Patch Notes

Latest release notes, portal updates, game fixes, and development changes.

Tronsoft Games Portal v6.32.2 — Update System Overhaul

Site-wide v6.32.2 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.32.2
## Update System Overhaul

### Dedicated Version Manager
- Added `/admin/version-manager.php`.
- Uses one authoritative installed-version value.
- Stores every installation attempt, including repeated versions.
- Removes the obsolete unique-version blocking behavior that caused `Version 6.28.27 is already installed`.

### Full Version History
- Tracks previous and incoming versions, mode, package type, checksum, signature result, status, errors, timestamps, backups, and detailed logs.

### Rollback and Backups
- Creates automatic website and database backups before installation.
- Records backup size and SHA-256.
- Adds one-click rollback for installed releases.
- Restores both website files and the pre-install database.

### Force Install and Repair Mode
- Force Install permits a deliberate reinstall or downgrade.
- Repair Mode reapplies files and validates migration history.
- Both modes remain auditable in version history.

### Migration Tracking
- Records each migration by version, filename, SHA-256, result, and applied date.
- Skips unchanged migrations already applied.
- Rejects changed migrations unless Force or Repair Mode is selected.

### Package Validation and Signatures
- Safe ZIP-path validation.
- Semantic-version validation.
- Whole-package SHA-256 recording.
- Optional per-file SHA-256 verification.
- SHA-256 manifest signatures.
- Optional OpenSSL public-key signatures.
- Administrator option to require signed packages.

### Better Error Reporting
- Failed updates retain their own history record, error, log, manifest, and backup references.
- An older history row can no longer be mistaken for the authoritative installed version.

Imported automatically from: 20260714204517-tronsoft-update-v6.32.2.zip

Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.12 — News Delivery and Subscriber Notifications

Site-wide v6.31.12 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.12
## News Delivery and Subscriber Notifications

### Added
- Automatic email notifications for game releases.
- Automatic email notifications for website updates.
- User notification preferences.
- Immediate, daily digest, weekly digest, and never delivery options.
- Category controls for games, website updates, security notices, and newsletters.
- Secure unsubscribe links.
- Notification history for each user.
- Duplicate email protection for each user, article, and notification type.
- Queue-based sending using the existing email system.
- Automatic retry support through the existing email queue.
- Daily and weekly digest builders.
- Admin queue processor, retry controls, cancellation, and test email.
- Editable plain-text email templates.
- Subscriber, pending, sent, and failed statistics.

### New Pages
- `/admin/news-delivery.php`
- `/notification-preferences.php`
- `/account/notification-preferences.php`
- `/unsubscribe-news.php`

### Integration
When automatic news publishes an article, eligible immediate subscribers are
queued automatically. Delivery failures never cancel the news article, game
publication, or website update.

Imported automatically from: 20260714200314-tronsoft-update-v6.31.12.zip

Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.11 — Automatic News Dashboard

Site-wide v6.31.11 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.11
## Automatic News Dashboard

### Added
- Automatic News Dashboard at `/admin/automatic-news.php`.
- Event history for game and website publication announcements.
- Created, draft, skipped, disabled, and failed status indicators.
- Direct links to edit and preview generated articles.
- Republish button for failed, skipped, or disabled events.
- Private test-draft generation.
- Editable title, summary, body, category, and tag templates.
- Enable or disable game-release and website-release announcements.
- Default draft, review, scheduled, published, or archived status.
- Homepage Featured and Pinned controls.
- Cleanup of orphaned automatic-news event records.
- Activity-log removal controls.

### Improved
- Publishing logs now include direct public article URLs.
- Duplicate events are logged as skipped.
- Disabled announcements are logged rather than silently ignored.
- Failed generation attempts preserve their payload for republishing.
- Automatic-news failures never cancel game or website publication.

### Database
- Added `automatic_news_templates`.
- Added `automatic_news_activity`.

Imported automatically from: 20260714195110-tronsoft-update-v6.31.11.zip

Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.10 — Self-Publishing Website Release News

Site-wide v6.31.10 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.10
## Self-Publishing Website Release News

### Fixed
- Website updates now create their own release article during installation.
- The release article uses the installed update's version, title, package type, and patch notes.
- The update being installed can announce itself immediately.
- Duplicate articles are prevented with the key `portal@version`.

### Added
- Website Updates category.
- Featured release announcement.
- Link to complete Patch Notes.
- Release News Backfill page:
`/admin/release-news-backfill.php`

### Expected Result
Installing v6.31.10 creates:

`Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.10 Released`

The result is also written into the Website Updater log.

Imported automatically from: 20260714192310-tronsoft-update-v6.31.10--1-.zip

Website v6.31.9 - Automatic Publishing News

Site-wide v6.31.9 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.9
## Automatic Publishing News

### Added
- Automatically publishes a news article whenever a game package is published.
- Automatically publishes a news article whenever a website update is installed.
- Creates and uses the Game Releases and Website Updates categories.
- Adds relevant tags, summaries, metadata, and links.
- Uses one article per game/version and website/version.
- Duplicate publication events are skipped safely.
- News-generation failures are logged without failing the game or website publication.

### Game News
Game-release articles include:
- Game title and version
- Description
- Genre
- Developer
- Play link

### Website News
Website-release articles include:
- Portal version
- Release title
- Package type
- Patch notes or release notes
- Patch Notes link

### Database
- Added `automatic_news_events` for duplicate protection.

Imported automatically from: 20260714190729-tronsoft-update-v6.31.9.zip

Website v6.31.8 - Site Cleanup and Maintenance

Site-wide v6.31.8 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.8
## Site Cleanup and Maintenance

### Cleaned Up
- Removed temporary Package Repair and Manifest Locator links from the admin menu.
- Converted obsolete diagnostic pages into compatibility redirects.
- Consolidated duplicate Database Manager links.
- Grouped Database Manager, Site Maintenance, and Publishing Diagnostics.
- Redirected duplicate legacy Users and Settings pages.
- Protected the incoming-packages folder from public access and listing.

### Fixed
- Admin header and footer no longer display the outdated v6.21 label.
- Version display now uses authoritative version control.
- Admin navigation is shorter and more organized.

### Added
- Safe Site Maintenance page: `/admin/site-maintenance.php`
- Maintenance report for temporary uploads and logs.
- Controlled cleanup for abandoned package extractions.
- Configurable retention for publishing and installation logs.
- Cleanup log and reclaimed-space report.

### Safety
The cleanup tool does not remove published games, backups, update ZIPs,
patch notes, media, downloads, users, or database records.

