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Native TIFE packages now belong to the TIFE installer path instead of the standard game publisher. Adds Neon Violet (purple/yellow), Amber Terminal, and Arctic Cyan themes to the shared TIFE UI with persistent selection.
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Fixes TIFE title-screen option boxes that could appear but not function. Narration and ambience now use direct input handlers and robust accessible checkbox styling without relying on the :has() selector.
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Fixes TIFE story narration appearing unresponsive. Enabling narration on the title screen now activates browser speech immediately with audible confirmation, persists the setting, and narrates subsequent story output. Also improves speech-synthesis interruption handling.
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Fixes unresponsive TIFE title screens caused by the TIFE 3.1 validator assuming array-based NPC/story collections. The shared engine now accepts both legacy object maps and modern arrays, allowing migrated stories such as Colossal Cave Expedition to initialize correctly.
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Repairs website version drift by setting the canonical root VERSION file and current release metadata to v21.6.39. Future website updates now atomically synchronize the root VERSION file whenever release authority metadata is written.
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The website has been updated to v21.6.38.
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Fixes TIFE games that install correctly but fail to start because the catalog route and TIFE installation identity drift. The TIFE installation record is now authoritative and publisher launch URLs are normalized to the shared runtime.
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Fixes TIFE Story File Missing after publishing shared-engine TIFE games through the normal game publisher. TIFE packages now remain in /published-games for catalog resources and are also installed to the canonical /tife-games path used by the shared TIFE 3.1.0 launcher.
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Installs the reusable TIFE 3.1.0 engine. No Tom Sawyer story files, artwork, screenshots, documentation, metadata, or bundled game mappings are included in the engine. The runtime loads only separately installed TIFE story packages through the portal launch router.
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The hourglass loader now appears in a compact centered popup with a dimmed backdrop instead of replacing the entire screen. Website updates, game updates, and download updates continue to show operation-specific progress text and block duplicate submissions.
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The animated hourglass now remains available after page load and is shown while website update ZIPs, game packages, and download files are uploaded and processed. Each workflow displays operation-specific loading text and prevents duplicate submissions while processing.
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Restores the existing site-wide animated hourglass loader using the known-good public and admin layout integration. This repair uses the website updater's required update.json plus files directory package structure.
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