolf NPC immediately becomes a tracked creature objective for that quest.
• [CrossLinkAfterObject] Called when a new object is first committed to learnedData.objects. Scans all learned quests: if quest[2][2] references this objectId → adds questId to obj[2] (questStarts); if quest[3][2] references it → adds questId to obj[3] (questEnds).
• [CrossLinkAfterItem] Called when a new item is first committed to learnedData.items AND whenever a new drop-NPC relationship is added via LearnItemDrop. Two passes: (1) scan all learned quests for quest[11] == itemId → set item[5] = questId (item starts this quest); (2) scan all learned quests for quest[10][3] entries matching itemId — for each such quest, every NPC in item[2] (drop sources) is injected into quest[10][1] as a creature objective. This means: learn a quest that needs Wolf Fur → later kill a wolf that drops it → the wolf NPC immediately becomes a tracked creature objective for that quest.
• [CrossLinkAfterQuestGiver] Now handles all three entity type slots (1=NPC, 2=Object, 3=Item) instead of only NPCs. For typeSlot=1: stitches npc[10/11] ↔ quest[2/3][1] bidirectionally. For typeSlot=2: stitches obj[2/3] ↔ quest[2/3][2]. For typeSlot=3: adds itemId to quest[2][3] (item starters slot). All writes go to both learnedData (SavedVariables) and live *DataOverrides tables simultaneously.
• [LearnItemDrop hook] Now calls CrossLinkAfterItem(itemId) every time a new NPC is added to an item's drop list, not just on initial item creation. This propagates the drop→quest objective chain retroactively.
• [LearnQuest hook] Calls CrossLinkAfterQuest(questId) on first creation of a quest record.
• [LearnObject hook] Calls CrossLinkAfterObject(objectId) on first creation of an object record.
• [LearnItem hook] Calls CrossLinkAfterItem(itemId) on first creation of an item record.
• [Item schema correction] Fixed incorrect use of key [9] (itemLevel) for quest-source storage. Now correctly uses [5] (startQuest) per QuestieDB.itemKeys schema.
• [Mouseover — all NPCs now learned] Removed the UnitReaction < 4 early-return guard that blocked hostile/neutral NPC learning via mouseover. All NPCs are now learned on hover. The existing QUESTGIVER NPC-flag check remains as the primary filter for quest-relevant NPCs during mouseover. Hostile quest objective NPCs are now captured on any interaction (mouseover, targeting, or kill) and are correctly cross-linked to relevant quests.

TrackerUtils.lua — Zone Resolution Rewrite

• [GetQuestLogZoneName — canonical 3.3.5 zone lookup] Added new local function GetQuestLogZoneName(questId). Implements the canonical 3.3.5a zone resolution method: iterates the quest log from index 1 to GetNumQuestLogEntries() to locate the quest's log index, then walks backwards from that index checking isHeader until the nearest zone header title is found. This is the only fully reliable zone name source in 3.3.5a — the client places zone header entries (where isHeader=true) immediately above the quests belonging to that zone in the quest log flat list. GetRealZoneText() and GetCurrentMapAreaID() are unreliable because they depend on the currently viewed map, not the quest's actual zone.
• [BuildFallbackQuest — zone via log walk] Replaced the previous GetRealZoneText() call with the quest log header walk. The existing loop that iterates the quest log to find the quest entry now continues backwards from that index to find the header title. GetAreaIdByZoneName() is still called to convert the string to an area ID for zoneOrSort, but the string itself is always the ground truth used for display.
• [_isLogFallback patch block — zone fix] The block that patches QuestLogCache fallback objects (those with _isLogFallback=true but no IsComplete method) now calls GetQuestLogZoneName(capturedId) immediately after patching Objectives/SpecialObjectives/ExtraObjectives. If a zone name is returned, both quest.zoneName and quest.zoneOrSort are set on the object. Previously this block left zoneOrSort=0 and zoneName=nil, causing every fallback quest to group under "Unknown Zone".
• [Fallback cache invalidation] _fallbackQuests[qid] is now evicted and rebuilt if the cached entry has no zoneName. This handles the case where BuildFallbackQuest was called during addon init (before the quest log was fully populated) and cached a zoneless entry.
• [GetAreaIdByZoneName preserved] Still available for converting zone header strings to numeric area IDs for zoneOrSort. The area ID is used by the proximity sort and zone grouping logic; the string is used for display labels.

QuestieTracker.lua — Untrack Fix

• [UntrackQuestId — logic was inverted] UntrackQuestId was setting AutoUntrackedQuests[questId] = nil when untracking. The tracker filter reads not Questie.db.char.AutoUntrackedQuests[questId] — nil evaluates as "show this quest", so clearing the entry on untrack immediately re-showed the quest on the next update tick. Fix: when autoTrackQuests = true, untrack now sets AutoUntrackedQuests[questId] = true (hide); when autoTrackQuests = false, it clears TrackedQuests[questId] (manual mode). The two modes are now cleanly separated.
• [AQW_Insert — removed QuestLogFrame gate] The IsShiftKeyDown() and QuestLogFrame:IsShown() guard that was blocking re-tracking quests from outside the quest log frame has been removed. Re-tracking (clearing AutoUntrackedQuests[questId]) now works from any context. The shift-click-to-untrack path was already handled by RemoveQuestWatch → UntrackQuestId; this gate was only blocking the re-track flow.
• [Quest completion cleanup] _RemoveQuestIdFromCharTables already clears AutoUntrackedQuests when a quest leaves the log (completed or abandoned), preventing stale hidden-quest entries in SavedVariables.

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v1.2.7 — WotLKDB Plugin Stats Fix + Kill Tracking Refinement

QuestieInit.lua — LoadBaseDB Count Tracking

• [WotLKDB stats fix] LoadBaseDB() now counts all four data tables (questData, npcData, objectData, itemData) before clearing the QuestieX_WotLKDB_* globals. Counts are stored in _G.QuestieX_WotLKDB_Counts for Loader.lua to read at PLAYER_LOGIN. This resolves WotLKDB showing Quests:0 NPCs:0 Objects:0 Items:0 in the Advanced options plugin panel.

QuestieLearner.lua — Kill Coordinate Filtering

• [Kill tracking scoped to quest NPCs] OnCombatLogEvent(UNIT_DIED) now only records kill coordinates when the killed NPC is either: (a) already present in QuestieDB (known quest objective mob), or (b) explicitly present in _Learner.guidNpcCache (was targeted or moused over as a known quest giver before the kill). Random mob kills that match neither condition are silently ignored. This prevents the learner from accumulating useless entries for every creature killed while questing.
• [Removed dead hex-prefix fallback branch] The "hex prefix scan for untargeted creatures not in cache" comment block was removed — it was a no-op that could never produce an NPC ID.

Questie-X-WotLKDB Loader.lua — Plugin Stats Population

• [Read counts from QuestieX_WotLKDB_Counts] After RegisterPlugin("WotLKDB"), Loader.lua reads the counts global set by LoadBaseDB() and assigns them to plugin.stats.QUEST/NPC/OBJECT/ITEM. Frees the global after reading. Plugin panel now displays correct totals (e.g., Quests: 9086).

