diff --git a/Engine/Game/Multiplayer/session_model.h b/Engine/Game/Multiplayer/session_model.h
index 643ce0d..d50da6d 100644
--- a/Engine/Game/Multiplayer/session_model.h
+++ b/Engine/Game/Multiplayer/session_model.h
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ struct MultiplayerModel {
     bool party_leader{}, party_open{}, parties{};
     std::vector<MultiplayerPartyInvite> party_invites; // newest last
     bool active{}, hosting{}, connected{}, echo{}, remote_visible{}, local_ready{};
+    // The session is connected but waiting on its map, which this PC does not have and is
+    // being asked about or downloaded: not yet a session the player is in.
+    bool map_fetching{};
     std::uint64_t local_id{}, peer_id{}, sent{}, received{}, dropped{}, pose_updates{}, board_pose_updates{};
     std::size_t skater_bones{}, board_bones{};
     std::string invite, map;
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/Test/thunderstore_package_tests.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/Test/thunderstore_package_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5081d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/Test/thunderstore_package_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// One Thunderstore package looked up by name (Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.h): the name a
+// host gives, and what Thunderstore's answer has to say before the game downloads it.
+#include "Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+using namespace dingosdk;
+namespace package = thunderstore_package;
+
+namespace {
+int failures = 0;
+void check(bool condition, const char* what) {
+    if (condition) return;
+    std::cerr << "FAIL: " << what << '\n';
+    ++failures;
+}
+
+// Thunderstore's answer for a package, as /api/experimental/package/<owner>/<name>/ gives it.
+std::string answer(std::string_view owner, std::string_view name, std::string_view version, std::string_view community,
+                   std::string_view category, std::string_view review, bool deprecated = false) {
+    return std::string("{\"namespace\":\"") + std::string(owner) + "\",\"name\":\"" + std::string(name) +
+           "\",\"full_name\":\"x\",\"is_deprecated\":" + (deprecated ? "true" : "false") +
+           ",\"latest\":{\"version_number\":\"" + std::string(version) +
+           "\",\"icon\":\"https://gcdn.thunderstore.io/live/repository/icons/x.png\",\"description\":\"A plaza\\nby the sea\",\"download_url\":\"https://elsewhere.example/steal.zip\",\"is_active\":true},\"community_listings\":[{\"has_nsfw_content\":false,"
+           "\"categories\":[\"" + std::string(category) + "\"],\"community\":\"" + std::string(community) +
+           "\",\"review_status\":\"" + std::string(review) + "\"}]}";
+}
+}
+
+int main() {
+    {
+        const auto plain = package::parse_name("Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza");
+        check(plain && plain->owner == "Sandos" && plain->name == "Vancouver_Plaza" && plain->version.empty() &&
+              plain->folder() == "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza", "a package name read");
+        const auto versioned = package::parse_name("Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza-2.0.0");
+        check(versioned && versioned->version == "2.0.0" && versioned->folder() == "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza", "and with its version");
+        for (const char* bad : {"", "Sandos", "Sandos-", "-Plaza", "San dos-Plaza", "Sandos-Plaza-2.0", "Sandos-Plaza-2.0.0.1", "Sandos-Plaza-two",
+                                "../x-y", "Sandos-Plaza/..", "Sandos-Pla.za", "a-b-1.2.3-4"})
+            check(!package::parse_name(bad), bad);
+        const auto name = *versioned;
+        check(package::details_url(name) == L"https://thunderstore.io/api/experimental/package/Sandos/Vancouver_Plaza/", "where it is asked about");
+        check(package::download_url(name, "2.0.0") == L"https://thunderstore.io/package/download/Sandos/Vancouver_Plaza/2.0.0/",
+              "where it is downloaded from");
+    }
+    {
+        const package::Name newest{"Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", ""}, pinned{"Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", "1.4.0"};
+        const auto listed = answer("Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", "2.0.0", "reskate", "Maps", "unreviewed");
+        auto choice = package::choose(listed, newest, "reskate");
+        check(choice.ok && choice.version == "2.0.0" && choice.newest == "2.0.0", "a listed map is taken, its newest version");
+        check(choice.description == "A plaza by the sea", "with what it says of itself, on one line");
+        check(choice.icon == "https://gcdn.thunderstore.io/live/repository/icons/x.png", "and its icon, from Thunderstore's own host");
+        {
+            auto elsewhere = listed;
+            const std::string host = "gcdn.thunderstore.io";
+            elsewhere.replace(elsewhere.find(host), host.size(), "thunderstore.io.example.com");
+            const auto other = package::choose(elsewhere, newest, "reskate");
+            check(other.ok && other.icon.empty(), "an icon anywhere else is not fetched");
+        }
+        choice = package::choose(listed, pinned, "reskate");
+        check(choice.ok && choice.version == "1.4.0" && choice.newest == "2.0.0", "or the version the host has, with the newest to fall back on");
+        check(package::choose(answer("sandos", "vancouver_plaza", "2.0.0", "ReSkate", "maps", "approved"), newest, "reskate").ok,
+              "names compare whatever their case");
+        const auto refused = [&](const std::string& text, const char* what) {
+            const auto result = package::choose(text, newest, "reskate");
+            check(!result.ok && !result.reason.empty() && result.version.empty(), what);
+        };
+        refused(answer("Someone", "Else", "2.0.0", "reskate", "Maps", "unreviewed"), "another package's answer is refused");
+        refused(answer("Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", "2.0.0", "reskate", "Cosmetics", "unreviewed"), "a package that is not a map is refused");
+        refused(answer("Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", "2.0.0", "othergame", "Maps", "unreviewed"), "a package of another community is refused");
+        refused(answer("Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", "2.0.0", "reskate", "Maps", "rejected"), "a package the moderators rejected is refused");
+        refused(answer("Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", "2.0.0", "reskate", "Maps", "unreviewed", true), "a deprecated package is refused");
+        refused(answer("Sandos", "Vancouver_Plaza", "latest", "reskate", "Maps", "unreviewed"), "a version that is not one is refused");
+        {
+            auto marked = listed;
+            const std::string off = "\"has_nsfw_content\":false";
+            marked.replace(marked.find(off), off.size(), "\"has_nsfw_content\":true");
+            refused(marked, "a package marked NSFW is refused");
+        }
+        refused("{\"namespace\":\"Sandos\",\"name\":\"Vancouver_Plaza\"}", "an answer with no listing is refused");
+        refused("not json", "an answer that is not JSON is refused");
+        refused("[]", "an answer that is not an object is refused");
+    }
+    if (failures) {
+        std::cerr << failures << " failure(s)\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+    std::cout << "thunderstore package tests passed\n";
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/https_download.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/https_download.cpp
index d655c72..4ea1975 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/https_download.cpp
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/https_download.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct Internet {
 }
 
 Download get(std::wstring_view url, const std::filesystem::path& destination,
-    std::uint64_t max_bytes, std::uint32_t timeout_seconds, const wchar_t* agent) {
+    std::uint64_t max_bytes, std::uint32_t timeout_seconds, const wchar_t* agent, Watch* watch) {
     Download result;
     const auto fail = [&](DWORD error) { result.error = error; return result; };
     if (url.empty() || url.size() >= 4096 || url.find_first_of(L"\r\n\t #") != std::wstring_view::npos)
@@ -57,18 +57,21 @@ Download get(std::wstring_view url, const std::filesystem::path& destination,
     DWORD length{}; size = sizeof(length);
     if (WinHttpQueryHeaders(request.value, WINHTTP_QUERY_CONTENT_LENGTH | WINHTTP_QUERY_FLAG_NUMBER,
                            nullptr, &length, &size, nullptr) && length > max_bytes) return fail(ERROR_FILE_TOO_LARGE);
+    if (watch) watch->total.store(length), watch->received.store(0);
     Handle output{CreateFileW(destination.c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, nullptr, CREATE_NEW, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr)};
     if (output.value == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return fail(GetLastError());
     std::array<char, 65536> buffer{};
     std::uint64_t total{};
     for (;;) {
         if (GetTickCount64() - started >= std::uint64_t{timeout_seconds} * 1000) return fail(ERROR_TIMEOUT);
+        if (watch && watch->cancel.load()) return fail(ERROR_CANCELLED);
         DWORD read{}, written{};
         if (!WinHttpReadData(request.value, buffer.data(), static_cast<DWORD>(buffer.size()), &read)) return fail(GetLastError());
         if (!read) break;
         if (total + read > max_bytes) return fail(ERROR_FILE_TOO_LARGE);
         if (!WriteFile(output.value, buffer.data(), read, &written, nullptr) || written != read) return fail(ERROR_WRITE_FAULT);
         total += read;
+        if (watch) watch->received.store(total);
     }
     if (!total) return fail(ERROR_BAD_LENGTH);
     if (!FlushFileBuffers(output.value)) return fail(GetLastError());
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/https_download.h b/Engine/Vfs/https_download.h
index 91b777a..1b9073f 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/https_download.h
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/https_download.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
+#include <atomic>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <optional>
@@ -10,11 +11,17 @@ struct Download {
     bool ok{};
     unsigned long http_status{}, error{};
 };
+// A long download as another thread sees it: how far it is (`total` 0 when the server does
+// not say), and a way to stop it (the download then fails with ERROR_CANCELLED).
+struct Watch {
+    std::atomic<std::uint64_t> received{}, total{};
+    std::atomic<bool> cancel{};
+};
 // Streams an HTTPS GET into `destination`, which must not exist yet. Follows
 // redirects that stay on HTTPS; refuses bodies over `max_bytes` or transfers
 // that take longer than `timeout_seconds` in total.
 Download get(std::wstring_view url, const std::filesystem::path& destination,
-    std::uint64_t max_bytes, std::uint32_t timeout_seconds, const wchar_t* agent);
+    std::uint64_t max_bytes, std::uint32_t timeout_seconds, const wchar_t* agent, Watch* watch = nullptr);
 // The body of the same GET, for an answer small enough to hold: nothing when it
 // fails, and `result`, when given, says how.
 std::optional<std::string> get_text(std::wstring_view url, std::uint64_t max_bytes,
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.cpp
index dc9cb04..710d1e3 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.cpp
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "mod_store_copies.h"
 #include "native_db.h"
 
+#include <Windows.h>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
 #include <atomic>
@@ -45,12 +47,22 @@ constexpr std::array<std::string_view, 2> launch_superbundles{"Win32/globals.toc
 // more than that the mod could not be merged: what was found is not for the
 // mod's author to read. The catalogue is only read once a mod turns out to add
 // an item at all.
-bool store_copy_problems(const Catalog& catalog, MergeReport& report) {
+bool store_copy_problems(const Catalog& all, MergeReport& report, const std::vector<std::string>& checked,
+                         std::size_t threads, bool background) {
+    // (Only when some are skipped is the catalogue copied, without them.)
+    std::optional<Catalog> fewer;
+    if (!checked.empty()) {
+        fewer = all;
+        std::erase_if(fewer->mods, [&](const Mod& mod) {
+            return std::ranges::any_of(checked, [&](const std::string& name) { return lower(name) == lower(mod.name); });
+        });
+    }
+    const Catalog& catalog = fewer ? *fewer : all;
     std::optional<content_cache::Catalogs> store;
     const auto found = check_store_copies(catalog, [&store](const std::string& key) {
         if (!store) store = content_cache::read_catalogs(content_cache::directory());
         return store->reserved(key);
-    }, &report.notes);
+    }, &report.notes, threads, background);
     for (const auto& source : found.mods) report.problems[source.mod].emplace_back(store_copies_problem);
     return !found.mods.empty();
 }
@@ -95,7 +107,12 @@ MergeReport merge_mods(const Catalog& catalog, const MergeObserver& observe, con
         // anything is built: the caller merges again without it, as it does for a
         // mod that cannot be merged, and the patch on disk stays for that merge to
         // reuse or replace.
-        if (storeKnown && store_copy_problems(catalog, report)) return report;
+        // Threads for the three steps that read many files: as many as there are cores at
+        // launch (the player is waiting on nothing else), half of them and fewer while the game runs.
+        const auto cores = std::max(1U, std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
+        const std::size_t readers = std::min<std::size_t>(options.live ? std::max(1U, cores / 2) : cores, options.live ? 6U : 8U);
+        if (storeKnown && store_copy_problems(catalog, report, options.live ? options.checked : std::vector<std::string>{},
+                                              readers - 1, options.live)) return report;
         if (!options.live) fs::remove_all(output, error);
         lap("checking the mods");
 
@@ -347,7 +364,7 @@ MergeReport merge_mods(const Catalog& catalog, const MergeObserver& observe, con
             lap("load screens");
         }
         advance("Collecting asset overrides");
-        auto overrides = collect_asset_overrides(mods, modFiles, store, baseRoot, gameRoot, report);
+        auto overrides = collect_asset_overrides(mods, modFiles, store, baseRoot, gameRoot, report, readers - 1, options.live);
         // Carried chunks point into their mod's archives; move them to where those landed.
         for (auto& [name, chunks] : overrides.chunks)
             for (const auto* mod : mods)
@@ -362,8 +379,8 @@ MergeReport merge_mods(const Catalog& catalog, const MergeObserver& observe, con
         // what was worked out above, and what it writes waits in its own copy of the store
         // (CasStore::waiting). So they are merged on several threads, and settled here one
         // after another in the order they always were, which puts every byte where merging
-        // them in turn would have. A merge while the game runs does them in turn, on this
-        // thread: the game is using the others.
+        // them in turn would have. A merge while the game runs uses fewer threads, at a lower
+        // priority: the game is using the others, and a player is waiting on this one.
         struct Job {
             std::string relative;
             std::optional<CasStore> store;   // waiting: what the merge wrote
@@ -426,13 +443,15 @@ MergeReport merge_mods(const Catalog& catalog, const MergeObserver& observe, con
             std::atomic<bool>& flag;
             ~Stop() { flag = true; }
         } stopOnExit{stopJobs};
-        const std::size_t wantedWorkers = options.live || jobs.size() < 2 ? 0
-            : std::min<std::size_t>({jobs.size(), std::max(1U, std::thread::hardware_concurrency()), 8});
+        const std::size_t wantedWorkers = jobs.size() < 2 ? 0
+            : std::min<std::size_t>({jobs.size(), options.live ? std::max(1U, cores / 2) : cores, options.live ? 6U : 8U});
         try {
             // Threads of their own, not the system's pool: the launcher holds the pool's
             // threads back while the game starts (see world_layer_scan.cpp).
             for (std::size_t index = 0; index < wantedWorkers; ++index)
                 workers.emplace_back([&] {
+                    // (Under the game's own threads, so a merge shows as a wait and not as stutter.)
+                    if (options.live) SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL);
                     for (;;) {
                         const auto mine = nextJob.fetch_add(1);
                         if (mine >= jobs.size() || stopJobs) return;
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.h b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.h
index 97e4e9c..5d516a2 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.h
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge.h
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ struct MergeOptions {
     // only read at startup and stays as it is; the stamp goes, so the next
     // launch builds a clean patch.
     bool live{};
+    // Mods (folder names) already loaded in the running game, by the launch's merge or an
+    // earlier live one: they passed the store-copies check then, so a live merge holds only
+    // the others against it. Reading every mod's items and meshes again is most of what
+    // adding one map would otherwise wait on.
+    std::vector<std::string> checked;
 };
 
 // Combines every enabled mod into one patch under Mods/.reskate: superbundle
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_internal.h b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_internal.h
index 20b2367..b2cb4e3 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_internal.h
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_internal.h
@@ -265,11 +265,15 @@ struct AssetOverrides {
 
 // The changes and additions asset mods (mods that add no levels) make to the
 // game's own EBX and Lua scripts, the highest-priority mod's version winning. Never throws: an
-// unreadable mod is noted and simply changes nothing elsewhere.
+// unreadable mod is noted and simply changes nothing elsewhere. The mods' files are read on up
+// to `threads` threads beside this one (`background`: at a priority under the game's, for a
+// merge while it runs); what they mean together is then settled in priority order, so the
+// result is the same whatever the count.
 AssetOverrides collect_asset_overrides(const std::vector<const Mod*>& mods,
                                        const std::map<const Mod*, RelativeFiles>& modFiles,
                                        const CasStore& store, const fs::path& baseRoot,
-                                       const fs::path& gameRoot, MergeReport& report);
+                                       const fs::path& gameRoot, MergeReport& report,
+                                       std::size_t threads = 0, bool background = false);
 
