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== v0.45.3 — One Door: Your Purchase Is Your Key ==
* THE DESKTOP HAS ONE DOOR NOW (a dev flow pass): Settings → Cloud shows just "Create a Primal Idle account" — no separate Steam button. Clicking it opens the signup form directly, with NO registration code on a Steam desktop: your purchase IS the code.
* '''Accounts are born connected.''' A desktop signup carries your Steam ticket, and the server verifies the purchase, links your Steam, and records the entitlement the moment the account is created — Settings shows "Linked to Steam — Account ID" from the first boot, and it stays through every restart.
* No more silently-created accounts: "Continue with Steam" now signs in ONLY through an existing link — an unlinked Steam gets plain words ("create your account first") instead of an invisible throwaway account.