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v3.09 - 5th April 2016

• 102 / 103 / 104 alph changed from 0.65 to 0.5 to make the text stand out better
• 102 - Colour code was not escaped
• 103 - "BotanistcFreywinn" changed to "Botanist Freywinn"
• 171 to 173 added
• 267 - Now uses Medivh image instead of Thrall
• 277 - "non" changed to "none", "the 100" changed to "100"
• 278 - "library, laboratories" changed to "library and laboratories,"
• 282 - "Donuts" changed to "Dalaran Dougnuts"
• 283 - 296 added. Twisting Nether and alternate realities

v3.08 - 14th February 2016

Major -

• 159 to 170 added. This takes BQL up to entry into Vashj'ir/Hyjal
• 247 to 282 added. Lore extras for Timeline in three parts, Second War, Kirin Tor
• 230 - Wow API IsQuestFlaggedCompleted call usage error
• Test for Sunstrider Isle: ID is 893, not 493
• 136 - tightened up logic for calling the Kalu'ak introduction. Applies to BT/HF/DB

Minor -

• 1 / 126 / 164 / 165 - Sholazar image now 256x256 to reduce d/l size
• 2 - "B" colour changed from 0 to 0.2
• 6 - Now mentions Darkrider, worgen lore and the Stalvans. Cut much of Wetlands as I was vastly overrating it
• 34 - "worlds" changed to "the worlds". Grammar
• 35 - Now uses Khadgar #3. Removed |n|n at end as unnecessary
• 40 / 120 / 121 - Nagrand image now 256x256 to reduce d/l size
• 112 / 113 / 116 / 117 / 242 - Alleria now uses full alpha "1"
• 114 - Changed from Alleria to the new Sylvanas #4
• 118 - now uses Sargeras #1 image. Text repositioned to avoid bright/white areas of the image
• 121 - "plent" changed to "plenty". Typo
• 126 - revamped. More emphasis on Howling Fjord versus Borean Tundra but still listing the interesting parts of the Borean Tundra
• 134 / 140 / 142 / 145 / 147 / 148 / 150 / 153 / 155 - FrostWyrmm image now 256x256 to reduce d/l size. Was never sharp to begin with
• 136 / 137 / 138 / 139 - Kalu'ak image now 256x256 to reduce d/l size. Was never sharp to begin with
• 204 - now uses MalfurionTyrande image
• 206 - now uses Tomb of Sargeras #2 image
• 207 - now uses MalfurionTyrande image
• 209 - now uses Mogu image. Capitalisation of Mogu and Sea Giants. Also "the ruins of" replaced by "some ruins of" as more accurate
• 211 - now uses Alexstrasza #3 image
• 216 - now uses Tomb of Sargeras #2 image
• 223 - now uses MalfurionTyrande image
• 224 - now uses IllidanRed image
• 225 - now uses Sargeras #1 image
• 227 - now uses IllidanRed image
• 243 / 246 - New picture of Sylvanas Windrunner. Was using Sylvanas #3, now using #4 from my collection
• Various - attempting to reach a more standard text colour, where possible. Several changed from 1/1/0.2 to 1/1/0.8 to match most frames

v3.07 - 16th January 2016

• 126 - Welcome to Northrend Dalaran texture not present in Images folder. Use Sholazar image. Also changed text colour from a dark blue to bright yellow. Alpha unchanged

v3.06 - 12th January 2016

• 64 - "he'll..." changed to "He'll...". Typo
• 141 - Dragonblight texture not present in Images folder. Use WyrmrestTemple image

v3.05 - 3rd January 2016

• Cenarion Post. String error fix. Speech #48. 48m1 was 48h1

v3.04 - 2nd January 2016

• Illidan in Felwood wasn't checking quest completion properly. 221/222/229
• Counts dead or ghost as being busy now
• Counts player marked as "DND" as busy now
• Counts player in scenario as busy now
• Counts player in arena as busy now
• Counts a Pet Battle as player busy now
• localised several API calls coz that's what the other programmers do. Negligible benefit IMHO
• Force requires v2.03 of main module