 // A bundle's chunk metadata is a list with one record for each of its chunks: the
 // hash of the name of the resource the chunk belongs to ("h64") and what the
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_overrides.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_overrides.cpp
index f3e8d0c..295576a 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_overrides.cpp
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_merge_overrides.cpp
@@ -4,156 +4,289 @@
 #include "Engine/Resource/ebx_merge.h"
 #include "Engine/Resource/ebx_writer.h"
 
+#include <Windows.h>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
+#include <atomic>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <exception>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <set>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <thread>
 
 namespace dingosdk::mods::detail {
 
+namespace {
+
+// The game's side of what every mod is held against, read once for all of them: forty
+// cosmetic mods each patch the same few bundles, the largest with some 17,000 assets, and
+// each used to list that bundle again for itself.
+struct GameBundle {
+    std::optional<Listing> listing;
+    // The game's copy of each asset: its sha1, and where in the listing it is.
+    std::map<std::string, std::pair<fb::Sha1, std::size_t>, std::less<>> original;
+    std::map<std::string, const fb::BundleAsset*, std::less<>> scripts;
+    std::set<std::string, std::less<>> resources;
+};
+struct GameToc {
+    fb::TocDocument document;
+    std::map<std::string, const fb::TocBundle*, std::less<>> bundles;
+    std::set<fb::Guid> chunks;
+};
+// Made on first use by whichever thread asks first; the others wait for it. One that could
+// not be read throws for each asker, as reading it for each did.
+template <class Value> class Shared {
+public:
+    template <class Make> const Value& get(const std::string& key, Make&& make) {
+        Entry* entry{};
+        {
+            std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
+            entry = &entries_[key];
+        }
+        std::call_once(entry->once, [&] { make(entry->value); });
+        return entry->value;
+    }
+
+private:
+    struct Entry {
+        std::once_flag once;
+        Value value;
+    };
+    std::mutex mutex_;
+    std::map<std::string, Entry, std::less<>> entries_;   // nodes stay where they are
+};
+
+// The game's assets a mod changed. They wait until its additions are settled: one that
+// another mod's asset of the same name stands in for is not where a copy can find it, and a
+// change must not name it there.
+struct Change {
+    std::string bundle;                         // lower case: where the mod changed it
+    std::string name;                           // lower case
+    std::string asset;                          // as the bundle spells it
+    fb::Sha1 game;                              // the game's copy it replaces
+    fb::Sha1 sha1;
+    std::uint64_t originalSize{};
+    std::vector<std::byte> encoded;
+    std::optional<fb::BundleFileInfo> gameFile; // where the game's copy is
+};
+struct Script {
+    std::string name;   // lower case
+    fb::Sha1 game;      // the game's copy it replaces
+    AssetOverride value;
+};
+// What one mod's files say, read without regard to any other mod: the part of the work that
+// is reading and decoding, done for several mods at once. What it means beside the mods
+// above it is settled afterwards, one mod at a time in priority order.
+struct ModRead {
+    // This mod's new assets, and the partitions its recorded changes import.
+    // An added asset only follows a change that refers to it: copied on its
+    // own, it could arrive in another mod's bundle without the resources
+    // and chunks it was added with.
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, AssetAddition>> candidates, companions;
+    std::vector<bool> unreadable;                                    // per candidate: never follows
+    std::map<std::string, std::set<fb::Guid>, std::less<>> addedIn;  // the documents it added to each bundle, by guid
+    std::vector<fb::TocChunk> newChunks;   // TOC chunks the game's TOCs do not have
+    std::set<fb::Guid> imported;
+    std::vector<Change> changes;
+    std::vector<Script> scripts;
+    std::vector<std::string> notes;
+    std::exception_ptr failure;
+};
+
+ModRead read_mod(const Mod& mod, const RelativeFiles& files, const CasStore& store, const fs::path& baseRoot,
+                 const fs::path& gameRoot, Shared<GameToc>& gameTocs, Shared<GameBundle>& gameBundles) {
+    ModRead read;
+    auto& [candidates, companions, unreadable, addedIn, newChunks, imported, changes, scripts, notes, failure] = read;
+    const auto decoded = [&](std::span<const std::byte> encoded) {
+        return fb::ebx::read_document(fb::decode_cas(encoded, {gameRoot}));
+    };
+    for (const auto& relative : files.tocs) {
+        std::error_code error;
+        const auto baseToc = baseRoot / fs::path(relative);
+        if (!fs::is_regular_file(baseToc, error)) continue;
+        try {
+            const auto own = fb::read_toc(read_file(mod.directory / fs::path(relative)));
+            const auto tocKey = lower(relative);
+            const auto& game = gameTocs.get(tocKey, [&](GameToc& toc) {
+                toc.document = fb::read_toc(read_file(baseToc));
+                for (const auto& bundle : toc.document.bundles) toc.bundles.emplace(lower(bundle.name), &bundle);
+                for (const auto& chunk : toc.document.chunks) toc.chunks.insert(chunk.guid);
+            });
+            for (const auto& chunk : own.chunks)
+                if (!chunk.removed && chunk.location.patch && !game.chunks.contains(chunk.guid)) newChunks.push_back(chunk);
+            for (const auto& bundle : own.bundles) {
+                const auto bundleName = lower(bundle.name);
+                const auto shipped = game.bundles.find(bundleName);
+                if (shipped == game.bundles.end()) continue;
+                const auto modListing = list_bundle(store, mod.directory, baseRoot, bundle, gameRoot);
+                const auto& known = gameBundles.get(tocKey + '|' + bundleName, [&](GameBundle& made) {
+                    made.listing = list_bundle(store, baseRoot, baseRoot, *shipped->second, gameRoot);
+                    if (!made.listing) return;
+                    const auto& manifest = made.listing->manifest;
+                    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < manifest.ebx.size(); ++index)
+                        made.original.emplace(lower(manifest.ebx[index].name), std::pair{manifest.ebx[index].sha1, index});
+                    // Maps carry stock SkaterLoader too. Replacing it only in the game's
+                    // bundles loses custom cosmetic material targets on a map transition.
+                    // Other resource types retain their own table/dependency merge rules.
+                    for (const auto& asset : manifest.resources) {
+                        if (asset.resourceType == luaScriptResourceType) made.scripts.emplace(lower(asset.name), &asset);
+                        made.resources.insert(lower(asset.name));
+                    }
+                });
+                if (!modListing || !known.listing) continue;
+                const auto& gameListing = known.listing;
+                const auto& original = known.original;
+                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < modListing->manifest.ebx.size(); ++index) {
+                    const auto& asset = modListing->manifest.ebx[index];
+                    const auto name = lower(asset.name);
+                    const auto game_copy = original.find(name);
+                    if (game_copy != original.end() && game_copy->second.first == asset.sha1) continue;
+                    const auto at = modListing->first + index;
+                    if (at >= modListing->files.size()) continue;
+                    const auto& file = modListing->files[at];
+                    const auto payload = [&] {
+                        return store.read(file.location.patch ? mod.directory : baseRoot,
+                                          file.location, file.offset, file.size);
+                    };
+                    if (game_copy == original.end()) {
+                        candidates.push_back({bundleName, {mod.name, asset, payload(), tocKey}});
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    auto encodedPayload = payload();
+                    try {
+                        for (const auto& reference : decoded(encodedPayload).imports)
+                            imported.insert(reference.fileGuid);
+                    } catch (const std::exception&) {}
+                    std::optional<fb::BundleFileInfo> gameFile;
+                    if (const auto gameAt = gameListing->first + game_copy->second.second;
+                        gameAt < gameListing->files.size())
+                        gameFile = gameListing->files[gameAt];
+                    changes.push_back({bundleName, name, asset.name, game_copy->second.first, asset.sha1,
+                                       asset.originalSize, std::move(encodedPayload), gameFile});
+                }
+                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < modListing->manifest.resources.size(); ++index) {
+                    const auto& asset = modListing->manifest.resources[index];
+                    if (asset.resourceType != luaScriptResourceType) continue;
+                    const auto name = lower(asset.name);
+                    const auto originalScript = known.scripts.find(name);
+                    if (originalScript == known.scripts.end() || originalScript->second->sha1 == asset.sha1 ||
+                        originalScript->second->resourceId != asset.resourceId) continue;
+                    // (A higher mod's version of the script, or this mod's own from another
+                    // bundle, wins when the mods are settled: read here either way.)
+                    if (std::ranges::any_of(scripts, [&](const Script& have) {
+                            return have.name == name && have.game == originalScript->second->sha1; })) continue;
+                    const auto at = modListing->first + modListing->manifest.ebx.size() + index;
+                    if (at >= modListing->files.size()) continue;
+                    const auto& file = modListing->files[at];
+                    scripts.push_back({name, originalScript->second->sha1,
+                        AssetOverride{mod.name, asset.sha1, asset.originalSize,
+                            store.read(file.location.patch ? mod.directory : baseRoot,
+                                       file.location, file.offset, file.size), asset}});
+                }
+                // Resources the mod adds, kept to go with an added EBX of the same name
+                // (a wave's sound-bank resource registers the wave with the audio system).
+                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < modListing->manifest.resources.size(); ++index) {
+                    const auto& asset = modListing->manifest.resources[index];
+                    const auto at = modListing->first + modListing->manifest.ebx.size() + index;
+                    if (known.resources.contains(lower(asset.name)) || at >= modListing->files.size()) continue;
+                    const auto& file = modListing->files[at];
+                    companions.push_back({bundleName, {mod.name, asset,
+                        store.read(file.location.patch ? mod.directory : baseRoot, file.location, file.offset, file.size), tocKey}});
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (const std::exception& failed) {
+            notes.push_back(mod.name + ": " + relative +
+                ": its changes could not be read for other mods' copies (" + failed.what() + ")");
+        }
+    }
+    // Each added document's guid, and the guids of the documents it refers to in turn.
+    unreadable.assign(candidates.size(), false);
+    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < candidates.size(); ++index) {
+        auto& addition = candidates[index].second;
+        try {
+            const auto document = decoded(addition.encoded);
+            addition.file = document.fileGuid;
+            for (const auto& reference : document.imports) addition.names.push_back(reference.fileGuid);
+            addedIn[candidates[index].first].insert(addition.file);
+        } catch (const std::exception&) { unreadable[index] = true; }
+    }
+    return read;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
 AssetOverrides collect_asset_overrides(const std::vector<const Mod*>& mods,
                                        const std::map<const Mod*, RelativeFiles>& modFiles,
                                        const CasStore& store, const fs::path& baseRoot,
-                                       const fs::path& gameRoot, MergeReport& report) {
+                                       const fs::path& gameRoot, MergeReport& report,
+                                       std::size_t threads, bool background) {
     AssetOverrides out;
     // Where in `out.added` each bundle's addition of a kind and (lower-case) name is: looked up
     // for every addition and companion, which a search of the list made quadratic.
     std::map<std::string, std::map<std::pair<fb::AssetKind, std::string>, std::size_t>, std::less<>> addedAt;
-    // Highest priority first: an asset a higher mod already changed keeps that change.
+
+    // A map's edits to the game's assets serve its own levels; asset mods
+    // (cameras, tuning, cosmetics) are the ones meant to apply everywhere.
+    std::vector<std::pair<const Mod*, const RelativeFiles*>> asked;
     for (const auto* mod : mods) {
-        // A map's edits to the game's assets serve its own levels; asset mods
-        // (cameras, tuning, cosmetics) are the ones meant to apply everywhere.
         if (mod->provides_levels) continue;
-        const auto files = modFiles.find(mod);
-        if (files == modFiles.end()) continue;
-        std::size_t changed{};
-        // This mod's new assets, and the partitions its recorded changes import.
-        // An added asset only follows a change that refers to it: copied on its
-        // own, it could arrive in another mod's bundle without the resources
-        // and chunks it was added with.
-        std::vector<std::pair<std::string, AssetAddition>> candidates, companions;
-        std::vector<fb::TocChunk> newChunks;   // TOC chunks the game's TOCs do not have
-        std::set<fb::Guid> imported;
-        // The game's assets this mod changed. They wait until its additions are
-        // settled: one that another mod's asset of the same name stands in for
-        // is not where a copy can find it, and a change must not name it there.
-        struct Change {
-            std::string bundle;                         // lower case: where the mod changed it
-            std::string name;                           // lower case
-            std::string asset;                          // as the bundle spells it
-            fb::Sha1 game;                              // the game's copy it replaces
-            fb::Sha1 sha1;
-            std::uint64_t originalSize{};
-            std::vector<std::byte> encoded;
-            std::optional<fb::BundleFileInfo> gameFile; // where the game's copy is
-        };
-        std::vector<Change> changes;
-        const auto decoded = [&](std::span<const std::byte> encoded) {
-            return fb::ebx::read_document(fb::decode_cas(encoded, {gameRoot}));
-        };
-        for (const auto& relative : files->second.tocs) {
-            std::error_code error;
-            const auto baseToc = baseRoot / fs::path(relative);
-            if (!fs::is_regular_file(baseToc, error)) continue;
-            try {
-                const auto own = fb::read_toc(read_file(mod->directory / fs::path(relative)));
-                const auto game = fb::read_toc(read_file(baseToc));
-                std::map<std::string, const fb::TocBundle*, std::less<>> gameBundles;
-                for (const auto& bundle : game.bundles) gameBundles.emplace(lower(bundle.name), &bundle);
-                std::set<fb::Guid> gameChunks;
-                for (const auto& chunk : game.chunks) gameChunks.insert(chunk.guid);
-                for (const auto& chunk : own.chunks)
-                    if (!chunk.removed && chunk.location.patch && !gameChunks.contains(chunk.guid)) newChunks.push_back(chunk);
-                for (const auto& bundle : own.bundles) {
-                    const auto shipped = gameBundles.find(lower(bundle.name));
-                    if (shipped == gameBundles.end()) continue;
-                    const auto modListing = list_bundle(store, mod->directory, baseRoot, bundle, gameRoot);
-                    const auto gameListing = list_bundle(store, baseRoot, baseRoot, *shipped->second, gameRoot);
-                    if (!modListing || !gameListing) continue;
-                    // The game's copy of each asset: its sha1, and where in the listing it is.
-                    std::map<std::string, std::pair<fb::Sha1, std::size_t>, std::less<>> original;
-                    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < gameListing->manifest.ebx.size(); ++index) {
-                        const auto& asset = gameListing->manifest.ebx[index];
-                        original.emplace(lower(asset.name), std::pair{asset.sha1, index});
-                    }
-                    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < modListing->manifest.ebx.size(); ++index) {
-                        const auto& asset = modListing->manifest.ebx[index];
-                        const auto name = lower(asset.name);
-                        const auto game_copy = original.find(name);
-                        if (game_copy != original.end() && game_copy->second.first == asset.sha1) continue;
-                        const auto at = modListing->first + index;
-                        if (at >= modListing->files.size()) continue;
-                        const auto& file = modListing->files[at];
-                        const auto payload = [&] {
-                            return store.read(file.location.patch ? mod->directory : baseRoot,
-                                              file.location, file.offset, file.size);
-                        };
-                        if (game_copy == original.end()) {
-                            candidates.push_back({lower(bundle.name), {mod->name, asset, payload(), lower(relative)}});
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                        auto encodedPayload = payload();
-                        try {
-                            for (const auto& reference : decoded(encodedPayload).imports)
-                                imported.insert(reference.fileGuid);
-                        } catch (const std::exception&) {}
-                        // A higher mod's version of the asset, which this change is
-                        // combined with below, may name what this mod adds.
-                        if (const auto versions = out.changed.find(name); versions != out.changed.end())
-                            if (const auto existing = versions->second.find(game_copy->second.first);
-                                existing != versions->second.end()) try {
-                                for (const auto& reference : decoded(existing->second.encoded).imports)
-                                    imported.insert(reference.fileGuid);
-                            } catch (const std::exception&) {}
-                        std::optional<fb::BundleFileInfo> gameFile;
-                        if (const auto gameAt = gameListing->first + game_copy->second.second;
-                            gameAt < gameListing->files.size())
-                            gameFile = gameListing->files[gameAt];
-                        changes.push_back({lower(bundle.name), name, asset.name, game_copy->second.first, asset.sha1,
-                                           asset.originalSize, std::move(encodedPayload), gameFile});
-                    }
-                    // Maps carry stock SkaterLoader too. Replacing it only in the game's
-                    // bundles loses custom cosmetic material targets on a map transition.
-                    // Other resource types retain their own table/dependency merge rules.
-                    std::map<std::string, const fb::BundleAsset*, std::less<>> gameScripts;
-                    for (const auto& asset : gameListing->manifest.resources)
-                        if (asset.resourceType == luaScriptResourceType) gameScripts.emplace(lower(asset.name), &asset);
-                    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < modListing->manifest.resources.size(); ++index) {
-                        const auto& asset = modListing->manifest.resources[index];
-                        if (asset.resourceType != luaScriptResourceType) continue;
-                        const auto name = lower(asset.name);
-                        const auto originalScript = gameScripts.find(name);
-                        if (originalScript == gameScripts.end() || originalScript->second->sha1 == asset.sha1 ||
-                            originalScript->second->resourceId != asset.resourceId) continue;
-                        auto& versions = out.scripts[name];
-                        if (versions.contains(originalScript->second->sha1)) continue;
-                        const auto at = modListing->first + modListing->manifest.ebx.size() + index;
-                        if (at >= modListing->files.size()) continue;
-                        const auto& file = modListing->files[at];
-                        versions.emplace(originalScript->second->sha1,
-                            AssetOverride{mod->name, asset.sha1, asset.originalSize,
-                                store.read(file.location.patch ? mod->directory : baseRoot,
-                                           file.location, file.offset, file.size), asset});
-                        ++changed;
-                    }
-                    // Resources the mod adds, kept to go with an added EBX of the same name
-                    // (a wave's sound-bank resource registers the wave with the audio system).
-                    std::set<std::string, std::less<>> shippedResources;
-                    for (const auto& asset : gameListing->manifest.resources) shippedResources.insert(lower(asset.name));
-                    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < modListing->manifest.resources.size(); ++index) {
-                        const auto& asset = modListing->manifest.resources[index];
-                        const auto at = modListing->first + modListing->manifest.ebx.size() + index;
-                        if (shippedResources.contains(lower(asset.name)) || at >= modListing->files.size()) continue;
-                        const auto& file = modListing->files[at];
-                        companions.push_back({lower(bundle.name), {mod->name, asset,
-                            store.read(file.location.patch ? mod->directory : baseRoot, file.location, file.offset, file.size), lower(relative)}});
-                    }
+        if (const auto files = modFiles.find(mod); files != modFiles.end()) asked.emplace_back(mod, &files->second);
+    }
+    // Read: every mod's files, several mods at a time.
+    Shared<GameToc> gameTocs;
+    Shared<GameBundle> gameBundles;
+    std::vector<ModRead> reads(asked.size());
+    {
+        std::atomic<std::size_t> next{0};
+        const auto work = [&] {
+            for (;;) {
+                const auto mine = next.fetch_add(1);
+                if (mine >= asked.size()) return;
+                try {
+                    reads[mine] = read_mod(*asked[mine].first, *asked[mine].second, store, baseRoot, gameRoot, gameTocs, gameBundles);
+                } catch (...) {
+                    reads[mine].failure = std::current_exception();
                 }
-            } catch (const std::exception& failure) {
-                report.notes.push_back(mod->name + ": " + relative +
-                    ": its changes could not be read for other mods' copies (" + failure.what() + ")");
             }
+        };
+        std::vector<std::jthread> workers;
+        try {
+            // Threads of their own, not the system's pool (see the superbundles in mod_merge.cpp).
+            for (std::size_t index = 0; index < std::min(threads, asked.size()) && asked.size() > 1; ++index)
+                workers.emplace_back([&] {
+                    if (background) SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL);
+                    work();
+                });
+        } catch (const std::system_error&) {} // fewer threads, or none: this one does the rest
+        work();
+    }
+
+    const auto decoded = [&](std::span<const std::byte> encoded) {
+        return fb::ebx::read_document(fb::decode_cas(encoded, {gameRoot}));
+    };
+    // Settle: highest priority first, an asset a higher mod already changed keeps that change.
+    for (std::size_t slot = 0; slot < asked.size(); ++slot) {
+        const auto* mod = asked[slot].first;
+        auto& read = reads[slot];
+        if (read.failure) std::rethrow_exception(read.failure);
+        auto& [candidates, companions, unreadable, addedIn, newChunks, imported, changes, scripts, notes, failure] = read;
+        std::size_t changed{};
+        report.notes.insert(report.notes.end(), std::make_move_iterator(notes.begin()), std::make_move_iterator(notes.end()));
+        // A higher mod's version of an asset, which this mod's change is combined with
+        // below, may name what this mod adds.
+        for (const auto& change : changes)
+            if (const auto versions = out.changed.find(change.name); versions != out.changed.end())
+                if (const auto existing = versions->second.find(change.game); existing != versions->second.end()) try {
+                    for (const auto& reference : decoded(existing->second.encoded).imports)
+                        imported.insert(reference.fileGuid);
+                } catch (const std::exception&) {}
+        for (auto& script : scripts) {
+            auto& versions = out.scripts[script.name];
+            if (versions.contains(script.game)) continue;
+            versions.emplace(script.game, std::move(script.value));
+            ++changed;
         }
         // One addition per kind and name in a bundle, the highest-priority mod's. Two
         // mods adding the same asset is no clash; two different assets under one name
@@ -182,18 +315,7 @@ AssetOverrides collect_asset_overrides(const std::vector<const Mod*>& mods,
         };
         // Transitively: an addition a following addition imports follows too (a new song
         // imports its new wave, and only the song is named by the changed playlist).
-        std::vector<bool> followed(candidates.size());
-        // The documents this mod added to each bundle, by guid.
-        std::map<std::string, std::set<fb::Guid>, std::less<>> addedIn;
-        for (std::size_t index = 0; index < candidates.size(); ++index) {
-            auto& addition = candidates[index].second;
-            try {
-                const auto document = decoded(addition.encoded);
-                addition.file = document.fileGuid;
-                for (const auto& reference : document.imports) addition.names.push_back(reference.fileGuid);
-                addedIn[candidates[index].first].insert(addition.file);
-            } catch (const std::exception&) { followed[index] = true; }   // unreadable: never follows
-        }
+        std::vector<bool> followed = unreadable;   // (an unreadable one never follows)
         for (bool grew = true; grew;) {
             grew = false;
             for (std::size_t index = 0; index < candidates.size(); ++index) {
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.cpp
index e13e468..dd631b4 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.cpp
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
 #include "Engine/Resource/ebx_document.h"
 #include "Engine/Resource/mesh_set.h"
 
