The Ledger

August 22, 2026

Neo Angband v0.27.2

An install-clarity and defaults release: picking (I)nstall locally now lays out the desktop-vs-browser tradeoff before committing to either, and a new character starts able to sell to stores instead of needing to find the birth options page first.

Added

  • “(I)nstall locally” now opens a choice screen first instead of going straight to the browser’s PWA install page. It lays out the desktop app and the installed-PWA path side by side - platform list, update mechanism, the desktop’s real mods folder versus the PWA’s offline service-worker cache, and the desktop build’s current lack of code signing - so the player picks a platform before committing to either download. Picking the desktop app opens the Releases page in the real browser; picking the PWA path continues into the existing install screen unchanged.

Changed

  • A new character now starts with selling enabled. Core’s birth_no_selling option still exists and still works exactly as upstream describes it - it can be turned back on at birth, or made the permanent default again through a customized_birth_options.txt line - but the shipped default flips from upstream’s own ON to OFF, so a new player is not silently locked out of every shop until they find the birth options page. See docs/PARITY.md (“Accepted: birth_no_selling defaults to off in core”) for the parity accounting.

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