PSW Hunt for the Rares v0.15.0

This is the first major public update after v0.14.8 and expands HFTR from a rare tracker into a much more complete rare-hunting workflow.

Hunt Mode

• Added Hunt Mode for DAILY rare zones.
• Automatically selects the nearest eligible remaining rare.
• Uses HFTR's own navigation arrow; TomTom is not required.
• Supports Full and Minimal Hunt layouts.
• Added configurable arrow placement and size.
• Added optional 3D target model with icon fallback.
• Added Skip and Stop controls.
• Automatically advances after arrival, a qualifying kill, or when the current target becomes unavailable for the day.
• Added the Hunting Time zone-entry prompt when DAILY rares remain.
• Added a dedicated Hunt Complete celebration when a DAILY zone is fully cleared.

Smarter Daily Rare Tracking

• Added Blizzard-backed DAILY rare eligibility handling.
• Rares already completed for the current daily reset can persist as NRA across reloads and relogs.
• Daily locks automatically roll over using Blizzard's daily-reset timing rather than a hardcoded reset time.
• Fresh live rare evidence can override stale historical NRA state.
• Added corpse awareness: finding a supported rare already dead marks it Dead without granting a kill or creating a false daily lock.
• Improved state handling for Attackable, Protected / waiting, Dead, Not Found and NRA.
• EVENT content remains separate from DAILY lock/reset behavior.

Tracker, Alerts and Navigation

• Improved the main tracker with a scrollable Full view and automatic focus on detected or synchronized rares.
• Hunt progress uses the same eligibility truth as the tracker, so completed, locked or currently dead targets are skipped correctly.
• Added context-aware sharing actions depending on whether a valid protection timer exists.
• Improved HFTR-owned waypoint cleanup and replacement behavior.
• Added child-map-aware Hunt and waypoint navigation using world-position calculations so sub-maps are not compared using incompatible raw coordinates.
• Added optional Alive for spawn information when Blizzard exposes usable GUID timing data.
• Added optional HFTR NPC tooltip information for status, kills, alive time and daily lock state.

Setup, Settings and Accessibility

• Added a premium first-run Setup Wizard with a dedicated Welcome page.
• Added Run Setup Wizard under General so it can be rerun later.
• Reorganized Settings for easier discovery.
• Hunt Mode is now its own top-level Settings category.
• Added Chat & Messages as the central home for addon-generated chat output.
• Notifications now focuses on active attention-grabbing behavior such as Rare Alert and sounds.
• Added short, localization-ready explanations beneath every Settings page title.
• Added an Accessibility section with Reduce flashing & rapid effects, Reduce motion, and High contrast status colors.
• Status is never communicated by color alone.

Sharing and Sync

• Added independent controls for receiving and sharing community sightings.
• Added opt-in character-name sharing.
• Rare Alert can show who shared a sighting.
• Sync protocol handling was extended while keeping older compatible clients tolerant of optional additional data.
• DAILY personal states such as NRA/locked remain private and are not broadcast as shared rare state.

Debugging and Safety

• Expanded Debug Tracker to four logging levels: Basic, Medium, Advanced and Expert.
• Debug observation scope is independently selectable as HFTR Only or World Scan.
• World Scan can inspect unsupported NPCs for diagnostics without adding them to tracking, alerts, sharing, sync or kill history.
• Added broader vignette, GUID, spawn and classification diagnostics.
• Hardened secret/protected-value handling for Midnight.
• Fixed a secret-key crash discovered while entering a dungeon.
• Unsupported dungeons, raids and scenarios no longer inherit rare content from an outdoor parent map.
• The live tracker automatically hides in unsupported instances; if manually opened it remains empty.
• This does not block future dungeon or raid rare support: an expansion pack can explicitly register supported instance content.

Midnight Content Expansion

Zul'Aman

• Added all 15 DAILY rares for tracking and Hunt Mode.
• Added documented coordinates and targeted cave/mechanic hints where appropriate.

Harandar

• Added all 15 DAILY rares for tracking and Hunt Mode.
• Added rare-elite flags and targeted cave/patrol hints for less obvious targets.

Voidstorm

• Added 14 The Ultimate Predator DAILY rares.
• Added 5 Stormarion EVENT rares as a separate group.
• Stormarion rares do not inflate the DAILY total from 14 to 19 and do not use DAILY NRA lifecycle rules.
• Added child-map navigation for targets located on map 2444.
• Added researched cave, patrol, summon and Blackcore-mechanic hints without inventing respawn timers.

The Coiled Isle

• Added 12 Coiled to Strike DAILY rares.
• Added 5 Cursed Surge EVENT bosses as a separate group outside 12/12 DAILY progress.
• Added child-map navigation for Szarith the Fanged in The Underbelly and Nar'zira in Tomb of the Lost Priest.
• Added researched entrance, patrol, interior and Farthik summon guidance without hardcoding uncertain respawn timers.

Existing Midnight Content

• Eversong Woods continues to use DAILY eligibility behavior.
• Val and Naigtal continue to use their separate EVENT lifecycle and remain outside Hunt Mode.
• Special-event vignette support remains available for mechanics where the pre-spawn object/event is visible before the rare itself.

Compatibility and Architecture

• Core remains the engine/plugin host while Midnight remains a separate content pack.
• Expansion compatibility is gated through the Content API/version contract.
• Midnight v0.8.8 requires PSW Hunt for the Rares Core v0.15.0 or newer.
• Mixed DAILY/EVENT groups and child-map navigation are implemented in shared Core rather than as one-off zone hacks.

Important Testing Notice

Voidstorm and The Coiled Isle are implemented from current game/database/achievement/guide research, but they have not yet been personally live-tested in-game by the addon author.

Because of that, coordinates, Hunt routing, event-state detection or special encounter mechanics in those two zones may need follow-up corrections.

If something behaves incorrectly, please report the rare, zone and what happened.

Created by PandaSaidWhat