+#include <Windows.h>
+
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <atomic>
 #include <cmath>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
 namespace dingosdk::mods {
@@ -231,44 +236,6 @@ public:
         return meshes;
     }
 
-    // The meshes of the game's whole costumes (read_game found their items), and every other
-    // mesh its items have, which are nobody's: a costume is partly made of clothes anyone has.
-    // How many costumes were read.
-    [[nodiscard]] std::size_t read_costumes(StoreMeshes& meshes) {
-        const auto* toc = game_toc(items_toc);
-        if (!toc || costumes_.empty()) return 0;
-        const auto& document = tocs_.at(lower(items_toc)).document;
-        std::size_t read{};
-        for (const auto& [name, bundle] : *toc) {
-            const Costume* costume{};
-            if (name.ends_with(costume_bundle_suffix)) {
-                const auto stem = name.substr(0, name.size() - costume_bundle_suffix.size());
-                const auto slash = stem.rfind('/');
-                const auto found = costumes_.find(stem.substr(slash == std::string::npos ? 0 : slash + 1));
-                if (found != costumes_.end()) costume = &found->second;
-            }
-            try {
-                const auto listing = list_bundle(store_, baseRoot_, baseRoot_, *bundle, gameRoot_);
-                if (!listing) continue;
-                const auto& manifest = listing->manifest;
-                bool any{};
-                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < manifest.resources.size(); ++index) {
-                    if (manifest.resources[index].resourceType != mesh_set_type) continue;
-                    read_mesh(baseRoot_, *listing, manifest.ebx.size() + index, document, 16, [&](std::vector<std::uint64_t> points) {
-                        // (Each other mesh under its own name, so two of them sharing a point is also seen.)
-                        if (costume) meshes.add(costume->key, costume->sold, points);
-                        else meshes.add("mesh " + manifest.resources[index].name, false, points);
-                        any = true;
-                    });
-                }
-                read += any && costume;
-            } catch (const std::exception& failure) {
-                note("The game's " + bundle->name + " could not be read for " + std::string(store_copies_check) + " (" + failure.what() + ")");
-            }
-        }
-        return read;
-    }
-
     // The items a mod adds to the game's bundles, and the game's own it changes.
     // An item only loads from a bundle the game loads, and the lists the game
     // reads its items from are in one of those, so a mod's own bundles (a map's
@@ -320,43 +287,126 @@ public:
         return items;
     }
 
-    // Every item the game ships; how many were read.
-    [[nodiscard]] std::size_t read_game(StoreItems& items, const StoreItem& sold) {
+    // Every item the game ships, and with `meshes` the meshes its items have: the whole
+    // costumes' under their items, every other one as nobody's (a costume is partly made of
+    // clothes anyone has). How many items were read, and how many costumes' meshes.
+    //
+    // Each of the game's item bundles is read by itself, on up to `threads` threads beside
+    // this one; what was read is then filed in the bundles' own order, so a part two items
+    // share is the same item's whatever the count.
+    struct GameCounts {
+        std::size_t items{}, costumes{};
+    };
+    [[nodiscard]] GameCounts read_game(StoreItems& items, const StoreItem& sold, StoreMeshes* meshes, std::size_t threads,
+                                       bool background) {
         const auto* toc = game_toc(items_toc);
-        if (!toc) return 0;
-        std::size_t read{};
-        for (const auto& [name, bundle] : *toc) {
+        if (!toc) return {};
+        const auto& document = tocs_.at(lower(items_toc)).document;
+        struct Read {
+            struct Item {
+                ItemContent content;
+                bool costume{};   // one of the game's whole costumes, by where its asset is
+            };
+            std::vector<Item> items;
+            struct Mesh {
+                std::string resource;
+                std::vector<std::vector<std::uint64_t>> levels;
+            };
+            std::vector<Mesh> meshes;
+            std::string note;
+        };
+        std::vector<const fb::TocBundle*> bundles;
+        for (const auto& [name, bundle] : *toc) bundles.push_back(bundle);
+        std::vector<Read> reads(bundles.size());
+        const auto read_bundle = [&](std::size_t at) {
+            auto& read = reads[at];
             try {
-                const auto listing = list_bundle(store_, baseRoot_, baseRoot_, *bundle, gameRoot_);
-                if (!listing) continue;
-                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < listing->manifest.ebx.size(); ++index) {
-                    if (!item_name(lower(listing->manifest.ebx[index].name))) continue;
+                const auto listing = list_bundle(store_, baseRoot_, baseRoot_, *bundles[at], gameRoot_);
+                if (!listing) return;
+                const auto& manifest = listing->manifest;
+                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < manifest.ebx.size(); ++index) {
+                    const auto name = lower(manifest.ebx[index].name);
+                    if (!item_name(name)) continue;
                     try {
-                        const auto document = fb::ebx::read_document(
-                            read_asset(store_, baseRoot_, baseRoot_, *listing, index, gameRoot_));
-                        const auto item = item_content(document);
-                        if (!item) continue;
-                        const bool store = sold(lower(item->key));
-                        items.add(*item, store);
-                        ++read;
-                        if (lower(listing->manifest.ebx[index].name).starts_with(costume_items))
-                            for (const auto& shape : item->shapes)
-                                if (shape.starts_with(costume_shape))
-                                    costumes_.insert_or_assign(shape.substr(costume_shape.size()), Costume{item->key, store});
+                        const auto asset = fb::ebx::read_document(read_asset(store_, baseRoot_, baseRoot_, *listing, index, gameRoot_));
+                        if (auto item = item_content(asset)) read.items.push_back({std::move(*item), name.starts_with(costume_items)});
                     } catch (const std::exception&) {}
                 }
+                if (!meshes) return;
+                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < manifest.resources.size(); ++index) {
+                    if (manifest.resources[index].resourceType != mesh_set_type) continue;
+                    Read::Mesh mesh{manifest.resources[index].name, {}};
+                    read_mesh(baseRoot_, *listing, manifest.ebx.size() + index, document, 16,
+                              [&](std::vector<std::uint64_t> points) { mesh.levels.push_back(std::move(points)); });
+                    if (!mesh.levels.empty()) read.meshes.push_back(std::move(mesh));
+                }
             } catch (const std::exception& failure) {
-                note("The game's " + bundle->name + " could not be read for " + std::string(store_copies_check) + " (" + failure.what() + ")");
+                read.note = "The game's " + bundles[at]->name + " could not be read for " + std::string(store_copies_check) + " (" + failure.what() + ")";
+            }
+        };
+        {
+            std::atomic<std::size_t> next{0};
+            const auto work = [&] {
+                for (;;) {
+                    const auto mine = next.fetch_add(1);
+                    if (mine >= bundles.size()) return;
+                    read_bundle(mine);
+                }
+            };
+            std::vector<std::jthread> workers;
+            try {
+                // Threads of their own, not the system's pool (see the superbundles in mod_merge.cpp).
+                for (std::size_t index = 0; index < threads && bundles.size() > 1; ++index)
+                    workers.emplace_back([&] {
+                        if (background) SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL);
+                        work();
+                    });
+            } catch (const std::system_error&) {} // fewer threads, or none: this one does the rest
+            work();
+        }
+        GameCounts counts;
+        for (auto& read : reads) {
+            if (!read.note.empty()) note(std::move(read.note));
+            for (const auto& item : read.items) {
+                const bool store = sold(lower(item.content.key));
+                items.add(item.content, store);
+                ++counts.items;
+                if (!item.costume) continue;
+                for (const auto& shape : item.content.shapes)
+                    if (shape.starts_with(costume_shape))
+                        costumes_.insert_or_assign(shape.substr(costume_shape.size()), Costume{item.content.key, store});
             }
         }
-        return read;
+        if (!meshes || costumes_.empty()) return counts;
+        // A costume's own bundle is named after the preset its item is fitted on.
+        for (std::size_t at = 0; at < bundles.size(); ++at) {
+            const auto name = lower(bundles[at]->name);
+            const Costume* costume{};
+            if (name.ends_with(costume_bundle_suffix)) {
+                const auto stem = name.substr(0, name.size() - costume_bundle_suffix.size());
+                const auto slash = stem.rfind('/');
+                const auto found = costumes_.find(stem.substr(slash == std::string::npos ? 0 : slash + 1));
+                if (found != costumes_.end()) costume = &found->second;
+            }
+            for (const auto& mesh : reads[at].meshes)
+                for (const auto& level : mesh.levels) {
+                    // (Each other mesh under its own name, so two of them sharing a point is also seen.)
+                    if (costume) meshes->add(costume->key, costume->sold, level);
+                    else meshes->add("mesh " + mesh.resource, false, level);
+                }
+            counts.costumes += costume && !reads[at].meshes.empty();
+        }
+        return counts;
     }
 
 private:
     using Bundles = std::map<std::string, const fb::TocBundle*, std::less<>>;
     using Assets = std::map<std::string, fb::Sha1, std::less<>>;
 
+    // (Both of these are asked by several threads while the mods are read: one at a time,
+    // and what they hand out stays where it is.)
     const Bundles* game_toc(std::string_view relative) {
+        std::lock_guard lock(cache_mutex_);
         const auto key = lower(relative);
         if (const auto found = tocs_.find(key); found != tocs_.end())
             return found->second.index.empty() ? nullptr : &found->second.index;
@@ -377,6 +427,7 @@ private:
     // The game's copy of a bundle: each EBX it holds, to tell a mod's additions
     // and changes from what it carries untouched. Null when it cannot be read.
     const Assets* game_assets(std::string_view relative, const fb::TocBundle& bundle) {
+        std::lock_guard lock(cache_mutex_);
         const auto key = lower(relative) + '|' + lower(bundle.name);
         if (const auto found = assets_.find(key); found != assets_.end())
             return found->second ? &*found->second : nullptr;
@@ -421,8 +472,11 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    // What a mod's reading has to say is kept with that mod while the mods are read at once
+    // (notes_for), so the notes come out in the mods' order however the threads ran.
     void note(std::string text) {
-        if (notes_) notes_->push_back(std::move(text));
+        if (note_sink) note_sink->push_back(std::move(text));
+        else if (notes_) notes_->push_back(std::move(text));
     }
 
     struct GameToc {
@@ -435,6 +489,22 @@ private:
     std::vector<std::string>* notes_;
     std::map<std::string, GameToc, std::less<>> tocs_;
     std::map<std::string, std::optional<Assets>, std::less<>> assets_;
+    std::mutex cache_mutex_;
+    static inline thread_local std::vector<std::string>* note_sink = nullptr;
+
+public:
+    // While one lives, this thread's notes go into `kept`.
+    struct NotesFor {
+        explicit NotesFor(std::vector<std::string>& kept) { note_sink = &kept; }
+        ~NotesFor() { note_sink = nullptr; }
+        NotesFor(const NotesFor&) = delete;
+        NotesFor& operator=(const NotesFor&) = delete;
+    };
+    void say(std::vector<std::string>& kept) {
+        if (notes_) notes_->insert(notes_->end(), std::make_move_iterator(kept.begin()), std::make_move_iterator(kept.end()));
+    }
+
+private:
     // The game's whole costumes: the preset each is fitted on -> its item.
     struct Costume {
         std::string key;
@@ -545,7 +615,8 @@ std::string StoreMeshes::original(const std::vector<std::uint64_t>& points) cons
     return most ? *most : std::string();
 }
 
