tagline: "Lightless Sync v2.0.0"
subline: "LIGHTLESS IS EVOLVING!!"
changelog:
  - name: "v2.0.0"
    tagline: "Thank you for 4 months!"
    date: "December 2025"
    # be sure to set this every new version
    isCurrent: true
    versions:
      - number: "Lightless Chat"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Chat has been added to the top of the main UI. It will work in certain Zones or in Syncshells!"
          - "You will only be able to use the chat feature after enabling it and accepting the rules. If you're not interested, don't use it!"
          - "Breaking the rules may result in a mute or ban from chat. Serious offenses may result in a ban from the Lightless service altogether."
          - "You can right click the offender in the chat and report them within the chat, reports will be reviewed asap."
          - "Syncshells can enforce their own chat rules and moderate their own chat. This however does not apply to serious offenses."
          - "Your name in chat will not be shown unless you are paired with the person OR you are in the same syncshell. Otherwise, you will be anonymous."
          - "Refer to #release-notes in the Discord for more information. Feel free to ask questions in the Discord as well." 
      - number: "Changes to LightFinder"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "We have recieve quite a bit of reports of users crashing due to how Nameplates are handled across various plugins. As a result, we have moved the LightFinder icon and text to Imgui."
          - "This should resolve the crashing issues, however, it may not look as nice as before. We are looking into ways to improve the Imgui experience in the future."
          - "We will always prioritize stability and safety over visuals." 
          - "Refer to #release-notes in the Discord for an example of the error."
      - number: "User Profiles, ShellFinder, Syncshells, Syncshell Profiles"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Both User Profiles and Syncshell Profiles have been revamped for 2.0.0."
          - "We have added profile tags to both Users and Syncshells that will show when a profile is being viewed"
          - "Syncshell Admin Panel has been reworked to make it a friendlier experience"
          - "Syncshell Moderators can now also broadcast on ShellFinder"
          - "ShellFinder has been revamped to be more visually friends and also show more information (Tags) about the Syncshell"
          - "Syncshells has an auto-prune feature now that will remove inactive members after a set amount of time, options available are 1, 3, 7, and 14 days that runs in 1 hour intervals"
          - "IF YOUR SYNCSHELL IS NSFW, PLEASE MARK IT AS NSFW!"
          - "Refer to #release-notes in the Discord for pretty pictures or try it yourself!."
      - number: "Texture Optimization"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "In 2.0.0, we've added the option for Texture Optimization to improve the performance of scenarios such as overwhelmingly big "
          - "NOTE: ALL OF THESE ARE OPTIONAL AND DISABLED BY DEFAULT"
          - "Within Texture Optimization, you will be able to safely downscale all textures of new downloads around you."
          - "This downscale DOES NOT APPLY to DIRECT PAIRS or those who've updated their preferred settings to not be downscaled" 
          - "The first time this is enabled, you may experience some lag or frame drops, but in the long run, it will help performance."
          - "This can be found in Lightless Settings > Performance > Texture Optimization"
          - "Like a broken record, please refer to #release-notes in the Discord for more information."
      - number: "Character Analysis - The big scary UI no one knew about"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "We have made the Character Analysis UI more user friendly. This includes a revamp of the look and functionality"
          - "You can now see more information about your character and how it affects performance"
          - "It will show you the Textures tab by default with an option for \"Other file types\""
          - "You can now choose if you want to BC7/BC5/BC4/BC3/BC1 compress a certain texture."
          - "The UI will give you a recommendation on what BC compression to use based on the file." 
          - "Shows a small preview of what the texture looks like with some general info about it." 
          - "Shows you how much VRAM you would take up." 
          - "This can be found in Lightless Settings > Performance > Character Analysis"
      - number: "Performance"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Moved to the internal object table to have improved overall plugin performance."
          - "Compactor is now running on a multi-threaded level instead of single-threaded; This should increase the speed of compacting files."
          - "Penumbra Collections are now only made when people are visible, reducing the load on boot-up when having many Syncshells in your list."
          - "Pairing system has been revamped to make pausing and unpausing faster, and loading people should be faster as well."
      - number: "Miscellaneous Changes and Bugfixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "UI has been updated to look more modern"
          - "We have started on file compression for Linux with the option for BTRFS or ZFS but it's not very great yet and will release later."
          - "Nameplate colours now use sigs to client structs as an alternative to the Nameplate Handler, also preventing crashes on that from our end." 
          - "Notifications now work with the \"Enable multi-monitor windows\" settings of Dalamud."
          - "Fixed a bug where nothing above the notifications was clickable in certain cases."
          - "Added a check that prevents small messages from going below 0 resulting in an ArgumentOutOfRangeException."
  - name: "v1.12.4"
    tagline: "Preparation for future features"
    date: "November 11th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "Syncshells"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Added a pause button for syncshells in grouped folders"
      - number: "Notifications"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Fixed download notifications getting stuck at times"
          - "Added more offset positions for the notifications"  
      - number: "Lightfinder"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Pair button will now show up when you're not directly paired. ie. You are technically paired in a syncshell, but you may not be directly paired'"
          - "Fixed a problem where the number of LightFinder users were cached, displaying the wrong information"
          - "When LightFinder is enabled, if you hover over the number of users, it will show you how many users are also using LightFinder in your area"
          - 
      - number: "Bugfixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Added even more checks to nameplate handler to help not only us debug, but also other plugins writing to the plate"
      - number: "Miscellaneous Changes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Default Linux to Websockets"
          - "Revised Brio warning"
          - "Added /lightless command to open Lightless UI (you can still use /light)" 
          - "Initial groundwork for future features"
  - name: "v1.12.3"
    tagline: "LightSpeed, Welcome Screen, and More!"
    date: "October 15th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "LightSpeed"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "New way to download that will download mods directly from the file server"
          - "LightSpeed is in BETA and should be faster than the batch downloading"
      - number: "Welcome Screen + Additional Features"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "New in-game Patch Notes window."
          - "Credits section to thank contributors and supporters."
          - "Patch notes only show after updates, not during first-time setup."
          - "Syncshell Rework stared: Profiles have been added (more features using this will come later)."
      - number: "Notifications"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "More customizable notification options."
          - "Perfomance limiter shows as notifications."
          - "All notifications can be configured or disabled in Settings → Notifications."
          - "Cleaning up notifications implementation"
      - number: "Bugfixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Added more safety checks to nameplates"
          - "Removed a line in SyncshellUI potentially causing NullPointers"
          - "Additional safety checks in PlayerData.Factory"
  - name: "v1.12.2"
    tagline: "LightFinder fixes, Notifications overhaul"
    date: "October 12th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "LightFinder"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Server-side improvements for LightFinder functionality."
          - "Command changed from '/light lightfinder' to '/light finder'."
          - "Option to enable LightFinder on connection (opt-in, refreshes every 3 hours)."
          - "LightFinder indicator can now be shown on the server info bar."
      - number: "Notifications"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Completely reworked notification system with new UI."
          - "Pair requests now show as notifications."
          - "Download progress shows as notifications."
          - "Customizable notification sounds, size, position, and duration."
          - "All notifications can be configured or disabled in Settings → Notifications."
      - number: "Bug Fixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Fixed nameplate alignment issues with LightFinder and icons."
          - "Icons now properly apply instead of swapping on choice."
          - "Updated Discord URL."
          - "File cache logic improvements."