Research Folder

• Added Research/QuestieLearner-Verification.md — step-by-step in-game test guide covering all 12 QuestieLearner subsystems (mouseover filter, quest accept/turn-in, kill coords, item loot async retry, object detection, export/import round-trip, plugin panel stats, peer sharing).
• Added Research/SessionSummary-2026-03-16.md — full developer session log covering all architectural decisions, errors, and fixes from the plugin architecture overhaul through the QuestieLearner rewrite.

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v1.2.6 — QuestieLearner Comprehensive Overhaul

Rewrote QuestieLearner from scratch to fix all known data-capture deficiencies. Adds full quest field coverage, grid-based coordinate clustering, quest-giver-only mouseover filtering, async item-info retry, object loot detection, and live inject-on-import so imported data takes effect without a reload.

QuestieLearner.lua — Full Rewrite

• [Quest capture completeness] LearnQuest now accepts a generic data table keyed by Questie wiki array indices rather than individual positional arguments. OnQuestDetail captures title, objectives text block, quest description body, and current zone as zoneOrSort[8]. OnQuestAccepted fills quest level from GetQuestLogTitle, per-objective text from GetQuestLogLeaderBoard, and required money from GetQuestLogRequiredMoney. OnQuestComplete captures finish/reward text via GetRewardText.
• [Mouseover filter] OnMouseoverUnit now only learns an NPC if its UnitNPCFlags bitmask includes the QUESTGIVER bit (0x02), OR if the NPC already exists in QuestieDB as a known quest starter/finisher. All other NPCs are silently ignored — this eliminates the flood of irrelevant NPC entries the learner previously accumulated.
• [Target changed] OnTargetChanged no longer calls LearnNPC on every target switch. It now only populates the guidNpcCache for kill-tracking purposes, avoiding recording non-quest NPCs.
• [Coordinate clustering — grid bucketing] Replaced the naive "within 1 unit radius" deduplication with a 2×2 grid bucket scheme (COORD_GRID = 2.0). A new point is inserted only when no existing point shares the same grid cell. This prevents coordinate scatter across a kill area while still preserving distinct spawn clusters. The InsertIfNewBucket helper is shared across NPC, Object, and all merge paths (including InjectLearnedData and HandleNetworkData).
• [Object recording] OnLootOpened now checks whether the loot source GUID is a GameObject (not just a creature). If so, LearnObject is called with the object's ID and name. OnGossipShow records both objects and NPCs via GetIdAndTypeFromGUID. OnQuestDetail and OnQuestComplete also record the interacting object when the quest giver/finisher is a GameObject.
• [Item loot — async GetItemInfo retry] OnLootOpened queues unresolved item links (where GetItemInfo returns nil because the item is not yet in the client cache) into _Learner.pendingItemLinks. A new OnGetItemInfoReceived(itemId) handler fires on the GET_ITEM_INFO_RECEIVED event, resolves queued links for that item ID, and calls LearnItem/LearnItemDrop once the data is available. This fixes silent data loss on first-encounter loots.
• [Quest giver entity type] LearnQuestGiver now accepts an entityType argument (1=NPC, 2=GameObject, 3=item) and stores starters/finishers in the correct sub-array slot matching the Questie wiki spec { [1]={npcIds}, [2]={objIds}, [3]={itemIds} }.
• [Kill tracking fallback] OnCombatLogEvent retains all three GUID-resolution paths (dash-split, GUID cache, hex-prefix) with a 10-minute TTL cache cleanup. Uses CombatLogGetCurrentEventInfo() with fallback to varargs for cross-client compatibility.
• [GET_ITEM_INFO_RECEIVED event] Registered in RegisterEvents so the async item retry path fires correctly.
• [InjectLearnedData — grid clustering] All coordinate merge loops in InjectLearnedData now use InsertIfNewBucket instead of the old radius check.

QuestieLearnerExport.lua — Import Live-Inject Fix

• [MergeImport → InjectLearnedData] After MergeType completes for all four categories, MergeImport now immediately calls QuestieLearner:InjectLearnedData(). Imported data is pushed into QuestieDB.*DataOverrides in the same frame — override-driven map pins update without a /reload. A full reload is still needed to pick up newly imported quest starters/finishers for quests already tracked in the player's quest log.

README — Import Clarification

• Corrected the "no reload required" claim. The import flow now accurately describes when an immediate effect is visible versus when a /reload is beneficial.

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v1.2.5 — Ebonhold DB Plugin Load Fix

Fixed a fatal load-time crash in all four Ebonhold DB files caused by calling GetRealmName() and QuestieLoader:CreateModule() at file scope (before WoW's API is fully available). Switched to plain global table population; realm-gating and injection remain safely deferred to EbonholdLoader.lua's PLAYER_LOGIN handler.

Questie-X-EbonholdDB — DB File Refactor

• [Root cause] EbonholdNpcDB.lua, EbonholdObjectDB.lua, EbonholdItemDB.lua, and EbonholdQuestDB.lua each started with if GetRealmName() ~= "Rogue-Lite (Live)" then return end followed immediately by QuestieLoader:CreateModule("EbonholdDB"). Both calls execute at file-load time (during LoadAddOn()), before PLAYER_LOGIN has fired and before QuestieLoader is guaranteed to be populated. This produced attempt to index global 'QuestieLoader' (a nil value) on every load.
• [Ebonhold/EbonholdNpcDB.lua] Removed file-level realm guard and QuestieLoader:CreateModule call. Replaced with _G.EbonholdDB = _G.EbonholdDB or {} and a local alias. Data is now populated unconditionally into the global at load time.
• [Ebonhold/EbonholdObjectDB.lua] Same fix as NpcDB.
• [Ebonhold/EbonholdItemDB.lua] Same fix as NpcDB.
• [Ebonhold/EbonholdQuestDB.lua] Same fix as NpcDB.
• [EbonholdLoader.lua] Replaced QuestieLoader:ImportModule("EbonholdDB") with _G.EbonholdDB or {}. The loader's existing PLAYER_LOGIN handler with realm check remains intact as the sole gate for injection into Questie-X.

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v1.2.2 — DB Plugin Pull Architecture & Compiler Hardening

Overhauled the DB plugin loading pipeline from a fragile push/bridge pattern to a direct pull at init time. Fixed a long-standing compiler bug that silently dropped extraobjective condition data. Removed all DevTools_Dump calls that were printing raw Lua table syntax to chat during validation.

DB Plugin Architecture — Pull Pattern

• [QuestieInit:LoadBaseDB] Replaced the broken QuestieX_CoreDB bridge mechanism with a direct pull of DB plugin globals at init time. LoadBaseDB() now checks for QuestieX_WotLKDB_quest, QuestieX_WotLKDB_npc, QuestieX_WotLKDB_object, and QuestieX_WotLKDB_item globals and assigns them directly to QuestieDB.*Data before calling LoadDatabase() on each key. Globals are cleared (= nil) after transfer to free memory. This approach is unconditionally reliable — it runs inside Questie-X's own init coroutine at a known point in the load sequence, with no dependency on cross-addon module references.
• [QuestieInit:LoadBaseDB — diagnostics] Replaced the old "WotLKDB addon loaded / SplitLoaded flag / quest global" diagnostic lines with new pull-result lines: WotLKDB pull: quest=true/false npc=true/false obj=true/false item=true/false and per-key type/length lines, making it immediately obvious whether the DB plugin data was absorbed.
• [QuestieDB.lua] Removed _G.QuestieX_CoreDB = QuestieDB export. The CoreDB bridge global is no longer needed and was never reliably accessible from DB plugin Loader.lua files due to module-registry timing.