Imported automatically from: 20260714185545-tronsoft-update-v6.31.8.zip

Website v6.31.7 - Publishing Engine Missing Dependency Repair

Site-wide v6.31.7 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.7
## Publishing Engine Missing Dependency Repair

### Root Cause
The v6.31.6 incremental update installed the new Publishing Engine but omitted:

`includes/package-repair.php`

This caused the Publish Game controller to stop while loading its required
dependencies.

### Fixed
- Added `includes/package-repair.php` to the incremental update.
- Added a clearer dependency error if the file is removed in the future.
- Added a dependency status check to Publishing Diagnostics.
- Verified the missing file is physically present inside the update ZIP.

### Verify
Open:

`/admin/publishing-diagnostics.php`

The Publishing Dependency Status must report that
`includes/package-repair.php` is installed.

Imported automatically from: 20260714175126-tronsoft-update-v6.31.7--1-.zip

Website v6.31.6 - Publishing Engine v2 and HTTP 500 Recovery

Site-wide v6.31.6 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.6
## Publishing Engine v2 and HTTP 500 Recovery

### Rebuilt
- Replaced the large Publish Game page with a thin administrator controller.
- Moved package extraction, manifest resolution, repair, validation, copying, and database publishing into `includes/publishing-engine.php`.

### Fixed
- Publisher bootstrap failures are now caught and displayed to administrators.
- Runtime failures are shown on the page instead of returning a blank HTTP 500.
- Publishing errors are written to protected daily diagnostic logs.
- Added safe ZIP path validation.
- Added manifest search, nested-ZIP handling, and automatic manifest generation.
- Added fallback when `mbstring` is unavailable.
- Added safer temporary-directory cleanup.

### Added
- Publishing Diagnostics page:
`/admin/publishing-diagnostics.php`
- Environment checks for ZipArchive, PDO MySQL, upload limits, memory, and execution time.
- Required-file checks.
- Writable-directory checks.
- Recent protected publishing log viewer.

### Files
- `includes/publishing-engine.php`
- `includes/publishing-diagnostics.php`
- `admin/publish-game.php`
- `admin/publishing-diagnostics.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260714173527-tronsoft-update-v6.31.6.zip

Website v6.31.5 - Automatic Manifest Generation

Site-wide v6.31.5 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.5
## Automatic Manifest Generation

### Fixed
- A missing `manifest.json` no longer stops publication when the package contains a playable `index.html`.
- Searches the full extracted package and one safely unwrapped nested ZIP.
- Accepts case variants such as `Manifest.json`.

### Automatic Generation
- Selects the playable package root from `index.html`.
- Derives title and slug from the uploaded ZIP or package folder.
- Extracts semantic version from the ZIP filename when present.
- Uses existing description or README text when available.
- Generates a valid `manifest.json`.
- Passes the generated manifest through manual, tutorial, license, description, and patch-note repair.
- Logs every detection and repair step.

### Diagnostic Page
- `/admin/package-locator-test.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260714172543-tronsoft-update-v6.31.5--1-.zip

Website v6.31.2 - Game Rating and Review System

Site-wide v6.31.2 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.2
## Game Rating and Review System

### Added
- 1–5 star game ratings.
- One rating per user per game.
- Users can update or remove their rating.
- Optional review title and review text.
- Average rating and rating count.
- Cached rating summaries for fast display.
- Five-to-one-star distribution counts.
- Public rating and review page at `/rate-game.php`.
- Compact ratings for game listings.
- Full rating summary for game detail pages.
- Admin Game Ratings manager.
- Publish, hide, and delete moderation controls.
- Rebuild-all-summaries tool.

### Admin Page
- `/admin/game-ratings.php`

### Database
- `game_ratings`
- `game_rating_summary`

Imported automatically from: 20260714165329-tronsoft-update-v6.31.2.zip

Website v6.31.1 - Version Control Baseline Update

Site-wide v6.31.1 Jul 14, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.1
## Version Control Baseline Update

- Sets v6.31.0 as the installed/current baseline.
- Makes v6.31.1 the next release.
- Adds `/admin/version-control.php`.
- Stores the authoritative version in `portal_settings`.
- Blocks older and duplicate updates.
- Automatically advances the version after successful installation.
- Defaults Update Package Builder to the next patch version.

Imported automatically from: 20260714163915-tronsoft-update-v6.31.1.zip

Website v6.31.0 - Download Analytics and Maintenance Center

Site-wide v6.31.0 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.31.0
## Download Analytics and Maintenance Center

### Added
- Download Analytics page.
- 30-day successful and failed download chart.
- Total downloads, failures, bandwidth, storage, and daily totals.
- Most-downloaded files.
- Browser summary.
- Failed-download report.
- CSV event-history export.
- Download Maintenance page.
- Missing-file and checksum health scans.
- Duplicate-file detection.
- Orphaned database-record detection.
- Unused-storage-file detection and deletion.
- Recalculate checksums, file sizes, MIME types, and extensions.
- Expired-token cleanup.
- Maintenance audit log.

### Admin Pages
- `/admin/download-analytics.php`
- `/admin/download-maintenance.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260714020110-tronsoft-update-v6.31.0.zip

Website v6.30.0 - Secure Download Service

Site-wide v6.30.0 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.30.0
## Secure Download Service

### Added
- Secure storage under `/storage/downloads/`.
- Secure streaming through `/download.php`.
- HTTP range and resume support.
- Signed, expiring, limited-use download links.
- Download version history.
- Public, member, subscriber, private, and game-owner access checks.
- SHA-256 integrity display.
- Download health scanner.
- Missing-file and checksum-mismatch reporting.
- Admin Secure Downloads page.
- Move existing public files to secure storage.
- Add new file versions with release notes.

### Admin Page
- `/admin/secure-downloads.php`

### Database
- `tg_download_versions`
- `tg_download_tokens`
- `tg_download_health`

Imported automatically from: 20260714014256-tronsoft-update-v6.30.0.zip

Website v6.29.0 - Full Downloads Manager

Site-wide v6.29.0 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.29.0
## Full Downloads Manager

### Added
- Production Downloads Manager at `/admin/downloads.php`.
- Public searchable downloads library at `/downloads.php`.
- Secure download endpoint at `/download.php`.
- File upload, replacement, editing, hiding, showing, and deletion.
- Categories, versions, tags, licenses, game association, and visibility.
- Public, members-only, subscription-only, and private access levels.
- Automatic filename cleaning, MIME detection, size, and SHA-256 checksum.
- Featured downloads.
- Download counts and event history.
- Dashboard totals and storage usage.
- Bulk visibility and active-status actions.
- Package Specification automatically registered when present.
- Stable `tg_downloads` tables to avoid conflicts with older schemas.

