Captain Hook — Changelog

v0.8.3.52 → v0.8.3.54

v0.8.3.52 — Preparation Window UI Redesign

• Completely redesigned the Fishing Preparation header for better readability.

• Reworked the six preparation categories into a cleaner dedicated navigation bar.

• Increased category icon size and improved spacing.

• Category labels are now displayed below their icons instead of overlapping them.

• Category progress counters are displayed on a separate line.

• Added shorter localized category labels to better fit the compact window.

• Improved selected-category highlighting.

• Cleaned up the top section containing:

  • Main Window button

  • Fishing action

  • Fishing shortcut

• Improved separators, alignment and general visual hierarchy.

• Preparation window remains compact with:

  • Single-column layout

  • 6 visible items

  • Mouse-wheel scrolling

  • No visible scrollbar

• Added/updated French and English localization for the redesigned interface.

v0.8.3.53 — Fishing Equipment Improvements

• Removed the Fishing Rod from the Preparation > Equipment category.

  • Fishing rods are already handled by WoW through the Fishing Profession Tool slot.

  • Captain Hook no longer tries to manage the fishing rod as part of the fishing outfit.

• Automatically cleans older saved configurations that still contain a fishing rod selection.

• Equipment preparation now focuses on:

  • Appearance

  • Head

  • Gloves

  • Belt

  • Boots

  • Rings

• Added real equipment-state detection.

• Configured fishing equipment now displays Equipped when it is actually worn by the character.

• Equipped items receive clearer visual feedback:

  • Green status text

  • Green border

  • Improved item-name highlighting

• Correctly supports both ring slots.

• Equipment status automatically refreshes:

  • When Fishing Mode is activated

  • When character equipment changes

• Fishing outfit items are still automatically equipped when entering Fishing Mode.

v0.8.3.54 — Major Scrolling Performance Optimization

• Major performance improvements for the Fishing & Aquatic Equipment catalog.

• Fixed severe FPS drops when scrolling through large equipment lists.

• Replaced the previous full-list rendering system with a virtualized list.

• Only currently visible item rows are now rendered.

• UI rows are recycled while scrolling instead of keeping dozens of full item cards active.

• Significantly reduced the number of UI regions WoW has to move and redraw on each mouse-wheel step.

• Added caching for static item information and tooltip-derived data.

• Reduced unnecessary item scans and repeated item-information requests.

• GET_ITEM_INFO_RECEIVED refreshes are now consolidated instead of triggering repeated full-page rebuilds.

• Catalog updates are delayed while actively scrolling to avoid frame-time spikes.

• Bag and equipment updates now use the same optimized deferred-refresh system.

• Large categories such as Equipment should now scroll much more smoothly with significantly lower CPU/UI overhead.

Summary

Versions 0.8.3.52 to 0.8.3.54 focus mainly on polishing the Fishing Preparation experience and improving overall performance:

Cleaner Preparation UI → Smarter equipment handling → Real equipped-item feedback → Major catalog scrolling optimization.