A Bard's Song

Version 1.5.2 — Tales Through the Ages

Songbook Improvements

• Reorganized all 12 songs into a lore-inspired chronological listening order.

• Updated the Songbook to display tracks in the new sequence.

• Updated sequential playback so Next Ballad follows the revised Songbook order.

• Preserved each song's original audio and description.

Updated Songbook

Version 1.5.1 — The Traveling Bard

Continue Listening Improvements

• Fixed inconsistent Continue Listening prompts when leaving resting areas.

• The prompt now appears whenever the player leaves a resting area while bard music is playing.

• Added recurring Continue Listening? prompts every 10 minutes during active performances.

• Selecting Yes allows the music to continue uninterrupted.

• Selecting No ends the performance.

• Improved resting-area detection during flightpath travel and loading screens.

• Added periodic resting-state checks to prevent missed prompts.

Interface Improvements

• Removed unnecessary gamepad instruction text from the bottom of the player and prompts.

• Preserved native gamepad navigation and selection highlighting.

Version 1.5.0 — The Bard's Arrival

Native Controller Support

• Added controller navigation throughout the music player.

• Added gamepad support for resting-area invitations.

• Enabled controller navigation and scrolling within the Songbook.

• Added shoulder-button navigation for faster browsing.

• Supported controller selection of playback controls and songs.

Resting-Area Interactions

• Added automatic bard invitations when entering resting areas.

• Selecting Stay a While and Listen begins a performance and opens the main player.

• Introduced the Continue Listening? prompt when leaving a resting area.

• Added a 10-minute cooldown for recurring invitations and continuation prompts.

• Reset the initial invitation cooldown when the addon loads.

Music Player

• Introduced the classic Warcraft-inspired interface with dark stone backgrounds, bronze borders, and themed controls.

• Added the expandable, scrollable Songbook.

• Included playback controls for Perform, End Performance, Play Again, Next Ballad, and Bard's Choice.

• Added a draggable music player and minimap shortcut.

• Added an AddOns Settings entry with Open A Bard's Tale.

Spoken Integration

• Added compatibility with Spoken v3.3.1.

• Bard music automatically yields to Spoken narration.

• Music resumes after narration finishes and the queue becomes quiet.

• Manual playback stops cancel pending automatic resumption.

Audio and Playback

• Expanded the library to 12 songs.

• Added automatic progression between songs.

• Added randomized playback through Bard's Choice.

• Added automatic management of WoW's background music during performances.

• Preserved playback when leaving resting areas.

• Added cinematic interruption handling.

Current Features — v1.5.2