### Database
- `tg_download_categories`
- `tg_downloads`
- `tg_download_events`
- `tg_download_audit`

Imported automatically from: 20260714012543-tronsoft-update-v6.29.0.zip

Website v6.28.28 - Package Specification PDF Reinstallation

Site-wide v6.28.28 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.28
## Package Specification PDF Reinstallation

### Fixed
- The incremental update now explicitly contains the Package Specification PDF.
- The PDF is installed at:
`/downloads/documentation/Tronsoft_Games_Package_Specification_v1.3.pdf`
- The public Package Specification page verifies that the PDF exists.
- A clear missing-file message is shown when the server file is absent.
- No database migration or Downloads table insert is used.

### Cause
- v6.28.27 removed the incompatible SQL migration but assumed the PDF had
already been installed by v6.28.26.

Imported automatically from: 20260714011728-tronsoft-update-v6.28.28.zip

Website v6.28 - Complete Game Publication Requirements

Site-wide v6.28 Jul 11, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28
## Complete Game Publication Requirements

### Required for Every Game
- Description
- Playable game entry
- Tutorial
- Manual
- License
- Published patch notes

### Added
- Strict package validation for all required game materials.
- Game publication-readiness status in the Admin Games Manager.
- Tutorial, manual, and license database fields.
- Public game page sections for every required item.
- Play button disabled until all requirements are complete.
- Launch validation before recording play history.
- Updated game package manifest format.

### Admin Pages
- `/admin/games.php`
- `/admin/publish-game.php`

### Public Pages
- `/games.php`
- `/game.php`
- `/play.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260711161117-tronsoft-update-v6.28.zip

Website v6.28.27 - Package Specification Download Database Fix

Site-wide v6.28.27 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.27
## Package Specification Download Database Fix

### Fixed
- Removed the incompatible Downloads Manager SQL migration.
- No longer assumes the downloads table contains a `file_type` column.
- The Package Specification PDF is now served directly from the website file system.
- The public Package Specification page and navigation link remain available.
- No database changes are required.

### Public Locations
- `/package-specification.php`
- `/downloads/documentation/Tronsoft_Games_Package_Specification_v1.3.pdf`

Imported automatically from: 20260714010211-tronsoft-update-v6.28.27.zip

Website v6.28.25 - Password Generator and Strength Color Repair

Site-wide v6.28.25 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.25
## Password Generator and Strength Color Repair

### Fixed
- Replaced the broken password-policy JavaScript.
- Generate Strong Password works on all password forms.
- Generator buttons no longer submit the form.
- Generated passwords update confirmation, requirements, and strength immediately.
- Password strength reliably sets its data-score.
- Strength colors now reliably override theme colors.

### Strength Colors
- Very Weak and Weak: red
- Fair: orange
- Good: blue
- Strong: light green
- Excellent: dark green

Imported automatically from: 20260713220051-tronsoft-update-v6.28.25.zip

Website v6.28.24 - Colored Password Strength Row

Site-wide v6.28.24 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.24
## Colored Password Strength Row

### Changed
- Password strength changes color as the password improves.
- Very Weak and Weak use red.
- Fair uses orange.
- Good uses blue.
- Strong uses light green.
- Excellent uses dark green.
- Generate Strong Password appears on the same line as password strength.
- Generate Strong Password uses the same styling and height as the Show button.

### Responsive
- On narrow screens, strength and Generate button stack vertically.

Imported automatically from: 20260713214146-tronsoft-update-v6.28.24.zip

Website v6.28.23 - Compact Password Strength and Tool Layout

Site-wide v6.28.23 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.23
## Compact Password Strength and Tool Layout

### Changed
- Password strength display is smaller and less visually dominant.
- Generate Strong Password button now appears immediately below the strength display.
- Generate button uses a smaller, cleaner size.

### Removed
- Copy Password button from all password forms.
- Copy-password JavaScript handler.

### Updated Areas
- Fresh Installation Wizard
- Registration
- Password Reset
- Change Password
- Admin Users Manager

Imported automatically from: 20260713205243-tronsoft-update-v6.28.23.zip

Website v6.28.22 - Password Helper Layout Fix

Site-wide v6.28.22 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.22
## Password Helper Layout Fix

### Fixed
- Password helpers now appear directly underneath the password field.
- Password input and Show/Hide remain together on one row.
- Caps Lock warning appears immediately below the field.
- Validation errors appear below the warning.
- Requirements appear below validation.
- Strength appears below requirements.
- Generate and Copy controls appear below strength.
- Password-match feedback appears directly below confirmation.

### Updated Areas
- Fresh Installation Wizard
- Registration
- Password Reset
- Change Password
- Admin Users Manager

Imported automatically from: 20260713202325-tronsoft-update-v6.28.22.zip

Website v6.28.21 - Unified Design System and Theme Preview

Site-wide v6.28.21 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.21
## Unified Design System and Theme Preview

### Added
- One consolidated design system using CSS variables.
- Theme Preview page at `/admin/theme-preview.php`.
- Saved portal default theme.
- Instant in-browser theme preview.
- Tronsoft Blue, Dark, Light, Midnight Blue, High Contrast, and Steam Inspired presets.
- Theme-aware forms, cards, tables, buttons, notices, password components, and navigation.

### Fixed
- Low-contrast secondary text.
- Hard-to-read table text.
- Inconsistent form-label and help-text colors.
- Conflicting colors from accumulated CSS patches.
- Inconsistent status and password-message colors.

### Design System
- `assets/css/design-system.css`
- `assets/js/theme-manager.js`
- `includes/theme.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260713192035-tronsoft-update-v6.28.21.zip

Website v6.28.20 - Public and Admin Screen Refresh

Site-wide v6.28.20 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.20
## Public and Admin Screen Refresh

### Improved
- Cleaner spacing and typography
- Polished hero sections and cards
- Easier-to-read tables with mobile scrolling
- Consistent buttons, badges, notices, and forms
- Stronger focus states and contrast
- Responsive public, admin, installer, game, user, and security screens
- Current navigation highlighting

Imported automatically from: 20260713190426-tronsoft-update-v6.28.20.zip

Website v6.28.19 - Caps Lock Detection and Password Contrast Fix

Site-wide v6.28.19 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.19
## Caps Lock Detection and Password Contrast Fix

### Fixed
- Caps Lock warning now updates on keydown, keyup, input, focus, and click.
- Caps Lock state is tracked across focused password fields.
- Warning disappears when the password field loses focus.
- Every password field receives a Caps Lock warning when missing.

### Accessibility and Readability
- Caps Lock warning changed to high-contrast yellow with dark text.
- Password errors changed to high-contrast red with white text.
- Success messages changed to bright green with dark text.
- Password requirements use stronger backgrounds and borders.
- Show/Hide buttons have clearer colors and keyboard focus outlines.
- Password fields have a more visible focus border.

