v0.8.0

Highlights

• Hex Editor overhaul — minimap, byte entropy, pattern annotations, pane grid, text editing, copy/paste, export
• Map Editor improvements — draw items, collision display, NPC waypoints, monster mapping, dialog flow
• Editor system consolidation — standard editors replace custom per-type code; 60% less boilerplate
• Event Script parser — full parser with fixture round-trip tests

New Features

Hex Editor

• Minimap with caching and batch-rendered same-color pixel rows
• Byte entropy visualization band (toggleable via settings)
• Pattern annotations with color-coded groups (zebra-like, nybble, alternate)
• Pane grid layout with resizable panes and focus highlighting
• Text editing mode (write text instead of just hex)
• Copy/paste support with clipboard integration
• Export to TXT file with preview and config dialog
• Column headers, selection range band, address/decimal toggle in gutter
• Lua script engine fixes

Map Editor

• Render and save DrawItems on the map
• Collision display as diamond-shaped overlay
• NPC waypoint arrows with numbered labels
• Event/collision editing on any tile (including empty tiles)
• Monster mapping through map editor
• NPC selection with dialog flow integration
• Composite item rendering for DrawItem
• Transparent/solid rendering mode toggle (CLI)

Modding Pipeline

• Field change recording with debounced pending edits
• Binary diff patching (bsdiff)
• Conflict detection with per-field override resolution
• Mod manifest and changelog generation
• Mod packaging with Zip

Event Script Parser

• Complete .scr event script parser
• Support for appending/deleting entries
• RecordPatcher integration for modding

Editor System

• StandardEditor<T> generic replaces 8 custom editors
• EditorRegistry consolidates all editor state lifecycle
• define_standard_editor! macro reduces per-editor boilerplate
• Spreadsheet-only view for all editors (no more dual list/spreadsheet)
• Auto-load catalogs for restored tabs on startup
• Missing enum variant (no-item) added for ref editors
• Pick lists with proper value display for monster_ref and extra_ref

CLI

• New CLI flags for map rendering (transparent/solid mode)
• map tiles command improvements
• Normalized database and sprite saving

Refactoring & Cleanup

• Migrated all INI/DB editors to proc-macro-derived Extractor + RecordPatcher
• Consolidated spreadsheet handler macros into one
• Removed dead code (CLI tools, legacy editor views, unused messages)
• Ensured that dispel-gui config moved to ~/.config/dispel-gui/
• Editor state methods moved from AppState to EditorRegistry
• File tree scanning made async with debounced search
• Cache-aware search replaced with nucleo-matcher
• Unit tests moved out of production files into tests/ directories
• Duplicated tests removed

Testing

• Added numerous tests (integration and unit) to verify it the app works correctly

Dependencies

• New: nucleo-matcher 0.3 (replaces custom cache-aware search)
• New: mlua for custom hex editor encoders
• Various dependency upgrades

Stats

• 377 files changed, +41,917 / -16,838 lines
• 172 commits on staging since v0.7.1
• 0 compiler warnings, 0 clippy warnings

v0.7.1

What's Changed

• Implemented the "Export to JSON" option from the file tree context menu.
• Reorganised the unit test code from production files.
• Removed duplicated function, which was a dead-code to handle the spreadsheet messages.

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.7.1

v0.7.0

What's Changed

• Add a simple Event Script editor (#3)

Full Changelog: v0.6.5...v0.7.0

v0.6.5

What's Changed

• Improve the undo/redo (#9)
• Horizontal scroll with a shift pressed in a spreadsheet view (#10)
• Fix the horizontal scrolling for the hex editor (#11)

Full Changelog: v0.6.4...v0.6.5

v0.6.4

• Numerous QoL improvements to the Hex Editor (#7).
• Updated the MiscItem.db parser to decode the last 20 bytes of each entry.
• Added a release script.

Full Changelog: v0.6.3...v0.6.4

v0.6.3

• Add possibility to open any file using the hex editor. (#6)

Full Changelog: v0.6.2...v0.6.3

v0.6.2

• Improve its editing capabilities of the ChData.db file, after its better recognition (#4).

Full Changelog: v0.6.1...v0.6.2

v0.6.1

• Refactored the context menu to support native OS interface. Updated UI elements, including added dividers and disabled entries. #5

Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.6.1

v0.6.0

• Implements the Hex Editor as a default editor for yet unrecognised files. (#2)
• Adds the Mod Manager tool, which helps to manage the mods - by recording the changes and applying them without wory - you may revert them anytime to vanilla! (#2)

Full Changelog: v0.5.4...v0.6.0

v0.5.4

• Refactored the codebase by removing dead/unused code.
• Unified naming convention for DialogueParagraph.
• Reorganized the directory structure for improved navigation.

Full Changelog: v0.5.3...v0.5.4