DB Plugin — Loader.lua Simplification

• [Questie-X-WotLKDB/Loader.lua] Stripped the entire data-transfer block (the if not QuestieX_CoreDB then return end guard and subsequent QuestieX_CoreDB.*Data = ... assignments). The file is now purely a PLAYER_LOGIN handler that: registers the plugin with QuestiePluginAPI, counts and logs the absorbed quest/NPC/object/item table sizes via QuestieDB module reference, and emits a DEBUG_CRITICAL warning if questData is still empty after init (indicating a load-order or split-file failure). This makes Loader.lua a diagnostic and registration stub rather than a critical data pathway.

Compiler — extraobjectives Conditions Field

• [compiler.lua — writer extraobjectives] Added serialization of data[6] (conditions table). After writing the 5 existing fields per entry (spawnlist, icon, description, objectiveIndex, reflist), the writer now writes a WriteByte(n) count followed by WriteShortString(key) + WriteInt24(value) for each condition entry. If data[6] is nil or not a table, writes 0 (no conditions).
• [compiler.lua — reader extraobjectives] Added deserialization of the conditions field. After reading the 5 fields per entry, reads a ReadByte() condition count; if non-zero, reconstructs the conditions table as {[key]=value} and assigns it to entry[6]. If count is 0, entry[6] is left nil (no allocation).
• [compiler.lua — skipper extraobjectives] Updated to skip condition bytes: reads the condition count byte, then for each condition skips a ShortString (ReadShort() + _pointer) and an Int24 (_pointer + 3).
• [Root cause] QuestieDB.lua:1443 reads HideCondition = o[6] from each extraobjective at quest-object build time. Before this fix, compiled data always produced o[6] = nil, so ShouldHideObjective() never activated. The hideIfQuestActive / hideIfQuestComplete conditions defined in corrections (e.g. quest 12924 — "Pick up 'You Can't Miss Him'") were silently ignored post-compilation. Validation also flagged the mismatch on every load, which triggered DevTools_Dump to flood chat with raw Lua table syntax.

Compiler — DevTools_Dump Removal

• [compiler.lua — ValidateNPCs / ValidateObjects / ValidateItems / ValidateQuests] Removed all four DevTools_Dump({["Compiled Table:"]=a, ["Base Table:"]=b}) calls from the table-mismatch branches in each validator. These calls serialized full Lua tables to the chat frame as raw source code, which appeared to users as a syntax error or data corruption. The preceding Questie:Warning(...) line in each branch already captures the mismatch identity (key, field id, entry ID). DevTools_Dump is a retail WoW debugging API unavailable or unreliable on private/custom servers and should not be called in production validation paths.

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v1.2.4 — Retail/SoD Corrections Removed

Deleted all Season of Discovery, Season of Mastery, and Hardcore correction files. These were retail-specific and never referenced by the TOC. Cleaned up all dead imports, constants, and code branches they left behind in QuestieCorrections.lua.

Files Deleted

• Database/Corrections/SeasonOfDiscovery.lua — SoD base quest/NPC/object/item overrides
• Database/Corrections/sodQuestFixes.lua — SoD quest corrections
• Database/Corrections/sodNPCFixes.lua — SoD NPC corrections
• Database/Corrections/sodItemFixes.lua — SoD item corrections
• Database/Corrections/sodObjectFixes.lua — SoD object corrections
• Database/Corrections/Automatic/sodBaseQuests.lua — SoD auto-generated base quests
• Database/Corrections/Automatic/sodBaseNPCs.lua — SoD auto-generated base NPCs
• Database/Corrections/Automatic/sodBaseItems.lua — SoD auto-generated base items
• Database/Corrections/Automatic/sodBaseObjects.lua — SoD auto-generated base objects
• Database/Corrections/HardcoreBlacklist.lua — Hardcore mode quest blacklist
• Database/Corrections/SoMPhases.lua — Season of Mastery phase data (was already commented out in TOC)

QuestieCorrections.lua Cleanup

• Imports removed: HardcoreBlacklist and SeasonOfDiscovery ImportModule calls deleted.
• Constants removed: SOD_ONLY = 5 and HIDE_SOD = 6 deleted from the expansion filter enum. Remaining constants (TBC_ONLY, CLASSIC_ONLY, WOTLK_ONLY, TBC_AND_WOTLK, CLASSIC_AND_TBC) are unchanged.
• filterExpansion: removed the isSoD local and the two SOD_ONLY / HIDE_SOD branches.
• MinimalInit: removed the if Questie.IsSoD then addOverride(...SeasonOfDiscovery:LoadFactionQuestFixes()...) end block.
• MinimalInit: removed the if Questie.IsHardcore then HardcoreBlacklist:Load() end block.
• Initialize: removed the 8-call if Questie.IsSoD then SeasonOfDiscovery:LoadBase*/Load*() end block covering quest/NPC/item/object base data and fixes.
• TOC: removed the commented-out #Database\Corrections\SoMPhases.lua line.

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v1.2.3 — Diagnostics Refactor & Monolithic DB Removal

Moved all DB init diagnostics out of chat and into the Develop debug level. Replaced hardcoded quest-ID spot-checks with generic per-table stats. Removed the stale monolithic database folders that have been fully superseded by the DB plugin architecture.

DB Init Diagnostics — DEVELOP Level

• [QuestieInit — _dbStats helper] Added a local _dbStats(t) function that returns count=N minID=X maxID=Y for any table. Used at every checkpoint so diagnostic output is meaningful for any server's dataset without hardcoding expansion-specific IDs.
• [QuestieInit — _dbDiag table removed] Eliminated the local _dbDiag = {} accumulator table and the deferred C_Timer.After(6, ...) print block. Diagnostics are now emitted inline as Questie:Debug(Questie.DEBUG_DEVELOP, "[DBDiag] ...") calls at the exact point each stage completes, making them visible in real time when Develop logging is enabled rather than appearing as a delayed flood 6 seconds after load.
• [QuestieInit:LoadBaseDB] Pull result line (WotLKDB pull: quest=... npc=... obj=... item=...) converted to DEBUG_DEVELOP.
• [QuestieInit:loadFullDatabase] Four diagnostic checkpoints converted to DEBUG_DEVELOP with generic _dbStats output: After LoadBaseDB (quest + npc on one line, obj + item on the next), After Corrections (quest + npc), Before Compile (quest + npc), After Compile (type= of each key, confirming binary serialization completed).
• [QuestieInit:LoadDatabase — error paths] Two _dbDiag push lines for loadstring parse errors and pcall execution errors converted to DEBUG_DEVELOP.
• [QuestieInit.Stages[1] — cached path] DB was CACHED (no recompile) line converted to DEBUG_DEVELOP.

DB Plugin — Loader.lua Premature Count Check Removed

• [Questie-X-WotLKDB/Loader.lua] Removed the countTable / quest+npc+obj+item count block and the DEBUG_CRITICAL "questData is empty" warning that fired at PLAYER_LOGIN. This check always reported zero counts because it ran before QuestieInit's loading coroutine had started. The [DBDiag] lines (now at DEBUG_DEVELOP) are the correct place to verify data absorption. Loader.lua is now a minimal registration stub: registers the plugin with QuestiePluginAPI, prints the confirmed registration line, and calls plugin:FinishLoading.