Imported automatically from: 20260713175228-tronsoft-update-v6.28.19.zip

Website v6.28.18 - Password Length and Field Height Fix

Site-wide v6.28.18 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.18
## Password Length and Field Height Fix

### Changed
- Minimum password length reduced from 12 to 8 characters.
- Server-side validation updated.
- Client-side validation updated.
- Password requirement checklist now shows 8 or more characters.
- HTML minlength attributes updated to 8.

### Fixed
- Password inputs now use a consistent 42px height.
- Show/Hide buttons align with password fields.
- Password boxes no longer appear taller than text or email inputs.
- Mobile password-field layout improved.

### Updated Areas
- Fresh Installation Wizard
- Registration
- Password Reset
- Change Password
- Admin Users Manager

Imported automatically from: 20260713174517-tronsoft-update-v6.28.18.zip

Website v6.28.17 - Inline Password Validation and Requirements

Site-wide v6.28.17 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.17
## Inline Password Validation and Requirements

### Fixed
- Password errors now appear directly beneath the password field.
- Password mismatch errors appear directly beneath the confirmation field.
- Generic top-of-page password errors are replaced with specific guidance.

### Added
- Live password requirement checklist.
- 12-character minimum.
- Uppercase, lowercase, number, and special-character requirements.
- No-spaces requirement.
- Live password strength feedback.
- Generate Strong Password button.
- Copy Password button.
- Live password-match confirmation.
- Consistent server-side password validation.

### Updated Areas
- Fresh Installation Wizard
- Registration
- Password Reset
- Change Password
- Admin Users Manager

Imported automatically from: 20260713173234-tronsoft-update-v6.28.17.zip

Website v6.28.15 - Game Lifecycle Manager

Site-wide v6.28.15 Jul 13, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.15
## Game Lifecycle Manager

- Archive and restore games.
- Permanent delete with typed confirmation.
- Automatic backup ZIP before deletion.
- Reference checks and bulk actions.

Imported automatically from: 20260713164220-tronsoft-update-v6.28.15.zip

Website v6.28.14 - Roles, Permissions & Session Enforcement Fix

Site-wide v6.28.14 Jul 12, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.14
## Roles, Permissions & Session Enforcement Fix

### Fixed
- Replaced the broken appended `tg_enforce_security_session()` block with valid PHP.
- Prevented PHP source text from appearing on pages.
- Prevented recursive security includes.
- Prevented redirect loops for legacy sessions.
- Automatically registers a security session for users logged in before the security upgrade.
- Security-table failures no longer break the entire portal.

### Added
- Permission-based admin access control.
- Role creation and editing.
- Role permission matrix.
- Individual permission override database support.
- Access-denied auditing.
- Protection against deleting the last active administrator.
- Default Administrator, Developer, Moderator, Content Editor, Game Publisher, Support Agent, Read Only Admin, and User roles.

### Admin Pages
- `/admin/roles.php`
- `/admin/permissions.php`
- `/admin/access-audit.php`

### Permission Areas
- Dashboard
- Games
- Game publishing
- News
- Users and passwords
- Roles
- Sessions and security audit
- Email
- Statistics
- Patch notes
- Website updates
- Database tools
- Downloads
- Subscriptions

Imported automatically from: 20260712203548-tronsoft-update-v6.28.14.zip

Website v6.28.13 - Account Security & Session Manager

Site-wide v6.28.13 Jul 12, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.13
## Account Security & Session Manager

### Added
- Active-session tracking.
- Username and generated-public-ID login history.
- Device, browser, IP, creation, last-seen, and expiration details.
- Failed-login tracking.
- Temporary account lockout after repeated failures.
- Configurable session timeout, failed-attempt limit, and lockout duration.
- User `Log Out All Other Devices`.
- Administrator session revocation.
- Security audit log.
- Forced password reset flag.
- Account unlock control.
- Password-change timestamp.
- CSRF protection for new security forms.

### Public Pages
- `/account-security.php`
- `/change-password.php`

### Admin Pages
- `/admin/session-manager.php`
- `/admin/security-audit.php`

### Database
- `user_sessions`
- `login_attempts`
- `security_audit_log`
- `security_settings`

Imported automatically from: 20260712200821-tronsoft-update-v6.28.13.zip

Website v6.28.12 - User Identity Migration & Verification Dashboard

Site-wide v6.28.12 Jul 12, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.12
## User Identity Migration & Verification Dashboard

### Added
- User Identity Manager at `/admin/user-identity-manager.php`.
- Verification that every user has a generated `public_id`.
- Detection of missing and duplicate generated keys.
- Detection of duplicate usernames.
- Informational report for shared email addresses.
- Verification that email is no longer unique.
- Verification that username and `public_id` remain unique.
- One-click identity repair.
- Archived repair logs.
- CSV identity audit export.
- Login and password-recovery behavior summary.

### Dashboard Metrics
- Users checked
- Generated keys present
- Missing generated keys
- Duplicate usernames
- Shared email groups
- Users sharing an email
- Migration completion status

Imported automatically from: 20260712194732-tronsoft-update-v6.28.12.zip

Website v6.28.11 - Generated User Key and Non-Unique Email

Site-wide v6.28.11 Jul 12, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.11
## Generated User Key and Non-Unique Email

### Changed
- Email is no longer a unique key.
- Username is the login and account name.
- Existing numeric `id` remains the internal primary key.
- Every user receives a generated UUID-style `public_id`.
- Password recovery now requires both username and email.

### Fixed
- Resolves duplicate-email failures such as:
`Duplicate entry ... for key 'email'`
- Existing unique email indexes are detected and removed automatically.
- Email remains indexed for searching and message delivery, but duplicate addresses are permitted.

### Database
- `users.id`: generated internal numeric primary key
- `users.public_id`: generated public unique key
- `users.username`: unique login
- `users.email`: non-unique contact address

Imported automatically from: 20260712191821-tronsoft-update-v6.28.11.zip

Website v6.28.10 - Show and Hide Password Controls

Site-wide v6.28.10 Jul 12, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.10
## Show and Hide Password Controls

### Added
- Show/Hide buttons for password fields.
- Caps Lock warnings.
- Password-strength feedback in the installer.
- Live password-confirmation matching.

