release v1.2

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -72,18 +72,20 @@ jobs:
             dist/WowPresence.zip
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: Create GitHub Release v1.3
+      - name: Create GitHub Release v1.2
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event.head_commit.message == 'release v1.3' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event.head_commit.message == 'release v1.2' }}
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
         with:
-          tag_name: v1.3
+          tag_name: v1.2
           target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
           files: |
+            dist/WowPresence.dll
+            dist/WowPresence.exe
             dist/WowPresence.zip
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          name: "WowPresence v1.3"
+          name: "WowPresence v1.2"
           body_path: RELEASE_NOTES.md
-          generate_release_notes: false
+          generate_release_notes: true
           make_latest: true
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
         with:
           files: |
+            dist/WowPresence.dll
+            dist/WowPresence.exe
             dist/WowPresence.zip
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
           name: "WowPresence ${{ github.ref_name }}"

README.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ After extraction, the relevant files should look like this:
 
 The runtime JSON and log files are created automatically inside the same `WowPresence` folder.
 
-When WowPresence is installed through the **[Modernization Tool](https://github.com/Dusk-92/Modernization-Tool)**, the same binaries automatically use:
+When WowPresence is installed through **Modernization Tool**, the same binaries automatically use:
 
 ```text
 <WoW folder>\.modernization_tool\WowPresence\
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ instead. No separate build is required.
 
 ## 🛰️ Discord Application ID
 
-To configure your own Discord Application ID:
+WowPresence intentionally does **not** include a server-specific Discord Application ID.
+
+To create yours:
 
 1. Open the **Discord Developer Portal**: https://discord.com/developers/applications
 2. Create a **New Application**.
@@ -73,14 +75,6 @@ Example:
 123456789012345678
 ```
 
-For **OctoWoW**, you can use the preconfigured Discord Application ID:
-
-```text
-1544072796098011176
-```
-
-This is the same Application ID automatically configured by **Modernization Tool**.
-
 No Discord Client Secret, bot token or bot account is used or required.
 
 If `discord_application_id` is missing or invalid, Rich Presence remains disabled and the reason is written to `WowPresence\WowPresence.log`.
@@ -161,75 +155,29 @@ Runtime files are kept together in one of these locations:
 
 If the Modernization Tool managed folder exists, WowPresence automatically prefers it. Otherwise it uses the standalone `WowPresence` folder.
 
-## 🔒 Discord Rich Presence privacy
+## 🔒 Privacy flags
 
-WowPresence lets you choose exactly which character details are shown on Discord.
+The included file:
-
-For a standalone installation, edit:
 
 ```text
 WowPresence\discord_broadcast_flags
 ```
 
-When WowPresence is installed through **Modernization Tool**, the equivalent file is stored in:
+controls which character details are published to Discord.
-
-```text
-.modernization_tool\WowPresence\discord_broadcast_flags
-```
-
-Modernization Tool provides checkboxes for these options, so manual bitmask editing is normally only needed for standalone WowPresence installations.
-
-### Available fields
-
-Each field has its own value:
 
 | Value | Field |
 | ---: | --- |
-| 1 | Character Name |
+| 1 | Name |
 | 2 | Guild |
 | 4 | Faction |
 | 8 | Class |
 | 16 | Level |
 | 32 | Zone |
-| 64 | Race |
+| 63 | All fields |
 
-To display multiple fields, **add their values together** and put the result in `discord_broadcast_flags`.
+The release package uses `63` by default.
 
-### Examples
+If the file is deleted, WowPresence also defaults to all supported fields.
-
-| Display | Value |
-| --- | ---: |
-| Nothing | 0 |
-| Character Name only | 1 |
-| Faction + Class | 12 |
-| Race only | 64 |
-| Race + Faction + Class | 76 |
-| Character Name + Level + Zone | 49 |
-| All character details | 127 |
-
-Example — to display **Race + Faction + Class**:
-
-```text
-Race     = 64
-Faction  = 4
-Class    = 8
-
-64 + 4 + 8 = 76
-```
-
-Then set:
-
-```text
-76
-```
-
-inside `discord_broadcast_flags`.
-
-The default configuration uses `127`, which enables all supported character details.
-
-WowPresence reads this setting while the game is running, so changes should normally appear on Discord automatically within a few seconds.
-
-If the file is missing or contains an invalid value, WowPresence falls back to all supported fields.
 
