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Release v488 — Proxy DLL Deployment, DLL Lifecycle Hardening, UE 5.8 Support, Frieren-Themed Refactor

Range: v449 → v488 (40 commits) Highlights: Proxy DLL injection workflow (version.dll / dinput8.dll alternatives, passive-mode mutex), UE 5.8 detection + chunked-layout preset, DLL lifecycle hardening (DllMain detach, scan-thread join, pipe-server lock-while-join), Avalonia 12.0 API migration, Live Walker destroyed-object hang fix, and codebase-wide rename to Frieren-themed module names.

Proxy DLL Deployment

A new injection mode that drops a renamed proxy stub into the game's directory so the DLL loads on game start — no Cheat Engine attach required for users who only want to read pipe data.

• version.dll / dinput8.dll alternatives — pick whichever the target game's import table actually resolves. dinput8.dll chosen for games that don't link version.dll.
• UI radio button in the ProxyDeploy panel to pick which proxy the deploy step copies.
• Passive-mode mutex — proxy build of the DLL holds a named mutex so a second injection (e.g. CE) is detected and skipped.
• Skip CE inject when proxy DLL already loaded — ue5dump.lua checks for the mutex before calling injectDll, preventing double-load.
• Single-click UI refresh after Deploy / Undeploy (was: required a second click to update the deployed-state badge).

DLL Lifecycle Hardening (audits A + B)

Two-pass audit of teardown paths that previously could deadlock or use-after-free during process exit / DLL unload.

Audit A

• DllMain(DLL_PROCESS_DETACH) is now a no-op — Windows holds the loader lock during detach, and any pipe-server / scan-thread cleanup that touches OS APIs is forbidden there.
• Join missing scan thread — earlier builds could leak the scan thread if the user closed the game before scan completion; cleanup now joins explicitly.

Audit B

• Fern (PipeServer): lock-while-join pattern — disconnect under lock, join outside lock, to avoid the worker thread re-entering the same mutex.
• Mimic (Mailbox): explicit state machine for inflight IPC; rejects new requests once shutdown is signaled.
• Stark (GameThreadDispatch): soft-disable path — MinHook unhook is best-effort during teardown; if the hook can't be cleanly removed, dispatch falls back to no-op rather than crashing.

UI side

• IDisposable on timer-owning ViewModels; panel event handlers are explicitly unsubscribed when panels close (was: stale handlers fired against disposed VMs).

UE 5.8 Support

• Version detection — Tier patterns extended to recognize UE 5.8 builds.
• Chunked-layout preset — Aura::ObjectArray exposes a 5.8 preset (matches new FUObjectArray stride / chunk size).

Avalonia 12.0 API Migration

• Fixed breaking API changes from Avalonia 12.0.0 — IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime access pattern, control template / template-binding adjustments, and assorted property renames.
• Sweep of remaining Avalonia + xUnit compile warnings.

Live Walker — destroyed-object hang fix

Browsing a UObject whose owning class had since been GC'd would hang the walker indefinitely (offset reads against a torn-down UClass). Walker now validates the class pointer's signature before traversing properties; invalid → return cleanly with an error event rather than blocking the worker thread.

Frieren-Themed DLL Refactor (PR #175)

Codebase-wide rename of C++ DLL modules to Frieren-character names for thematic consistency and to keep namespaces short / unambiguous.

Done in two phases: A (file renames only, preserving behavior to keep diffs reviewable) → B (namespace + reference updates). See docs/naming-convention.md.

UI / UX Polish

• Empty-state logo when LiveWalker DataGrid has no data (cleaner first-run experience).
• Project logo (UE5CEDumper.jpg) added.
• AOT / trim warnings swept across the C# tree (every project now builds clean under Native AOT).
• xUnit analyzer warnings cleared.

Dependencies

• NuGet packages refreshed (Avalonia, ReactiveUI, xUnit, source generators).
• minhook and private submodules updated.
• .gitignore: exclude build_proxy_dinput8/ build output.

Pull Requests Merged

• #175 — Frieren-themed DLL rename (Phases A + B)
• #178 — Avalonia 12.0 API compat
• #180 — UE 5.8 version detection
• #182 — Live Walker destroyed-object hang
• #187 — AOT/trim + xUnit warning sweep
• #188 — Proxy DLL deployment (version.dll / dinput8.dll, passive mutex)
• #189 — DLL lifecycle hardening + UI lifetime + NuGet refresh
• #190 — UE 5.8 chunked layout preset

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bbfox0703/UE5CEDumper/compare/v449...v488

Range: v449 → v488 (40 commits)
Highlights: Proxy DLL injection workflow (version.dll / dinput8.dll alternatives, passive-mode mutex), UE 5.8 detection + chunked-layout preset, DLL lifecycle hardening (DllMain detach, scan-thread join, pipe-server lock-while-join), Avalonia 12.0 API migration, Live Walker destroyed-object hang fix, and codebase-wide rename to Frieren-themed module names.