v3.03 - 24th December 2015

• While a player is busy, the engine still allows the module to queue up frames. Better if absolutely nothing happens.
• 14 - Tanaris / Felwood / Badlands not appearing. Prerequisited itself...
• Force requires v2.01 of the main module

v3.02 - 15th December 2015

• 68 - Ghostlands Welcome added
• 115/6/7 - Series renamed to Alleria, untidy DBLabel code, 115 art badly named, etc
• The extra alreadyDoingLoreExtra parameter was unnecessary. Too heavily delays everything
• Tighter condition for the Alleria Windrunner > Sylvanas LE chain. This to maybe provide scope for a reminder down the track
• Sylvanas Lore Extra #1 added. There'll need to be much more of the Dark Lady to be Legion ready ;)
• 232 - reworded
• 230 - 238 - rename the saved frame. Fix!

v3.01 - 9th December 2015

• Remove debug code. Doh!

v3.00 - 9th December 2015

Major -

• Must use BQ main module v2.00
• Replay supported via main module v2.00
• Managed to find a free Java converter PNG->BLP. Tossed the old TGA format files. Now using BLP. 42% smaller!
• All frame code passed to BQ has had unnecessary parameters removed (due to BQ having a longer "default" list now)
• Items now have quality colours. Outland drops
• Level based logic much tighter. Players on a level boundary will receive the lower level frame first
• All instances now have sophisticated logic to display or not display. Avoids interrupting busy players, checks achievement, etc
• 3 series - Westfall/Darkshore/LM/BI travel advice revamped for Alliance
• 5 series - Silverpine/Ghostlands/Azshara travel advice revamped for Horde
• 6 series - Wetlands/Dusk/Ashenvale travel advice revamped for Alliance
• 7 series - Hillsbrad/Ashenvale travel advice revamped for Horde
• 11 series - Feral/WestPlag/DustMarsh travel advice revamped
• Illidan lore extra in Felwood no longer requires Maiev Shadowsong part #2 (or even #1) having been completed
• Added Lore Extra - first part of Well of Eternity / Night Elf birth / Quel'dorei
• Added Lore Extra - Garona
• Restructure logic and code placement of Windrunner sisters and Nobundo
• 202 - invite to Maw in Darkshore redone. Covers all situations now

Minor -

• 12 Nat Pagle is not so aggressive when you ding or first start the AddOn. Now delayed somewhat lol
• 23 & 41 presented in the wrong order (Deadmines)
• 68 - Mana Tombs intro. Introducing that it has no lore... = useless. So deleted. Lol
• 77 - The Black Morass. Completely changed the wording. Positive about helping Medivh. The rubbish hinting at lore inconsistencies removed. Pedantic or Purest at best it was.
• 91 - Firey to fiery and edited down text so it will fit in ultra small screens
• 93 - Extra "." typo
• 112 - remove mention of translocating and instead just say Ghostlands. More generic so text suits more players
• 122 - Remove Bladefist Bay from Kargath triggers. Can happen to players on a Zep and they will miss some of it :(
• 127 - Slight rewording of Staat's Pole quest to make text also appropriate for players already pretty much at his location and his name is "Staats", not "Staat"
• 158 - SFK instance - added a possessive apostrophe
• 206 - Now gives a nod to player of previous lore extra completion
• 208 to 211, 239 - Pantheon alpha changed from 0.6 to 1 (i.e. to maximum brighter)
• 211 - missing "," typo
• 230 - Worgen lore starter - for SFK instance trigger, added health check as I suspect that the out of instance zone check will be passed if the player is dead. Need the player to be really done before triggering #230

