Changelog

All notable changes to Classic Fishing Companion will be documented in this file.

[1.1.2] - 2026-02-18

Fixed

• Fixed tooltip flashing when swapping to fishing gear — lure detection now uses enchant ID lookup instead of tooltip scanning, eliminating the once-per-second tooltip refresh that caused flickering
• Added console warning when Easy Cast cannot apply a lure because you're out of stock — shown at most once every 10 minutes to avoid spam

[1.1.1] - 2026-02-17

Fixed

• Fixed Sharpened Fish Hook ID and Easy Cast support — lure now applies correctly via Easy Cast
• Fixed HUD showing wrong lure name for same-bonus lures (e.g. Sharpened Fish Hook showing as Aquadynamic Fish Attractor)

[1.1.0] - 2026-02-17

Fixed

• Fixed Sharpened Fish Hook ID (was 3486, corrected to 34861) — lure now properly applies with Easy Cast and detected on fishing pole
• Fixed HUD showing wrong lure name for same-bonus lures (e.g. Sharpened Fish Hook showing as Aquadynamic Fish Attractor) — HUD now uses selected lure as source of truth when bonus matches
• Fixed Easy Cast not recognizing Sharpened Fish Hook — added to lure name table so macro builds correctly

[1.0.18] - 2026-02-16

Added

• Goals Tab - Set session-based catch goals for specific fish
  • Pick a fish from the dropdown, set a target count, and track progress with visual progress bars
  • Active goals display on the HUD with color-coded progress (yellow at 75%, green on completion)
  • Goals reset each session (login/reload) so you can set fresh targets every time you fish
  • Up to 3 goals shown on HUD simultaneously
• Catch & Release Tab - Mark fish for deletion via keybind
  • Select fish to add to your release list
  • When you catch a fish on the list, press your Release Fish keybind to delete it from bags
  • Catches still count in your statistics
  • Keybind setup: ESC > Settings > Key Bindings > Classic Fishing Companion > Release Fish
• Release Fish keybind in Key Bindings menu
• Two-row tab layout to accommodate new Goals and Release tabs

Improved

• Fish dropdowns in Goals and Release tabs sorted alphabetically
• Smarter fish detection — non-fish items (Discarded Nutriment, Glowcap) filtered from catch lists and dropdowns
• HUD dynamically scales height based on active goal count
• Loot detection now requires a recent Fishing cast — looting ground objects with a pole equipped no longer creates false catches

Fixed

• Fixed HUD backdrop rendering on top of text and buttons (frame level ordering)
• Fixed non-fish items appearing in the Fish section of the catch list

[1.0.17] - 2026-02-10

Improved

• Reduced debug output noise for cleaner logging, Updated minimap icon to match curseforge page logo.

[1.0.16] - 2026-02-09

Added

• Keybinding Support - Bind keys to Toggle Fishing HUD and Toggle Fishing UI
  • Custom "Classic Fishing Companion" section in WoW Key Bindings menu
  • Toggle HUD keybind includes auto-swap gear if enabled
• /cfc hud command - Toggle the Stats HUD from chat (includes gear swap if enabled)
• TBC Fish Detection - Added keywords for TBC fish: crawdad, darter, feltail, crocolisk
• Nat Pagle Quest Fish Detection - Added keywords: ahi, striker, sailfin
• Addon Icon - Fishing icon now shows in TBC addon list

Fixed

• Fixed Barbed Gill Trout showing as misc instead of fish ("bar" in miscKeywords matched "Barbed")
• Fixed What's New dialog crash from unescaped %% in SetFormattedText

[1.0.15] - 2026-02-05

• Bug Fixes for TBC.