Monolithic Database Folders Removed

• [Database/Classic/] Deleted classicQuestDB.lua (1.0 MB), classicNpcDB.lua (2.0 MB), classicObjectDB.lua (1.0 MB), classicItemDB.lua (2.1 MB). These monolithic files were never listed in Questie-X.toc and would have been silently skipped by WoW 3.3.5 anyway due to the ~1 MB per-file parse limit. Classic data is now provided exclusively by the ClassicDB plugin.
• [Database/TBC/] Deleted tbcQuestDB.lua (1.6 MB), tbcNpcDB.lua (3.5 MB), tbcObjectDB.lua (1.6 MB), tbcItemDB.lua (3.3 MB). TBC data is now provided exclusively by the TBCDB plugin.
• [Database/Wotlk/] Deleted wotlkQuestDB.lua (2.3 MB), wotlkNpcDB.lua (5.2 MB), wotlkObjectDB.lua (2.0 MB), wotlkItemDB.lua (4.4 MB). WotLK data is now provided exclusively by the WotLKDB plugin via the split-file mechanism. Combined removal: ~30 MB of dead weight from the core repository.

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v1.1.7 - v1.2.1 — DB Loading Diagnostics & Fallback Tracker

Ongoing stability pass. Hardened the entire database loading pipeline, wired up the live quest-log fallback for quests missing from the DB, and fixed a chain of nil-guard crashes across corrections, map, and tracker modules.

Database Loading

• [LoadDatabase] Replaced bare loadstring() / fn() calls with proper error capture (local fn, err = loadstring(...) + pcall(fn)). Errors now print to chat with the failing key and string length instead of silently falling back to {}.
• [Compiler] Fixed hasData guard in QuestieDBCompiler:Compile() — now accepts type == "table" in addition to "string", preventing the compiler from silently aborting when LoadDatabase has already decoded the string to a table before compilation.
• [DB Architecture] Identified and documented that loading multiple DB plugins simultaneously (e.g. WotLKDB + ClassicDB) causes questData overwrites. On WotLK servers only Questie-X-WotLKDB should be enabled alongside the server-specific plugin.

Live Fallback for Missing Quests

• [QuestieDB.GetQuest] When rawdata is nil, a minimal quest object is now built from QuestLogCache instead of returning nil. The fallback populates name, level, isComplete, and an empty Objectives table with _isLogFallback = true.
• [QuestieQuest.PopulateQuestLogInfo] Fallback quests now seed their Objectives table from QuestLogCache.GetQuestObjectives on first call, then call obj:Update() on each to refresh progress from the live quest log.
• [QuestieQuest.UpdateObjectiveNotes] Fallback quests now early-return to skip the static DB spawn-list path (objectiveSpawnListCallTable), preventing "Corrupted objective data" errors caused by nil NPC IDs.

Crash Fixes

• [QuestieLib.GetQuestString] Guard against nil name — returns quest ID string as fallback (tracker error for quest 10482).
• [QuestieDB spawn loop] Nil-guard on objectData[id] before clearing spawn keys in prune loop (attempt to index nil at QuestieDB:1715).
• [QuestieDB.GetSpawnList] Wrapped objectiveSpawnListCallTable result in nil-guard before iterating — prevents pairs(nil) when a referenced NPC/object is missing from the loaded DB.
• [QuestieQuestPrivates killcredit] monster(killCreditNpcId) result nil-guarded before indexing — prevents crash for kill-credit NPCs absent from npcData.
• [Townsfolk] flags nil-guard added before bitband(flags, VENDOR) call (bad argument #1 to bitband).
• [QuestieQuest.UpdateObjectiveNotes] quest.SpecialObjectives nil-guard before next() call.
• [QuestieQuest.PopulateQuestLogInfo] quest.SpecialObjectives nil-guard before next() call.

Junctions & Dev Environment

• Created mklink /J junctions for Questie-X-TBCDB and Questie-X-ClassicDB into Ebonhold AddOns folder for live in-game testing.

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v1.1.6 — Minimap Icon & P2 Stability

Minimap button overhaul and second pass of P2 bug fixes.

Minimap

• [MinimapIcon] Replaced default minimap icon with custom mmapIcon.tga. Applied SetMask for circular clip on WotLK+ clients with SetTexCoord fallback for 1.12 vanilla clients.

Bug Fixes (P2)

• [QuestieServer] Restored plugin status UI, C_QuestLog/C_Map shims, and QuestieServer init sequence.
• [QuestieLoader] Corrected select() polyfill to not use arg table.
• [TOC] Added XXH load to TBC toc and guarded plugin.stats nil access.

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v1.1.5 — QuestieLearner Expansion & Database Options

Major expansion of the data-learning system and a new Database options tab.

QuestieLearner

• [QuestieLearner] Expanded hook coverage: quest accept, objective kill, object interaction, and item loot all feed learned data back to the appropriate DB table.
• [QuestieLearnerComms] Broadcast/receive learned entries to nearby Questie-X users via addon messages.
• [Custom Server Detection] Learned data for unrecognised quest IDs is stored under a per-realm key in QuestieLearnerDB to separate retail/private/custom content.
• [DEVELOP logging] Debug messages emitted on every successful learn and every failed-to-learn event.

Options — Database Tab

• [QuestieOptionsDatabase] New "Database" tab with Import / Export (LibDeflate base64 encoded strings) and Cleanup (prune stale learned entries) functionality.

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v1.0 - v1.1.4 — Questie-X: Plugin Architecture & Maintenance Update

This release marks the official rebranding from Questie-335 / PE-Questie to Questie-X and introduces the new plugin architecture. Additionally, this version includes significant UI enhancements, core compatibility refinements for legacy clients, and critical database corrections.

Architecture Changes

• [Repo] Repository renamed and re-homed to Xurkon/Questie-X. Remote updated from PE-Questie to Questie-X.
• [Plugin API] Introduced QuestiePluginAPI (Modules/Libs/QuestiePluginAPI.lua). Plugins register themselves and inject quest, NPC, object, item, and zone data without modifying core files.
• [Server Detection] Added QuestieServer module (Modules/QuestieServer.lua) for improved runtime server environment detection.
• [Network] Added QuestieLearnerComms module (Modules/Network/QuestieLearnerComms.lua) for cross-client quest data sharing.
• [Database] Removed embedded Database/Ascension/ and Database/Ebonhold/ folders. All custom server data is now distributed via separate plugin addons.

UI Enhancements

• [Options] Resizable Options window! The Questie options UI can now be resized with corner drag functionality. Size and position persist between sessions.
• [Options] New Credits Tab! A dedicated tab in the options menu to acknowledge contributors and community partners.
• [Tutorial] Improved tutorial flows for objective type selection.

Core & Stability (v1.3.5)

• [Lua 5.0] Globally polyfilled string.match and string.gmatch using string.find and string.gfind to ensure universal compatibility with legacy WoW clients.
• [AceTimer] Patched embedded AceTimer-3.0 instances in ElvUI and OG-RaidHelper to resolve math.mod errors on Lua 5.0 clients.
• [Colors] Updated CreateColor polyfill with SetRGB, SetRGBA, SetColor, and GetColor methods.
• [Comm] Improved cross-client data sharing stability.

Map & Tooltips

• [Tooltips] NPC names and objective text now populate reliably on map pins and world unit tooltips.
• [Tooltips] Resolved [QuestieTooltips:GetTooltip] m_20509 debug log spam.