-StoreCopies check_store_copies(const Catalog& catalog, const StoreItem& sold, std::vector<std::string>* notes) noexcept {
+StoreCopies check_store_copies(const Catalog& catalog, const StoreItem& sold, std::vector<std::string>* notes,
+                               std::size_t threads, bool background) noexcept {
     StoreCopies result;
     try {
         if (!sold || std::none_of(catalog.mods.begin(), catalog.mods.end(), [](const Mod& mod) { return mod.provides_layout; }))
@@ -557,22 +628,55 @@ StoreCopies check_store_copies(const Catalog& catalog, const StoreItem& sold, st
             std::vector<Scan::Mesh> meshes;
         };
         std::vector<Added> added;
-        for (const auto& mod : catalog.mods) {
-            if (!mod.provides_layout) continue;
-            Added entry{&mod, scan.read_mod(mod), scan.read_mod_meshes(mod)};
-            result.mod_meshes += entry.meshes.size();
-            if (!entry.items.empty() || !entry.meshes.empty()) added.push_back(std::move(entry));
+        {
+            // Each mod is read by itself, several at a time; they are gone through in their own
+            // order afterwards.
+            std::vector<const Mod*> asked;
+            for (const auto& mod : catalog.mods)
+                if (mod.provides_layout) asked.push_back(&mod);
+            std::vector<Added> reads(asked.size());
+            std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> said(asked.size());
+            std::atomic<std::size_t> next{0};
+            const auto work = [&] {
+                for (;;) {
+                    const auto mine = next.fetch_add(1);
+                    if (mine >= asked.size()) return;
+                    const Scan::NotesFor kept(said[mine]);
+                    try {
+                        reads[mine] = {asked[mine], scan.read_mod(*asked[mine]), scan.read_mod_meshes(*asked[mine])};
+                    } catch (...) {
+                        reads[mine] = {asked[mine], {}, {}};   // (neither reader throws; a mod that cannot be read adds nothing)
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            {
+                std::vector<std::jthread> workers;
+                try {
+                    for (std::size_t index = 0; index < threads && asked.size() > 1; ++index)
+                        workers.emplace_back([&] {
+                            if (background) SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL);
+                            work();
+                        });
+                } catch (const std::system_error&) {} // fewer threads, or none: this one does the rest
+                work();
+            }
+            for (std::size_t index = 0; index < asked.size(); ++index) {
+                scan.say(said[index]);
+                result.mod_meshes += reads[index].meshes.size();
+                if (!reads[index].items.empty() || !reads[index].meshes.empty()) added.push_back(std::move(reads[index]));
+            }
         }
         if (added.empty()) return result;
+        // The costumes' meshes are only read when a mod ships a mesh at all.
         StoreItems game;
-        result.game_items = scan.read_game(game, sold);
+        StoreMeshes costumes;
+        const auto counts = scan.read_game(game, sold, result.mod_meshes ? &costumes : nullptr, threads, background);
+        result.game_items = counts.items;
+        result.game_costumes = counts.costumes;
         if (!result.game_items) {
             if (notes) notes->push_back(std::string(store_copies_check) + " could not read the game's own files and did not run");
             return result;
         }
-        // The costumes' meshes are only read when a mod ships a mesh at all.
-        StoreMeshes costumes;
-        if (result.mod_meshes) result.game_costumes = scan.read_costumes(costumes);
         for (const auto& [mod, items, meshes] : added) {
             StoreCopies::Source source{mod->name};
             for (const auto& mesh : meshes) {
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.h b/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.h
index 59235ff..ce7a96e 100644
--- a/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.h
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/mod_store_copies.h
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ using StoreItem = std::function<bool(const std::string&)>;
 // and holds them against the game's own. The game's are only read when a mod
 // has an item at all. Never throws: a bundle that cannot be read is left out
 // (the merge leaves its mod out of the game too) and noted in `notes`.
+// The game's own files are read on up to `threads` threads beside the caller's
+// (`background`: at a priority under the game's, for a merge while it runs); the verdicts do
+// not depend on the count.
 [[nodiscard]] StoreCopies check_store_copies(const Catalog& catalog, const StoreItem& sold,
-                                             std::vector<std::string>* notes = nullptr) noexcept;
+                                             std::vector<std::string>* notes = nullptr, std::size_t threads = 0,
+                                             bool background = false) noexcept;
 