[1.0.14] - 2026-02-03

Added

• Zones Tab - Redesigned History tab into a zone-based collapsible view
  • Click any zone to expand and see all fish caught there with icons and counts
  • Zone headers show total fish, unique species, and % of total catches
  • Fish entries show catch count and % of zone catches
  • Zone tooltip: first/last visit dates, top fish, and best fishing hour
  • Fish tooltip: total caught, caught in zone, first/last date, best hour, top 5 locations
  • Only fish are shown (chests, lockboxes, gear, etc. are filtered out)
• Best Hour statistics on all fish tooltips across Zones and Catch List tabs
  • Shows the hour of day when you've caught the most of each fish
  • Helps identify AM vs PM fish spawns

[1.0.13] - 2026-01-27

Added

• Auto-Swap Combat Weapons - Automatically swap to combat weapons when attacked while fishing!
  • If not casting when combat starts, weapons swap instantly
  • If actively fishing, a "COMBAT! Click to Swap" button appears
  • When combat ends, automatically swaps back to your fishing pole
  • Enable in Settings under the Easy Cast section
  • Requires combat gear set to be saved (/cfc savecombat)

[1.0.12] - 2026-01-21

Fixed

• Fixed gear swapper not equipping both weapons when dual-wielding identical one-handed weapons
  • Main hand is now always processed before off-hand
  • Tracks used bag slots to prevent picking the same item twice

[1.0.11] - 2026-01-19

Added

• Easy Cast - Double-click fishing with automatic lure application
  • Double right-click to cast with fishing pole equipped
  • Automatically applies selected lure when needed (no buff or buff expired)
  • No more macros needed - Easy Cast handles everything
  • Works safely with combat (clears binding state when entering/leaving combat)
  • Blocked when loot windows or confirmation dialogs are open
• Rare fish sound notification
  • Plays a sound when catching rare fish (Brownell's Blue Striped Racer, Dezian Queenfish, Keefer's Angelfish, Mr. Pinchy, Feralas Ahi, Misty Reed Mahi Mahi, Sar'theris Striker, Savage Coast Blue Sailfin)
  • Test with /cfc testsound command
• Easy Cast status indicator on Lure tab
  • Shows "Enabled" (green) or "Disabled" (red) with helpful hints
• Settings tab reorganized into sections
  • General, Announcements, HUD Settings, Easy Cast, Advanced, Data Management
  • Easier navigation with section headers and separator lines

Fixed

• Fixed mob loot being tracked as fish catches during combat
  • Combat now resets the fishing cast timer to prevent false tracking
• Fixed Easy Cast interfering with combat actions
  • Binding state is cleared when entering combat and after leaving combat
• Loot windows now properly block Easy Cast recasting
  • Prevents accidental casts when BoP confirmation dialogs are open
• Purge button now works with lure usage statistics (case-insensitive matching)

[1.0.10] - 2026-01-15

Added

• Auto-Swap Gear on HUD Toggle
  • New option in Settings to automatically swap gear when toggling the HUD via minimap right-click
  • Right-click minimap to show HUD → automatically equips fishing gear
  • Right-click minimap to hide HUD → automatically equips combat gear
  • Shows warning if gear sets are not configured

[1.0.9] - 2026-01-08

Added

• Full TBC (The Burning Crusade) support
  • Separate TBC-specific UI and HUD files loaded via ClassicFishingCompanion_TBC.toc
  • Macro-based lure application system for TBC (workaround for Blizzard's API restrictions)
  • "Update CFC_ApplyLure Macro" button in Lure Manager creates/updates a macro for lure application
  • Dynamic lure icon on HUD button that changes based on selected lure
  • Max fishing skill announcement updated to 375 for TBC
  • All v1.0.8 features (Catch List, tooltips, per-character stats, gear swap) work in both Classic Era and TBC

Fixed

• Fixed lure detection not working in TBC
  • Updated tooltip pattern matching to support TBC's format: "Fishing Lure (+25 Fishing Skill) (10 min)"
  • Classic Era format still supported: "Fishing Lure +25"
  • Applied fix to both HUD lure display and missing lure warnings
• Fixed per-character mode "Cancel" button doing nothing in TBC
  • Now properly shows "Start Fresh?" confirmation dialog when clicked
• Fixed missing lure warnings showing even when lure is applied in TBC
• Fixed Statistics tab layout overlapping in TBC
  • "Fishing Poles Used" and other sections were overlapping with the graph bars
  • Created properly positioned text area below the graph containers

Changed

• Shared Core.lua, Database.lua, and Minimap.lua files work across both Classic Era and TBC
• Version detection added to Core.lua (WOW_PROJECT_ID: 2 = Classic Era, 5 = TBC)
• SavedVariables automatically transfer from Classic Era to TBC when characters move