Proxy DLL Deployment

A new injection mode that drops a renamed proxy stub into the game's directory so the DLL loads on game start — no Cheat Engine attach required for users who only want to read pipe data.

• version.dll / dinput8.dll alternatives — pick whichever the target game's import table actually resolves. dinput8.dll chosen for games that don't link version.dll.
• UI radio button in the ProxyDeploy panel to pick which proxy the deploy step copies.
• Passive-mode mutex — proxy build of the DLL holds a named mutex so a second injection (e.g. CE) is detected and skipped.
• Skip CE inject when proxy DLL already loaded — ue5dump.lua checks for the mutex before calling injectDll, preventing double-load.
• Single-click UI refresh after Deploy / Undeploy (was: required a second click to update the deployed-state badge).

DLL Lifecycle Hardening (audits A + B)

Two-pass audit of teardown paths that previously could deadlock or use-after-free during process exit / DLL unload.

Audit A

• DllMain(DLL_PROCESS_DETACH) is now a no-op — Windows holds the loader lock during detach, and any pipe-server / scan-thread cleanup that touches OS APIs is forbidden there.
• Join missing scan thread — earlier builds could leak the scan thread if the user closed the game before scan completion; cleanup now joins explicitly.

Audit B

• Fern (PipeServer): lock-while-join pattern — disconnect under lock, join outside lock, to avoid the worker thread re-entering the same mutex.
• Mimic (Mailbox): explicit state machine for inflight IPC; rejects new requests once shutdown is signaled.
• Stark (GameThreadDispatch): soft-disable path — MinHook unhook is best-effort during teardown; if the hook can't be cleanly removed, dispatch falls back to no-op rather than crashing.

UI side

• IDisposable on timer-owning ViewModels; panel event handlers are explicitly unsubscribed when panels close (was: stale handlers fired against disposed VMs).

UE 5.8 Support

• Version detection — Tier patterns extended to recognize UE 5.8 builds.
• Chunked-layout preset — Aura::ObjectArray exposes a 5.8 preset (matches new FUObjectArray stride / chunk size).

Avalonia 12.0 API Migration

• Fixed breaking API changes from Avalonia 12.0.0 — IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime access pattern, control template / template-binding adjustments, and assorted property renames.
• Sweep of remaining Avalonia + xUnit compile warnings.

Live Walker — destroyed-object hang fix

Browsing a UObject whose owning class had since been GC'd would hang the walker indefinitely (offset reads against a torn-down UClass). Walker now validates the class pointer's signature before traversing properties; invalid → return cleanly with an error event rather than blocking the worker thread.

Frieren-Themed DLL Refactor (PR #175)

Codebase-wide rename of C++ DLL modules to Frieren-character names for thematic consistency and to keep namespaces short / unambiguous.

Done in two phases: A (file renames only, preserving behavior to keep diffs reviewable) → B (namespace + reference updates). See [docs/naming-convention.md](docs/naming-convention.md).

UI / UX Polish

• Empty-state logo when LiveWalker DataGrid has no data (cleaner first-run experience).
• Project logo (UE5CEDumper.jpg) added.
• AOT / trim warnings swept across the C# tree (every project now builds clean under Native AOT).
• xUnit analyzer warnings cleared.

Dependencies

• NuGet packages refreshed (Avalonia, ReactiveUI, xUnit, source generators).
• minhook and private submodules updated.
• .gitignore: exclude build_proxy_dinput8/ build output.

Pull Requests Merged

• [#175](#175) — Frieren-themed DLL rename (Phases A + B)
• [#178](#178) — Avalonia 12.0 API compat
• [#180](#180) — UE 5.8 version detection
• [#182](#182) — Live Walker destroyed-object hang
• [#187](#187) — AOT/trim + xUnit warning sweep
• [#188](#188) — Proxy DLL deployment (version.dll / dinput8.dll, passive mutex)
• [#189](#189) — DLL lifecycle hardening + UI lifetime + NuGet refresh
• [#190](#190) — UE 5.8 chunked layout preset

Full Changelog: v449...v488