 ## 🛡️ Administrator privileges
 
@@ -258,16 +206,26 @@ GitHub Actions builds:
 
 The ZIP includes the ready-to-edit `WowPresence` configuration folder.
 
-Tags matching `v*` publish `WowPresence.zip` as the GitHub Release asset.
+Tags matching `v*` can publish these files as a GitHub Release.
 
-## 📜 Project identity
+## 📜 Project identity & licensing
 
 WowPresence is an **independent community project**.
 
-Compatibility with **World of Warcraft**, **Discord**, **OctoWoW**, **VanillaFixes**, or other referenced projects does not imply affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship or ownership by their respective rights holders or maintainers.
+Compatibility with **World of Warcraft**, **Discord**, **OctoWoW**, **VanillaFixes**, **IchaLaunch**, or other referenced projects does not imply affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship or ownership by their respective rights holders or maintainers.
 
 **World of Warcraft**, **Warcraft**, **Blizzard Entertainment**, **Discord**, and related names and marks remain the property of their respective rights holders.
 
+This repository does not currently declare a software license.
+
+For detailed provenance and third-party information, see:
+
+- [THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md](THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md)
+
 ## 🙏 Credits
 
 WowPresence is maintained by **Dusk-92**.
+
+The project was inspired in part by the WoW character-status / Discord Rich Presence implementation in **IchaLaunch** by **brutaliccus**.
+
+The current WowPresence implementation is maintained separately and does not include IchaLaunch binaries.

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
-# WowPresence v1.3
+# WowPresence v1.2
 
-## What's New
+## Changes
 
-- Added independent privacy control for:
+- Reworked zone detection to use the player's real AreaTable ID.
-  - Character Name
+- Zone names are now resolved from `AreaTable.dbc` instead of selecting the first plausible string from several client addresses.
-  - Guild
+- Prevents internal map/area tokens such as `H32D` and `HLVA` from being published as Discord zone names.
-  - Race
+- Uses the client's active localized AreaTable name when available, with a safe populated-locale fallback.
-  - Faction
+- Keeps WowPresence fully standalone; ClassicAPI is not required.
-  - Class
+- Modernization Tool installations continue to use `.modernization_tool\WowPresence\` automatically.
-  - Level
-  - Zone
-- Added a dedicated Race flag.
-- Full detail mask is now `127`.
-- Fixed Discord Rich Presence combinations that previously failed when Name, Zone or Level were not shared.
-- Race is no longer always shown and can now be disabled independently.
-- Improved handling of empty Discord Rich Presence fields.
-- Updated README with standalone privacy configuration examples.
 
 ## Included
 
-- `WowPresence.zip` — ready-to-install package containing `WowPresence.dll`, `WowPresence.exe`, and the WowPresence configuration folder.
+- `WowPresence.dll`
+- `WowPresence.exe`
+- `WowPresence.zip` ready-to-install standalone package

THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 WowPresence contains original project code maintained by Dusk-92 and uses compatibility knowledge related to World of Warcraft 1.12.1 and Discord local Rich Presence IPC.
 
+## IchaLaunch
+
+The development of WowPresence was inspired in part by the character-status / Discord Rich Presence implementation in:
+
+- Project: IchaLaunch
+- Author / maintainer: brutaliccus
+- Repository: https://github.com/brutaliccus/IchaLaunch
+
+IchaLaunch was used as a technical reference during development, particularly for understanding a working WoW 1.12.1 character-status sampling approach.
+
+The current WowPresence implementation is maintained separately and has been independently reworked. No IchaLaunch binary is included in this repository.
+
+At the historical IchaLaunch revision reviewed during development, no explicit LICENSE, LICENSE.md, or COPYING file was present. This notice therefore records provenance and credit; it should not be interpreted as granting rights on behalf of the IchaLaunch author.
+
 ## ClassicAPI technical reference
 
