ZNNQuest Changelog

v1.0 — Foundation

• Core game loop: arena-based survivor with WASD movement and spell casting (keys 1-5)
• Mage class with full spell pool (Frostbolt, Fireball, Arcane Missiles, Blizzard, Pyroblast, Frost Nova, Flamestrike, Arcane Barrage, Ice Lance, Scorch)
• Enemy wave system with escalating difficulty, spawn timers, and batch spawning
• 3D WoW creature models for player and all enemies (normal, elite, boss tiers)
• Projectile system with travel time, AoE zones, and cone attacks
• Leveling system with XP gain, level-up upgrades, and scaling enemy stats
• Gold drops and pickup radius
• Basic HUD: health bar, level, XP bar, gold counter, kill counter, timer
• Equipment system with 5 slots (Helm, Shoulder, Chest, Leg, Weapon) and 5 quality tiers (Common through Legendary)
• Item generation with randomized stats (Max HP, Crit, CDR, Move Speed, Damage, Pickup Radius)
• Bank storage for unequipped items with dust salvaging
• Main menu with class selection, equipment management, and spell picker
• Spell selection screen: choose up to 5 spells per run from class pool
• Game over screen with stats summary
• Saved data persistence via SavedVariables (bank, equipment, best run, settings)
• /znn slash command to launch

v2.0 — Priest & Specs

• Priest class with full spell pool (Smite, Shadow Word: Pain, Mind Blast, Renew, Holy Fire, Power Word: Shield, Mind Flay, Holy Nova, Shadow Word: Death, Penance)
• 6 Specializations: Arcane, Fire, Frost (Mage) and Holy, Discipline, Shadow (Priest)
• Spec selection at level 10 with passive talent trees
• Per-level spec upgrades with meaningful build choices
• Class-colored UI elements throughout

v3.0 — Multiplayer

• Two-player co-op via addon messages (WHISPER channel)
• /znnquest host and /znnquest join PlayerName commands
• Real-time sync of player positions, projectiles, and enemy state (100ms tick rate)
• Host plays Mage, partner plays Priest
• Partner 3D model rendered in arena with health bar and name
• Ready-sync countdown before run starts
• Disconnect handling and reconnection

v4.0 — Power-Ups & Buffs

• 4 power-up types: Static Burst, Speed Boost, Absorb Shield, XP Boost
• Glowing orb drops from enemies (2% normal, 8% elite, 20% boss)
• Buff timer HUD with icons, name labels, and countdown timers
• Flash effect on buffs with ≤3 seconds remaining
• Health globe drops for healing
• Pre-run buff selection screen with optional starting buffs

v5.0 — Raid Bosses & VFX

• Raid boss encounters every 10 levels
• Boss clears all enemies, spawns single massive creature (72px model, 3.8x camera zoom)
• Dedicated raid boss HP bar nameplate at top of arena with tier display
• Enrage mechanic with timer and visual indicator
• Boss death triggers 5 loot drops, XP burst, and explosion VFX
• Full VFX system: spell impacts, death explosions, spark trails, ring waves
• Floating combat text for damage, crits, heals, gold, and XP
• Critical strike flash effects

v6.0 — Prestige System

• Prestige unlocked at level 50 (2 retained upgrades) and level 100 (5 retained upgrades)
• Retained spec upgrades carry across future runs per class
• Prestige tracked separately for Mage and Priest
• Fresh Game option to reset all prestige data
• Prestige display on main menu

v7.0 — Zones & Equipment Popup

• 3 zones with level-based transitions:
  • Tirisfal Glades (Levels 1-10)
  • Silverpine Forest (Levels 11-20)
  • Hillsbrad Foothills (Levels 21-30)
• Per-zone 1024×1024 TGA background textures
• Zone name header displayed at top of arena in Morpheus font
• Zone transition announcements (floating text + chat message) after raid boss kills
• Equipment popup (C key toggle) for mid-combat gear swaps
  • Left column: 5 equipped slots with quality-colored names and stat labels
  • Right column: bank items per slot with Equip buttons
  • Instant stat application on equip
  • Pauses game while open, C or ESC to close

