Absolute Raid Companion

# Absolute Raid Companion - Changelog

## 0.2.3 - 2026-11-10
- **Docs are in the download.** The addon now carries a `Docs` folder: `README.md` (how everything works, every command, testing), `PROTOCOL.md` (every message between Raid Companion and Raid Management) and `ARM-RC-Protocol-Conformance.md` (the same protocol from Raid Management's side).

## 0.2.2 - 2026-11-10
- **New logo.** The fire-breathing dragon over the raid: the full logo on the ABOUT tab (shown larger), and a round dragon icon, without the name, on the minimap button, the window title and the addon list.
- **ABOUT tab:** the commands sit in two columns, and the window opens a little bigger (600 x 500) so everything fits. `/arc reset` sets the new size.
- **Demo loot shows its names on WoW Forever.** Forever's servers don't send Onyxia's loot yet (the raid opens there Dec 9), so the demo showed "Item 17068". It now shows Deathbringer, Eskhandar's Collar and the rest, with a tooltip that says the item isn't loaded on this server yet.
- **Demo presence checks answer "here".** The demo now pretends you're in the raid wherever you stand, so the DKP tab shows "here" instead of "answered, outside". Live raids still report where you really are.
- **One button while bidding is open.** "Join" now shows only before bidding starts; once bidding opens, "Join & Bid" does both.

## 0.2.1 - 2026-11-10
Made for **Absolute Raid Management 0.2.0**: every message matches it, including its new presence checks.

- **Presence checks count you right.** Each time the raid leader pays DKP for being there (boss kill, on-time bonus, Give to raid, or a presence tick every few minutes), Raid Management asks Raid Companion "are you here?". Raid Companion answers privately: whether you're inside the raid instance, and whether you're flagged away. If your guild requires Raid Companion for presence DKP, this is what gets you paid. Each check you answer shows in the DKP tab's history ("Presence check: Boss kill: Onyxia - here").
- **Reserves keep your order.** Your reserves go to the leader in the order you picked them, so if you picked more than the leader allows, your first picks are the ones kept. You're told which ones were refused and why.
- **"No winner"** replaces "Cancelled" for a bid that ended with no bids or was cancelled.
- **New: `/arc selftest`** for raid leaders who test on one character. Raid Companion links to the Raid Management on your own character (needs the matching Raid Management update), so you can lead the raid and see the raider's side at the same time.
- **Demo mode plays a full raid night from the raider's side:** an on-time presence check paid in DKP, Onyxia's kill with four drops and a boss-kill check, a bid on your reserve (one click with your planned bid of 120), an open bid on something you didn't reserve, an item handed out by roll, a reservers-only bid nobody takes, a late bid that adds time, and a later presence tick. **`/arc demo bid`** opens a fresh sample bid any time, for screenshots.
- `PROTOCOL.md` (now in `Docs`) rev 3 matches Raid Management 0.2.0, confirms its checklist, and describes self-test.

## 0.1.0 - 2026-11-10 (first test build)
The raider's side of Absolute Raid Management. One download loads on both clients: `AbsoluteRaidCompanion.toc` targets Retail (interface 120105), and `AbsoluteRaidCompanion_Forever.toc` and `AbsoluteRaidCompanion_Camelot.toc` target WoW Forever (16001). One borderless navy and orange window: drag it by the title, size it from the corner grip, lock it in place. Open it with `/arc`, the minimap button or the addon compartment.

- **Your DKP at a glance.** The top of the window shows the DKP you have free to bid (your balance minus your open bids), your balance, the pool and where the number came from. The raid leader's Raid Management whispers it to you live after every change. Outside a raid, your guild's Raid Management answers over a hidden guild channel, and guilds that keep DKP in guild or officer notes work too (`Net:123`, `DKP:123`, `<123>` and more, or your own pattern).
- **Reserve loot in advance.** RESERVES lists WoW Forever's raids first (Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, Onyxia's Lair) and the Classic raids below them. The leader's loot list fills it in, every drop the leader announces is added, and you can shift-click any item in. Star what you want, give each reserve a planned bid, and send the list to the leader. It shows the leader's limit, whether reserves are locked, and which reserves were accepted.
- **One-click bids.** When bidding opens on one of your reserves, the bid window pops up, and the LOOT tab's **Bid 120** button sends your planned bid in one click. For anything else, **Join & Bid** puts you on the bidding table and opens the bid window.
- **Secret bids.** Your bid goes to the raid leader's addon as a hidden addon whisper. Nobody else in the raid ever sees the number, and the result shows only the winner. Only the winner learns the price.
- **Bid window:** the item, a countdown bar, your free DKP, the amount, and Min / +10 / Half / All buttons. It won't let you bid more than you have free, under the minimum, or on a reserve-only item you didn't reserve. Several open bids? Step through them with < and >.
- **LOOT tab:** every drop this raid, with its status (dropped, bidding with the time left, closing, who won), your bid and whether the leader accepted it.
- **DKP tab:** each pool you're in, with its source and age, and a history of your bids and wins.
- **Older Raid Management builds:** if the leader's addon doesn't answer, Raid Companion falls back to chat mode: it reads drops from raid warnings and bids with `bid N` whispers, which it keeps out of your own chat.
- **Gamepad mode** (SETTINGS): a bigger bid window; A sends, B passes, the D-pad up and down changes the amount, and left and right switch items. Key bindings for show/hide, send bid and pass are under Key Bindings > AddOns.
- **Demo mode:** `/arc demo` plays a sample Onyxia's Lair night with a pretend raid leader, for screenshots or a look around. It works on a copy of your data and sends nothing to the game. `/arc demo` again, or a `/reload`, ends it.
- Commands: `/arc`, `/arc loot`, `/arc reserves`, `/arc dkp`, `/arc settings`, `/arc about`, `/arc bid`, `/arc refresh`, `/arc status`, `/arc reset`, `/arc demo`, `/arc help`. `/raidcompanion` works too.
- `PROTOCOL.md` describes every message between Raid Companion and Raid Management.