v2.02 - 27th November 2015

• 21 - DEHTA suggestion from Zangarmarsh added. 25m delay.
• Skinny squish of loading screen graphics fixed. For future ref: W = 0.66583 x H, calibrated against Akama's head on the Outland2 loading screen game file.
• At certain extremely small screen dimensions, WoW fonts do NOT scale properly. So, on frames with full text I have had to edit them down. Too many to list
• Took the opportunity to improve text where possible
• Emotes / actions use < coughs > instead of ( coughs ) to conform to Blizzard standards
• 103 - Mantle of Autumn, a popular druid tmog piece, added to The Botanica loot list
• 126 - Alter to push player more to Borean Tundra than Howling Fjord
• Shadowfang Keep added as part of BQLs major fleshing out of the Worgen experience
• Northrend content added. Borean Tundra and Dragonblight very complete and detailed. Howling Fjord and Grizzly Hills acknowledged
• Worgen lore extra added. Multiple trigger points. Independent of any existing LE chain. Explains content of worgen starting experience up to "turning"
• 28 Stratholme - note that the mount drop is a unique SKELETAL horse for ALLIANCE
• 93 - Used wrong map ID for the Hellfire Ramparts instance
• Delay logic to not bombard players so much. Immediately on entering zone but quite some delay on a ding and a smallish delay on entering an instance

v2.01 - 15th November 2015

• One instance of Barrow Deep changed to Barrow Deeps
• 201 - Added fun text "Going Down anyone?" as players get this achievement when jumping into the vortex
• 203 - Typo
• 15 - Text altered to emphasise the optional quest chain starting at the vortex near Lor'danel in Darkshore
• 12 - Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole didn't need to check quest 13826 so that code removed to keep things tidy
• Fishing Poles 127/128/129 added
• Illidan Stormrage 221 to 229 added
• Annoying "Greetings wanderer" for a succession of extra lore panels removed as annoying

v2.00 - 12th November 2015

• Too many changes to note individually
• Engine now supports the fading (i.e. alpha channel) of background art
• No map backgrounds, now using art from game files plus art from Images folder, from Blizzard sources
• Some art removed from Images folder as a good game file substitute was found
• Some new art added to the Images folder
• Art style completely altered. Now full frame
• Coloured text to assist readability
• Complete up to leaving Outland for Northrend
• Existing dialogue tweaked here and there
• Tons of new dialogue. 1 to 126, 200 to 220
• Gear and lore advice and info for all worthwhile dungeons.
• Few now lore and reward dialogues removed, for insertion in a different module
• "Extra" lore chain added. Gives four or five or more successive dialogues per topic. Timed delays
• Able to alter this timed delay in game
• Requires a minimum BQ (main) version number now

v1.03

• Dialog #11 (Feralas/WP/DWM choice) now mentions green dragonflight. Had to do this given the green focus in the Legion Expansion. I guess pushing players a little more to do Feralas.
• Logic for 11x2 (Nat's Lucky Fishing Pole) altered a little to safeguard against unnecessary nagging. Now checks quest log
• Dialog #18 revamped to boost the Swamp of Sorrows. Green Dragonflight vs Atal'ai / Hakkari trolls etc.
• #30 the Sunken Temple completely redone. Removed all the negativity about Blizzard emasculating the instance and instead give a summary of the history not really told in the game itself. Added extensive logic to guide the player through the external quest chain.
• Added Dialogs 31 to 84
• Added Outland up to and including Terokkar. Introductions to others. Interesting Dungeons done. Mags raid done.
• Other end game vanilla tweaked/expanded/redone
• Tarocalypse has new portrait
• Expanded sounds
• Added old Blizzard Login screens and Blizzard wallpapers and own screenshots (all edited)
• Stratholme upper limit set to 56 from 52 (to cover both)
• Blackrock Depths upper limit set to 61 from 57 (to cover both)

v1.02

• Debug hard code level removed Doh!

v1.01

• Typo: Orb of Relocation now the Orb of Translocation in speeches 5x2, 7x2, 7x3
• Damaged Necklace quest added for Ghostlands/Undercity
• 1x1 had 'prerequisite' replaced with 'showing' parameter. Better to ensure sound matches dialogue and plays only as necessary
• Various dialogues would NEVER appear if player had coincidentally begun using BQL at certain levels. Fixed
• Brazie coords added. Not a pet module, it is about quests BUT Brazie does offer quests :/
• The "Slow down" SFX in 18x1 was too quick at 5s. Now 10s

v1.00 - 6th July 2915

• Initial version