[1.0.8] - 2025-12-15

Added

• Renamed Fish List to Catch List
  • Better reflects that it tracks all catches, not just fish
  • Separated fish from miscellaneous catches (lockboxes, gear, potions, etc.)
  • Two sections: "Fish" and "Miscellaneous" on same page
• Rich tooltips on catches
  • Hover over any catch to see detailed statistics
  • Shows total caught, locations where caught, first/last catch dates
  • Works in Catch List, Overview recent catches, and History tabs
• Per-Character Statistics mode
  • Optional mode to track each character's fishing separately
  • Enable in Settings tab with choice to copy account-wide data or start fresh
  • Account-wide mode remains default for seamless multi-character experience
  • Can switch back to account-wide mode at any time
• Smart fish categorization
  • Uses item type, subtype, and keyword matching
  • Properly categorizes edge cases (potions, gems, crafting materials)
  • Miscellaneous section includes: lockboxes, chests, gear, potions, gems, scrolls, recipes

Fixed

• Improved catch categorization logic to handle non-fish items correctly
• Better handling of items that don't fit typical fish patterns
• Fixed miscellaneous items appearing in fish section

[1.0.7] - 2025-12-08

Added

• Configurable lure warning interval
  • New dropdown in Settings to choose warning frequency: 30, 60, or 90 seconds
  • Replaces the hardcoded 30-second interval
  • Setting persists across sessions

Changed

• Renamed "Buff" to "Lure" throughout the addon for clarity
  • Raid warning now says "No Fishing Lure!" instead of "No Fishing Pole Buff!"
  • Settings checkbox now says "Warn When Fishing Without Lure"
  • Statistics tab now shows "Fishing Lures Used" instead of "Fishing Buffs Used"
  • Clear stats dialog updated to reference "Lure usage tracking"

Fixed

• Fixed "Unknown Lure (ID: XXX)" appearing in lure statistics
  • Non-fishing weapon enchants (sharpening stones, weightstones, etc.) were being incorrectly tracked as lures
  • Addon now only tracks enchants that are confirmed fishing lures (by enchant ID or tooltip text)
  • Unknown enchants are now ignored instead of creating erroneous entries
• Fixed purge function not removing items from lure usage statistics
  • Purge Item now also checks the lure/buff usage table
  • Can now properly remove incorrectly tracked lures like "Unknown Lure (ID: 625)"

[1.0.6] - 2025-12-05

Added

• Refresh Icons button in Fish List tab
  • Scans your bags for fish and updates their icons in the database
  • Useful for updating icons of fish caught before v1.0.6
  • Shows how many icons were found and updated
  • Icons are saved permanently once refreshed
• Automatic background icon refresh
  • Runs silently every 5 minutes to update fish icons from bags
  • Only updates missing or default icons (non-intrusive)
  • Automatically keeps your fish icons up-to-date
• "What's New" dialog
  • Shows version highlights when opening UI after update
  • Can be dismissed permanently or acknowledged for future updates
  • Helps users discover new features and fixes
  • Dynamic content system - easy to update for new versions
• Automatic database migration v1.0.6
  • Detects when upgrading from older version
  • Notifies users about improved icon caching
  • Reminds users to use Refresh Icons button if they have fish in bags
• Centralized version management
  • Single version constant (CFC.VERSION) used throughout addon
  • Easier version updates and maintenance
• Statistics Tab enhancements
  • Hourly productivity analysis showing catches by hour of day
  • Weekly breakdown showing last 7 days of fishing activity
  • Monthly breakdown showing last 4 weeks of fishing activity
  • Visual bar graphs for hourly, daily, and weekly statistics
  • Peak fishing period detection (morning, afternoon, evening, night)
• Fish rarity color coding
  • Fish names now display in their item quality color (gray/white/green/blue/purple/orange)
  • Applied throughout Overview, Fish List, History, and Statistics tabs
• Catch milestone notifications
  • Celebrates fishing milestones: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2500, 5000, 10000, 25000, 50000, 100000 catches
  • On-screen notification and sound effect when reaching milestones
• Max fishing skill announcement
  • Optional announcement when reaching maximum fishing skill (300)
  • Configurable channel: Off, Say, Party, Guild, or Emote
  • Setting available in Settings tab
• Centralized color codes and constants
  • CFC.COLORS table for consistent color usage across addon
  • CFC.CONSTANTS table for slots, bags, intervals, lure IDs, enchant IDs, and milestones