 } // namespace dingosdk::mods
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.cpp b/Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7adc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#include "thunderstore_package.h"
+
+#include "Engine/Core/Json/json.h"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace dingosdk::thunderstore_package {
+namespace {
+
+constexpr char site[] = "https://thunderstore.io";
+
+bool word(std::string_view text) {
+    return !text.empty() && text.size() <= 64 && std::all_of(text.begin(), text.end(), [](char c) {
+        return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || c == '_';
+    });
+}
+bool version(std::string_view text) {
+    unsigned numbers{};
+    for (std::size_t at = 0; at <= text.size();) {
+        const auto end = std::min(text.find('.', at), text.size());
+        const auto number = text.substr(at, end - at);
+        if (number.empty() || number.size() > 9 || !std::all_of(number.begin(), number.end(), [](char c) { return c >= '0' && c <= '9'; }))
+            return false;
+        ++numbers;
+        at = end + 1;
+    }
+    return numbers == 3;
+}
+bool same(std::string_view a, std::string_view b) {
+    return a.size() == b.size() && std::equal(a.begin(), a.end(), b.begin(), [](char x, char y) {
+        const auto lower = [](char c) { return c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z' ? static_cast<char>(c + 32) : c; };
+        return lower(x) == lower(y);
+    });
+}
+std::wstring wide(const std::string& text) { return std::wstring(text.begin(), text.end()); }   // ASCII only here
+std::string text_of(const Json& object, std::string_view key) {
+    return object.is_object() && object.contains(key) && object.at(key).is_string() ? object.at(key).string() : std::string();
+}
+bool flag(const Json& object, std::string_view key) {
+    return object.is_object() && object.contains(key) && object.at(key).is_boolean() && object.at(key).get<bool>();
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+std::optional<Name> parse_name(std::string_view package) {
+    const auto first = package.find('-');
+    if (first == std::string_view::npos) return std::nullopt;
+    const auto rest = package.substr(first + 1);
+    const auto second = rest.find('-');
+    Name name{std::string(package.substr(0, first)), std::string(rest.substr(0, second)),
+              second == std::string_view::npos ? std::string() : std::string(rest.substr(second + 1))};
+    if (!word(name.owner) || !word(name.name) || (!name.version.empty() && !version(name.version))) return std::nullopt;
+    return name;
+}
+
+std::wstring details_url(const Name& name) {
+    return wide(std::string(site) + "/api/experimental/package/" + name.owner + '/' + name.name + '/');
+}
+
+std::wstring download_url(const Name& name, std::string_view wanted) {
+    return wide(std::string(site) + "/package/download/" + name.owner + '/' + name.name + '/' + std::string(wanted) + '/');
+}
+
+Choice choose(std::string_view json, const Name& wanted, std::string_view community) {
+    Choice choice;
+    try {
+        const auto root = Json::parse(json);
+        if (!root.is_object() || !same(text_of(root, "namespace"), wanted.owner) || !same(text_of(root, "name"), wanted.name)) {
+            choice.reason = "Thunderstore does not have that package.";
+            return choice;
+        }
+        if (flag(root, "is_deprecated")) {
+            choice.reason = "Its package on Thunderstore is marked deprecated.";
+            return choice;
+        }
+        bool listed{}, map{}, rejected{}, nsfw{};
+        if (root.contains("community_listings") && root.at("community_listings").is_array())
+            for (const auto& listing : root.at("community_listings")) {
+                if (!same(text_of(listing, "community"), community)) continue;
+                listed = true;
+                rejected = same(text_of(listing, "review_status"), "rejected");
+                nsfw = flag(listing, "has_nsfw_content");
+                if (listing.contains("categories") && listing.at("categories").is_array())
+                    for (const auto& category : listing.at("categories"))
+                    {
+                        map = map || (category.is_string() && same(category.string(), "Maps"));
+                        nsfw = nsfw || (category.is_string() && same(category.string(), "NSFW"));
+                    }
+            }
+        if (!listed) { choice.reason = "Its package is not listed for ReSkate on Thunderstore."; return choice; }
+        if (rejected) { choice.reason = "Its package was rejected by Thunderstore's moderators."; return choice; }
+        if (nsfw) { choice.reason = "Its package is marked NSFW on Thunderstore."; return choice; }
+        if (!map) { choice.reason = "Its package is not listed as a map on Thunderstore."; return choice; }
+        const auto newest = root.contains("latest") ? text_of(root.at("latest"), "version_number") : std::string();
+        if (!version(newest)) { choice.reason = "Thunderstore gave no version of that package."; return choice; }
+        choice.newest = newest;
+        // Its own words about itself, kept to printable text of a card's length.
+        for (const unsigned char c : text_of(root.at("latest"), "description")) {
+            if (choice.description.size() >= 240) { choice.description += "..."; break; }
+            choice.description += c < 0x20 || c == 0x7f ? ' ' : static_cast<char>(c);
+        }
+        {
+            // https://<something>.thunderstore.io/...png, and nothing that is not a plain URL.
+            const auto icon = text_of(root.at("latest"), "icon");
+            constexpr std::string_view scheme = "https://";
+            const auto path = icon.find('/', scheme.size());
+            const auto host = icon.starts_with(scheme) && path != std::string::npos ? std::string_view(icon).substr(scheme.size(), path - scheme.size())
+                                                                                     : std::string_view{};
+            const bool plain = icon.size() < 400 && std::all_of(icon.begin(), icon.end(), [](unsigned char c) {
+                return c > 0x20 && c < 0x7f && c != '"' && c != '<' && c != '>' && c != '\\' && c != '#' && c != '?' && c != '@';
+            });
+            if (plain && (host == "thunderstore.io" || host.ends_with(".thunderstore.io"))) choice.icon = icon;
+        }
+        choice.version = wanted.version.empty() ? newest : wanted.version;
+        choice.ok = true;
+    } catch (const std::exception&) {
+        choice = {};
+        choice.reason = "Thunderstore's answer could not be read.";
+    }
+    return choice;
+}
+
+} // namespace dingosdk::thunderstore_package
diff --git a/Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.h b/Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63fbeb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+// One Thunderstore package looked up by name, for the game: the map a multiplayer host is on
+// and this player does not have (Extension/Assets/map_download.h). No network here; the caller
+// fetches details_url() and hands the answer to choose().
+namespace dingosdk::thunderstore_package {
+
+struct Name {
+    std::string owner, name;
+    std::string version;   // "1.2.3", or empty for the newest
+    // The Mods folder the package installs as, and how its files name it.
+    [[nodiscard]] std::string folder() const { return owner + '-' + name; }
+    bool operator==(const Name&) const = default;
+};
+// "Owner-Name" or "Owner-Name-1.2.3", as a host names a map's package
+// (Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.h: valid_map_package). Nothing for anything else.
+std::optional<Name> parse_name(std::string_view package);
+
+// /api/experimental/package/<owner>/<name>/: what Thunderstore says of the package.
+std::wstring details_url(const Name& name);
+// Where a version of it downloads from. Always thunderstore.io, whatever an answer says.
+std::wstring download_url(const Name& name, std::string_view version);
+
+struct Choice {
+    bool ok{};
+    std::string version;   // the one to download: the one asked for, else the newest
+    std::string newest;    // the newest, to fall back on when the one asked for is gone
+    // What its page says of it, for the player: one line of plain text, cut to a few lines' worth.
+    std::string description;
+    // Its picture, a PNG on Thunderstore's own hosts; empty when the answer names anything else.
+    std::string icon;
+    std::string reason;    // why not, for the player
+};
+// Reads that answer. The package is taken only when it is the one asked for, is listed in
+// `community` as a map (the "Maps" category), is not deprecated or marked NSFW there and was
+// not rejected by the community's moderators.
+Choice choose(std::string_view json, const Name& wanted, std::string_view community);
+
+} // namespace dingosdk::thunderstore_package
diff --git a/Extension/Assets/live_mods.cpp b/Extension/Assets/live_mods.cpp
index f58dfcd..d19687d 100644
--- a/Extension/Assets/live_mods.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Assets/live_mods.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ std::atomic<bool> merging{};
 std::atomic<bool> reload_after{}, reload_ready{};
 std::mutex state_mutex;
 std::string last_status;
+Progress merge_progress; // under state_mutex, while merging
 std::optional<std::vector<std::filesystem::path>> pending_levels;
 std::optional<std::vector<std::string>> applied; // set by a live apply; the launch's list before one
 std::string current_level;
@@ -345,7 +346,11 @@ void apply_now() {
     mods::MergeReport report;
     std::string left_out;
     for (int round = 0;; ++round) {
-        report = mods::merge_mods(catalog, {}, {.live = true});
+        // The mods in the game now were checked against the store when they went in.
+        report = mods::merge_mods(catalog, [](const mods::MergeProgress &now) {
+            std::lock_guard lock(state_mutex);
+            merge_progress = {now.done, now.total, now.step};
+        }, {.live = true, .checked = before});
         if (!report.issue.empty()) break;
         bool removed = false;
         for (std::size_t i = catalog.mods.size(); i-- > 0;) {
@@ -436,6 +441,9 @@ void apply_now() {
         for (const auto &mod : catalog.mods) applied->push_back(mod.name);
     }
     if (!left_out.empty()) problem += (problem.empty() ? "left out " : "; left out ") + left_out + ", which could not be merged cleanly";
+    // Where the time went, step by step, as the launch's merge logs it.
+    for (const auto &note : report.notes)
+        if (note.starts_with("Merge times:")) logging::log(logging::Level::info, logging::Channel::assets, "Live mods: {}", note);
     const auto elapsed = static_cast<double>(GetTickCount64() - started) / 1000.0;
     set_status("applied " + std::to_string(catalog.mods.size()) + " mod(s) in " + std::to_string(elapsed).substr(0, 4) + "s; " +
                    (needed ? "reloading the level"
@@ -462,6 +470,10 @@ void run() {
 std::string apply(bool reload_level) {
     if (!layout_objects().manager) return "No merged mod patch was mounted at launch; restart the game to load mods.";
     if (merging.exchange(true)) return "Mods are already being applied.";
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(state_mutex);
+        merge_progress = {};
+    }
     reload_after = reload_level;
     std::thread(run).detach();
     return reload_level ? "Applying mods; the level reloads when they are ready, unless only maps changed."
@@ -511,6 +523,11 @@ ApplyEffect preview(const mods::ModList &list) {
     return reload ? ApplyEffect::reload_level : ApplyEffect::maps_only;
 }
 bool busy() noexcept { return merging.load(); }
+Progress progress() {
+    std::lock_guard lock(state_mutex);
+    return merge_progress;
+}
+bool only_maps(const std::filesystem::path& directory) { return scan_maps_only(directory); }
 std::string status() {
     std::lock_guard lock(state_mutex);
     return last_status;
diff --git a/Extension/Assets/live_mods.h b/Extension/Assets/live_mods.h
index c843b2a..b0294c1 100644
--- a/Extension/Assets/live_mods.h
+++ b/Extension/Assets/live_mods.h
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ inline const char* apply_label(ApplyEffect effect) {
 void set_current_level(std::string level);
 // True while a live merge runs.
 bool busy() noexcept;
+// How far it is: steps done of all, and the step in hand ("Merging items from 12 mods").
+struct Progress {
+    std::size_t done{}, total{};
+    std::string step;
+};
+Progress progress();
 // The last live apply's outcome for the overlay, or empty before the first.
 std::string status();
 // Folder names of the mods in effect now: the launch's, or the last live apply's.
@@ -54,6 +60,9 @@ std::vector<std::string> applied_mods();
 // True when the launch's merge placed this mod's archives (enabled or not),
 // so it can be enabled without a restart.
 bool placed_at_launch(const std::string& name);
+// Whether a mod folder holds maps and nothing else: level bundles and the two files maps
+// register themselves in (its layout and globals). Reads the folder; not cached.
+bool only_maps(const std::filesystem::path& directory);
 // reskate-levels.json of every mod a live apply left enabled, highest
 // priority first; handed out once per successful apply.
 std::optional<std::vector<std::filesystem::path>> take_level_manifests();
diff --git a/Extension/Assets/map_download.cpp b/Extension/Assets/map_download.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69b6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Extension/Assets/map_download.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+#include "map_download.h"
+#include "live_mods.h"
+#include "Engine/Core/Log/logging.h"
+#include "Engine/Vfs/https_download.h"
+#include "Engine/Vfs/mod_catalog.h"
+#include "Engine/Vfs/mod_list.h"
+#include "Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.h"
+#include "Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.h"
+#include "Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.h"
+#include "Launcher/mod_manager.h"
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <map>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
+
+namespace dingosdk::map_download {
+namespace {
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+namespace package = thunderstore_package;
+
+constexpr wchar_t agent[] = L"ReSkate";
+constexpr char community[] = "reskate";
+// A map is at most a few gigabytes (an archive of one holds four); the download may take as
+// long as a slow line needs for that.
+constexpr std::uint64_t largest_download = 8ull << 30;
+constexpr std::uint32_t download_seconds = 4 * 60 * 60;
+
+std::mutex mutex;
+std::atomic<Stage> stage{Stage::idle};
+multiplayer::MapNeed need;       // under mutex, while not idle
+package::Name wanted;            // under mutex
+std::string version;             // under mutex: the one to download
+std::string newest;              // under mutex
+std::string description;         // under mutex: Thunderstore's, or the installed mod's own
+bool installed_off{};            // under mutex: here already, switched off
+std::string last_failed;         // under mutex: a package not to offer again this run
+https::Watch watch;
+std::atomic<bool> stop_install{};
+std::atomic<bool> apply_wanted{}, apply_started{};
+std::atomic<std::uint64_t> join_at{};
+std::atomic<std::uint32_t> yes_bind{}, no_bind{};
+std::atomic<bool> pick_download{true};
+
+bool same(std::string_view a, std::string_view b) { return a.size() == b.size() && _strnicmp(a.data(), b.data(), a.size()) == 0; }
+fs::path mods_root() { return mods::engine_data_root() / mods::mods_folder; }
+std::string read_bytes(const fs::path& path, std::uintmax_t most) {
+    std::error_code error;
+    const auto size = fs::file_size(path, error);
+    if (error || size > most) return {};
+    std::ifstream input(path, std::ios::binary);
+    return std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(input), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
+}
+
+std::string host_word(bool server) { return server ? "server" : "host"; }
+
+// The session that is waiting on the map is left: there is no map to wait for.
+void leave_session() {
+    if (multiplayer::fetching_map()) multiplayer::queue_command("stop", "", "");
+}
+
+// Back to idle with the reason said, as the plain "map not installed" notice is.
+void fail(std::string reason) {
+    std::string text;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+        text = "The " + host_word(need.server) + (need.moved ? " changed to " : " is on ") + need.map +
+               ", which is not installed on this PC. " + reason;
+        last_failed = need.package;
+    }
+    stage.store(Stage::idle);
+    leave_session();
+    logging::log(logging::Level::warning, logging::Channel::assets, "Map download: {}", text);
+    overlay::notify(overlay::NoticeLevel::warning, "Map not installed", std::move(text));
+}
+
+// The mod's row in mods.json when its folder is here: whether it is switched on, and what it
+// says of itself.
+std::optional<bool> installed(const std::string& folder, std::string& about) {
+    const auto list = mods::scan_mods(mods::engine_data_root());
+    for (const auto& entry : list.entries)
+        if (same(entry.mod.name, folder)) {
+            about = entry.mod.description;
+            return entry.enabled;
+        }
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+// Stage::checking: is it here but off, or what does Thunderstore say of it.
+void check() {
+    package::Name name;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+        name = wanted;
+    }
+    try {
+        std::string about;
+        if (const auto on = installed(name.folder(), about)) {
+            if (*on) return fail("Its mod is installed, but the map did not load: update or reinstall it from the launcher.");
+            {
+                std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+                installed_off = true;
+                description = about.substr(0, 240);
+            }
+            // Its own icon, from its folder.
+            try {
+                const auto bytes = read_bytes(mods_root() / name.folder() / L"icon.png", 4 * 1024 * 1024);
+                overlay::set_map_download_icon(bytes);
+            } catch (const std::exception&) {}
+            stage.store(Stage::asking);
+            return;
+        }
+        https::Download result;
+        const auto answer = https::get_text(package::details_url(name), 512 * 1024, 20, agent, &result);
+        if (!answer)
+            return fail(result.http_status == 404 ? "Its mod is not on Thunderstore. Install its map mod yourself and join again."
+                                                  : "Thunderstore could not be reached to look for it.");
+        const auto choice = package::choose(*answer, name, community);
+        if (!choice.ok) return fail(choice.reason + " Install its map mod yourself and join again.");
+        {
+            std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+            version = choice.version;
+            newest = choice.newest;
+            description = choice.description;
+        }
+        // Its icon for the card: small, and not worth holding the question up for long.
+        if (!choice.icon.empty())
+            if (const auto png = https::get_text(std::wstring(choice.icon.begin(), choice.icon.end()), 2 * 1024 * 1024, 8, agent))
+                overlay::set_map_download_icon(*png);
+        stage.store(Stage::asking);
+    } catch (const std::exception& failure) {
+        fail(std::string("Looking for it failed: ") + failure.what());
+    }
+}
+
+// Stage::downloading and Stage::installing, then Stage::applying is the client thread's.
+void fetch() {
+    package::Name name;
+    std::string get, fallback;
+    bool off{};
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+        name = wanted;
+        get = version;
+        fallback = newest;
+        off = installed_off;
+    }
+    const auto root = mods_root();
+    const auto folder = name.folder();
+    try {
+        if (!off) {
+            wchar_t temp[MAX_PATH + 1]{};
+            const auto length = GetTempPathW(MAX_PATH, temp);
+            const auto archive = fs::path(length ? std::wstring(temp, length) : L".") /
+                (L"ReSkate-map-" + std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()) + L"-" + std::wstring(folder.begin(), folder.end()) + L".zip");
+            std::error_code error;
+            fs::remove(archive, error);
+            watch.received.store(0);
+            watch.total.store(0);
+            auto result = https::get(package::download_url(name, get), archive, largest_download, download_seconds, agent, &watch);
+            // The host's version can be gone from Thunderstore: the newest is the same map.
+            if (!result.ok && result.http_status == 404 && get != fallback && !watch.cancel.load()) {
+                fs::remove(archive, error);
+                logging::log(logging::Level::info, logging::Channel::assets,
+                    "Map download: {} {} is not on Thunderstore any more; getting {}.", folder, get, fallback);
+                result = https::get(package::download_url(name, fallback), archive, largest_download, download_seconds, agent, &watch);
+            }
+            if (!result.ok) {
+                fs::remove(archive, error);
+                if (watch.cancel.load()) { stage.store(Stage::idle); leave_session(); return; }
+                return fail(result.http_status && result.http_status != 200
+                    ? "The download failed (Thunderstore answered " + std::to_string(result.http_status) + ")."
+                    : "The download failed (Windows error " + std::to_string(result.error) + ").");
+            }
+            stage.store(Stage::installing);
+            try {
+                launcher_mods::install(root, archive, false, [](float) {}, stop_install, {folder, name.owner, true});
+            } catch (const std::exception& failure) {
+                fs::remove(archive, error);
+                return fail(std::string("It could not be installed: ") + failure.what());
+            }
+            fs::remove(archive, error);
+        } else {
+            stage.store(Stage::installing);
+        }
+        // A map and nothing else: this way in is for maps.
+        std::error_code error;
+        if (!fs::exists(root / folder / L"reskate-levels.json", error) || !live_mods::only_maps(root / folder)) {
+            if (!off) {
+                try { launcher_mods::remove(root, folder); } catch (const std::exception&) {}
+            }
+            return fail("Its package holds more than a map, so it is not installed from here. Install it from the launcher if you trust it.");
+        }
+        if (off) {
+            auto list = mods::scan_mods(mods::engine_data_root());
+            if (!list.issue.empty()) return fail("mods.json could not be read: " + list.issue);
+            for (auto& entry : list.entries)
+                if (same(entry.mod.name, folder)) entry.enabled = true;
+            mods::save_mod_order(list.root, list.entries);
+        }
+        logging::log(logging::Level::info, logging::Channel::assets, "Map download: {} is in Mods; applying it.", folder);
+        apply_started.store(false);
+        apply_wanted.store(true);
+        stage.store(Stage::applying);
+    } catch (const std::exception& failure) {
+        fail(std::string("It could not be installed: ") + failure.what());
+    }
+}
+
+// One piece of work at a time, which the stage sees to: each is started by the move into its
+// stage. Detached, as the live merge's thread is: the game may close while a map downloads.
+void start(void (*work)()) { std::thread(work).detach(); }
+} // namespace
+
+void offer(const multiplayer::MapNeed& asked) {
+    auto idle = Stage::idle;
+    const auto name = package::parse_name(asked.package);
+    // (Taken before anything is set up, so a second need while this one is in hand is dropped.)
+    if (!stage.compare_exchange_strong(idle, Stage::checking)) {
+        // Another map is in hand (the session moved on while it came). One at a time: the one
+        // being fetched is finished, and the session, which now waits on this other one, is left.
+        bool other{};
+        {
+            std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+            other = asked.package != need.package;
+        }
+        if (other) {
+            overlay::notify(overlay::NoticeLevel::warning, "Map changed again",
+                "The " + host_word(asked.server) + " moved on to " + asked.map + " while another map was downloading. Join again when it is done.");
+            leave_session();
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+    {
+        std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+        need = asked;
+        if (!name || asked.package == last_failed) {
+            // (Said once already, or nothing this can fetch: the plain notice.)
+            overlay::notify(overlay::NoticeLevel::warning, "Map not installed",
+                "The " + host_word(asked.server) + (asked.moved ? " changed to " : " is on ") + asked.map +
+                ", which is not installed on this PC. Install its map mod and join again.");
+            stage.store(Stage::idle);
+            leave_session();
+            return;
+        }
+        wanted = *name;
+        version.clear();
+        newest.clear();
+        description.clear();
+        installed_off = false;
+    }
+    overlay::set_map_download_icon({});
+    watch.cancel.store(false);
+    stop_install.store(false);
+    pick_download.store(true);
+    start(check);
+}
+
+void answer(bool download) noexcept {
+    try {
+        // (A click and a key can answer in the same moment: only the first does.)
+        auto asked = Stage::asking;
+        if (stage.compare_exchange_strong(asked, download ? Stage::downloading : Stage::idle)) {
+            if (download) start(fetch);
+            else leave_session();
+        } else if (asked == Stage::downloading && !download) {
+            watch.cancel.store(true);
+        }
+    } catch (...) {
+        stage.store(Stage::idle);
+    }
+}
+
+bool asking() noexcept { return stage.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == Stage::asking; }
+void pick(bool download) noexcept { pick_download.store(download, std::memory_order_relaxed); }
+bool picked() noexcept { return pick_download.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); }
+
+void set_binds(std::uint32_t yes, std::uint32_t no) noexcept {
+    yes_bind.store(yes, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    no_bind.store(no, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+
+View view() {
+    View out;
+    out.stage = stage.load();
+    if (out.stage == Stage::idle || out.stage == Stage::checking) return out;
+    std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+    out.map = need.map;
+    out.package = wanted.folder() + (version.empty() ? std::string() : " " + version);
+    out.author = wanted.owner;
+    out.version = version;
+    out.description = description;
+    if (out.stage == Stage::applying) {
+        const auto now = live_mods::progress();
+        out.step = now.done;
+        out.steps = now.total;
+        out.step_name = now.step;
+    }
+    out.server = need.server;
+    out.moved = need.moved;
+    out.installed = installed_off;
+    out.choice = pick_download.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    out.received = watch.received.load();
+    out.total = watch.total.load();
+    out.yes_bind = yes_bind.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    out.no_bind = no_bind.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    return out;
+}
+
+void tick() {
+    const auto now = stage.load();
+    if (now == Stage::applying) {
+        if (apply_wanted.load()) {
+            // (A merge of the player's own may be running: wait for it and start this one.)
+            if (live_mods::busy()) return;
+            apply_wanted.store(false);
+            const auto said = live_mods::apply(false);
+            if (!live_mods::busy()) return fail("It is installed, but could not be applied now: " + said + " Restart the game to load it.");
+            apply_started.store(true);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!apply_started.load() || live_mods::busy()) return;
+        apply_started.store(false);
+        std::string folder;
+        {
+            std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+            folder = wanted.folder();
+        }
+        const auto applied = live_mods::applied_mods();
+        if (std::none_of(applied.begin(), applied.end(), [&](const std::string& name) { return same(name, folder); }))
+            return fail("It is installed, but was left out when the mods were applied (" + live_mods::status() + ").");
+        // The level list takes the new map on the next ticks, and the session, which has been
+        // trying the map all along, loads it then.
+        join_at.store(GetTickCount64());
+        stage.store(Stage::joining);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (now == Stage::joining) {
+        const auto waited = GetTickCount64() - join_at.load();
+        if (waited < 2500) return;
+        // Still waiting on it: the game has the mod and cannot find the map in it.
+        if (multiplayer::fetching_map()) {
+            if (waited > 30000) fail("It is installed, but the game still cannot load the map. Restart the game and join again.");
+            return;
+        }
+        {
+            // Should it not load after all, it is said and not offered round and round.
+            std::lock_guard lock(mutex);
+            last_failed = need.package;
+        }
+        stage.store(Stage::idle);
+        // The session ended while the map came (the host left, the connection dropped): back to it.
+        if (!multiplayer::model().active && !multiplayer::queue_command("rejoin", "", ""))
+            overlay::notify(overlay::NoticeLevel::warning, "Map installed", "Join the session again from the server browser.");
+    }
+}
+
+std::string package_of(std::string_view asset) {
+    struct Known {
+        std::string package;
+        std::uint64_t until{};
+    };
+    static std::mutex cache_mutex;
+    static std::map<std::string, Known, std::less<>> cache;
+    if (asset.empty()) return {};
+    std::string key(asset);
+    std::transform(key.begin(), key.end(), key.begin(), [](unsigned char c) { return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(c)); });
+    const auto now = GetTickCount64();
+    std::lock_guard lock(cache_mutex);
+    if (const auto found = cache.find(key); found != cache.end() && now < found->second.until) return found->second.package;
+    // Asked with every map offer a host sends: the Mods folder is read at most every two
+    // minutes for a level.
+    std::string result;
+    const auto list = mods::scan_mods(mods::engine_data_root());
+    for (const auto& entry : list.entries) {
+        if (!entry.enabled || !entry.mod.provides_levels) continue;
+        if (std::none_of(entry.mod.levels.begin(), entry.mod.levels.end(), [&](const std::string& level) { return same(level, key); })) continue;
+        result = multiplayer::map_package_name(entry.mod.name, entry.mod.version);
+        break;
+    }
+    cache[key] = {result, now + 120000};
+    return result;
+}
+}
diff --git a/Extension/Assets/map_download.h b/Extension/Assets/map_download.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e09e106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Extension/Assets/map_download.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.h"
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+// A map a multiplayer session needs and this PC does not have, fetched from Thunderstore
+// while the game runs. The host says which package its map is from (session.h: MapNeed). The
+// player is asked; on yes the package is downloaded, installed into Mods and applied as a live
+// mod (live_mods.h). The session stays connected meanwhile and loads the map once it is there;
+// on no, or when the map cannot be had, the session is left.
+//
+// Only maps come in this way. The package has to be listed as a map in ReSkate's Thunderstore
+// community, not deprecated and not rejected by its moderators; what is installed has to be a
+// map and nothing else (level bundles and their registration: no cosmetics, no settings, no
+// scripts), or it is taken out again. Everything is downloaded from thunderstore.io, whatever
+// a host says.
+namespace dingosdk::map_download {
+enum class Stage {
+    idle,
+    checking,    // asking Thunderstore about the package; nothing is shown yet
+    asking,      // the card asks: download, or not
+    downloading,
+    installing,
+    applying,    // the live merge
+    joining,     // the map is in the game: the session is loading it (or is joined again)
+};
+struct View {
+    Stage stage{};
+    std::string map, package;   // "Vancouver Plaza", "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza 2.0.0"
+    std::string author, version, description; // "Sandos", "2.0.0", and what its Thunderstore page says of it
+    // applying: the live merge's steps done of all, and the one in hand.
+    std::size_t step{}, steps{};
+    std::string step_name;
+    bool server{};              // a dedicated server's map, else a player's lobby
+    bool moved{};               // the session changed to it with the player in it (else: joining it)
+    bool installed{};           // asking: the mod is here but switched off, so nothing is downloaded
+    bool choice{true};          // asking: the answer a controller has picked (true: download)
+    std::uint64_t received{}, total{};   // downloading; total 0 when the size is not known
+    std::uint32_t yes_bind{}, no_bind{}; // the vote binds, which answer the card
+};
+// Client thread: a session just ended over this map. Ignored while another is in hand.
+void offer(const multiplayer::MapNeed& need);
+// Any thread. Yes downloads (when asking); no declines, or stops a download under way.
+void answer(bool download) noexcept;
+bool asking() noexcept;
+// A controller's pick between the two answers, and what it is.
+void pick(bool download) noexcept;
+bool picked() noexcept;
+void set_binds(std::uint32_t yes, std::uint32_t no) noexcept;
+View view();
+// Client thread, every tick: starts the live apply and the join when their turn comes.
+void tick();
+// The Thunderstore package an enabled mod's level comes from (its folder and manifest), for a
+// host to tell its guests; empty when the level is the game's own or the mod is not a package.
+std::string package_of(std::string_view asset);
+}
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.cpp b/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.cpp
index 5fef1b5..f51612a 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.cpp
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> encode(const Packet &p, bool compact_pose, std::uint32
         throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid host map destination");
     if ((p.kind == PacketKind::map_offer || p.kind == PacketKind::world_state) && !valid_map_label(p.map_label))
         throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid map name");
+    if ((p.kind == PacketKind::map_offer || p.kind == PacketKind::world_state) && !valid_map_package(p.map_package))
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid map package");
+    if (p.map_fetching && (p.world_ready || (p.kind != PacketKind::map_request && p.kind != PacketKind::world_ready)))
+        throw std::invalid_argument("Invalid map fetch notice");
     if (p.kind == PacketKind::world_state &&
         (p.destination.empty() ? (p.map != 0 || p.world_ready)
                                : (!valid_map_destination(p.destination) || p.map != map_hash(p.destination))))
@@ -482,7 +486,10 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> encode(const Packet &p, bool compact_pose, std::uint32
             w.bytes.insert(w.bytes.end(), p.destination.begin(), p.destination.end());
             w.integer(p.map_label.size(), 1);
             w.bytes.insert(w.bytes.end(), p.map_label.begin(), p.map_label.end());
+            w.integer(p.map_package.size(), 1);
+            w.bytes.insert(w.bytes.end(), p.map_package.begin(), p.map_package.end());
         }
+        if (p.kind == PacketKind::map_request) w.integer(p.map_fetching ? 1 : 0, 1);
         if (p.kind == PacketKind::hello) {
             w.integer(p.text.size(), 1);
             w.bytes.insert(w.bytes.end(), p.text.begin(), p.text.end());
@@ -494,8 +501,10 @@ std::vector<std::uint8_t> encode(const Packet &p, bool compact_pose, std::uint32
         w.bytes.insert(w.bytes.end(), p.destination.begin(), p.destination.end());
         w.integer(p.map_label.size(), 1);
         w.bytes.insert(w.bytes.end(), p.map_label.begin(), p.map_label.end());
+        w.integer(p.map_package.size(), 1);
+        w.bytes.insert(w.bytes.end(), p.map_package.begin(), p.map_package.end());
     } else if (p.kind == PacketKind::world_ready) {
-        w.integer(p.world_ready ? 1 : 0, 1);
+        w.integer(p.world_ready ? 1 : p.map_fetching ? 2 : 0, 1);   // 2: not ready, and fetching the map
     } else if (p.kind == PacketKind::pose) {
         w.integer(p.pose.skater.size(), 2);
         w.integer(p.pose.board.size(), 2);
@@ -734,7 +743,13 @@ static bool read_map_label(Reader &r, std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes, Packe
     if (length > max_member_name || length > bytes.size() - r.at) return false;
     p.map_label.assign(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(bytes.data() + r.at), static_cast<std::size_t>(length));
     r.at += static_cast<std::size_t>(length);
-    return valid_map_label(p.map_label);
+    if (!valid_map_label(p.map_label)) return false;
+    // And the package it comes from, which follows the name wherever the name is carried.
+    const auto package = r.integer(1);
+    if (package > max_map_package || package > bytes.size() - r.at) return false;
+    p.map_package.assign(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(bytes.data() + r.at), static_cast<std::size_t>(package));
+    r.at += static_cast<std::size_t>(package);
+    return valid_map_package(p.map_package);
 }
 // Short text written by encode's `text`: nothing when it is longer than `limit` or the packet.
 static std::optional<std::string> read_text(Reader &r, std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes, unsigned width, std::size_t limit) {
@@ -785,6 +800,11 @@ std::optional<Packet> decode(std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes) noexcept {
                 if (!valid_map_destination(p.destination) || p.map != map_hash(p.destination) || !read_map_label(r, bytes, p))
                     return {};
             }
+            if (p.kind == PacketKind::map_request) {
+                const auto fetching = r.integer(1);
+                if (fetching > 1) return {};
+                p.map_fetching = fetching != 0;
+            }
             if (p.kind == PacketKind::hello) {
                 const auto length = r.integer(1);
                 if (length > max_member_name || length > bytes.size() - r.at) return {};
@@ -796,8 +816,9 @@ std::optional<Packet> decode(std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes) noexcept {
             if (p.kind == PacketKind::world_state)
                 for (auto &v : p.build) v = static_cast<std::uint8_t>(r.integer(1));
             const auto ready = r.integer(1);
-            if (ready > 1) return {};
-            p.world_ready = ready != 0;
+            if (ready > (p.kind == PacketKind::world_ready ? 2U : 1U)) return {};
+            p.world_ready = ready == 1;
+            p.map_fetching = ready == 2;
             if (p.kind == PacketKind::world_state) {
                 const auto length = r.integer(2);
                 if (length > 256 || length > bytes.size() - r.at) return {};
@@ -1217,6 +1238,55 @@ bool valid_map_asset(std::string_view asset) noexcept {
 bool valid_map_label(std::string_view label) noexcept {
     return label.empty() || (label.size() <= max_member_name && valid_member_name(label));
 }
+namespace {
+// A Thunderstore team or package name: letters, digits and '_'.
+bool package_word(std::string_view text) noexcept {
+    return !text.empty() && std::all_of(text.begin(), text.end(), [](char c) {
+        return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || c == '_';
+    });
+}
+// Three numbers with dots between: 1.2.3.
+bool package_version(std::string_view text) noexcept {
+    unsigned numbers{};
+    for (std::size_t at = 0; at <= text.size();) {
+        const auto end = std::min(text.find('.', at), text.size());
+        const auto number = text.substr(at, end - at);
+        if (number.empty() || number.size() > 9 || !std::all_of(number.begin(), number.end(), [](char c) { return c >= '0' && c <= '9'; }))
+            return false;
+        ++numbers;
+        at = end + 1;
+    }
+    return numbers == 3;
+}
+} // namespace
+bool valid_map_package(std::string_view package) noexcept {
+    if (package.empty()) return true;
+    if (package.size() > max_map_package) return false;
+    const auto first = package.find('-');
+    if (first == std::string_view::npos) return false;
+    const auto rest = package.substr(first + 1);
+    const auto second = rest.find('-');
+    if (!package_word(package.substr(0, first)) || !package_word(rest.substr(0, second))) return false;
+    return second == std::string_view::npos || package_version(rest.substr(second + 1));
+}
+std::string map_package_name(std::string_view folder, std::string_view version) {
+    const auto dash = folder.find('-');
+    if (dash == std::string_view::npos || !package_word(folder.substr(0, dash))) return {};
+    // "Owner-Name", or "Owner-Name-1.2.3": what a package's zip unpacks to when it is not
+    // installed by the launcher, as on a server. The manifest's version is the one believed.
+    auto rest = folder.substr(dash + 1);
+    std::string_view named;
+    if (const auto second = rest.find('-'); second != std::string_view::npos) {
+        named = rest.substr(second + 1);
+        rest = rest.substr(0, second);
+        if (!package_version(named)) return {};
+    }
+    if (!package_word(rest)) return {};
+    std::string name(folder.substr(0, dash + 1 + rest.size()));
+    if (package_version(version)) name += '-' + std::string(version);
+    else if (!named.empty()) name += '-' + std::string(named);
+    return name.size() <= max_map_package ? name : std::string();
+}
 bool valid_map_pool(std::span<const std::uint16_t> pool, std::size_t maps) noexcept {
     if (pool.size() > maps) return false;
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < pool.size(); ++i)
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.h b/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.h
index ef6d92c..69b2eea 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.h
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Net/protocol.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace dingosdk::multiplayer {
 constexpr std::size_t max_skater_bones = 512, max_board_bones = 64;
 constexpr std::size_t max_packet = 24576;
 constexpr std::size_t packet_header_size = 64;
-constexpr std::uint16_t protocol_version = 46;
+constexpr std::uint16_t protocol_version = 47;
 // A dedicated server's chat lines unless its owner says otherwise: violet (#8E5CFF) and lavender (#D9C8FF).
 inline constexpr std::uint32_t default_server_chat_badge = 0xffff5c8eU, default_server_chat_text = 0xffffc8d9U;
 constexpr std::size_t max_throwdown_message = 4096;
@@ -161,6 +161,20 @@ constexpr std::size_t max_server_maps = 128, max_map_asset = 128;
 bool valid_map_asset(std::string_view asset) noexcept;
 bool valid_map_pool(std::span<const std::uint16_t> pool, std::size_t maps) noexcept; // distinct indices below `maps`
 bool valid_map_label(std::string_view label) noexcept; // empty, or a name like a member's
+// How long a host goes on waiting for a player who says they are fetching the map
+// (Packet::map_fetching), from the first time they say so: a large map on a slow line. Past
+// it they are held to the time a load takes again.
+inline constexpr std::uint64_t map_fetch_limit_us = 45ull * 60 * 1000000;
+// The Thunderstore package a map comes from, so a player without it can be offered it:
+// "Owner-Name", or "Owner-Name-1.2.3" when the host knows its version. Empty for the game's own
+// maps and for a map mod that is not from Thunderstore.
+inline constexpr std::size_t max_map_package = 96;
+bool valid_map_package(std::string_view package) noexcept;
+// That name for a mod folder and the version its manifest gives; empty when the folder is not
+// named as a package: "Owner-Name", as the launcher installs one, or "Owner-Name-1.2.3", as its
+// zip unpacks by hand. The manifest's version comes before the folder's; one that is not three
+// numbers is left off.
+std::string map_package_name(std::string_view folder, std::string_view version);
 struct Transform {
     std::array<float, 3> position{};
     std::array<float, 4> rotation{0, 0, 0, 1};
@@ -201,6 +215,9 @@ struct Packet {
     std::string destination;
     bool map_authorized{};
     bool world_ready{};
+    // map_request, world_ready: the player does not have the map and is downloading it
+    // (never with world_ready). A host gives such a player longer than a load takes.
+    bool map_fetching{};
     Pose pose;
     std::uint32_t pose_interval_us = 50000;
     // pose: the sender has the game's party collision on (the top bit of the pose's rate field)
@@ -257,6 +274,7 @@ struct Packet {
     std::vector<std::uint16_t> map_pool;      // maps: the pool as indices into `maps`, rotation order (empty: every map)
     std::uint16_t map_rotation{};             // maps: minutes per map (0: off)
     std::string map_label;                    // map_offer, world_state: the map's name for people (may be empty)
+    std::string map_package;                  // map_offer, world_state: valid_map_package (may be empty)
     std::vector<std::uint8_t> throwdown;      // throwdown: one encoded message (1..max_throwdown_message bytes)
     std::array<float, 3> teleport{};          // teleport: where the receiver goes (world position)
     std::vector<std::uint8_t> tuning;         // physics_tuning: 0..max_physics_tuning bytes
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.cpp b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.cpp
index ea44872..2482c38 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ void stop(Session &s, std::string reason) {
     s.join_started = s.last_map_request = s.last_map_load_check = 0;
     s.join_destination.clear();
     s.map_label.clear();
+    s.map_package.clear();
+    s.fetching_since = 0;
+    fetching_map_flag.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     s.world = 1;
     s.travelling = false;
     s.host_world_ready = true;
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ void clear_world(Session &s, std::uint64_t now) {
         peer.password_challenge = challenge;
         peer.world_ready = false;
         peer.travel_since = admitted ? now : 0;
+        peer.fetching_since = 0;
         peer.last_packet = now;
     }
     reset_audio();
@@ -688,6 +692,9 @@ MultiplayerModel model() {
     return s.view;
 }
 std::string take_leave_notice() { return std::exchange(session().leave_notice, {}); }
+std::optional<MapNeed> take_map_need() { return std::exchange(session().map_need, std::nullopt); }
+void set_map_package_lookup(MapPackageLookup lookup) noexcept { map_package_lookup.store(lookup, std::memory_order_relaxed); }
+bool fetching_map() noexcept { return fetching_map_flag.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); }
 MultiplayerChat chat() {
     auto &s = session();
     std::lock_guard lock(s.mutex);
@@ -756,7 +763,8 @@ bool observe_local_world(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::string_view
 bool prepare_join_map(Session &s, bool ready, std::string_view current, MapLoader loader, std::uint64_t now) {
     if (!s.awaiting_map)
         return true;
-    if (now - s.join_started > 180000000) {
+    // (While the map is being fetched the clock is held: see below.)
+    if (!s.fetching_since && now - s.join_started > 180000000) {
         stop(s, "Joining timed out while waiting for the host's map to load.");
         return false;
     }
@@ -768,6 +776,8 @@ bool prepare_join_map(Session &s, bool ready, std::string_view current, MapLoade
             return false;
         }
         s.awaiting_map = false;
+        s.fetching_since = 0;
+        fetching_map_flag.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
         s.last_hello = 0;
         s.status = s.travelling ? "Your map is ready. Waiting for the host..." : "Host map ready. Joining the session...";
         return true;
@@ -783,8 +793,31 @@ bool prepare_join_map(Session &s, bool ready, std::string_view current, MapLoade
         if (result == MapLoadResult::missing) {
             const auto name = s.map_label.empty() ? world_level_name(world_destination_asset(s.join_destination)) : s.map_label;
             const char *who = dedicated_host(s) ? "server" : "host";
-            s.leave_notice = (s.travelling ? std::string("The ") + who + " moved to " : std::string("The ") + who + " is on ") +
-                             name + ", which is not installed on this PC. Install its map mod and join again.";
+            const auto where = (s.travelling ? std::string("The ") + who + " moved to " : std::string("The ") + who + " is on ") + name;
+            // A map the host named the package of can be downloaded (take_map_need). The
+            // session waits for it: the host is told the map is being fetched and gives that
+            // far longer than a load, and the map is tried again here until it is installed,
+            // when it loads like any other. The wait has an end of its own.
+            if (!s.map_package.empty()) {
+                if (!s.fetching_since) {
+                    s.fetching_since = now;
+                    fetching_map_flag.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+                    s.map_need = MapNeed{s.map_package, name, dedicated_host(s), s.travelling};
+                    s.rejoin = Session::Rejoin{{s.host_id, s.secret}, s.password};
+                    s.last_map_request = s.last_world_ready = 0;   // say so at once
+                }
+                if (now - s.fetching_since > map_fetch_limit_us) {
+                    s.leave_notice = where + ", which did not finish downloading in time. Install its map mod and join again.";
+                    stop(s, s.leave_notice);
+                    return false;
+                }
+                // The time a load gets starts when the map is here.
+                s.join_started = now;
+                if (s.travelling) s.travel_started = now;
+                s.status = "Waiting for " + name + " to download...";
+                return false;
+            }
+            s.leave_notice = where + ", which is not installed on this PC. Install its map mod and join again.";
             stop(s, s.leave_notice);
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.h b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.h
index b247fa7..0181f7f 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.h
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "Engine/Game/Multiplayer/session_model.h"
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <optional>
 #include <string>
 
