v5.0.0-alpha.7

Genie 5 — v5.0.0-alpha.7

The Persistent Core release. Genie now keeps one live session "brain" for the
whole time the app is open, and that unlocks a lot at once: you can run scripts
while disconnected, write a logon script that connects and keeps running after
you're in the game, and switch characters without restarting — all without
losing your engines, mapper, or trackers. The auto-walker also got a lot smarter
about pacing itself to the game.

Alpha software. Expect rough edges. Builds are unsigned — Windows
SmartScreen will warn on first launch (More info → Run anyway). Signing is
tracked in #33.

⚠️ Major release — please regression-test. alpha.7 rebuilds the session
core (the engine behind your connection, scripts, mapper, rules, and trackers)
into a single persistent core, and significantly changes auto-walk
pacing. That's a large change surface touching things that previously
"just worked." Please run your normal workflows — connect, scripts,
triggers, mapper/travel, multi-character — and report anything that regressed
in the regression-testing tracker (#98). Reproduction steps help enormously.
If something is worse than alpha.6.2, that's a bug we want.

✨ New since alpha.6.2

• Run scripts offline + logon scripts that survive connecting (#88) — the
  headline. The session core now persists for the whole app run instead of being
  rebuilt on every connect, so:
  • While disconnected, you can still run .cmd/.js scripts, set
    #var/#class/aliases/triggers, #edit, and save your config — handy for
    setting things up before you log in or testing a script offline.
  • A logon script keeps running across the connect: a .cmd that sets up
    your vars + trigger classes, then put #connect <profile>, then does more
    after login, runs straight through — the same script survives the connection.
    (In a .cmd, remember a bare # line is a comment; run client commands from
    a script with put #…, e.g. put #connect, just like Genie 4.)
• Switch characters without restarting — #connect <other-profile> (or the
  connect dialog) cleanly swaps characters in the same session: the previous
  character's rules/variables/classes/skills are cleared and the new character's
  saved config is loaded, while your scripts, mapper, and panels stay alive.
• Bounded auto-reconnect — an unexpected drop now retries on a sensible
  ladder (~2 quick tries, then a few longer ones) and stops after ~1.5–2
  minutes with a clear Disconnected instead of retrying forever. A deliberate
  quit/exit never auto-reconnects.
• Smarter auto-walk pacing — the auto-walker now holds each step until the
  game is ready: it waits out roundtime and movement-blocking states
  (stunned/webbed), and stands you up automatically when you're sitting,
  kneeling, or prone before it walks. It also no longer reports a false "No
  path" before your skills are loaded (gated exits are assumed reachable until
  Genie has read your info/exp).
• Built-in trackers + new panels — Spell Timer, Experience, and
  Time Tracker are now built into Genie (you can delete their old plugin
  DLLs), plus new Mobs and Players panels that list what's in the room
  (#86).
• Dock fixes — a panel you float out (e.g. the Mapper) now reopens fully
  on-screen instead of off a monitor edge, and its title bar double-click
  maximizes / restores like a normal window.
• Plus a batch of smaller fixes (#80 / #81 / #82) and parser improvements.

✅ What works

Connection (Secure SGE / Lich proxy / dev-replay), the StormFront XML parser and
live GameState, the full Genie 4 .cmd script engine plus JavaScript .js
scripts — now runnable offline and across reconnects — the rules engines
(#alias / #trigger / #highlight / #substitute / #gag / #macro /
#class / #var) with .cfg persistence and per-character switching, the
AutoMapper (click-to-goto, #goto, weighted + cross-zone routing, RT/posture-paced
walking), dockable panels with save/load layouts, built-in trackers, the plugin
host, and the in-app updater. See the README status table for
the full list.

🚧 Not working yet / known gaps

• Unsigned builds — SmartScreen warning on Windows (#33).
• macOS / Linux update channels — the in-app updater self-updates on Windows
  only; other platforms install fresh builds manually for now (#27).
• Same-description rooms — server-uid pacing greatly improves walking through
  identical rooms, but routes through them can still occasionally mis-resolve
  (#76 / #77); #mapper reset helps.
• Skill-gated routing accuracy — until Genie has read your info + exp,
  gated exits are assumed reachable (so paths aren't blocked); once read, climbs
  and swims you can't take are filtered out.
• No light theme yet (single dark palette, #20); no injuries panel (#18); no
  raw-XML inspector window (#14).

⬇️ Downloads

Grab the installer or portable build for your platform from the assets below:

Platform	Installer	Portable
Windows	01-Windows-Genie5-Setup.exe	01-Windows-Genie5-Portable.zip
macOS (Apple Silicon)	02-macOS-Apple-Silicon-Genie5.dmg	02-…-Portable.zip
macOS (Intel)	03-macOS-Intel-Genie5.dmg	03-…-Portable.zip
Linux (x64)	04-Linux-Genie5.AppImage	—

Full changelog: v5.0.0-alpha.6.2...v5.0.0-alpha.7