BATTLECRAFT - PLAYTEST BUILD 20260820-024525-812b934
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HOW TO START
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1. Unzip this folder somewhere real - your Desktop is fine. Do NOT run it
   from inside the zip; Windows unpacks to a temp folder and the game
   cannot save.
2. Double-click  PLAY BATTLECRAFT.bat
3. It asks what to call you. Use the name people know you by - it is what
   shows on the ground you claim, and there is nothing else in the game
   that says who anybody is. It remembers your answer; delete
   your-name.txt next to the .bat to change it.
4. Windows will probably say "Windows protected your PC".
   Click "More info", then "Run anyway". The build is not code-signed and
   there is nothing you can install that would change that.
5. If Windows Firewall asks, allow it. The game talks out over UDP 7770.

Do not run Game\Battlecraft.exe directly. On its own it starts your OWN
private server and you will be alone in an empty world without being told.
The .bat is the only thing that joins the shared server.

FIRST THINGS TO DO IN GAME
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- Press F1. That is the controls card and it is accurate. Read it.
- You will be asked whether to send diagnostics. PLEASE SAY YES.
  That is the only way we find out what went wrong for you.
- Everyone spawns in the same place. Walk well apart before you claim
  ground - a chest has to stand clear of everyone else's.

THE TWO KEYS THAT MATTER MOST
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  F3   "something just went wrong here"
       Press it the moment anything feels off - a stutter, being yanked
       backwards, a trap that seemed unfair, anything that did not do what
       you expected. You do not need to explain and you do not need to be
       right. One keypress marks the moment and sends the last few minutes
       of your log. Press it often. It is free and it is the single most
       useful thing you can do tonight.

  F4   the feedback box
       Free text, sent with your log attached. Use it when you can say what
       happened in words.

NOT IN THIS BUILD
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No map, no compass, no chat, no voice, and no names floating over players.
You can see whose GROUND you are on, and that is all. Use Discord for
everything else.

IF IT SAYS "FAILED TO LOAD MONO"
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Unity's runtime folder did not unpack:
   Game\MonoBleedingEdgeIf you downloaded before 2026-08-19 22:00, that is a fault in the zip we
published - some extractors turned that folder into an empty 0 KB file.
Delete the folder, download again, and extract the new zip. Any extractor
works now.

If your download is newer than that, check your antivirus quarantine -
the build is not code-signed and that DLL gets false-positived.

The launcher checks for this now and will tell you which it is.

IF IT WILL NOT CONNECT
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Say so in Discord and include:
 - what the window did (black? closed instantly? sat there forever?)
 - roughly what your internet is, and whether you are on wifi
Then send us this file:
   %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\DefaultCompany\BattleCraftUnity\Player.log