Quest Data

• [Database] Scraped and injected missing spawn coordinates for Bonechewer Mutant, Raider, Evoker, and Scavenger (NPC IDs 16876, 16925, 19701, 18952) from Wowhead.
• [Quest 10482] Correctly mapped Bonechewer NPCs to quest objectives in both WotLK and TBC database correction files.

New Plugins

• Questie-Ascension — Project Ascension server database.
• Questie-Ebonhold — Ebonhold server database. Questie-X-EbonholdDB

TOC / Addon Identity

• [TOC] Core addon .toc files updated to Questie-X title and v1.3.8
• [Libs] Added LibDeflate, XXH_Lua_Lib, LibDBIcon-1.0, and LibDataBroker-1.1 to the Libs directory.

Bug Fixes

• [QuestieDB] Overhauled QuestieDB.IsComplete to accurately verify all objectives are finished using numFulfilled == numRequired instead of the unreliable server-side finished flag.
  • Resolves completion state bugs for quests using consumable items (e.g. Cold Iron Key for quest 12843).
  • Fixed Quest Arrow priority logic to properly transition to finishers once objectives are complete.
• [QuestieQuest] Implemented HideCondition mechanism for objectives, allowing specific spawns to be hidden based on quest log status (hideIfQuestActive / hideIfQuestComplete).
• [Cache] Demoted Cache Validation "0/15 Error" to Debug level to reduce user confusion during login and reloads.
• [Network] Fixed sender trust validation in QuestieLearnerComms.

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v9.9.2 — Final Pre-Refactor Release

⚠️ This is the final stable release before a major architectural refactoring. All active features and quest data from previous releases are preserved. Future versions will introduce breaking changes to improve multi-server support, the database plugin system, and the zone registration API.

Fixes

• [Map] Resolved an issue where NPC names and objective text were inconsistently missing from map tooltips.
  • Added support for killcredit and spell objective types in MapIconTooltip.lua.
  • Implemented proactive creature name prepending in QuestieTooltips:GetTooltip to ensure data visibility for rare/custom objectives.

New Ebonhold Quests

🗺️ Azeroth

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50187	Western Plaguelands Trophy	Western Plaguelands	Kill 1 Rare (tracked rares)

NPC Data

• classicNpcDB.lua / EbonholdNpcDB.lua: Injected spawn coordinates for Western Plaguelands rare NPCs to support quest 50187.

Documentation

• Completed a full deep-dive code audit of the entire addon codebase.
• Identified areas for improvement including server-agnostic design, version detection improvements, a plugin architecture for custom server databases, configurable level caps, and several code quality issues.
• Audit findings exported to the project research folder.

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v9.9.1

New Ebonhold Quests

🗺️ Azeroth

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50057	Brood of the Black Flight	Burning Steppes	Kill 30 Dragonkin (10 NPCs tracked)

NPC Data

• EbonholdNpcDB.lua: Injected spawn coordinates for 10 Dragonkin NPCs in Burning Steppes (IDs 7040-7049) to support quest 50057.

v9.9.0

New Ebonhold Quests

🗺️ Azeroth

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50128	Southern Jungle	Stranglethorn Vale	Complete 6 quests

🌿 Kalimdor

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50006	Sandstone Giants	Tanaris	Kill Sandstone Giants
50130	Felwood Restoration	Felwood	Complete 6 quests

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed QuestieDB initialization error caused by missing table depth for custom creature objectives in EbonholdQuestDB.
• [System] Adjusted Questie:Error output logic so that critical addon-breaking errors always print regardless of the Enable Debug-PRINT setting.
• [Map] Fixed missing map pins for "Sandstone Giants" quest — changed objective type from creatureObjective to killCreditObjective so Questie correctly resolves spawn locations from the NPC database.
• [Tracking] Fixed collection quest counters showing stale counts when the Ebonhold scav bot loots items — implemented a 3-stage BAG_UPDATE_DELAYED strategy: immediate scan, 0.3s debounce scan, and a 2s follow-up scan to allow the server's quest-objective cache to flush batch loot counts.

v9.8.9

New Ebonhold Quests

🗺️ Azeroth

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50178	Badlands Trophy	Badlands	Kill 1 Rare (10 rares tracked)
50176	Arathi Trophy	Arathi Highlands	Kill 1 Rare (10 rares tracked)
50175	Alterac Trophy	Alterac Mountains	Kill 1 Rare (8 rares tracked)
50162	Wetlands Trophy	Wetlands	Kill 1 Rare (8 rares tracked)
50160	Redridge Trophy	Redridge Mountains	Kill 1 Rare (8 rares tracked)
50157	Modan Trophy	Loch Modan	Kill 1 Rare (7 rares tracked)
50156	Westfall Trophy	Westfall	Kill 1 Rare (9 rares tracked)
50173	Northern Jungle Trophy	Stranglethorn Vale	Kill 1 Rare (9 rares tracked)
50183	Southern Jungle Trophy	Stranglethorn Vale	Kill 1 Rare (9 rares tracked)
50164	Tirisfal Trophy	Tirisfal Glades	Kill 1 Rare (9 rares tracked)
50153	Morogh Trophy	Dun Morogh	Kill 1 Rare (6 rares tracked)
50097	Elwynn Errands	Elwynn Forest	Complete 6 quests
50098	Morogh Missions	Dun Morogh	Complete 6 quests
50105	Redridge Resolve	Redridge Mountains	Complete 6 quests

🌿 Kalimdor

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50154	Teldrassil Trophy	Teldrassil	Kill 1 Rare (6 rares tracked)
50034	Ashen Corruption	Ashenvale	Kill 40 Demons (23 NPCs tracked)
50020	Spires of Chaos	Thousand Needles	Kill 30 Elementals (5 NPCs tracked)
50099	Shadow of Teldrassil	Teldrassil	Complete 6 quests
50103	Darkshore Defense	Darkshore	Complete 6 quests
50104	Bloodmyst Recovery	Bloodmyst Isle	Complete 6 quests
50100	Azuremyst Aid	Azuremyst Isle	Complete 6 quests
50108	Trials of Durotar	Durotar	Complete 6 quests

🌋 Outland

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50197	Shadowmoon Trophy	Shadowmoon Valley	Kill 1 Rare (3 rares tracked)
50195	Blade's Edge Trophy	Blade's Edge Mountains	Kill 1 Rare (3 rares tracked)
50196	Netherstorm Trophy	Netherstorm	Kill 1 Rare (3 rares tracked)
50192	Zangarmarsh Trophy	Zangarmarsh	Kill 1 Rare (3 rares tracked)
50045	Demon's at the Edge	Blade's Edge Mountains	Kill 40 Demons (37 NPCs tracked)
50044	Fel Scars of Nagrand	Nagrand	Kill 40 Demons (14 NPCs tracked)
50026	Elemental Balance	Nagrand	Kill 30 Elementals (12 NPCs tracked)
50060	Skies of Blade's Edge	Blade's Edge Mountains	Kill 30 Dragonkin (17 NPCs tracked)
50083	Forest Stalkers	Terokkar Forest	Kill 75 Beasts (53 NPCs tracked)
50082	Marsh Predators	Zangarmarsh	Kill 75 Beasts (34 NPCs tracked)
50085	Savage Heights	Blade's Edge Mountains	Kill 75 Beasts (47 NPCs tracked)
50086	Unstable Fauna	Netherstorm	Kill 75 Beasts (18 NPCs tracked)
50087	Shadowed Beasts	Shadowmoon Valley	Kill 75 Beasts (25 NPCs tracked)
50111	Song of the Woods	Eversong Woods	Complete 6 quests

