PhoenixCastBars v0.4.6

From 0.3.15 → 0.4.6

This is a major progression update spanning multiple internal rewrites, new systems, and structural improvements.

Major Feature Additions

Full Empower Spell Support

• Proper staged empower tracking
• Accurate stage progression display
• Correct handling of partial charges
• Clean interrupt + cancel behavior
• Eliminated empower visual desync issues

Rebuilt Global Cooldown (GCD) Bar

• Fully rewritten logic
• No longer conflicts with cast states
• More reliable triggering
• Improved timing consistency

Latency Safe Zone

• Proper latency tracking for player casts
• Dynamic safe zone scaling
• Correct visibility handling
• Fixed edge cases where safe zone failed to appear

Cast System Overhaul

• Reworked cast timing architecture
• Added internal local timing tracking
  - _localStartTime
  - _localEndTime
  - _localDuration
• Improved interrupt handling
• Cleaner stop/reset behavior
• More reliable channel updates
• Reduced visual flicker during rapid spell transitions

Nameplate Improvements

• Increased stability across large nameplate counts
• Improved polling logic
• Cleaner lifecycle handling for nameplate cast bars
• Reduced risk of orphaned frames

Options Panel & Configuration Refactor

• Introduced safe database path helpers:
  - GetValue(db, "path.to.key")
  - SetValue(db, "path.to.key", value)
• Eliminated nested nil indexing errors
• Standardized config reads/writes
• Improved dropdown behavior
• Escape key properly closes dropdowns
• Increased overall options panel stability

Visual & UI Improvements

• Spark visibility now defaults correctly
• Improved container layout structure
• Better preview consistency in options
• Minor alignment and styling refinements

Codebase & Structural Changes

• Significant internal cleanup
• Improved file organization
• Safer event handling structure
• Reduced redundant logic
• Prepared architecture for future expansion
• Version progression from 0.3.15 → 0.4.6