diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0bf2e50..7be5658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -4,23 +4,21 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
+    # REMOVE ME
+    branches:
+      - 'alt-build'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build-linux-macos:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest] #, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - uses: melusina-org/setup-macports@v1
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
-        with:
-          macports-version: 2.7.1
-
       - name: Get XPlane SDK
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -29,6 +27,11 @@ jobs:
             unzip XPSDK${SDK_VERSION}.zip
             mv SDK ../
 
+      - uses: melusina-org/setup-macports@v1
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
+        with:
+          macports-version: 2.7.1
+
       - name: Build Executable
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get -y install libopenal1 libopenal-dev
             make -f Makefile.lin64
           else
+            port selfupdate
             port install expat +universal
             make -f Makefile.mac64
           fi
@@ -51,9 +55,8 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             binary.tar
 
-  release:
+  build-windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    needs: build
 
     steps:
       - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
@@ -87,6 +90,26 @@ jobs:
             pwd
             make -f Makefile.mgw64 OPENAL=./libOpenAL32-main
 
+      - name: Upload Build Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-windows
+          path: |
+            openSAM-pkg*
+
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-linux-macos, build-windows]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: setup crc32 tool
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install -y libarchive-zip-perl
+
       - name: Download Build Artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -110,10 +133,90 @@ jobs:
             ls -l
             for z in openSAM*.zip; do unzip -t $z; done
 
+      - name: Prepare Skunkcrafts Updater
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            set -x
+            # at this point version.mak should have the version number
+            source version.mak
+
+            for XP_VERSION in XP11 XP12; do
+              OPENSAM_ARTIFACT=openSAM_${XP_VERSION}-${VERSION}
+              OPENSAM_FOLDER=release/${XP_VERSION}/openSAM
+              OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER=release/${XP_VERSION}/openSAM_Library
+
+              mkdir -p ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}
+              mkdir -p ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/lua
+              mkdir -p ${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}
+
+              if [ $XP_VERSION == "XP11" ]; then
+                unzip openSAM_XP11-${VERSION}.zip -d ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}
+              else
+                # normalize folder name
+                unzip openSAM-${VERSION}.zip -d ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}
+              fi
+
+              
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/openSAM/* ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}
+              cp -r openSAM-pkg/lua/* ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/lua
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/openSAM_Library/* ${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/LICENSE ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/LICENSE
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/LICENSE ${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}/LICENSE
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/Credits_and_Licensing.txt ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/Credits_and_Licensing.txt
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/Credits_and_Licensing.txt ${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}/Credits_and_Licensing.txt
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/00_README.txt ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/00_README.txt
+              cp -r ${OPENSAM_ARTIFACT}/00_README.txt ${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}/00_README.txt
+
+              ## skunkcrafts for openSAM_Library
+              sed -e "s|@FOLDER_NAME@|${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}|g" \
+                -e "s|@XP_VERSION@|${XP_VERSION}|g" \
+                -e "s|@VERSION@|${VERSION}|g" \
+                -e "s|@NAME@|Library|g" \
+                skunkcrafts_updater.cfg.template > "${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}/skunkcrafts_updater.cfg"
+              ## skunkcrafts for openSAM
+              sed -e "s|@FOLDER_NAME@|${OPENSAM_FOLDER}|g" \
+                -e "s|@XP_VERSION@|${XP_VERSION}|g" \
+                -e "s|@VERSION@|${VERSION}|g" \
+                -e "s|@NAME@||g" \
+                skunkcrafts_updater.cfg.template > "${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/skunkcrafts_updater.cfg"
+
+              # find ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/ -type f ! \( -name '*skunkcrafts_updater*' -o -path '*skunkcrafts_updater*' \) -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+              #   checksum_hex=$(crc32 "$file")
+              #   # Convert hex checksum to uint32 decimal
+              #   checksum_decimal=$((16#$checksum_hex))
+              #   # Remove "release/" prefix from $file
+              #   modified_file="${file#${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/}"
+              #   echo "$modified_file|$checksum_decimal" >> ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/skunkcrafts_updater_whitelist.txt
+
+              # find ${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}/ -type f ! \( -name '*skunkcrafts_updater*' -o -path '*skunkcrafts_updater*' \) -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+              #   checksum_hex=$(crc32 "$file")
+              #   # Convert hex checksum to uint32 decimal
+              #   checksum_decimal=$((16#$checksum_hex))
+              #   # Remove "release/" prefix from $file
+              #   modified_file="${file#${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}/}"
+              #   echo "$modified_file|$checksum_decimal" >> ${OPENSAM_LIBRARY_FOLDER}/skunkcrafts_updater_whitelist.txt
+
+              done
+              touch ${OPENSAM_FOLDER}/skunkcrafts_updater_blacklist.txt
+            done
+
+
+            # push to release branch
+            git checkout -b release
+            git config --global user.email "release@opensam.com"
+            git config --global user.name "GH Release"
+            git add release/*
+            git commit -m "Release ${VERSION}"
+            git push -f -u origin release
+            
+
+
+
       - name: Create Release
         id: create_release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
           files: |
             ${{ github.workspace }}/openSAM*.zip
           prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
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diff --git a/mk_zip.sh b/mk_zip.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/skunkcrafts_updater.cfg.template b/skunkcrafts_updater.cfg.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d41d4f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skunkcrafts_updater.cfg.template
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+zone|custom
+liveries|false
+module|https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hotbso/openSAM/refs/heads/release/@FOLDER_NAME@/
+version|@VERSION@
+disabled|false
+name|openSAM @NAME@ @XP_VERSION@ 
+locked|false
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diff --git a/sync_xp11_pkg.sh b/sync_xp11_pkg.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755