  - name: "v1.12.1"
    tagline: "LightFinder customization and download limiter"
    date: "October 8th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "New Features"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "LightFinder text can be modified to an icon with customizable positioning."
          - "Option to hide your own indicator or paired player indicators."
          - "Pair Download Limiter: Limit simultaneous downloads to 1-6 users to reduce network strain."
          - "Added '/light lightfinder' command to open LightFinder UI."
      - number: "Improvements"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Right-click menu option for Send Pair Request can be disabled."
          - "Syncshell finder improvements."
          - "Download limiter settings available in Settings → Transfers."

  - name: "v1.12.0"
    tagline: "LightFinder - Major feature release"
    date: "October 5th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "Major Features"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Introduced LightFinder: Optional feature inspired by FFXIV's Party Finder."
          - "Find fellow Lightless users and advertise your Syncshell to others."
          - "When enabled, you're visible to other LightFinder users for 3 hours."
          - "LightFinder tag displays above your nameplate when active."
          - "Receive pair requests directly in UI without exchanging UIDs."
          - "Syncshell Finder allows joining indexed Syncshells."
          - "[L] Send Pair Request added to player context menus."
      - number: "Vanity Features"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Supporters can now customize their name color in the Lightless UI."
          - "Color changes visible to all users."
      - number: "General Improvements"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Pairing nameplate color override can now override FC tags."
          - "Added .kdb as whitelisted filetype for uploads."
          - "Various UI fixes, updates, and improvements."

  - name: "v1.11.12"
    tagline: "Syncshell grouping and performance options"
    date: "September 16th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "New Features"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Ability to show grouped syncshells in main UI/all syncshells (default ON)."
          - "Transfer ownership button available in Admin Panel user list."
          - "Self-threshold warning now opens character analysis screen when clicked."
      - number: "Performance"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Auto-pause combat and auto-pause performance are now optional settings."
          - "Both options are auto-enabled by default - disable at your own risk."
      - number: "Bug Fixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Reworked file caching to reduce errors for some users."
          - "Fixed bug where exiting PvP could desync some users."

  - name: "v1.11.9"
    tagline: "File cache improvements"
    date: "September 13th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "Bug Fixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Identified and fixed potential file cache problems."
          - "Improved cache error handling and stability."

  - name: "v1.11.8"
    tagline: "Hotfix - UI and exception handling"
    date: "September 12th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "Bug Fixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Attempted fix for NullReferenceException spam."
          - "Fixed additional UI edge cases preventing loading for some users."
          - "Fixed color bar UI issues."

  - name: "v1.11.7"
    tagline: "Hotfix - UI loading and warnings"
    date: "September 12th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "Bug Fixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Fixed UI not loading for some users."
          - "Self warnings now behind 'Warn on loading in players exceeding performance thresholds' setting."

  - name: "v1.11.6"
    tagline: "Admin panel rework and new features"
    date: "September 11th 2025"
    versions:
      - number: "New Features"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Reworked Syncshell Admin Page with improved styling."
          - "Right-click on Server Top Bar button to disconnect from Lightless."
          - "Shift+Left click on Server Top Bar button to open settings."
          - "Added colors section in settings to change accent colors."
          - "Ability to pause syncing while in Instance/Duty."
          - "Functionality to create syncshell folders."
          - "Added self-threshold warning."
      - number: "Bug Fixes"
        icon: ""
        items:
          - "Fixed owners being visible in moderator list view."
          - "Removed Pin/Remove/Ban buttons on Owners when viewing as moderator."
          - "Fixed nameplate bug in PvP."
          - "Added 1 or 3 day options for inactive check."
          - "Fixed bug where some users could not see their own syncshell folders."