Small steps.
A better evening.

A home for our first players.

Added a getting-started guide, troubleshooting, known issues, community rules and this release journal. The Discourse community is being prepared at forum.playm2.net; account creation remains closed during mail setup.

A clearer start.

• A native PlayM2 startup window shows preparation stages before the main launcher is ready.
• Startup failures offer Retry and Close, with a bounded wait instead of an endless loading screen.
• The launcher can reach its main interface when the server directory is unavailable, keeping recovery controls accessible.

This release changes launcher startup. It does not claim to fix game freezes, memory growth, or all multiplayer synchronization issues.

Existing users need to install the latest launcher to receive this startup interface. Automatic client runtime updates are separate from launcher installer updates.