 AreaTable and current-player-area client layout details were cross-checked against:

config/discord_broadcast_flags

@@ -1 +1 @@
-127
+63

src/WowPresence.c

@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@
 #define SHARE_CLASS                8u
 #define SHARE_LEVEL                16u
 #define SHARE_ZONE                 32u
-#define SHARE_RACE                 64u
+#define SHARE_ALL                  63u
-#define SHARE_ALL                  127u
 
 static const uintptr_t kPlayerNameLocations[] = {
     0x00C27FC8u, 0x00C27D88u, 0x00C27FD8u, 0
@@ -752,8 +751,7 @@ static void publish_character_snapshot(void) {
 
     collect_character_snapshot(&snapshot);
     mask = load_share_mask();
-    race_text = (snapshot.in_world && (mask & SHARE_RACE))
+    race_text = snapshot.in_world ? label_for_id(kRaceLabels, snapshot.race_id) : "";
-        ? label_for_id(kRaceLabels, snapshot.race_id) : "";
     class_text = (snapshot.in_world && (mask & SHARE_CLASS))
         ? label_for_id(kClassLabels, snapshot.class_id) : "";
     faction_text = (snapshot.in_world && (mask & SHARE_FACTION))

src/WowPresenceLauncher.c

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * - is started automatically by WowPresence.dll after WoW is running
  * - reads the standalone WowPresence folder or the Modernization Tool managed folder
  * - publishes Discord Rich Presence over the local Discord IPC named pipe
- * - exits when the target WoW process exits
+ * - exits when WoW_Modernized.exe exits
  */
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -293,9 +293,7 @@ static int load_status(Status *status) {
     json_string(json, "class", status->class_name, sizeof(status->class_name));
     json_string(json, "race", status->race, sizeof(status->race));
     json_int(json, "level", &status->level);
-    return status->name[0] || status->zone[0] || status->level > 0 ||
+    return status->name[0] || status->zone[0] || status->level > 0;
-           status->guild[0] || status->faction[0] || status->class_name[0] ||
-           status->race[0];
 }
 
 static int rpc_read_packet(HANDLE pipe, char *payload, size_t payload_size) {
@@ -404,26 +402,9 @@ static void format_activity(const Status *s, char *out, size_t out_size, long lo
         lstrcpynA(details, extra, sizeof(details));
     }
 
-    /* Discord rejects empty string values for Rich Presence text fields.
+    _snprintf(out, out_size,
-     * Omit a field entirely when the user did not choose anything that maps
+              "{\"details\":\"%s\",\"state\":\"%s\",\"timestamps\":{\"start\":%lld}}",
-     * to it, so Race/Class/Faction/Guild-only and Zone-only combinations work. */
+              details, s->zone, session_start);
-    if (details[0] && s->zone[0]) {
-        _snprintf(out, out_size,
-                  "{\"details\":\"%s\",\"state\":\"%s\",\"timestamps\":{\"start\":%lld}}",
-                  details, s->zone, session_start);
-    } else if (details[0]) {
-        _snprintf(out, out_size,
-                  "{\"details\":\"%s\",\"timestamps\":{\"start\":%lld}}",
-                  details, session_start);
-    } else if (s->zone[0]) {
-        _snprintf(out, out_size,
-                  "{\"state\":\"%s\",\"timestamps\":{\"start\":%lld}}",
-                  s->zone, session_start);
-    } else {
-        _snprintf(out, out_size,
-                  "{\"timestamps\":{\"start\":%lld}}",
-                  session_start);
-    }
     out[out_size - 1] = 0;
 }
 
@@ -489,11 +470,10 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prev, LPSTR cmdline, int show)
 
     while (!pid && wait_loops++ < 25) {
         pid = find_process("WoW_Modernized.exe");
-        if (!pid) pid = find_process("WoW.exe");
         if (!pid) Sleep(200);
     }
     if (!pid) {
-        log_line("No running WoW process found; WowPresence exiting.");
+        log_line("No running WoW_Modernized.exe found; WowPresence exiting.");
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -503,7 +483,7 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prev, LPSTR cmdline, int show)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    log_line("WoW process detected.");
+    log_line("WoW_Modernized.exe detected.");
     /* Fixed for the lifetime of this WoW process. Text updates, character
      * changes and loading states reuse the same Discord elapsed-time origin. */
     session_start = (long long)time(NULL);