❄️ Northrend

ID	Quest	Zone	Type
50200	Fjord Trophy	Howling Fjord	Kill 1 Rare (3 rares tracked)
50201	Dragonblight Trophy	Dragonblight	Kill 1 Rare (3 rares tracked)
50202	Grizzly Trophy	Grizzly Hills	Kill 1 Rare (4 rares tracked)
50203	Zul'Drak Trophy	Zul'Drak	Kill 1 Rare (4 rares tracked)
50199	Borean Trophy	Borean Tundra	Kill 1 Rare (3 rares tracked)
50205	Storm Peaks Trophy	The Storm Peaks	Kill 1 Rare (4 rares tracked)
50063	Frostbound Brood	Borean Tundra	Kill 30 Dragonkin (16 NPCs tracked)
50064	Heart of the Dragonflights	Dragonblight	Kill 30 Dragonkin (49 NPCs tracked)
50066	Stormforged Scales	The Storm Peaks	Kill 30 Dragonkin (7 NPCs tracked)
50030	Tundra Turbulence	Borean Tundra	Kill 30+ Elementals (14 NPCs tracked)
50031	Stormbound	The Storm Peaks	Kill 30 Elementals (11 NPCs tracked)
50089	Tundra Hunters	Borean Tundra	Kill 75 Beasts (43 NPCs tracked)
50094	Wild Basin	Sholazar Basin	Kill 75 Beasts (29 NPCs tracked)
50095	Peak Predators	The Storm Peaks	Kill 75 Beasts (24 NPCs tracked)
50096	Peak Predators	Icecrown	Kill 75 Beasts (12 NPCs tracked)
50145	Fjord Front	Howling Fjord	Complete 6 quests
50149	Basin Expeditions	Sholazar Basin	Complete 6 quests
50150	Storm Peak Orders	The Storm Peaks	Complete 6 quests
50151	Icecrown Advance	Icecrown	Complete 6 quests

NPC Data

• classicNPCFixes.lua: Injected spawn coordinates for NPC 14224 (7:XT <Long Distance Recovery Unit>, Badlands). The native wotlkNpcDB entry for ID 14224 is a different NPC (Gnomeregan's Instance Recovery Unit) and classicNpcDB had no entry — all 74 Wowhead patrol coordinates for zone 3 (Badlands) were injected.

Bug Fixes

• [UI] Fixed spammy [CRITICAL] No AreaId found for UiMapId errors appearing in chat when entering Ascension hub cities (Stormwind, Darnassus, Shattrath, etc.). On Ascension, C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit("player") returns a continent-level UiMapId for these cities — Questie logged a CRITICAL error since continent maps have no AreaId mapping, even though the nil return was already handled gracefully by callers. Downgraded from DEBUG_CRITICAL to DEBUG_DEVELOP in zoneDB.lua.

v9.8.8

New Ebonhold Quests

• Azeroth: Alterac Trophy (includes missing Alterac Mountains spawn tracking data for Narillasanz, Cranky Benj, Gravis Slipknot, Araga, Lo'Grosh, Stone Fury, Jimmy the Bleeder, Skhowl). Northern Jungle Trophy (verified Stranglethorn Vale spawn tracking data). Southern Jungle Trophy (verified Stranglethorn Vale spawn tracking data for 4 rares).
• Kalimdor: Ashen Corruption (includes missing Ashenvale spawn tracking data for Demon NPCs), Spires of Chaos (includes missing Thousand Needles spawn tracking data for Elemental NPCs).
• Outland: Shadowmoon Trophy (verified Shadowmoon Valley spawn tracking data for Collidus the Warp-Watcher, Ambassador Jerrikar, Kraator). Demon's at the Edge (verified Blade's Edge Mountains spawn tracking data for 37 demons).
• Northrend: Fjord Trophy (includes missing Howling Fjord spawn tracking data for King Ping, Perobas the Bloodthirster, Vigdis the War Maiden). Frostbound Brood (verified Borean Tundra spawn tracking data for 16 dragonkin).

v9.8.7

Fixes

• [Quest] Corrected GetQuestLogTitle return value indices across multiple modules to match the WoW 3.3.5 client API. The 3.3.5 client returns suggestedGroup at index 4, shifting isHeader to index 5 and questId to index 9. Affected modules previously used indices 4 and 8 (or select(8, ...)) and would misidentify quest headers as regular quests and incorrectly assign isDaily as questId.
• [Quest] Removed premature break on nil title in quest log iteration loops. On this server, quest log slots can be non-contiguous, causing early loop termination to silently skip valid quests. Loops now use a if title and (not isHeader) then guard to safely skip empty slots without aborting iteration.
• Affected modules: QuestieValidateGameCache, QuestEventHandler, QuestLogCache, TooltipHandler, TrackerUtils, QuestieTracker, QuestieLearner.

v9.8.6

New Ebonhold Quests

• Outland: Blade's Edge Trophy (includes missing Blade's Edge Mountains spawn tracking data for Morcrush, Hemathion, Speaker Mar'grom). Fel Scars of Nagrand (includes missing Nagrand spawn tracking data for Voidwalker Minions, etc). Netherstorm Trophy (includes missing Netherstorm spawn tracking data for Nuramoc, Ever-Core the Punisher, Chief Engineer Lorthander).
• Northrend: Borean Trophy (includes missing Borean Tundra spawn tracking data for Fumblub Gearwind, Icehorn, Old Crystalbark).
• Kalimdor: Teldrassil Trophy (includes missing Teldrassil spawn tracking data for Threggil, Blackmoss the Fetid, Duskstalker, Uruson, Fury Shelda, Grimmaw). Darkshore Defense (complete 6 quests in Darkshore). Bloodmyst Recovery (complete 6 quests in Bloodmyst Isle).
• Azeroth: Arathi Trophy (includes missing Arathi Highlands spawn tracking data for Darbel Montrose, Singer, Foulbelly, Ruul Onestone, Kovork, Molok the Crusher, Zalas Witherbark, Nimar the Slayer, Geomancer Flintdagger, Prince Nazjak). Elwynn Errands (complete 6 quests in Elwynn Forest). Modan Trophy (includes missing Loch Modan spawn tracking data for Grizlak, Magosh, Large Loch Crocolisk, Shanda the Spinner, Lord Condar, Emogg the Crusher, Boss Galgosh). Redridge Resolve (complete 6 quests in Redridge Mountains). Westfall Trophy (includes missing Westfall spawn tracking data for Foe Reaper 4000, Marisa du'Paige, Vultros, Brack, Brainwashed Noble, Leprithus, Master Digger, Sergeant Brashclaw, Slark). Wetlands Trophy (includes missing Wetlands spawn tracking data for Dragonmaw Battlemaster, Razormaw Matriarch, Garneg Charskull, Gnawbone, Sludginn, Ma'ruk Wyrmscale, Leech Widow, Mirelow).

v9.8.4

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed a Lua crash ("attempt to index global 'QuestiePlayer'") occurring during chat message processing for auto-completing quests, by explicitly requiring the QuestiePlayer module in QuestEventHandler.

