release v1.1

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -72,18 +72,18 @@ jobs:
             dist/WowPresence.zip
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: Create GitHub Release v1.0
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event.head_commit.message == 'release v1.0' }}
+      - name: Create GitHub Release v1.1
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event.head_commit.message == 'release v1.1' }}
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
         with:
-          tag_name: v1.0
+          tag_name: v1.1
           target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
           files: |
             dist/WowPresence.dll
             dist/WowPresence.exe
             dist/WowPresence.zip
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          name: "WowPresence v1.0"
+          name: "WowPresence v1.1"
           body_path: RELEASE_NOTES.md
           generate_release_notes: true
           make_latest: true

README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ 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 **Modernization Tool**, the same binaries automatically use:
+
+```text
+<WoW folder>\.modernization_tool\WowPresence\
+```
+
+instead. No separate build is required.
+
 ## 🛰️ Discord Application ID
 
 WowPresence intentionally does **not** include a server-specific Discord Application ID.
@@ -120,7 +128,9 @@ The DLL does not communicate directly with Discord.
 
 The companion executable does not read or write WoW memory.
 
-Runtime files are kept together in:
+Runtime files are kept together in one of these locations:
+
+**Standalone installation:**
 
 ```text
 <WoW folder>\WowPresence\
@@ -130,6 +140,18 @@ Runtime files are kept together in:
 └─ WowPresence.log
 ```
 
+**Installed through Modernization Tool:**
+
+```text
+<WoW folder>\.modernization_tool\WowPresence\
+├─ discord_application_id
+├─ discord_broadcast_flags
+├─ discord_wow_status.json
+└─ WowPresence.log
+```
+
+If the Modernization Tool managed folder exists, WowPresence automatically prefers it. Otherwise it uses the standalone `WowPresence` folder.
+
 ## 🔒 Privacy flags
 
 The included file:

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
-# WowPresence v1.0
+# WowPresence v1.1
 
-First standalone release of WowPresence.
+## Changes
+
+- Added automatic support for Modernization Tool installations.
+- Standalone installs continue to use `WowPresence\` in the WoW folder.
+- When `.modernization_tool\WowPresence\` already exists, the same binaries automatically use that managed data directory instead.
+- No separate Modernization Tool build of WowPresence is required.
+- Existing `discord_application_id` and `discord_broadcast_flags` files remain user-managed.
 
 ## Included
 
-- WowPresence.dll
-- WowPresence.exe
-- WowPresence.zip ready-to-install package
+- `WowPresence.dll`
+- `WowPresence.exe`
+- `WowPresence.zip` ready-to-install standalone package
 
-## Highlights
-
-- Native Discord Rich Presence for WoW 1.12.1 build 5875 compatible clients
-- Character name, guild, level, class, race, faction and zone display
-- Stable elapsed-session timer across character changes
-- Read-only game-memory sampling
-- Separate native Discord IPC companion
-- Configurable Discord Application ID through `WowPresence\discord_application_id`
-- Privacy flags through `WowPresence\discord_broadcast_flags`
-- Standalone `WowPresence\` runtime folder
-- Automatic companion startup and exact WoW process tracking
-
-## Installation
+## Standalone installation
 
 Extract `WowPresence.zip` into the WoW folder, edit `WowPresence\discord_application_id`, add `WowPresence.dll` to VanillaFixes `dlls.txt`, then launch WoW normally.

src/WowPresence.c

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  * Read-only WoW 1.12.1 (build 5875) status sampler for WowPresence.
  *
  * Runtime contract:
- *   <game>\WowPresence\discord_wow_status.json
- *   <game>\WowPresence\discord_broadcast_flags
+ *   standalone: <game>\WowPresence\...
+ *   Modernization Tool: <game>\.modernization_tool\WowPresence\...
  *
  * Discord IPC is intentionally out of process. After the first sample, this
  * DLL starts WowPresence.exe from its worker thread and passes the exact
@@ -541,11 +541,34 @@ static int game_folder(char *output, size_t output_size) {
     return 1;
 }
 
+static int directory_exists(const char *path) {
+    DWORD attrs;
+    if (!path || !path[0]) return 0;
+    attrs = GetFileAttributesA(path);
+    return attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
+}
+
 static int support_folder(char *output, size_t output_size) {
-    char root[MAX_PATH];
+    char root[MAX_PATH], managed[MAX_PATH];
     int count;
     if (!game_folder(root, sizeof(root))) return 0;
 
+    /* Modernization Tool creates this directory before WoW starts. Prefer it
+     * when present so the same binaries can use the tool-managed location. */
+    count = _snprintf(
+        managed,
+        sizeof(managed),
+        "%s\\.modernization_tool\\WowPresence",
+        root
+    );
+    managed[sizeof(managed) - 1] = 0;
+    if (count >= 0 && (size_t)count < sizeof(managed) && directory_exists(managed)) {
+        if (strlen(managed) + 1u > output_size) return 0;
+        lstrcpynA(output, managed, (int)output_size);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    /* Standalone installs keep their data in <game>\\WowPresence. */
     count = _snprintf(output, output_size, "%s\\WowPresence", root);
     if (output_size) output[output_size - 1] = 0;
     if (count < 0 || (size_t)count >= output_size) return 0;

src/WowPresenceLauncher.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Invisible companion process for WowPresence.
  *
  * - is started automatically by WowPresence.dll after WoW is running
- * - reads WowPresence\discord_wow_status.json
+ * - reads the standalone WowPresence folder or the Modernization Tool managed folder
  * - publishes Discord Rich Presence over the local Discord IPC named pipe
  * - exits when WoW_Modernized.exe exits
  */
@@ -54,9 +54,30 @@ static int own_directory(char *out, size_t out_size) {
     return 1;
 }
 
+static int directory_exists(const char *path) {
+    DWORD attrs;
+    if (!path || !path[0]) return 0;
+    attrs = GetFileAttributesA(path);
+    return attrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
+}
+
 static int support_directory(char *out, size_t out_size) {
-    char root[MAX_PATH];
+    char root[MAX_PATH], managed[MAX_PATH];
     if (!own_directory(root, sizeof(root))) return 0;
+
+    _snprintf(
+        managed,
+        sizeof(managed),
+        "%s\\.modernization_tool\\WowPresence",
+        root
+    );
+    managed[sizeof(managed) - 1] = 0;
+    if (directory_exists(managed)) {
+        if (strlen(managed) + 1 >= out_size) return 0;
+        lstrcpynA(out, managed, (int)out_size);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     if (strlen(root) + strlen("\\WowPresence") + 1 >= out_size) return 0;
     _snprintf(out, out_size, "%s\\WowPresence", root);
     out[out_size - 1] = 0;
@@ -140,7 +161,7 @@ static int load_application_id(char *out, size_t out_size) {
 
     if (!support_file(path, sizeof(path), "discord_application_id") ||
         !read_text_file(path, configured_id, sizeof(configured_id))) {
-        log_line("discord_application_id is missing. Add your Discord Application ID to WowPresence\\discord_application_id.");
+        log_line("discord_application_id is missing. Add your Discord Application ID to the active WowPresence data folder.");
         return 0;
     }