docs(release): describe 0.6.0 Beta
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Summary
Release documentation for 0.6.0 Beta, cut from main after #164.
CHANGELOG.md: the Unreleased section becomes 0.6.0 Beta — 2026-10-27. It now covers every user-visible PR since RC1: the setup and launcher changes, the opt-in rendering, timing and camera options, the fixes, developer tools, known issues and how the release was checked. Before this, it listed about a third of them and said the generation recipe was unchanged.README.md: status rows for the 0.6.0 options and launcher, #159 among the known issues, new players start fromLauncher.cmd(Launcher.exeexists only after setup), and the bundled-tools line names the release ZIP rather than 0.5.3.docs/public-status.md: what 0.6.0 proves. The packaged setup was checked; 0.6.0 itself has not had a full play session.
Verification
- A pre-release ZIP staged from this branch reproduces the RC1 Windows package logic exactly (the staging script rebuilds the shipped RC1 ZIP from
v0.6.0-rc1with no differing members). Its packagedBuildGamerun is reported on this PR before merge. - Facts were checked against the PRs. One example: the macOS launcher-target bug fixed in #164 came from #151 after RC1, so it is not listed as a fix.
Contribution checklist
- The change follows
AGENTS.mdandCONTRIBUTING.md. - No XBE, generated game C, retail instruction bytes, extracted assets or filenames, saves, BIOS data, private paths, or run evidence are included.
- Third-party material and its license are identified, if applicable (none).
Summary by cubic
Releases the 0.6.0 Beta changelog, README status, and public-status notes, and updates the setup success message to point to Launcher.exe and DOAXBV.exe. The changelog records every user-visible change since RC1 and corrects the earlier claim that the generation recipe was unchanged — #141 and #133 changed it, so the release needs a fresh build.
Changes
README.mdadds status rows for the 0.6.0 options and launcher, marksRECOMP_GAME_HZexperimental, names which features were play-tested, lists #159 among known issues, and has new players openLauncher.cmdsinceLauncher.exeappears only after setup.CHANGELOG.mdkeeps the acceptedRECOMP_GAME_HZrange of 60 to 360.docs/public-status.mdrecords that the packaged setup regenerated the program byte-for-byte, names which features were and weren't play-tested and by whom, and that 0.6.0 itself has not had a full play session.BuildGame.cmdnow tells the player to openLauncher.exeorDOAXBV.exeinstead of pointing atLauncher.cmdandRunGame.cmd.