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."