 namespace dingosdk::multiplayer {
@@ -22,6 +23,26 @@ void tick(std::uintptr_t base, std::uintptr_t client, bool gameplay_ready, std::
           MapLoader loader = nullptr);
 MultiplayerModel model();
 std::string take_leave_notice(); // why the session just ended over a missing map, once; client thread
+// The same map when the host said which Thunderstore package it is from, so it can be offered
+// for download instead (Extension/Assets/map_download.h): the session does not end. It tells
+// the host the map is being fetched, which is given much longer than a load, and goes on
+// trying the map, so it loads as soon as it is installed. Once per map; client thread.
+// The downloader ends the session (queue_command "stop") when the player says no or the map
+// cannot be had. Should the session end meanwhile for another reason,
+// queue_command("rejoin", "", "") goes back to it, with the password it was joined with.
+struct MapNeed {
+    std::string package; // protocol.h: valid_map_package, never empty
+    std::string map;     // its name for people
+    bool server{};       // a dedicated server's map, not a player's lobby
+    bool moved{};        // the session changed to this map with the player in it (else: joining)
+};
+std::optional<MapNeed> take_map_need();
+// Whether a session is waiting on a map being fetched right now. Thread-safe.
+bool fetching_map() noexcept;
+// How a host learns the package of the map it is on, to tell its guests: the level's asset in,
+// the package (or nothing) out. Called on the client thread, often; it should be quick.
+using MapPackageLookup = std::string (*)(std::string_view asset);
+void set_map_package_lookup(MapPackageLookup lookup) noexcept;
 // The session's chat lines for the overlay. Thread-safe and cheap: callable every frame.
 MultiplayerChat chat();
 } // namespace dingosdk::multiplayer
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_commands.cpp b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_commands.cpp
index b69df1a..2507ae8 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_commands.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_commands.cpp
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ bool own_mark_command(std::string_view action) {
 } // namespace
 bool queue_command(std::string_view action, std::string_view argument, std::string_view password) {
     if (launcher::offline_mode() && !own_mark_command(action)) return false;
-    if ((action != "host" && action != "host-config" && action != "join" && action != "join-lobby" && action != "join-friend-lobby" && action != "stop" &&
+    if ((action != "host" && action != "host-config" && action != "join" && action != "rejoin" && action != "join-lobby" && action != "join-friend-lobby" && action != "stop" &&
          action != "distances" && action != "object-placement" && action != "object-limit" && action != "kick" && action != "clear-objects" &&
          action != "nametags" && action != "chat-visible" && action != "chat-filter" &&
          action != "nametag-distance" && action != "nametag-dots" && action != "nametags-friends" && action != "player-distance" && action != "direct-connections" && action != "pose-dump" && action != "vote" && action != "voice-chat" &&
@@ -922,8 +922,17 @@ std::string command(std::string_view action, std::string_view argument, std::str
             publish(s);
             return s.status;
         }
-        if (action != "host" && action != "join" && action != "echo")
+        // "rejoin": back to the session a missing map ended, once the map is installed
+        // (session.h: take_map_need), with the password that session was joined with.
+        std::optional<Session::Rejoin> rejoin;
+        if (action == "rejoin") {
+            rejoin = std::exchange(s.rejoin, std::nullopt);
+            if (!rejoin) return "There is no session to go back to.";
+        }
+        if (action != "host" && action != "join" && action != "echo" && !rejoin)
             return "Unknown multiplayer action.";
+        s.rejoin.reset();
+        s.map_need.reset();
         unsigned capacity = multiplayer_lobby_player_limit;
         unsigned tps = multiplayer_default_tps;
         std::string_view lobby_name;
@@ -971,8 +980,9 @@ std::string command(std::string_view action, std::string_view argument, std::str
                 return refuse("That lobby name contains blocked words. Choose another one.");
         }
         std::optional<Invite> invitation;
-        if (action == "join") {
-            invitation = parse_invite(argument);
+        if (rejoin) invitation = rejoin->invite;
+        if (action == "join" || rejoin) {
+            if (!rejoin) invitation = parse_invite(argument);
             if (!invitation)
                 return refuse("Invalid join code. Paste the complete SteamID-session code from the host.");
             if (blocked_server(invitation->steam_id)) return refuse(std::string(blocked_server_notice));
@@ -985,7 +995,7 @@ std::string command(std::string_view action, std::string_view argument, std::str
         s.epoch = nonce();
         s.secret = invitation ? invitation->secret : nonce();
         if (action != "echo")
-            s.password = password_key(input.password, s.secret);
+            s.password = rejoin ? rejoin->password : password_key(input.password, s.secret);
         if (action == "echo") {
             s.mode = Mode::echo;
             s.peers[0].member = {1, s.epoch, "Local Echo"};
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_internal.h b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_internal.h
index e04ecad..56accf0 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_internal.h
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_internal.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "Extension/Multiplayer/Net/pose_batch.h"
 #include "Extension/Multiplayer/Net/sound_codec.h"
 #include "password.h"
+#include "Engine/Game/World/world_names.h"
 #include "client_timing.h"
 #include "monotonic_clock.h"
 #include <atomic>
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ struct Peer {
     std::uint64_t last_map_offer{};
     bool world_ready = true;
     std::uint64_t travel_since{};
+    std::uint64_t fetching_since{}; // a guest's: when they first said they are fetching the map (0: never, this world)
     std::uint32_t ready_sequence{};
     std::uint64_t next_dial{}, last_direct_hello{}, last_direct_pose{}, route_reported{};
     std::uint32_t route_sequence{};
@@ -242,6 +244,17 @@ struct Session {
     std::vector<std::string> server_map_pool; // admins: the pool's assets in rotation order (empty: every map)
     unsigned server_map_rotation{};           // minutes per map (0: off)
     std::string map_label;                    // the host's name for join_destination (may be empty)
+    std::string map_package;                  // the Thunderstore package it is from (may be empty)
+    // The map is not installed and is being fetched (take_map_need): since when, 0 for not.
+    // The host is told with what is sent while waiting (Packet::map_fetching).
+    std::uint64_t fetching_since{};
+    std::optional<MapNeed> map_need;          // take_map_need()
+    // The session a missing map ended, for "rejoin": who hosted it and the password key it was joined with.
+    struct Rejoin {
+        Invite invite;
+        std::optional<PasswordKey> password;
+    };
+    std::optional<Rejoin> rejoin;
     std::string leave_notice;                 // take_leave_notice()
     std::uint64_t joined_public_lobby{};
     std::array<Peer, max_remote_players> peers;
@@ -440,6 +453,29 @@ std::string cast_server_vote(Session &s, bool yes);
 std::string answer_server_poll(Session &s, std::size_t answer);
 // Whether a vote the local player may answer is running: read by the game thread for the binds.
 inline std::atomic<bool> server_vote_open_flag{};
+inline std::atomic<MapPackageLookup> map_package_lookup{};
+inline std::atomic<bool> fetching_map_flag{};
+// A guest without the map is downloading it: the clock they are loading against starts over
+// each time they say so, for as long as map_fetch_limit_us from the first time.
+inline void guest_fetching(Peer &peer, std::uint64_t now) {
+    // (Only for a guest who is past the password.)
+    if (!peer.handshaken && !peer.map_authorized) return;
+    if (!peer.fetching_since) peer.fetching_since = now;
+    if (now - peer.fetching_since > map_fetch_limit_us) return;
+    if (!peer.handshaken) peer.connected_at = now;
+    else if (peer.travel_since) peer.travel_since = now;
+}
+// The package of the map a host is on, for its map offers and world states.
+inline std::string host_map_package(std::string_view destination) {
+    const auto lookup = map_package_lookup.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    if (!lookup || destination.empty()) return {};
+    try {
+        auto package = lookup(world_destination_asset(destination));
+        return valid_map_package(package) ? package : std::string();
+    } catch (...) {
+        return {};
+    }
+}
 inline std::atomic<unsigned> server_poll_answers_flag{};
 // "/p <message>" in a lobby: one line for the local player's party only, relayed by the host.
 std::string send_party_chat(Session &s, std::string_view typed);
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_receive.cpp b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_receive.cpp
index 17f1ef7..4962cfa 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_receive.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_receive.cpp
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
         (s.awaiting_map || !local.ready) && now - s.last_map_request >= 1000000) {
         auto request = packet(s, PacketKind::map_request, now);
         request.map = s.join_destination.empty() ? 0 : map_hash(s.join_destination);
+        request.map_fetching = s.fetching_since != 0;
         if (s.password && host->password_challenge && request.map) {
             request.challenge = host->password_challenge;
             request.proof = password_proof(*s.password, s.secret, request.map, s.host_id, request.source,
@@ -611,6 +612,9 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
                 s.join_destination.clear();
                 s.map_name.clear();
                 s.map_label.clear();
+                s.map_package.clear();
+                s.fetching_since = 0;
+                fetching_map_flag.store(false, std::memory_order_relaxed);
                 s.map = 0;
                 s.map_load_submitted = false;
                 s.last_map_load_check = 0;
@@ -623,6 +627,7 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
             if (!p.destination.empty()) {
                 s.join_destination = s.map_name = p.destination;
                 s.map_label = p.map_label;
+                s.map_package = p.map_package;
                 s.map = p.map;
             }
             s.host_world_ready = p.world_ready;
@@ -645,6 +650,7 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
                 continue;
             link->ready_sequence = p.sequence;
             link->last_packet = now;
+            if (p.map_fetching) guest_fetching(*link, now);
             const bool arrived = p.world_ready && !link->world_ready;
             link->world_ready = p.world_ready;
             if (p.world_ready) link->travel_since = 0;
@@ -671,6 +677,7 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
                 disconnect(s, message.peer, "The host changed maps while you were joining. Join again.");
                 continue;
             }
+            if (p.map_fetching) guest_fetching(*link, now);
             link->member.epoch = p.epoch;
             bool authorized = !s.password;
             if (s.password) {
@@ -691,6 +698,7 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
             if (newly_authorized || !link->last_map_offer || now - link->last_map_offer >= 1000000) {
                 auto offer = packet(s, PacketKind::map_offer, now);
                 offer.destination = s.map_name;
+                offer.map_package = host_map_package(s.map_name);
                 offer.challenge = link->password_challenge;
                 offer.map_authorized = authorized;
                 send_required(s, message.peer, encode_wire(offer));
@@ -722,6 +730,7 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
             link->map_authorized |= p.map_authorized;
             s.join_destination = p.destination;
             s.map_label = p.map_label;
+            s.map_package = p.map_package;
             s.world = p.world;
             s.join_map_authorized |= p.map_authorized;
             if (new_challenge)
@@ -1108,6 +1117,7 @@ void networking(Session &s, const NativeFrame &local, std::uint64_t now) {
         if (const auto *host_peer = find_peer(s, s.host_id); host_peer && host_peer->handshaken) {
             auto ready = packet(s, PacketKind::world_ready, now);
             ready.world_ready = local.ready && !s.awaiting_map;
+            ready.map_fetching = !ready.world_ready && s.fetching_since != 0;
             send_required(s, s.host_id, encode_wire(ready));
             s.last_world_ready = now;
         }
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_send.cpp b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_send.cpp
index 2fb5384..c030866 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_send.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_send.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ void disconnect(Session &s, std::uint64_t id, const std::string &reason) {
             s.roster_dirty |= s.peers[i].handshaken;
             // Never admitted: it held a player slot meanwhile. An ID that keeps failing waits
             // longer each time before its connection is taken again.
-            if (s.mode == Mode::host && !s.peers[i].handshaken) {
+            // Not one that was let in and left while fetching the map (they turned the download
+            // down, or stopped it): that is no failed attempt.
+            if (s.mode == Mode::host && !s.peers[i].handshaken && s.peers[i].map_authorized && s.peers[i].fetching_since) {
+                logging::log(logging::Level::info, logging::Channel::runtime, "Multiplayer: {} left without the map ({}).", id, reason);
+            } else if (s.mode == Mode::host && !s.peers[i].handshaken) {
                 const auto failures = s.join_backoff.failed(id, s.network_now);
                 logging::log(logging::Level::info, logging::Channel::runtime,
                              "Multiplayer: {} did not finish joining ({}), attempt {}.", id, reason, failures);
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ void send_required(Session &s, std::uint64_t id, const std::vector<std::uint8_t>
 void send_world_state(Session &s, std::uint64_t now) {
     auto state = packet(s, PacketKind::world_state, now);
     state.destination = s.map_name;
+    state.map_package = host_map_package(s.map_name);
     state.world_ready = s.host_world_ready;
     const auto bytes = encode_wire(state);
     for (const auto &peer : active_peers(s))
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_view.cpp b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_view.cpp
index 42a915c..4bde69e 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_view.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Session/session_view.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ void publish(Session &s, const NativeFrame *local) {
     view.direct_upload_limit = s.direct_upload.limit;
     view.active = s.mode != Mode::off;
     view.hosting = s.mode == Mode::host;
+    view.map_fetching = s.fetching_since != 0;
     view.echo = s.mode == Mode::echo;
     view.local_id = t.local_id;
     view.local_name = s.mode != Mode::off ? s.transport.name(t.local_id) : steam_social_snapshot()->local.name;
diff --git a/Extension/Multiplayer/Test/protocol_tests.cpp b/Extension/Multiplayer/Test/protocol_tests.cpp
index 0d55f70..6db4e8b 100644
--- a/Extension/Multiplayer/Test/protocol_tests.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Multiplayer/Test/protocol_tests.cpp
@@ -1043,6 +1043,66 @@ void dedicated_server_codec() {
     auto unnamed = changed_map;
     unnamed.map_label.assign(max_member_name + 1, 'a');
     check(reject(unnamed), "An overlong map name encoded");
+    // The Thunderstore package a map is from, beside its name.
+    check(arrived && arrived->map_package.empty(), "A map with no package arrived with one");
+    auto packaged = changed_map;
+    packaged.map_package = "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza-2.0.0";
+    const auto with_package = decode_wire(encode_wire(packaged));
+    check(with_package && with_package->map_package == packaged.map_package && with_package->map_label == "Momentum Park",
+          "The map's package lost from a map change");
+    auto offered = packaged;
+    offered.kind = PacketKind::map_offer;
+    offered.map_package = "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza";
+    const auto offer_arrived = decode_wire(encode_wire(offered));
+    check(offer_arrived && offer_arrived->map_package == "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza" && offer_arrived->destination == offered.destination,
+          "The map's package lost from a map offer");
+    for (const char *bad : {"Sandos", "Sandos-", "-Plaza", "San dos-Plaza", "Sandos-Plaza-2.0", "Sandos-Plaza-2.0.0.1", "../x-y",
+                            "Sandos-Pla/za", "Sandos-Plaza-1.2.3-4", "https://thunderstore.io/x-y"}) {
+        auto wrong = packaged;
+        wrong.map_package = bad;
+        check(reject(wrong) && !valid_map_package(bad), "A map package that is not one encoded");
+    }
+    auto long_package = packaged;
+    long_package.map_package = std::string(60, 'a') + "-" + std::string(60, 'b');
+    check(reject(long_package), "An overlong map package encoded");
+    check(valid_map_package("") && valid_map_package("A_1-b_2") && valid_map_package("A-B-10.20.30"), "A map package refused");
+    {
+        // A player fetching the map says so on what they already send while they wait.
+        Packet waiting;
+        waiting.kind = PacketKind::world_ready; waiting.session = 9; waiting.epoch = 10; waiting.source = server + 1; waiting.world = 2;
+        waiting.map = changed_map.map;
+        waiting.map_fetching = true;
+        const auto heard = decode_wire(encode_wire(waiting));
+        check(heard && heard->map_fetching && !heard->world_ready, "A map fetch notice lost from a readiness message");
+        waiting.map_fetching = false;
+        const auto plain = decode_wire(encode_wire(waiting));
+        check(plain && !plain->map_fetching && !plain->world_ready, "A readiness message gained a map fetch notice");
+        waiting.world_ready = true;
+        const auto ready = decode_wire(encode_wire(waiting));
+        check(ready && ready->world_ready && !ready->map_fetching, "Readiness lost");
+        waiting.map_fetching = true;
+        check(reject(waiting), "Ready and fetching at once encoded");
+        Packet asking;
+        asking.kind = PacketKind::map_request; asking.session = 9; asking.epoch = 10; asking.source = server + 1; asking.world = 1;
+        asking.map = changed_map.map;
+        asking.map_fetching = true;
+        const auto requested = decode_wire(encode_wire(asking));
+        check(requested && requested->map_fetching, "A map fetch notice lost from a map request");
+        asking.map_fetching = false;
+        const auto quiet = decode_wire(encode_wire(asking));
+        check(quiet && !quiet->map_fetching, "A map request gained a map fetch notice");
+        auto elsewhere = changed_map;
+        elsewhere.map_fetching = true;
+        check(reject(elsewhere), "A map fetch notice on a map change encoded");
+    }
+    check(map_package_name("Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza", "2.0.0") == "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza-2.0.0" &&
+          map_package_name("Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza", "") == "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza" &&
+          map_package_name("Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza", "two") == "Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza" &&
+          map_package_name("My Map", "1.0.0").empty() && map_package_name("bbcity", "1.0.0").empty() &&
+          map_package_name("Realeza-CODOL_RUST_2_LONG-1.0.0", "") == "Realeza-CODOL_RUST_2_LONG-1.0.0" &&
+          map_package_name("Realeza-CODOL_RUST_2_LONG-1.0.0", "1.2.0") == "Realeza-CODOL_RUST_2_LONG-1.2.0" &&
+          map_package_name("Team-Map-latest", "1.0.0").empty() && map_package_name("Team-Map-1.0.0-x", "").empty(),
+          "A mod folder named as a package, or not");
     auto stray = maps;
     stray.map_pool = {2};
     check(reject(stray), "A map pool entry past the map list encoded");
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/hub_page.cpp b/Extension/UI/Overlay/hub_page.cpp
index 7bddbe2..dc7aca9 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/hub_page.cpp
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/hub_page.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ struct Hub {
     std::array<bool, 8> keys_before{};
     ULONGLONG repeat_at{};
     std::string notice;
+    std::string joining_name; // the session a join was asked for from this page, for its card
+    // A join followed to its end, so one that did not get in can say why (failed_page).
+    // join_asked: when one was asked for here and has not shown in the model yet (GetTickCount64).
+    bool join_seen{}, join_fetching{}, join_cancelled{};
+    ULONGLONG join_asked{};
+    std::string failed, failed_name; // why the last join did not get in, and where to; empty: nothing to say
     ULONGLONG notice_until{};
 };
 Hub &hub() {
@@ -187,6 +193,12 @@ bool send(Hub &h, const char *action, const std::string &argument = {}, const st
     say(h, "Couldn't do that just now. Try again.");
     return false;
 }
+// A join was asked for from this page.
+void asked_join(Hub &h) {
+    h.join_asked = GetTickCount64();
+    h.join_cancelled = false;
+    h.failed.clear();
+}
 void wipe(std::string &secret) {
     SecureZeroMemory(secret.data(), secret.size());
     secret.clear();
@@ -355,7 +367,9 @@ void join(Hub &h, const Row &row) {
         return say(h, "Enter the password, then join.");
     }
     if (send(h, "join-lobby", std::to_string(row.lobby->id), row.lobby->password_required ? h.password : std::string())) {
-        say(h, "Joining " + view::caption(row.lobby->name, 40) + "...");
+        h.joining_name = view::caption(row.lobby->name, 40);
+        asked_join(h);
+        say(h, "Joining " + h.joining_name + "...");
         wipe(h.password);
     }
 }
@@ -519,7 +533,7 @@ void browser_page(Ui &ui, ImVec2 a, ImVec2 z) {
         const bool idle = !mp.active && !mp.lobby_joining;
         go |= button(ui, hash("join-code"), ImVec2(left, y), ImVec2(edge, y + tall), mp.lobby_joining ? "JOINING..." : idle ? "JOIN" : "LEAVE YOUR SESSION FIRST",
                      Look::sticky, idle && !h.code.empty());
-        if (go && idle && !h.code.empty() && send(h, "join", h.code, h.code_password)) say(h, "Joining..."), wipe(h.code_password);
+        if (go && idle && !h.code.empty() && send(h, "join", h.code, h.code_password)) h.joining_name.clear(), asked_join(h), say(h, "Joining..."), wipe(h.code_password);
         y += tall + 20 * u;
         label(draw, ui.body, 30 * u, ImVec2(left, y), edge, theme::muted, view::caption(!h.notice.empty() ? h.notice : mp.status, 96));
         if (button(ui, hash("code-back"), foot, ImVec2(edge, foot.y + 84 * u), "BACK TO THE LIST", Look::plain)) h.code_mode = false, h.focus_next = hash("code-open");
@@ -807,6 +821,65 @@ void voice_page(Ui &ui, ImVec2 a, ImVec2 z) {
           !h.notice.empty() ? h.notice : mp.voice.transmitting ? std::string("MICROPHONE TRANSMITTING") : mp.voice.status);
 }
 