### Updated
- Installation Wizard
- Login
- Registration
- Password Reset
- Admin Users Manager
- SMTP settings

Imported automatically from: 20260712183356-tronsoft-update-v6.28.10.zip

Website v6.28.7 - Complete Favicon Package

Site-wide v6.28.7 Jul 11, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.7
## Complete Favicon Package

### Added
- favicon.ico
- favicon-16x16.png
- favicon-32x32.png
- apple-touch-icon.png
- android-chrome-192x192.png
- android-chrome-512x512.png
- mstile-150x150.png
- site.webmanifest
- browserconfig.xml

### Changed
- Public and admin pages now load the Tronsoft Games favicon.
- Added browser theme and tile metadata.

Imported automatically from: 20260711225423-tronsoft-update-v6.28.7.zip

Website v6.28.6 - Tutorial Auto-Detection and Generation

Site-wide v6.28.6 Jul 11, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.6
## Tutorial Auto-Detection and Generation

### Fixed
- Packages are no longer rejected solely because `manifest.json` omits a tutorial path.
- The publisher searches common tutorial filenames.
- When no tutorial exists, it generates `docs/tutorial.html` from the game title and description.

### Searched Locations
- `tutorial/index.html`
- `tutorial/tutorial.html`
- `docs/tutorial.html`
- `docs/tutorial.pdf`
- `tutorial.html`
- `TUTORIAL.html`
- `TUTORIAL.md`
- `TUTORIAL.txt`

Imported automatically from: 20260711222216-tronsoft-update-v6.28.6.zip

Website v6.28.5 - Manifest Array Compatibility Fix

Site-wide v6.28.5 Jul 11, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.5
## Manifest Array Compatibility Fix

### Fixed
- Publish Package Manager now accepts string or object values for license, tutorial, manual, cover, changelog, and other manifest fields.
- Fixes `trim(): Argument #1 must be of type string, array given`.
- Tags and patch notes may use richer array/object structures.

Imported automatically from: 20260711214123-tronsoft-update-v6.28.5.zip

Website v6.28.3 - Published HTML Game HTTP 500 Repair

Site-wide v6.28.3 Jul 11, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.3
## Published HTML Game HTTP 500 Repair

### Fixed
- Added a safe `/published-games/.htaccess`.
- Disabled inherited rewrite rules for published games.
- Reset broken custom ErrorDocument processing.
- Prevented PHP execution inside uploaded game packages.
- Allowed standard HTML, CSS, JavaScript, image, audio, video, PDF, font, and WebAssembly files.
- Added automatic directory permission repair to 755.
- Added automatic file permission repair to 644.
- Added detection and disabling of nested package `.htaccess` files.
- Added a static HTML server test page.

### Admin Tool
- `/admin/published-game-repair.php`

### Test Page
- `/published-games/server-test.html`

### LOTR Risk
Use the repair tool, then test:

`/published-games/lotr-risk/1.0.0/index.html`

Imported automatically from: 20260711201904-tronsoft-update-v6.28.3.zip

Website v6.28.2 - Game Detail Page Cleanup

Site-wide v6.28.2 Jul 11, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.2
## Game Detail Page Cleanup

### Removed
- Description card from the game detail grid.
- Patch Notes card from the game detail grid.
- Game card from the game detail grid.

### Kept
- Game title and description in the hero area.
- Primary Play Game button.
- Tutorial card.
- Manual card.
- License card.

Imported automatically from: 20260711181849-tronsoft-update-v6.28.2.zip

Website v6.28.1 - Game Launch HTTP 500 Fix

Site-wide v6.28.1 Jul 11, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.28.1
## Game Launch HTTP 500 Fix

### Fixed
- Play-history database errors can no longer stop a game from launching.
- Older `game_play_logs` tables are repaired automatically.
- Duplicate play-history rows are consolidated before creating the unique index.
- Local game files are checked before redirecting the browser.
- Game redirects now use a root-relative URL.
- Unsupported or malformed launch URLs are rejected safely.
- HTTP 500 blank pages are replaced with a readable launch error.

### Diagnostics
Detailed errors are saved to:

`/archive/installation-logs/game-launch-errors.log`

### Affected Game
This specifically addresses the failure encountered when launching Checkers, while improving launch handling for every game.

Imported automatically from: 20260711180746-tronsoft-update-v6.28.1.zip

Website v6.27 - Username or Email Login

Site-wide v6.27 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.27
## Username or Email Login

### Changed
- Users can now log in with either their username or email address.
- The login field is labeled `Username or Email`.
- Login errors no longer assume email-only authentication.
- Password recovery continues to use the registered email address.

### Added
- Public `/forgot-password.php` page when not already present.
- Safe account-recovery messaging that does not reveal whether an email exists.
- Username uniqueness migration.

### Public Pages
- `/login.php`
- `/forgot-password.php`
- `/reset-password.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260711042544-tronsoft-update-v6.27.zip

Website v6.26 - Complete News Manager

Site-wide v6.26 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.26
## Complete News Manager

### Added
- Create, edit, delete, preview, schedule, publish, and archive articles.
- Draft and review workflow.
- Rich-text editor and featured-image uploads.
- Categories, tags, SEO fields, revisions, and view tracking.
- Public news pages and RSS feed.
- News statistics.

Imported automatically from: 20260711034618-tronsoft-update-v6.26.zip

Website v6.25 - Complete User CRUD and Password Recovery

Site-wide v6.25 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.25
## Complete User CRUD and Password Recovery

### Added
- Create users from the Admin Users Manager.
- Read and search all users.
- Update usernames, emails, roles, subscription settings, and disabled status.
- Replace an existing user account.
- Delete users and related play/subscription/reset records.
- Direct administrator password reset.
- One-hour password recovery links.
- Optional password recovery email.
- Public password reset completion page.
- User audit logging.

### Admin Page
- `/admin/users.php`

### Public Page
- `/reset-password.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260711033311-tronsoft-update-v6.25.zip

Website v6.24 - Public Account Navigation

Site-wide v6.24 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.24
## Public Account Navigation

### Added
- Visible Register and Login buttons for guests.
- My Account dropdown for signed-in users.
- Subscription status and trial days remaining.
- Public Play History page.
- Admin Dashboard link for authorized roles.
- Responsive mobile navigation.

Imported automatically from: 20260710223904-tronsoft-update-v6.24--1-.zip

Website v6.23 - Play History Manager

Site-wide v6.23 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.23
## Play History Manager

### Added
- Real Admin Play History Manager.
- Total plays, unique players, games played, and today's plays.
- Search by user, email, or game.
- Filter by user, game, and date range.
- Most-played games report.
- First-played and last-played timestamps.
- Last IP and user-agent tracking.
- Delete individual records.
- Clear history by user or game.
- Clear all play history.
- Automatic play tracking when a subscribed user launches a game.

### Admin Page
- `/admin/play-history.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260710215433-tronsoft-update-v6.23.zip

Website v6.22 - Free One-Month Registration Subscription

Site-wide v6.22 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.22
## Free One-Month Subscription for New Accounts

### Added
- Every newly registered user automatically receives a one-month subscription.
- Subscription start and expiration dates are stored on the user account.
- Subscription history table.
- User profile subscription status and days remaining.
- Admin controls to extend subscriptions by 30 or 90 days.
- Admin lifetime-access option.
- Admin subscription expiration control.
- Subscription status page at `/subscribe.php`.