v9.8.3

Fixes

• [Quest] Extended HideCondition support to regular monster, object, and item objectives in the database.
• [Quest] Added hideIfQuestActive conditions to quest 13010 objectives to resolve icon overlap at King Jokkum.
• [Database] Corrected the finisher for "You Can't Miss Him" (12966) to NPC 30127, properly moving the arrow to Fjorn's Anvil.
• [Arrow] Implemented immediate arrow refreshing upon quest acceptance to provide seamless transitions between objective phases.

v9.8.2

Fixes

• [Quest] Updated the objective tooltip for "Forging an Alliance" (12924) at King Jokkum to explicitly instruct players to pick up the breadcrumb quest "You Can't Miss Him" (12966).

v9.8.1

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed QuestieArrow direction for "Forging an Alliance" (12924). Added an extra objective to speak with King Jokkum, ensuring the arrow points toward the breadcrumb quest start at the beginning of the quest.

v9.8.0

Fixes

• [Quest] Modified BAG_UPDATE_DELAYED to trigger a quest log update and instantly refresh the tracker when items are deposited directly into bags by autoloot bots that bypass standard item events.
• [Map] Fixed an issue where "Special Objectives" (e.g., source item drops) failed to check player bag contents upon completion, causing their map icons to linger indefinitely until the main quest was turned in.

v9.7.12

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed an issue where tracking icons for dynamically updated custom quests like Peak Predators would prematurely disappear due to sync delays on WotLK servers.

• [Map] Resolved a frame pool leak that prevented the yellow Finisher icon from appearing immediately on the map after turning in or completing a quest.

• [Database] Corrected an error that improperly identified Item Finishers as GameObject Finishers on custom servers, causing map pinpointing errors (e.g. [QuestieDB:GetObject] rawdata is nil for objectID:).

• [Database] Appended correct fallback spawn data for the "Thorim" listen bunny (NPC 30514) so Sibling Rivalry's turn in/listen point functions correctly on WotLK clients.

v9.7.11

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed an issue where quest objective icons and waypoints failed to clear from the map after a quest was completed or abandoned.
• [Tracker] Prevented quests from falsely flagging as complete and wiping tracking data when the World of Warcraft server drops its objective arrays. Fixes "Peak Predators" icons disappearing randomly.
• [Database] Corrected an error that improperly identified Item Finishers as GameObject Finishers on custom servers, causing map pinpointing errors (e.g. [QuestieDB:GetObject] rawdata is nil for objectID:).
• [Database] Appended correct fallback spawn data for the "Thorim" listen bunny (NPC 30514) so Sibling Rivalry's turn in/listen point functions correctly on WotLK clients.

v9.7.10

Fixes

• [Arrow] Refactored Arrow logic to drastically improve target distance calculations and prioritize targets correctly based on the player's current zone.
• [Arrow] Fixed a bug where the Arrow would mistakenly point to previously completed objective locations instead of the Quest Finisher's exact location.
• [Tracker] Fixed QuestieDB.IsComplete edge case returning incomplete incorrectly; now verifies numFulfilled == numRequired to immediately acknowledge completed quests while awaiting the server flag.
• [Tracker] Resolved false-positive "broken quest log" errors spamming chat on WotLK servers by correctly handling API responses for trackable objectives.
• [Tracker] Demoted harmless WotLK objective cache count mismatches from Error to Debug visibility level to eliminate chat spam on login.
• [Quest] Fixed quest arrow pointing to the key-drop NPC after using all consumable quest keys (e.g. Cold Iron Key for "They Took Our Men!" quest 12843). When a quest uses a key item that is consumed on interaction, it leaves the bag and CheckQuestSourceItem returns false, incorrectly triggering a quest reset that re-drew the key source NPC on the map. Now checks if all tracked objectives are already Completed=true before applying the reset, preventing the spurious icon.

v9.7.9

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed tracker objective count staying stale (e.g. stuck at 14/16 when quest is complete) when an autoloot bot bypasses the standard loot frame. Registered BAG_UPDATE_DELAYED event to force a full quest log scan on bag changes, catching progress updates that QUEST_WATCH_UPDATE would normally fire for manual looting.

v9.7.8

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed "There was an error populating objectives" error in chat for triggerEnd quests with no map coordinates (e.g., "complete N quests in zone"). _RegisterObjectiveTooltips now silently returns for event-type objectives with no spawnList — these have nothing to register a tooltip for.

v9.7.7

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed "Missing event data for Objective" error appearing in chat for all triggerEnd quests with no map coordinates (e.g., "complete N quests in zone" types). Nil coordinates are valid for server-tracked objectives with no pin — the handler now returns silently instead of logging a visible error.

v9.7.6

Fixes

• [Database] Fixed "Missing objective data" error for all "complete N quests in zone" quest types (IDs 50151, 50145, 50098, 50100, 50149, 50099, 50108, 50111, 50150). Added triggerEnd ([9]) field so Questie correctly registers the server-tracked objective without drawing map pins.

v9.7.5

Fixes

• [Quest] Fixed objective pins/icons persisting on the map after a quest is completed or abandoned. Added CleanupRemovedQuestsFallback which diffs Questie's quest log against the game's actual quest log on every QUEST_LOG_UPDATE and correctly calls CompleteQuest or AbandonedQuest for any quest that silently disappeared, ensuring map icons are removed.
• [Quest] Fixed re-accepted repeatable custom quests (e.g., Stormforged Scales) not showing objective icons on the map after being accepted a second time.

New Quests

• [Database] Added Storm Peak Orders (ID 50150) - The Storm Peaks
  • Objective: Complete any 6 quests in The Storm Peaks.
• [Database] Added Wild Basin (ID 50094) - Sholazar Basin
  • Objective: Kill 75 Beasts. Includes 29 Beast NPC types with full spawn coordinates.
  • NPCs: King Krush, Shardhorn Rhino, Aotona, Pitch, Serfex the Reaver, Dreadsaber, Hardknuckle Matriarch, Shango, Venomtip, Bushwhacker, Hardknuckle Charger, Ravenous Mangal Crocolisk, Farunn, Zeptek the Destroyer, Goretalon Matriarch, Sapphire Hive Wasp, Emperor Cobra, Sapphire Hive Drone, Shattertusk Bull, Siltslither Eel, Spirit of Atha, Stranded Thresher, Mangal Crocolisk, Spirit of Koosu, Longneck Grazer, Goretalon Roc, Sapphire Hive Queen, Spirit of Ha-Khalan, Bittertide Hydra

v9.7.4

Fixes

• [Tooltips] Fixed "attempt to concatenate local 'name' (a nil value)" error when quest starters/finishers have missing names in the database.
• [Database] Added missing spawn coordinates for Quest 50031 "Stormbound" elementals in Storm Peaks (zone 67).
• [Database] Fixed "Unknown Zone" issue for custom quests by correcting Zone ID index usage (swapped [6] RequiredRaces for [17] ZoneID).
• [Database] Corrected Dragonblight Zone ID in custom quest definitions.

