DHC V11 — release candidate, October 12, 2026

This patch-only package contains no game archive, key, emulator or save state.
Supply your own clean encrypted Marvel vs. Capcom Euro 980123 (mvsc.zip): the
21-member MAME set, or the same 20 members without mvsc.key for FBNeo/Fightcade.
Exact names, sizes and SHA256 values are in MVSC-DHC-v11.patch.json.
Equivalent repacked inputs are accepted. Foreign keys, changed members, other
revisions and already-patched archives are refused. Keep a clean backup.

Windows: extract this whole package, then drag clean mvsc.zip onto
MVSC-DHC-v11.cmd. Keep the filename unchanged.
Python 3.9 or newer on macOS/Linux/Windows, from this extracted folder:
  python3 mvsc_patch.py "/path/to/mvsc.zip" --spec MVSC-DHC-v11.patch.json --out "/path/to/new-output"

The installer creates mvsc_dhc_v11.zip and a .receipt.json beside it. It preserves
the input and refuses an existing output or receipt. Copy the result into a
separate emulator ROM folder and rename that copy to mvsc.zip. A missing key
stays missing. No ROM is downloaded and no network operation is performed.
Python output promotion uses hard links: use a local APFS, ext4 or NTFS volume.
exFAT, FAT and network-share behavior remain unqualified. The Windows CMD uses
a separate promotion path.

Every generated member matches the pinned V11 candidate:
74e061e2e90f594f406f64735e07fdc9795321ef90e6f6f8978f69db48266b08
ZIP container hashes can differ with input order, metadata and compression;
use the receipt's member hashes to identify content.

V11 has six native report pages: Overview, Offense, Damage, Defense,
Team & Resources and Moments. Damage Leader measures tracked damage rather
than overall skill; team combos belong to the team. Ties, unavailable values
and capped totals are explicit. The normal winner stays authoritative.
Either human can press Start to skip the report.

The existing nine color inputs remain; hold Start with one of those inputs
for colors 10–18. Shared palette records and cached native decoding preserve
complete palette words without requiring a new emulator extension.
The unsupported custom 20-hit DHC restriction is removed. Beam ownership,
lifetime, stale-input and chain protections remain.

Retained gameplay: choose DHC on STYLE, then CLASSIC or REMIX on RULES.
All styles use three bars. X-Factor is the six-button chord, once per team with
the last living teammate. Combo breaker is exactly LK+MP in supported normal
hitstun and costs one whole bar. Existing exclusions, resurrection rules,
routes, colors and earlier features retain their limits.

Read RELEASE_NOTES.md and ACCEPTANCE.md for
measured report behavior, controls, remaining issues and useful test cases.
Included palette notes retain N41, PalMod and individual author credits.

This package is prepared for the requested V11 release PR. Local qualification
and its exact limits are recorded separately; packaging grants no new gameplay claims.
Packaging checks passed using Python 3.14.7 and the actual
embedded PowerShell 7.6.5 body on macOS. Native Windows CMD/PowerShell5.1,
Fightcade rollback, physical controllers and broad roster/hardware performance
remain unqualified. Installer verification is separate from those claims.