### Access Rules
- Guests may browse but must log in to launch games.
- Users with an active trial may play games without limits.
- Expired users may log in and browse but cannot launch games.
- Administrators, moderators, and developers retain unlimited access.

### Payment Status
Online payment is not enabled. The free registration subscription provides access while payment processing is unavailable.

Imported automatically from: 20260710185925-tronsoft-update-v6.22.zip

Website v6.22.2 - Publish Game Package SQL Parameter Fix

Site-wide v6.22.2 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.22.2
## Publish Game Package SQL Parameter Fix

### Fixed
- Corrected the new-game INSERT statement in the Publish Package Manager.
- The query previously supplied 12 values to 11 placeholders, causing SQLSTATE HY093.
- Replaced publish-package lookup, insert, and update queries with named parameters.
- Added clearer “Publish package failed” error context.

### Affected Page
- `/admin/publish-game.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260710202320-tronsoft-update-v6.22.2.zip

Website v6.22.1 - Subscription SQL Parameter Fix

Site-wide v6.22.1 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.22.1
## Subscription SQL Parameter Fix

### Fixed
- Replaced positional subscription SQL parameters with named parameters.
- Fixed the HY093 invalid parameter-number error.
- Registration now creates the user and one-month subscription in one transaction.
- Registration email failures no longer cancel account creation.
- Admin subscription extension and lifetime-access queries now provide contextual errors.

### Changed
- New accounts are created directly with an active one-month trial.
- Subscription history is created during the same registration transaction.

Imported automatically from: 20260710201421-tronsoft-update-v6.22.1.zip

Website v6.21 - Mockup Branding and Admin Interface

Site-wide v6.21 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.21
## Mockup Branding and Admin Interface

### Added
- Approved Tronsoft Games logo from the selected mockup.
- New dark admin header with integrated Tronsoft Games branding.
- Modern blue navigation panels and dashboard styling.
- Updated responsive admin layout.
- Mockup-style repair-log presentation.
- New footer branding and portal version display.

### Changed
- Replaced “Tron Software Limited” branding with “Tronsoft Games.”
- Updated the public header logo.
- Updated the About-page logo.
- Updated Admin Dashboard navigation and styling.
- Updated Database Manager controls and presentation.

### Logo Asset
- `/assets/images/tronsoft-games-logo.png`

### Version
- Tronsoft Games Portal v6.21

Imported automatically from: 20260710182713-tronsoft-games-site-v6.21-full.zip

Website v6.20 - Database Repair Log and Tron Software Limited Branding

Site-wide v6.20 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.20
## Database Repair Log and Tron Software Limited Branding

### Added
- Real-time database repair log.
- Item counters for checked, repaired, errors, and warnings.
- Repair history stored in the database.
- Repair logs archived in `/archive/installation-logs/`.
- Combined trinity-symbol and “Tron Software Limited” logo.

### Changed
- Header now uses the full Tron Software Limited logo.
- About page now uses the full Tron Software Limited logo.
- Database Manager now shows exactly what is checked and repaired.

### Admin Page
- `/admin/database-manager.php`

Imported automatically from: 20260710175201-tronsoft_games_site_v620_repair_log_branding.zip

Website v6.19 - Dual-Mode Website Updater

Site-wide v6.19 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.19
## Dual-Mode Website Updater

### Fixed
- Full website deployment ZIPs no longer require `update.json`.
- The updater automatically detects full-site and incremental update packages.

### Added
- Incremental package detection using `update.json`.
- Full website package detection using `index.php`, `admin/`, `includes/`, and `assets/`.
- Automatic version detection from filename or bundled manifest.
- Package-type tracking in update history.
- Preservation of live `includes/config.php`.
- Preservation of backups, archives, and update-package storage during full deployments.

### Supported ZIP Formats

Incremental:
- `update.json`
- `files/`
- optional migrations

Full website:
- `index.php`
- `admin/`
- `includes/`
- `assets/`
- remaining website files

Imported automatically from: 20260710173720-tronsoft_games_site_v619_dual_mode_updater_fix.zip

Website v6.17 - Automatic Release Archive

Site-wide v6.17 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.17
## Automatic Release Archive

### Added
- Automatic update ZIP archiving after successful installation.
- Automatic patch-note file archiving.
- Automatic update manifest archiving.
- Automatic installation log archiving.
- Automatic database backup archiving.
- Admin Release Archive page.
- Searchable database record for archived releases.

### Archive Folders
- `/archive/zip-files`
- `/archive/patch-notes`
- `/archive/update-manifests`
- `/archive/installation-logs`
- `/archive/database-backups`

### Admin Page
- `/admin/release-archive.php`

### Workflow
After the updater publishes the patch notes, it moves the update ZIP and release metadata into the archive and records the release in the database.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.17.json

Website v6.16 - Show Work and Reverse Patch Notes

Site-wide v6.16 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.16
## Show Work and Reverse Patch Notes

### Added
- Admin Update Work Report page.
- Visible summary of work performed after an update installation.
- Expandable detailed installation logs.

### Changed
- Public patch notes now display newest versions first.
- Admin patch notes now display newest versions first.
- Imported website patch-note history now displays newest versions first.
- Update history is sorted by version in descending order.

### Admin Page
- `/admin/update-work-report.php`

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.16.json

Website v6.15 - Patch Notes Archive Manager

Site-wide v6.15 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.15
## Patch Notes Archive Manager

### Added
- Automatic archive after a patch note is successfully published.
- Patch notes move to /archive/patch-notes.
- Update manifests move to /archive/updates.
- Admin Archive Manager.
- Search by version or filename.
- Preview archived files.
- Restore archived patch notes or manifests.
- Permanently delete obsolete archive files.

### Safety
Files are archived only after the database publish succeeds.

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload v6.15.
2. Open /admin/latest-patch-notes.php.
3. Publish the latest patch note.
4. Open /admin/archive-manager.php.
5. Confirm the patch note and update manifest were archived.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.15.json

Website v6.14 - Latest Patch Notes Importer

Site-wide v6.14 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.14
## Latest Patch Notes Importer

### Added
- Admin tool that scans bundled PATCH_NOTES_v*.txt files.
- Admin tool that scans update manifests in /updates.
- Automatic newest-version detection.
- One-click publish/update into the patch_notes database table.
- Preview of the latest patch note before publishing.
- Import history showing recent website patch notes already in the database.

