builds/README.md

tinqs/builds

Build artifacts for the Tinqs stack — engine editor binaries (+ their GodotSharp C# bindings). Binaries and GodotSharp are stored via Git LFS (see .gitattributes). Source lives in tinqs/engine, tinqs/ariki-game, tinqs/ariki-sim. See manifest.json for exact versions.

Use tinqs pull / tinqs push, never raw git — these are LFS-heavy.

Installing / updating the engine

Don't copy files by hand — run the update-engine skill (it lives in the game repo, which everyone has): tinqs.com/tinqs/ariki-game · .agents/skills/update-engine. Hand it to your agent; it tinqs pulls ariki-game + builds, installs the binary + GodotSharp into ../engine/bin/, wipes stale caches, and verifies. Covers macOS + Windows.

⚠️ The one rule: binary + GodotSharp are a MATCHED PAIR

Each engine binary ships with a GodotSharp/ folder (Godot's C# bindings) generated from that exact engine build. You must install them together and replace any old GodotSharp.

• The engine does NOT regenerate GodotSharp at runtime. If it's missing you get a .NET assemblies not found dialog pointing at engine/bin/GodotSharp/Api/Debug.
• A stale GodotSharp (from an older engine) against a newer binary throws Wrapper class not found for type: Terrain3D → terrain renders as water, animals don't animate.

This matters now because Terrain3D and agent_skinned are native engine modules (no separate addons/terrain_3d GDExtension .framework). Built-in module classes need their wrappers baked into GodotSharp, so GodotSharp had to be regenerated — and must ship here alongside the binary.

Current contents

Platform	Engine	Terrain3D	GodotSharp shipped?
engine/macos-arm64/	4.7.2 (9dcc5d45) — screen-space contact shadows (directional), hero shadow min-combine, cascade caster-culling + shadow-bias fixes from upstream 4.8, draw_list_draw_indirect_count (Metal), on top of everything 7fb81364 had	built-in module	✅ yes (GodotSharp/)
engine/windows-x64/	4.7.2 (7fb81364b) — everything 0ec39c95 had (GPU diet + R0 P5) plus crash-handler fixes (first-wins crash claim, freeze-report note/context, pause handling); template_release here is still the 1e7be28b tree	built-in module	✅ yes (GodotSharp/)

Mac is engine 9dcc5d45 as of 2026-10-18 (--version prints 4.7.2.stable.mono.custom_build.9dcc5d458): screen-space contact shadows for directional lights (default off; game dial env contactshadow), hero shadow min-combine, upstream 4.8 shadow fixes #121775 (cascade caster culling) and #124348 (blur < 1 no longer shrinks the bias; the game sun bias is 0.014 with it), and draw_list_draw_indirect_count with Metal emulation. GodotSharp regenerated (API + Tools). Windows is still 7fb81364b and the game pin is 4.7.2@9dcc5d458, so Windows engines are refused until Forge rebuilds from engine main (.agents/handoffs/forge-windows-sscs-9dcc5d45.md).

Long-term: CI (Gitea Actions) builds on push and publishes here / to S3 — docs/ai/plans/build-pipeline-architecture-2026-06-07.md.