Gethes v0.04 - Immersion + Trust Update

Gethes v0.04 focuses on two pillars: stronger in-game immersion and a safer, more reliable distribution/update pipeline.

Highlights

• Added a two-step updater flow: update prepare + update apply.
• Added checksum policy modes for updates: strict (recommended) and unsafe.
• Added a new doctor command for diagnostics:
  • doctor all
  • doctor audio
  • doctor update
  • doctor ui
  • doctor system
• Improved SFX diagnostics with critical-event detection.
• Improved UI scaling:
  • Presets: small, normal, large, huge
  • Adaptive mode: auto
• Improved visual feedback:
  • richer status overlays
  • cleaner pulse/scan effects
  • tuned particle behavior

Audio Reliability Improvements

• Added per-event cooldowns to prevent spam/overlap issues.
• Added event priority/channel handling for important sounds.
• Improved mixer reliability and event playback consistency.

Update and Distribution Improvements

• Update flow now supports pre-download/prepare before apply.
• Stronger checksum verification behavior in updater logic.
• Build pipeline now generates:
  • SHA256SUMS-v0.04.txt
  • SHA256SUMS.txt
  • per-artifact .sha256 files
• Added ZIP packaging retry logic to avoid random file-lock build failures.
• Version metadata is now consistent across app, installer, and release files.

Versioning

• Updated project version to 0.04 across:
  • runtime app version
  • installer version metadata
  • Windows file/product version fields
  • README status reference

Technical Quality

• Compile check passed.
• Test suite passed (46 passed).

Release Artifacts

• Gethes-Setup-v0.04.exe
• Gethes-v0.04-win64-portable.zip
• SHA256SUMS-v0.04.txt