KIC LFG Sorter

v0.17.3

New

• Added an X button to manually hide the KIC window without disabling applicant sorting.
• Added a draggable minimap "K" button.
• Added /kic to open or close the KIC configuration window outside the applicant viewer.
• Added a group composition panel attached below the main KIC window.
• Added Raid Buff tracking with visual present/missing indicators.
• Added a Utility section for:
  • Bloodlust / Heroism
  • Combat Resurrection
  • Healthstones
• Added a Group Defensives section for:
  • Rallying Cry
  • Darkness
  • Anti-Magic Zone
  • Zephyr
  • Aura Mastery
  • Power Word: Barrier
  • Spirit Link Totem
• Composition entries use spell icons, tooltips, desaturation for missing effects, and green/red status indicators.
• The composition panel can be independently minimized and remembers its state.
• Compact KIC mode automatically collapses the composition panel.

Changed

• "Unique Classes" has been replaced by "Unique Specs".
• Unique Specs now suppresses only an already represented specialization instead of the entire class. Example: Arms Warrior no longer prevents Fury Warrior from being considered Preferred.
• Accepted LFG invites count toward Unique Specs.
• Simply sending an invite still does not count.
• The legacy DB.uniqueClasses SavedVariables key is retained for backwards compatibility.
• Raid Buffs now contain 11 actual raid-buff effects; Healthstones were moved to Utility.
• Bloodlust availability recognizes Shaman, Mage, Hunter and Evoker.
• Combat Resurrection availability recognizes Death Knight, Druid, Paladin and Warlock.
• Composition panel icons and section labels were enlarged for better readability.
• Added visual separators between composition section labels and their icons.
• Collapsed composition summary now uses clearer separators: Raid X/11 | Util X/3 | Def X/7
• Increased the main KIC window default and minimum height to 410 px.

UI / Quality of Life

• Minimap button position is saved between sessions.
• The composition panel's minimized state is saved between sessions.
• The composition panel's own + button is hidden while the entire KIC sorter is in Compact Mode.
• Improved spacing and visual separation of the minimized composition panel.
• Standalone /kic configuration retains all normal sorting and preference settings.

Technical

• Preserved Blizzard's default Group Finder applicant UI.
• Preserved native dungeonScore usage with no Raider.IO dependency.
• Refactored supporting code to remain within WoW Lua upvalue and top-level local-variable limits.
• Kept the stable class/spec grid initialization path isolated from optional composition UI.

v0.17.4 – v0.17.6

Changed

• Reduced the expanded composition panel width to fit its icon rows instead of matching the entire main-window width.
• Changed the collapsed composition summary label from "Raid" to "Buffs".
• Added distinct colors for better visual separation:
  • Raid Buffs: gold
  • Utility: blue
  • Group Defensives: purple
• Applied the same section colors to both the expanded panel and collapsed summary.
• The collapsed summary now displays: Buffs X/11 | Util X/3 | Def X/7
• Renamed the visible "Clear Selection" button to "Clear Specs" so the label fits correctly.

Fixed

• Removed unnecessary empty space from the right side of the expanded composition panel.
• The collapsed composition panel now calculates its width from the actual summary text and toggle button.
• Removed the remaining unnecessary empty space from the collapsed composition panel.

v0.17.7

Changed

• Replaced the optional Purgatory system with an always-active specialization Blacklist.
• Removed the Purgatory enable/disable button.
• Right-clicking a specialization icon now directly adds or removes that spec from the Blacklist.
• A party containing any blacklisted specialization is moved below the red separator.
• Friend Rule: Above All continues to override the Blacklist.
• Blacklist continues to override Preferred specs, Priority RIO and Priority ilvl.
• Blacklisted specs retain their red outline in both full and Compact Mode.
• Moved the Unique Specs button into the former Purgatory button position.
• Updated related buttons and tooltips to use the Blacklist terminology.

Compatibility

• Existing Purgatory spec selections are automatically migrated to the new Blacklist.
• Obsolete Purgatory SavedVariables are removed after migration.
• Existing preferred specs and unrelated settings remain unchanged.

v0.17.8

Technical

• Split the previous monolithic Lua source into focused modules:
  • KIC-Data.lua for static class, specialization and composition data.
  • KIC-Sorting.lua for applicant evaluation, sorting tiers and separators.
  • KIC-Composition.lua for the group composition panel.
  • KIC-LFGSort.lua for the main UI, settings, events and minimap integration.
• Added all runtime modules to the TOC in dependency order.
• Preserved the existing KICLFGSortDB SavedVariables database.
• Preserved all existing sorting rules and Blizzard Group Finder integration.
• Preserved the stable BuildSorterClassGrid and specialization-button creation path.
• Preserved the initialization order that builds the main Specs UI before the optional composition panel.
• Reduced pressure on WoW's top-level local-variable and function upvalue limits.
• No intentional user-facing behavior or layout changes were introduced by the refactor.

v0.17.9

Changed

• Stateful tooltips now refresh immediately while the cursor remains over a clicked button.
• Immediate tooltip updates apply to:
  • specialization selection
  • Blacklist selection
  • class selection
  • role quick-select buttons
  • Sort by RIO
  • Party Rule
  • Party Calculation
  • Friend Rule
  • Unique Specs
  • KIC enable checkbox
  • main-window minimize and restore
  • composition-panel minimize and expand
  • Clear Specs
• Tooltips no longer continue displaying the previous state until the cursor leaves and re-enters the button.