v8.0 — Sound System & Zone Music

• Per-zone looping OGG soundtracks:
  • Tirisfal.ogg for Tirisfal Glades
  • Silverpine.ogg for Silverpine Forest
  • ZNN.ogg for Hillsbrad Foothills
• Automatic music crossfade on zone transitions
• All WoW audio muted (Music, Ambience, SFX, Dialog) while addon is active
• OGG plays on Master channel, bypassing muted channels
• CVar backup and restore on stop, crash, reload, or logout
• Alt-tab recovery: music auto-restarts when WoW regains focus (dt spike detection)
• P key pause stops music and restores WoW audio
• /znn resume re-mutes WoW and restarts zone music
• Music toggle button on main menu

v9.0 — Leaderboard

• Guild-wide leaderboard via addon messages (GUILD/RAID/PARTY channels)
• 3 category tabs: Solo Mage, Solo Priest, Duo Mode
• Only personal best per category is recorded (lower runs don't overwrite)
• Auto-broadcast on game over with 1-second delay
• Score query/response protocol for syncing across guild members
• Leaderboard UI:
  • Sorted by level (kills as tiebreaker)
  • Gold/silver/bronze rank highlighting for top 3
  • Own name highlighted in green
  • Columns: Rank, Player, Level, Kills, Spec, Time, Zone
• Click-to-inspect: view any player's full build
  • Class, spec, level, time survived
  • Spell loadout
  • Active modifiers (Hyper, Elite, Raid)
  • Equipped gear (quality + name)
• Accessible from main menu button or /znn board
• Refresh button to re-query scores

v10.0 — Tutorial, Voice Lines & Polish

• Tutorial System
  • 5-page Diablo-style gothic tutorial on first /znn launch
  • Dark marble background with gold ornate DialogBox border
  • Large thematic WoW spell icons per page with gold quickslot frames
  • Morpheus font titles with colored theming and drop shadows
  • Page navigation dots (active glows gold, inactive dim)
  • Ornate gold-bordered Back/Next buttons
  • Skip button for returning players
  • Tutorial button on main menu to replay at any time
  • Welcome.ogg voice line plays on tutorial open
• Main Menu Music
  • MainMenu.ogg loops (~7s) while main menu is visible
  • Stops cleanly on menu close, game start, or tutorial open
  • OnHide handler ensures music stops regardless of close method
• Voice Lines
  • Welcome.ogg — Tutorial greeting
  • MainMenu.ogg — Menu background music
  • Insanity.ogg — Plays on raid boss kill
  • KillingSpree.ogg — Triggers at kill milestones (100, 500, 1,500, 3,000, 5,000, 7,500, 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, 30,000, 50,000)
  • Fatality.ogg — Plays on player death / game over
• Audio Flow
  • WoW sounds mute immediately on /znn (before tutorial or menu)
  • Tutorial → Welcome.ogg over silence
  • Main menu → MainMenu.ogg loop
  • Game start → Zone music replaces menu music
  • Boss kill → Insanity.ogg one-shot over zone music
  • Kill milestone → KillingSpree.ogg one-shot with floating text
  • Player death → Fatality.ogg one-shot
  • End run → Zone music stops, menu music starts
  • Close addon → All music stops, WoW audio restored
  • PLAYER_LOGOUT → Full sound cleanup and CVar restore

Bug Fixes (across all versions)

• Fixed enemy loop nil crash during raid boss trigger (deferred to end of SimStep)
• Fixed raid boss red square border (replaced WHITE8x8 with glow.tga aura)
• Added dedicated raid boss 3D model pool (TBC creature display IDs)
• Fixed equipment popup stat display (stats are table objects with .label, not flat key-value pairs)
• Fixed quality color lookup (uses item.qualityName and item.qualityColor)
• Fixed ApplyEquipStats to read new stat format ({stat, value, label} tables)
• Fixed boss spawn position (y=100, visible in arena instead of off-screen)
• Fixed buff timer display overlap with action bar (repositioned)
• Fixed hint text and spec text overlap (repositioned to non-conflicting anchors)
• Fixed bank slot key capitalization (Helm not helm) to match Items.SLOTS
• Fixed menu music not stopping on addon close (OnHide handler + robust StopMenu)
• Fixed menu music not starting after game over (EndRun now starts menu music)
• Fixed music loop restarting every 2 seconds (removed periodic replay, uses dt spike detection for alt-tab only)
• Fixed sound leak on PLAYER_LOGOUT (registered event, full cleanup)

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