0.9.0-beta.3

Added

• Added broader Archive Browser search relevance and alias handling so character/equipment root aliases can find related model components without hardcoding a specific outfit or character name.
• Added .dds item-name discovery through related model and material-sidecar graph sources while still keeping selected extension filters enforced for final result rows.
• Added richer Referenced Files resolution for .app_xml, .prefabdata_xml, model entries, and material sidecars using the archive relationship resolver.
• Added structured Archive Browser inspectors for high-value binary formats including .prefab, .levelinfo, .palevel, .roadsector, .road, .nav, .pabc, .pabv, .pabgb, and .pabgh.
• Added simplified value summaries above raw XML/text previews for text-like archive entries such as .pac_xml, .pam_xml, .pamlod_xml, .pami, .app_xml, .prefabdata_xml, and .xml.
• Added HKX/Havok metadata preview improvements and focused regression coverage for archive patch preflight and structured asset previews.

Changed

• Changed Archive Browser search expansion so package, folder, role, size, previewable, exclude, and extension filters remain authoritative after item-name expansion.
• Changed Archive Browser search ordering so direct basename/path matches and exact model aliases appear before lower-confidence inferred sidecars or texture rows.
• Changed model texture binding so sidecar DDS rows are listed more completely while visible base previews avoid promoting technical normal/material/height maps as color textures.
• Changed WEM patch confirmation wording to clarify that audio replacement is best-effort and not a full Wwise-authoring rebuild.
• Removed the failed Experimental Layer Composite preview mode and kept saved settings falling back to the existing Mesh Base First / Lit path.

Fixed

• Fixed extension-filter leakage where item-name searches could return unrelated extensions after related-file expansion.
• Fixed missing or incomplete Referenced Files rows for direct .pam_xml / .pamlod_xml sidecars and app/prefab/model/material graph references.
• Fixed texture preview/reference regressions where support maps could be hidden or over-promoted instead of being listed as normal/material/height support slots.
• Fixed archive patch safety by validating the existing PAPGT/PAMT checksum chain, target PAMT records, PAZ paths, package roots, and compression support before writing.
• Fixed archive patch failure recovery tests around append-only PAZ writes, backup restore, and stale target entries.

QA

• python -m compileall cdmw passed.
• Full unittest discovery passed: 208 tests, 1 skipped.
• Onefile PyInstaller build passed and validated 1,273 embedded archive members.