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v5.0.0-alpha.4.1 — portable-first storage

A focused point release that fixes where Genie keeps its data. A portable copy now truly travels with you — its folders live beside the .exe, not in your user profile.

📡 Still on the beta channel — that's intentional. Every alpha ships as a GitHub pre-release, so the Core updater defaults to beta; that's what lets Help → Check for Updates see new alpha builds. Already on an earlier alpha? Open the Updates dialog and you'll be offered alpha.4.1 as a delta.

🔓 Unsigned builds. Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper will warn on first launch — see Installation. Signed Windows builds are targeted for a later release (#33).

Fixes

  • Portable-first data discovery — a copy of Genie with its data folder beside the .exe now runs fully local; nothing is read from or written to the per-user OS folder (%APPDATA% on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support on macOS, ~/.local/share on Linux). The old build only did this when a genie5.portable marker file was present, which the release zip wasn't reliably shipping — so portable installs leaked into the user profile. (#38, #74)
  • First-run location prompt — a fresh install with data in neither place now asks where to keep it: Portable (beside the exe — the default) or your user folder. The choice persists and is never asked again. See Application Folders.

Everything from alpha.4

This release carries forward all of alpha.4 — JavaScript (.js) scripting, #connect / #reconnect / #lichconnect typed login, new reserved variables, Analyst Capture, the Performance overlay, and the mapper/docking fixes.

Downloads: see the assets below — Windows (Setup / Portable), macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel .pkg / .dmg), Linux (AppImage).

Changelog: v5.0.0-alpha.4...v5.0.0-alpha.4.1

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