### Admin Pages
- /admin/latest-patch-notes.php
- /admin/publish-latest-patch.php

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload v6.14.
2. Go to /admin/database-manager.php.
3. Click Repair Missing Items.
4. Open /admin/latest-patch-notes.php.
5. Click Publish Latest Patch Note.
6. Confirm it appears at /patch-notes.php.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.14.json

Website v6.13 - Professional About Page and Production Package

Site-wide v6.13 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.13
## Professional About Page and Production Package

### Added
- Expanded professional About page.
- Shared Tronsoft Limited wordmark in the public header and About hero.
- Live database statistics, featured games, latest news, and latest patch notes.
- Studio timeline, technology grid, publishing pipeline, and copyright panel.

### Cleaned
- Removed nested update ZIP files, debug pages, installer pages, and server error logs from the production deployment package.
- Validated PHP syntax across the site.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.13.json

Website v6.12 - Publish Package Manager

Site-wide v6.12 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.12
## Publish Package Manager

### Added
- Real Admin Publish Package manager.
- Upload ZIP game package.
- Extract package automatically.
- Read manifest.json.
- Create or update the game record.
- Publish files to /published-games/{slug}/{version}.
- Set play URL automatically.
- Create automatic game patch note after publish.

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload v6.12.
2. Go to /admin/database-manager.php.
3. Click Repair Missing Items.
4. Open /admin/publish-game.php.
5. Upload a game ZIP package.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.12.json

Website v6.11 - Email Activity Dashboard

Site-wide v6.11 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.11
## Email Activity Dashboard

### Added
- Admin Email Activity Dashboard.
- SMTP connection status tracking.
- SMTP authentication status tracking.
- Queue ID capture from Exim/cPanel SMTP responses.
- Time sent, recipient, subject, delivery status, retry attempts, and response time tracking.
- Searchable email history.
- Detailed SMTP stage view for each email.

### Fixed
- Email test troubleshooting now shows whether the server accepted the message and which queue ID was returned.

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload v6.11.
2. Go to /admin/database-manager.php.
3. Click Repair Missing Items.
4. Send a test email.
5. Open /admin/email-activity.php.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.11.json

Website v6.10 - SMTP Password Save Fix

Site-wide v6.10 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.10
## SMTP Password Save Fix

### Fixed
- SMTP password is now saved correctly to the email_settings table.
- Blank password fields no longer erase the existing SMTP password.
- Email Settings now shows whether a password is configured without displaying it.
- Added a dedicated Admin SMTP Password page.

### Added
- Basic reversible password protection for stored SMTP credentials.
- Legacy plain-text password compatibility.
- /admin/smtp-password.php for updating only the SMTP password.

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload v6.10.
2. Go to /admin/smtp-password.php.
3. Enter the mailbox password for noreply@tronsoft.net.
4. Go to /admin/email-settings.php.
5. Run Diagnostic.
6. Send Test Email.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.10.json

Website v6.9 - Email Test Fix

Site-wide v6.9 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.9
## Email Test Fix

### Added
- Real SMTP sending support for test emails.
- SMTP diagnostic tool in Admin Email Settings.
- Clear SMTP connection, authentication, and message rejection errors.
- Improved email log and queue error display.

### Fixed
- Email test no longer silently relies only on PHP mail.
- Admin can now see whether SMTP host, port, encryption, username, or password is the problem.

### Recommended Tests
1. Open /admin/email-settings.php.
2. Save SMTP settings.
3. Run SMTP Diagnostic.
4. Send a test email.
5. Check Email Log for exact result.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.9.json

Website v6.8 - Installer Includes Patch Notes

Site-wide v6.8 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.8
## Installer Includes Patch Notes

### Added
- Update manifests now include the complete patch-note title and body.
- The installer automatically reads embedded patch notes from the manifest.
- The installer publishes the embedded patch notes to the public Patch Notes page.
- Added support for separate installer notes and public patch-note text.

### Improved
- Website updates now document themselves when installed.
- Public patch notes no longer need to be typed manually after each upload.
- The Update Installer shows exactly which patch note was created.

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload the v6.8 package.
2. Go to /admin/database-manager.php.
3. Click Repair Missing Items.
4. Go to /admin/update-installer.php.
5. Click Install v6.8 Update Patch Note.
6. Open /patch-notes.php to confirm the patch note appears.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.8.json

Website v6.7 - Automatic Website Update Patch Notes

Site-wide v6.7 Jul 10, 2026

Added an update installer that automatically creates website patch notes whenever a Tronsoft Games portal update is installed. Added update history tracking, installed update detection, and a dedicated Admin Update Installer page.

Imported automatically from: updates/update_v6.7.json

Tronsoft Games Portal v6.6

Site-wide v6.6 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.6
## Automatic Patch Notes Update

### Added
- Automatic patch-note helper: includes/patch-notes-helper.php
- Admin Auto Patch Notes settings page: /admin/auto-patch-notes.php
- Auto-create or update patch notes when a game version is saved.
- Auto-publish setting for generated patch notes.
- Patch-note template support.

### Updated
- Games Manager now creates patch notes automatically when a game record/version is saved.
- Publish Package page includes integration instructions for automatic patch-note generation.
- Admin submenu now includes Auto Patch Notes.

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload v6.6.
2. Go to /admin/database-manager.php.
3. Click Repair Missing Items.
4. Go to /admin/auto-patch-notes.php.
5. Confirm automatic patch notes are enabled.
6. Edit a game version in /admin/games.php.
7. Check /admin/patch-notes.php and /patch-notes.php.

Imported automatically from: PATCH_NOTES_v6.6.txt

Tronsoft Games Portal v6.5

Site-wide v6.5 Jul 10, 2026

# Tronsoft Games Portal v6.5
## Patch Notes System Fix

Release Type: Maintenance / Admin CMS Fix

### Added
- Full admin Patch Notes manager.
- Public Patch Notes page.
- Site-wide patch notes.
- Game-specific patch notes.
- Pinned patch notes.
- Published/draft toggle.
- Automatic game version update option.
- Patch note database schema file.

### Fixed
- Replaced placeholder Patch Notes admin page.
- Repaired public patch notes display.
- Added graceful error message if database tables are missing.
- Included patch note database repair SQL.

### Upgrade Steps
1. Upload v6.5 package.
2. Go to /admin/database-manager.php.
3. Click Repair Missing Items.
4. Go to /admin/patch-notes.php.
5. Create a test patch note.
6. View /patch-notes.php.

Imported automatically from: PATCH_NOTES_v6.5.txt

Release Type: Maintenance / Admin CMS Fix

Site-wide v6.5.0 Jul 9, 2026

Farhold v5.4.2 Published

Farhold v5.4.2 Aug 15, 2026

Game package published automatically.

