Privateer 0.9.3 Beta

Version numbering correction: This release is correctly named Privateer 0.9.3 Beta. The original program displays 0.93 Beta because its version number was formatted incorrectly. This is a numbering mistake, not a different program version. Existing download filenames and Git tags retain their original names; the released binaries have not been changed.

Privateer 0.93 Beta

Privateer 0.93 Beta introduces aircraft-model creation and improves how aircraft
design values are selected for the current campaign. This is a beta release so
the new aircraft workflow can receive broader in-game testing before it becomes
part of the next stable release.

Aircraft Manager

• Create a new aircraft model for any nation from the nation context menu.
• Choose among all supported aircraft roles, including fighters, bombers,
  floatplanes, patrol aircraft, jets, and helicopters.
• Start with Privateer as the manufacturer or choose a manufacturer already
  used by the selected nation.
• Set the model's design year automatically from the current campaign year.
• Show only the statistics that apply to the selected aircraft role.
• Prefill editable statistics using year-by-year averages derived from all 1,121
  aircraft models observed in Game 6.
• When a role has no model in the campaign year, use that role's lowest observed
  yearly average for each field as a conservative starting point.
• Preserve the source model's unknown internal fields and leave existing air
  units and squadrons unchanged.

Safety and validation

• New aircraft models receive a contiguous aircraft slot and an ID allocated
  through the campaign's global ID counter.
• Aircraft-only saves compare all other loaded campaign files and sections with
  their original data before writing.
• Existing unrelated ship-design validation findings no longer prevent a valid
  aircraft-only edit from being saved.
• The complete automated suite passes 91 tests, including aircraft creation in a
  fixture that already contains an unrelated missing ship-design reference.

Known limitations

• Aircraft Manager creates aircraft model definitions; it does not create or
  modify air units or squadrons.
• The Game 6 averages are practical starting values and may not match every
  campaign's technology state or the game's internal aircraft generator.
• Economy projections are estimates and still require refinement.
• Relationship editing remains under development. Fortification editing and Ship
  Spawner remain placeholders.

Keep automatic backups enabled and test important edits in a copied save slot.