Fixed

• Fixed lure statistics incorrectly incrementing when using /reload command
  • Addon now detects existing lures on load/reload and doesn't count them as new applications
  • Only genuine new lure applications are tracked in statistics
  • Prevents inflation of lure usage counts from UI reloads
• Improved Fish List icon loading reliability
  • Now uses item links (more reliable) when caching fish icons at catch time
  • Tries multiple methods to retrieve icons: cached data, item link, item name, bag scanning
  • Better handling of WoW API item data caching delays
  • New fish caught going forward will have more reliable icon caching
• Fixed debug spam in Apply Lure function
  • Wrapped 30+ debug print statements in conditional checks
  • Only user-facing messages now display during normal operation
• Added nil checks to catch history loops
  • Prevents "nil" appearing in output if catch data is incomplete
  • Fallback values for missing itemName, zone, and date fields
• Improved gear swap error messages
  • Added cursor validation after item pickup
  • User-friendly error messages instead of silent failures
• Locale-independent lure detection
  • Now uses weapon enchant IDs instead of tooltip text parsing
  • Works correctly regardless of game language setting
  • Fallback to tooltip parsing if enchant ID not recognized

[1.0.5] - 2025-11-30

Added

• Fishing pole and lure bonus display on HUD skill line
  • Shows fishing pole inherent bonus in green with pole icon (e.g., "+25")
  • Shows active lure bonus in yellow with lure icon (e.g., "+75")
  • Dynamic icon fetching displays actual equipped pole and selected lure icons
  • Supports all lure types: +25 (Shiny Bauble), +50 (Nightcrawlers, Aquadynamic Fish Lens), +75 (Bright Baubles, Flesh Eating Worm), +100 (Aquadynamic Fish Attractor)
  • Example display: "Skill: 150/300 +25 [pole icon] +75 [lure icon]"
• Casting protection for gear swapper
  • Prevents gear swaps while casting or channeling any spell
  • Shows warning message when attempting to swap during cast
  • Uses UnitCastingInfo and UnitChannelInfo for comprehensive protection
• Configurable announcement settings
  • New setting to enable/disable buff warning messages (enabled by default)
  • New setting to enable/disable fishing skill increase announcements (enabled by default)
  • Both settings available in Settings tab with clear descriptions
• Data import/export functionality
  • Export all fishing data for backup or transfer between characters
  • Import data from exported files to restore or merge statistics
• Automatic backup system
  • Internal backups created every 24 hours (stored in SavedVariables: WTF\Account\[ACCOUNT_NAME]\[RandomNumberString]\SavedVariables\ClassicFishingCompanion.lua.bak)
  • Export reminder shown every 7 days of play time
  • "Enable Automatic Backups" setting to toggle automatic backups (enabled by default)
  • "Restore from Backup" button to restore from most recent automatic backup
  • Backup timestamp displayed in Settings tab
  • Session data preserved when restoring from backup
  • Confirmation dialog when restoring backup

Changed

• Performance optimizations
  • Moved lure mapping tables to module-level constants to prevent recreation on every HUD update
  • Eliminated duplicate GetCurrentFishingBuff() call (was called twice per update)
  • Consolidated multiple time() calls in fishing state checks to single variable
  • Removed redundant conditional checks

Fixed

• Fixed Fish List icon loading for Anniversary Classic
  • Updated to use C_Container API (Anniversary Classic uses modernized container system)
  • Searches player bags using C_Container.GetContainerItemInfo to get icon textures
  • Maintains backward compatibility with older Classic versions
  • Falls back to default fish icon for items not in bags
  • Provides better visual consistency for caught fish no longer in inventory
• Fixed Fish List showing wrong icons for fish no longer in bags
  • Icons are now cached when fish are first caught and stored in database
  • Cached icons are used first, eliminating dependency on item cache or bag contents
  • Icons automatically update when found via GetItemInfo or bag scanning
  • Ensures correct icons display even for fish caught long ago or sold/banked
• Fixed tooltip pollution causing item data caching issues
  • Moved tooltip creation to module-level for reuse in GetFishingPoleBonus() and GetCurrentFishingBuff()
  • Prevents excessive tooltip creation impacting item icon loading
• Improved code efficiency by removing unnecessary operations
• Optimized HUD update cycle for better performance