Game: Farhold
Version: 5.4.2
Package: published-games/farhold/5.4.2
Play URL: published-games/farhold/5.4.2/index.html

v5.4.2
Cover Refresh (2026-08-15):
- Replaces the game cover with new Farhold 4X space-strategy artwork.
- Removes interface controls and information boxes from the cover art.
- Gameplay, saves, balance, and rules are unchanged.

v5.3.0
Strategic Intelligence (2026-08-12):
- Adds High/Medium/Low intelligence confidence based on visible fleets and survey freshness.
- Adds military and industrial trend arrows derived from the observable intelligence history.
- Threat assessment now retains recent observed hostile actions after fleets leave current scans.
- Rival cards show the last hostile action and doctrine-specific behavioral observations.
- Adds All / Military / Territory / Combat intelligence-history filters.
- Adds a compact recent-change Intel Summary when meaningful rival intelligence changed this turn or last turn.
- Fog of war remains intact; hidden live rival totals are never exposed.

v5.2.1
Rival Intelligence Maintenance & History (2026-08-11):
- Synchronizes manifest patch notes, changelog, and release news with the current Rival Intelligence release.
- Adds a persistent, fog-of-war-safe intelligence history for each rival house.
- Records observable fleet contacts, territorial-control observations, material industrial shifts, approaching threats, and visible combat.
- Historical entries can focus a known world when a location is available.
- Older v5.x saves migrate additively; combat, AI, movement, research, and victory rules are unchanged.

v5.2.0
Rival Intelligence (2026-08-11): - Adds a Rivals ledger tab with fog-of-war-aware intelligence estimates.
- Doctrine is shown only as a suspected assessment after sufficient contact.
- Military estimates use currently visible rival fleets; industrial estimates use last surveyed rival worlds.
- Reports show freshness/staleness, recent observable behavior, threat level, and direct fleet focus.
- Does not expose hidden live rival totals or change AI/combat rules.

v5.1.0
Battle Theater: post-turn combat now opens an interactive theater for every visible fleet action, bombardment, and landing, with opening and surviving strength, casualties, exchange timeline, outcome, and direct map focus. Combat rules and save format are unchanged. See patches/patch_v5.1.0.txt.

v5.0.0
Actionable Command Briefing: briefing cards now open the exact unresolved fleet, nearest threat, next-turn arrival, or Research pane, turning End Turn review into a direct command workflow. See patches/patch_v5.0.0.txt.

v4.9.0
Command Briefing: End Turn now opens a pre-resolution briefing with unresolved orders, visible hostile approaches, friendly arrivals, and research completions due next turn. The player can return to command or deliberately resolve the turn. See patches/patch_v4.9.0.txt.

v4.8.0
Turn Readiness: the Mission Board now measures how many mobile fleets have resolved orders, shows a live readiness bar, identifies unresolved squadrons, and provides a one-click Review unresolved workflow before End Turn. See patches/patch_v4.8.0.txt.

v4.7.0
Fleet Triage: the Mission Board now shows per-mission counts, ranks squadrons by operational attention, provides a Next attention jump, and exposes direct Focus, Course, and Hold actions without changing combat rules. See patches/patch_v4.7.0.txt.

v4.6.0
Fleet Mission Board: the Fleet pane now groups every squadron by operational intent — Orders, Attack, Move, Rally, Guard, or Repair — with one-click selection, firepower, destination, and ETA. This makes large late-game empires faster to command without changing combat rules. See patches/patch_v4.6.0.txt.

v4.5.0
Engagement Forecast: destination intelligence now grades visible combat odds as Favorable, Edge, Contested, Danger, or Unknown. Visibly outmatched attacks require a deliberate second click within four seconds, reducing accidental fleet losses while preserving fog of war. See patches/patch_v4.5.0.txt.

v4.4.0
Course Intelligence: hovering a destination with a squadron selected now reports wrapped hex distance, travel time, arrival turn, committed firepower, and visible hostile contact before an order is issued. See patches/patch_v4.4.0.txt.

v4.3.0
Command Clarity: prioritized dismissible alerts and fleet readiness for faster operational decisions.

v4.2.0
Operational Awareness: actionable alerts for idle fleets, imminent research, and incoming threats with direct threat focus and ETA.

v4.1.0
Command & Combat Interface: context-sensitive fleet command buttons, stronger selected-fleet marker, strategic alert strip, fleet status filters, post-turn battle result popup, and completed three-step first-turn guidance. Core rules and save format remain compatible. See patches/patch_v4.1.0.txt.

Farhold — changelog

v4.0.1
Tactical Operations Polish: operational rally points, persistent UI preferences, wrapped minimap viewport, clearer research/victory status, planning-aware world ordering, and a less crowded masthead. Rules and balance are unchanged. See patches/patch_v4.0.1.txt.

v4.0.0
Tactical Operations: strategic dashboard, plate minimap, true zoom readout, world planning/rally markers, research ETA and victory tracking, and multi-level order undo/redo. Rules and balance are unchanged. See patches/patch_v4.0.0.txt.

v3.9.0
Strategic Command: fleet command queue, persistent planning lines, ETA labels, grouped orders, attack-risk intelligence, order undo and turn reports. See patches/patch_v3.9.0.txt.

v3.8.0
Command & Intelligence: direct fleet commands, next-idle workflow, strategic overlays, threat counts, combat previews, stable dispatch selection, keyboard help, and smarter End Turn warnings.

v3.7.0
Interface and command refinement: stable fleet selection, visible zoom controls, hostile threat overlay, stronger selection marks, and idle-order status on End Turn. See patches/patch_v3.7.0.txt.

v3.6.0
Three more reaches (the pocket, the shoal, the great expanse) and three more
houses, seven in all; supremacy is read against the size of the table. See
patches/patch_v3.6.0.txt.

v3.5.0
Moving a squadron is easier: drag or right-click to send it, the reach shaded
and the course drawn before committing. See patches/patch_v3.5.0.txt.

v3.4.1
Fixes a plate with no lights after resuming a game saved before 3.4.0. See
patches/patch_v3.4.1.txt.

v3.4.0
The fighting is shown: an Actions pane and marks on the plate. See
patches/patch_v3.4.0.txt.

v3.3.0
Give up on a game and set another sky. See patches/patch_v3.3.0.txt.

v3.2.0
The key moves into the right-hand column, and a click on a light is an
explicit choice. See patches/patch_v3.2.0.txt.

v3.1.1
Fixes lights vanishing from a centred or scrolled plate. See
patches/patch_v3.1.1.txt.

v3.1.0
Centre the plate on any light. See patches/patch_v3.1.0.txt.

v3.0.0
The plate wraps in both directions and can be ruled to order. See
patches/patch_v3.0.0.txt.

v2.0.0
The reach ruled in hexes. See patches/patch_v2.0.0.txt.

v1.0.0
First release. See patches/patch_v1.0.0.txt.