+// A join under way, as a card over the middle of the page (which is dimmed behind it): where
+// to, what is happening, and the way out.
+void connecting_page(Ui &ui, ImVec2 a, ImVec2 z) {
+    auto &h = ui.h;
+    const auto &mp = ui.mp;
+    const float u = ui.u, width = 1500 * u, inset = 48 * u, tall = 100 * u;
+    const float height = inset + 28 * u + 30 * u + 64 * u + 30 * u + 34 * u + 40 * u + 14 * u + 44 * u + tall + inset;
+    const ImVec2 p(a.x + (z.x - a.x - width) * .5f, a.y + std::max(0.f, (z.y - a.y - height) * .4f)), q(p.x + width, p.y + height);
+    auto *draw = ui.draw;
+    draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(0, 0), ImGui::GetIO().DisplaySize, IM_COL32(0, 0, 0, 150));
+    skate_theme::rough_rect(draw, p, q, IM_COL32(26, 26, 26, 252), 0x4c0, u * 2);
+    const float left = p.x + inset, edge = q.x - inset;
+    float y = p.y + inset;
+    draw->AddText(ui.bold, 28 * u, ImVec2(left, y), theme::blue, "CONNECTING");
+    y += 28 * u + 30 * u;
+    const auto name = !h.joining_name.empty() ? h.joining_name : !mp.lobby_name.empty() ? view::caption(mp.lobby_name, 40) : std::string("Joining the session");
+    label(draw, ui.heading, 64 * u, ImVec2(left, y), edge, theme::paper, name);
+    y += 64 * u + 30 * u;
+    label(draw, ui.body, 34 * u, ImVec2(left, y), edge, theme::muted, view::caption(mp.status.empty() ? std::string("Connecting...") : mp.status, 100));
+    y += 34 * u + 40 * u;
+    // Not a measure of anything: a block going back and forth while it is under way.
+    draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(left, y), ImVec2(edge, y + 14 * u), skate_theme::tile_light, 4 * u);
+    const float at = static_cast<float>(std::fmod(ImGui::GetTime(), 2.0)), span = edge - left;
+    const float where = (at < 1.f ? at : 2.f - at) * span * .75f;
+    draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(left + where, y), ImVec2(left + where + span * .25f, y + 14 * u), theme::blue, 4 * u);
+    y += 14 * u + 44 * u;
+    const auto cancel = hash("join-cancel");
+    if (button(ui, cancel, ImVec2(left, y), ImVec2(edge, y + tall), "CANCEL", Look::plain) && send(h, "stop")) h.join_cancelled = true, say(h, "Cancelled.");
+    if (!h.focus) h.focus_next = cancel;
+}
+
+// A join that did not get in, in the connecting card's place: where to, why, and a button that
+// puts it away.
+void failed_page(Ui &ui, ImVec2 a, ImVec2 z) {
+    auto &h = ui.h;
+    const float u = ui.u, width = 1500 * u, inset = 48 * u, tall = 100 * u, size = 34 * u;
+    const float column = width - inset * 2;
+    const auto reason = view::caption(h.failed, 400);
+    const float lines = std::min(ui.body->CalcTextSizeA(size, FLT_MAX, column, reason.c_str()).y, size * 6.2f);
+    const float height = inset + 28 * u + 30 * u + 64 * u + 30 * u + lines + 44 * u + tall + inset;
+    const ImVec2 p(a.x + (z.x - a.x - width) * .5f, a.y + std::max(0.f, (z.y - a.y - height) * .4f)), q(p.x + width, p.y + height);
+    auto *draw = ui.draw;
+    draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(0, 0), ImGui::GetIO().DisplaySize, IM_COL32(0, 0, 0, 150));
+    skate_theme::rough_rect(draw, p, q, IM_COL32(26, 26, 26, 252), 0x4c0, u * 2);
+    const float left = p.x + inset, edge = q.x - inset;
+    float y = p.y + inset;
+    draw->AddText(ui.bold, 28 * u, ImVec2(left, y), skate_theme::danger, "COULDN'T CONNECT");
+    y += 28 * u + 30 * u;
+    label(draw, ui.heading, 64 * u, ImVec2(left, y), edge, theme::paper, h.failed_name.empty() ? std::string("The session") : h.failed_name);
+    y += 64 * u + 30 * u;
+    draw->PushClipRect(ImVec2(left, y), ImVec2(edge, y + lines), true);
+    draw->AddText(ui.body, size, ImVec2(left, y), theme::muted, reason.c_str(), nullptr, column);
+    draw->PopClipRect();
+    y += lines + 44 * u;
+    const auto ok = hash("join-failed-ok");
+    if (button(ui, ok, ImVec2(left, y), ImVec2(edge, y + tall), "OK", Look::plain)) h.failed.clear();
+    if (!h.focus) h.focus_next = ok;
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- Mod Options
 
