diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a54f22a..49b27ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ radar moved out of the middle of the road (`environ.ini`). Each display's
 button bank now reaches under its glass, so the picture itself is the press
 target rather than a sliver at the edge.
 
+[v4.12.4](https://gitea.mysticmachines.com/VWE/RP412/releases/tag/v4.12.4)
+is about the lobby. Both rooms now show the host's mission setup — the track,
+then time of day, weather and game length — since everyone flies the owner's
+picks and it was the one thing in the room nobody could see for themselves.
+The football team sheet names each player's VTV beside their team colours and
+position. And a lobby holds **eight** players rather than four, a full grid as
+the pod hall ran it, with the room sizing its roster to whatever space the
+window gives it.
+
 ## Playing
 
 Grab the release zip (or run `pack-dist.ps1` on a build). Single player:
diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4.CPP b/RP_L4/RPL4.CPP
index 8fd3c0e..1fb57b8 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4.CPP
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4.CPP
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine
       fclose(file);
    }
 
-   DEBUG_STREAM << "Red Planet 4.12.3" << std::endl << std::flush;
+   DEBUG_STREAM << "Red Planet 4.12.4" << std::endl << std::flush;
    DEBUG_STREAM << "L4CONTROLS=" << getenv("L4CONTROLS") << std::endl << std::flush;
 
 #ifdef RP412_STEAM
diff --git a/pack-dist.ps1 b/pack-dist.ps1
index e8cf8fa..3bbc48c 100644
--- a/pack-dist.ps1
+++ b/pack-dist.ps1
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ start rpl4opt.exe -fit
 "@
 
 Set-Content -Path "$dist\README.txt" -Encoding ascii -Value @"
-Red Planet 4.12.3
+Red Planet 4.12.4
 =================
 
 Run start-fullscreen.bat for borderless over the whole monitor, or
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ $size = (Get-ChildItem $dist -Recurse | Measure-Object Length -Sum).Sum
 Write-Host ("dist ready: {0:N1} MB" -f ($size / 1MB))
 
 if ($Zip) {
-    $zipPath = Join-Path $root 'RedPlanet-4.12.3.zip'
+    $zipPath = Join-Path $root 'RedPlanet-4.12.4.zip'
     Write-Host "zipping to $zipPath..."
 
     # Everything lives under a single RP412\ folder inside the zip, so