[1.0.3] - 2024-11-23

Added

• Gear Sets system for quick equipment swapping
  • Save fishing and combat gear sets with one click
  • Swap between gear sets instantly with HUD button or slash commands
  • New "Gear Sets" tab in main UI for managing saved equipment
  • Visual display of all saved items in each gear set
  • Quick swap button on Stats HUD showing current mode (🎣 Fishing / ⚔️ Combat)
  • Slash commands: /cfc savefishing, /cfc savecombat, /cfc swap
  • Combat lockdown protection prevents gear swaps during combat
  • Automatic detection of gear configuration status
• Lure Manager system for quick lure application
  • New "Lure" tab in main UI for selecting preferred fishing lures
  • "Apply Lure" button on HUD to instantly apply selected lure to fishing pole
  • Support for all common fishing lures (Shiny Bauble, Nightcrawlers, Bright Baubles, Flesh Eating Worm, Aquadynamic Fish Attractor, Aquadynamic Fish Lens)
  • Corrected lure icons to match actual Classic WoW items
  • Inventory check warns when attempting to apply lure not in bags
  • Warning message when attempting to apply lure while in combat gear

Changed

• HUD now displays "Lure:" instead of "Buff:" for better clarity
• Simplified HUD gear swap button text to prevent overlap ("Swap to" + icon)
• Renamed "Lure Manager" tab to "Lure" for cleaner interface

Fixed

• Fixed lure tracking false positives when buying lures from vendors
  • Increased detection threshold from 5 to 500 seconds to prevent false counts
  • Only genuine lure applications are now tracked
• Fixed lure statistics tracking incorrect data
  • Now reads actual lure from fishing pole tooltip instead of trusting UI selection
  • Prevents false statistics when clicking Apply Lure for items not in inventory
• Fixed lure statistics showing duplicate entries with different time formats
  • Improved regex pattern to strip both minute and second formats from lure names
  • Ensures consistent lure names in statistics regardless of time remaining
• Fixed raid warnings triggering when not in fishing gear mode
  • Warnings now only appear when in fishing gear mode, not combat gear
  • Added gear mode check to prevent false warnings after swapping to combat gear
• Fixed combat loot being tracked as fish catches
  • Addon now only tracks loot from actual fishing casts, not combat kills
  • Uses UnitIsDead check to distinguish fishing loot from mob loot
  • Prevents mob loot from being tracked when you have a fishing pole equipped
• Fixed missing buff warnings not triggering consistently when actively fishing
  • Removed overly restrictive time-since-last-cast check
  • Warning now triggers reliably every 30 seconds (reduced from 60) when fishing without a lure
  • Warning only requires fishing pole equipped and fishing gear mode active
• Fixed "Clear All Statistics" button not clearing fishing pole usage and sessions data
• Fixed lure selection not updating the Apply Lure button macro
• Improved macro handling for lure application

[1.0.2] - 2024-11-22

Added

• Clickable lock icon on HUD for instant lock/unlock toggle
• Hover tooltips on lock icon showing current state and instructions
• Native WoW padlock icons for professional appearance

[1.0.1] - 2024-11-22

Added

• Missing buff warning system
  • On-screen warnings every 60 seconds when fishing without a lure/buff
  • Displays prominently in center of screen for 10 seconds
  • HUD shows "None" in red when no buff is active
  • Warning enabled by default, can be toggled in Settings

Changed

• Updated settings UI with clearer descriptions

Fixed

• Bug where cooked/crafted fish were incorrectly tracked as caught fish
  • Addon now only tracks items from "You receive loot:" messages (fishing)
  • Ignores "You create:" messages from cooking and other professions

[1.0.0] - 2024-11-21

Added

• Initial release with comprehensive fishing tracking
• Stats HUD with real-time display
• Buff timer with color-coded countdown
• Fishing skill progression tracking
• Buff and pole usage statistics
• Customizable settings
• Minimap button with quick actions
• Full Classic WoW compatibility