[SimGamerJen]

Summary

Prepares Crop Control Override 2.1.0.0 as the production/ModHub release candidate.

Production metadata

• promotes runtime version from 2.1.0.0-beta.3 to 2.1.0.0;
• rewrites the ModHub description to lead with the player problem CCO solves;
• keeps the required 2.1.0.0 changelog inside each localized CDATA description;
• corrects German/French product titles to Crop Control Override.

Documentation

• replaces the stale 2.0.3.5 README with current 2.1 production documentation;
• adds production release notes.

Packaging

• updates the release workflow for 2.1.0.0 production defaults;
• production releases are no longer marked prerelease by default;
• adds a validation workflow that parses required XML, verifies runtime/modDesc version alignment, runs the FSM compatibility check, packages the exact FS25 mod ZIP, validates required members, and uploads a candidate artifact.

Validation

Production candidate workflow run 38413636043 completed successfully:

• XML/metadata validation: PASS
• FSM compatibility check: PASS
• package build/integrity: PASS
• candidate artifact upload: PASS

The release marker has NOT been created, so no 2.1.0.0 GitHub production release has been published yet.

Final gate before merge / ModHub upload

• In-game smoke test using the candidate ZIP.
• Run the current GIANTS FS25 TestRunner against the candidate.
• Review ModHub screenshots/submission metadata.

[SimGamerJen]

GIANTS TestRunner hardening pass completed after the 0.9.21 report.

Addressed ModDescCheck failures

• updated descVersion from 110 to 113;
• removed redundant DE/FR title localizations identical to the English product name.

Addressed PublicLuaCheck failure

• removed all pcall/xpcall usage from the six files flagged by TestRunner;
• converted defensive exception-probing to method/API presence checks plus direct calls so unexpected failures remain visible in the game log;
• removed the old protected SowMission.update recovery wrapper from the public build. Invalid sow missions remain prevented by the planning/availability guards; unexpected engine failures are no longer swallowed.

Addressed warnings

• reformatted all Lua source lines over 200 characters.

CI

Validation workflow now enforces:

• descVersion=113;
• no redundant identical DE/FR product title localization;
• no pcall/xpcall in public Lua;
• no Lua lines over 200 characters;
• XML parsing, runtime/modDesc version alignment, FSM compatibility, package integrity.

Run 38418055101 passed all checks.

Exact candidate ZIP from that run:

• size: 234,333 bytes
• SHA256: 28fd4afc00ab764c2ac763c9c31d4d2bf8720e3c7220beda328321572498afb5

Final external gate: run GIANTS TestRunner 0.9.22 and an in-game smoke test on this exact candidate before merging/publishing 2.1.0.0.