New Quests

• [Database] Added Morogh Missions (ID 50098) - Dun Morogh
  • Objective: Complete any 6 quests in Dun Morogh. Auto-completes upon reaching the objective.
• [Database] Added Azuremyst Aid (ID 50100) - Azuremyst Isle
  • Objective: Complete any 6 quests in Azuremyst Isle. Auto-completes upon reaching the objective.
• [Database] Added Stormforged Scales (ID 50066) - The Storm Peaks
  • Objective: Kill 30 Dragonkin. Includes 8 Dragonkin NPC types with full spawn coordinates.
• [Database] Added Peak Predators (ID 50095) - The Storm Peaks
  • Objective: Kill 75 Beasts. Includes 24 Beast NPC types with full spawn coordinates.
• [Database] Added Peak Predators (ID 50096) - Icecrown
  • Objective: Kill 75 Beasts. Includes 12 Beast NPC types with full spawn coordinates.
• [Database] Added Icecrown Advance (ID 50151) - Icecrown
  • Objective: Complete any 6 quests in Icecrown. Auto-completes upon reaching the objective.
• [Database] Added Storm Peaks Trophy (ID 50205) - The Storm Peaks
  • Objective: Kill 1 Rare in The Storm Peaks. Includes 4 Rare NPC types (Skoll, Time-Lost Proto-Drake, Vyragosa, Dirkee) with full spawn coordinates.

v9.7.3

New Features

• [Database] Implemented Ebonhold Database Module.
  • Created dedicated Database/Ebonhold/ structure for custom server data.
  • Added EbonholdLoader to inject custom Quests, NPCs, Objects, and Items as overrides.
  • Note: This structure preserves custom data during upstream Questie updates.
• [Objectives] Implemented Automated Text Retrieval.
  • Questie now attempts to fetch quest text from the server at runtime for custom quests that are missing from the database.
  • Added "Objectives Board" (ID 600600) as a global quest starter.

Quests (Custom Content)

• [New] Added Heart of the Dragonflights (ID 50064) - Dragonblight
  • Objective: Kill 30 Dragonkin. Includes 49 Dragonkin NPC types.
• [New] Added Skies of Blade's Edge (ID 50060) - Blade's Edge Mountains
  • Objective: Kill 75 Dragonkin. Includes 17 Dragonkin NPC types.
• [New] Added Shadowed Beasts (ID 50087) - Shadowmoon Valley
  • Objective: Kill 75 Beasts. Includes 25 Beast NPC types.
• [New] Added Forest Stalkers (ID 50083) - Terokkar Forest
  • Objective: Kill 75 Beasts. Includes 53 Beast NPC types.
• [New] Added Savage Heights (ID 50085) - Blade's Edge Mountains
  • Objective: Kill 75 Beasts. Includes 47 Beast NPC types.
• [New] Added Unstable Fauna (ID 50086) - Netherstorm
  • Objective: Kill 75 Beasts. Includes 18 Beast NPC types.
• [New] Added Elemental Balance (ID 50026) - Nagrand
  • Objective: Kill 30 Elementals. Includes 12 Elemental NPC types.
• [New] Added Redridge Trophy (ID 50160) and Zangarmarsh Trophy (ID 50192).

New Ascension Quests

• Westfall: Agria's Medicine, Seven Years of Bad Luck, Worm-Eaten Apple, Goldshire's Generosity, Bookworm, Knowledge Corrupts, The Ruins of Northshire, Accursed Sisterhood, Words That Shepherd Madness, Oracular Idol, A Betrayal Within, The Maid I Left Behind, The Saddest Among Us, The Threat Swept Downstream, Stay a While, Defias Disruption.
• Dun Morogh: A Small Mistake, We Found Her!, The Scout's Favor, Old Mirsinth, Smoke on the Wind, A Promising Path, A Fitting Disguise, His Radiant Majesty, Deciphering Radiation, Soaking the Masses, Sever the Right Hand, A Growing Business, Thunderbrew's Hop, Stay a While, Live-Fire Demo, Bots on Strike, A Brother's Betrayal, The True Story, Timber for the Coldhewn, Icehide the Unbroken.
• Teldrassil: The Carrion Road, The Sister Who Never Returned, Finding the Good Meat, Transsubstantiating the Flesh, Communion Banquet, A Trail of Petals, Restless entrails, A Dark Warning, The Aid of Theren-Dion, No Place for Scavengers, Termites in Teldrassil, Stay a While, Elydna's Heirloom.
• Durotar: To Find a Cure, A Dangerous Sample, Knowledge of the Centaurs, Those Who Fell, The Way is Shut, The Sinister Triad, So That He May Hear Again, A Sinister Ritual, Innocents for Sinners, Unease Makes Tongues Wag, A Door Left Ajar, Esgramor's Master, Shinies!, Echoes of Hirsutta, Auction the Past, Stay a While, Durotar's Dire Drought, The Queen's Decree, Avianna's Rose, The Last Piece, Reversion.
• Tirisfal Glades: Rude Awakening, Marla's Last Wish, Monsters With Noble Intentions, Restless Family Members, An Unspeakable Secret, A Noble Heritage, The True Heir of the Cains, The Friends We Make Along the Way, I'm Home, Apothecary Flemer, The Nature of Freedom, Spotless Standing, Stay a While, More Than the Sum of its Parts, Scarlet Correspondence, A Humble Duty, The Balnirs' Rest, Brewing Disarray, This Is Justice.
• Mulgore: Death and Tribute, Death and Exile, Death and Dishonor, Death and Justice, Death by Laughter, To Whom I Devote, Fighting Over Carrion, Smoke on the Horizon, Amphora of Sacred Water, Stay a While, Exile of Embers, The Smoke that Remembers, The Circle’s Rite.

New Ebonhold Quests

• Outland: Elemental Balance, Savage Heights, Unstable Fauna, Forest Stalkers, Marsh Predators, Skies of Blade's Edge, Shadowed Beasts, Zangarmarsh Trophy.
• Northrend: Tundra Turbulence, Stormbound, Dragonblight Trophy, Heart of the Dragonflights, Peak Predators, Icecrown Advance, Storm Peaks Trophy, Stormforged Scales, Fjord Front, Wild Basin, Grizzly Trophy, Zul'Drak Trophy, Basin Expeditions.
• Azeroth: Redridge Trophy, Morogh Missions, Azuremyst Aid, Shadow of Teldrassil, Trials of Durotar, Song of the Woods, Morogh Trophy, Tirisfal Trophy.

Fixes

• [Tracker] Combat Update Fix: Tracker now updates objectives immediately during combat without causing Lua errors or taint.
• [Tracker] Bag Update Fix: Quest progress now updates immediately when looting items (fixes delay with loot bots).
• [Arrow] Refined Visibility Logic:
  • Auto Nearby: Arrow correctly defaults to showing the nearest quest when no quests are tracked.
  • Zone Filter: In "Auto Mode", the arrow hides if the nearest quest is in a different zone.
  • Instance Filter: Arrow explicitly hides if the target is in a different instance.
• [Map] Fixed an issue where completed quest icons would persist on the map (RequestMapUpdate logic).
• [Database] Updated wotlkNpcDB.lua with scraped spawn data for 12 key beast NPCs in Terokkar Forest to ensure accuracy.
• [Arrow] Fixed a nil function error for _CollectObjective when processing incomplete quests.
• [Arrow] Fixed syntax issues that prevented QuestieArrow module from initializing correctly.
• [Database] Fixed a runtime crash in ZoneDB when encountering maps with no AreaId mapping (e.g., Kalimdor).

Session 35 (2026-05-03)

Housekeeping

• Discord relay housekeeping — Discord thread routing config refreshed, stale webhook references cleaned up, no functional addon changes.