 enum ToolsTab : int { official_tab, custom_tab, world_tab, parks_tab, player_tab, online_tab, visuals_tab, binds_tab };
@@ -1305,7 +1378,9 @@ void draw_hub_page() {
     const float lower = (down - layout_height) * .05f; // how far a taller window moves the page down
     const bool others = s.visible.load() || s.console_visible.load() || s.editor_visible.load() || s.chat_visible.load();
     Ui ui{h, ImGui::GetBackgroundDrawList(), s.menu.bold ? s.menu.bold : ImGui::GetFont(), s.menu.body ? s.menu.body : ImGui::GetFont(), nullptr, u, io.MousePos,
-          !others && game_window_foreground(s.window.load()), false, false, false, 0, h.model, {}};
+          // (A card that asks something over the page has the input while it asks.)
+          !others && !s.prompt_input_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) && game_window_foreground(s.window.load()),
+          false, false, false, 0, h.model, {}};
     ui.heading = s.menu.heading ? s.menu.heading : ui.bold;
     ui.clicked = ui.input && ImGui::IsMouseClicked(ImGuiMouseButton_Left);
     ui.doubled = ui.input && ImGui::IsMouseDoubleClicked(ImGuiMouseButton_Left);
@@ -1315,14 +1390,43 @@ void draw_hub_page() {
     if (h.rows_stale) rebuild(h);
     if (h.notice_until && GetTickCount64() >= h.notice_until) h.notice.clear(), h.notice_until = 0;
     // Going into a session shows it; leaving one goes back to the browser.
-    if (mp.active != h.was_active) {
-        h.was_active = mp.active;
-        h.tab = mp.active ? Tab::session : Tab::browser;
+    // In a session, as far as the tabs go: not one that is still waiting on a map being fetched,
+    // which the player may yet turn down.
+    const bool in_session = mp.active && !mp.lobby_joining && !mp.map_fetching;
+    // A join under way (connecting, the host's map loading): a card over the page says so until
+    // the player is in, or calls it off. A map that has to be fetched first has a card of its
+    // own (map_download_card.cpp), which takes this one's place.
+    const bool connecting = !mp.hosting && !mp.echo && mp.lobby_joining && !mp.map_fetching;
+    // A join is followed to its end. One that ends with the player not in, and not by their own
+    // choice (the card's CANCEL, or a map they were asked about: its card says its own piece),
+    // says why. One asked for here that never shows in the model was turned down at once.
+    if (!mp.hosting && !mp.echo && (mp.lobby_joining || mp.map_fetching)) {
+        if (!h.join_seen) h.failed.clear();
+        h.join_seen = true;
+        h.join_fetching = mp.map_fetching;
+        h.join_asked = 0;
+    } else if (mp.active) {
+        h.join_seen = h.join_cancelled = false;
+        h.join_asked = 0;
+    } else if (h.join_seen || (h.join_asked && GetTickCount64() - h.join_asked > 2000)) {
+        if (!h.join_cancelled && !(h.join_seen && h.join_fetching)) {
+            const bool said = !mp.status.empty() && mp.status != MultiplayerModel{}.status;
+            h.failed = said ? mp.status : std::string("The session did not answer. It may be full, closed or on another version of ReSkate.");
+            h.failed_name = !h.joining_name.empty() ? h.joining_name : view::caption(mp.lobby_name, 40);
+            h.notice.clear(), h.notice_until = 0;
+            h.focus = 0;
+        }
+        h.join_seen = h.join_cancelled = false;
+        h.join_asked = 0;
+    }
+    if (in_session != h.was_active) {
+        h.was_active = in_session;
+        h.tab = in_session ? Tab::session : Tab::browser;
         h.selected_player.clear();
     }
-    if ((h.tab == Tab::session || h.tab == Tab::voice) && !mp.active) h.tab = Tab::browser;
-    const bool runs_session = mp.active && (mp.hosting || mp.server_admin);
-    if (h.tab == Tab::settings && !runs_session) h.tab = mp.active ? Tab::session : Tab::browser;
+    if ((h.tab == Tab::session || h.tab == Tab::voice) && !in_session) h.tab = Tab::browser;
+    const bool runs_session = in_session && (mp.hosting || mp.server_admin);
+    if (h.tab == Tab::settings && !runs_session) h.tab = in_session ? Tab::session : Tab::browser;
 
     // ---- the controller and the keys, watched while the game has them
     if (ui.input) DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(&ui.pad, true);
@@ -1388,7 +1492,7 @@ void draw_hub_page() {
         } else {
             tabs = {{static_cast<int>(Tab::browser), "SERVER BROWSER"}, {static_cast<int>(Tab::host), "HOST LOBBY"}};
             // The session and its voice chat are only there in one.
-            if (mp.active) tabs.emplace_back(static_cast<int>(Tab::session), "CURRENT SESSION"), tabs.emplace_back(static_cast<int>(Tab::voice), "VOICE CHAT");
+            if (in_session) tabs.emplace_back(static_cast<int>(Tab::session), "CURRENT SESSION"), tabs.emplace_back(static_cast<int>(Tab::voice), "VOICE CHAT");
             // And its settings only for whoever runs it.
             if (runs_session) tabs.emplace_back(static_cast<int>(Tab::settings), "SESSION SETTINGS");
         }
@@ -1425,6 +1529,10 @@ void draw_hub_page() {
         if (!tools) h.tab = static_cast<Tab>(multiplayer_tab);
     }
 
+    // Under the connecting card the page is still drawn, to look at and not to use.
+    const bool page_input = ui.input, page_clicked = ui.clicked, page_doubled = ui.doubled;
+    const bool failed = !connecting && !h.failed.empty() && !in_session;
+    if ((connecting || failed) && !tools) ui.input = ui.clicked = ui.doubled = false;
     if (tools) tools_page(ui, a, z);
     else switch (h.tab) {
     case Tab::browser: browser_page(ui, a, z); break;
@@ -1433,6 +1541,12 @@ void draw_hub_page() {
     case Tab::voice: voice_page(ui, a, z); break;
     case Tab::settings: settings_page(ui, a, z); break;
     }
+    if ((connecting || failed) && !tools) {
+        ui.input = page_input, ui.clicked = page_clicked, ui.doubled = page_doubled;
+        h.items.clear();   // nothing of the page takes the focus: only the card's way out
+        if (connecting) connecting_page(ui, a, z);
+        else failed_page(ui, a, z);
+    }
     if (ui.input) h.pad_before = ui.pad.buttons;
     // A press that found nothing to land on is forgotten; the focus stays on a control that is
     // still there, or goes to the first one.
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.cpp b/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.cpp
index 1a91b04..6b815d1 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.cpp
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,20 @@ namespace dingosdk::overlay::detail {
 // Window messages do not cover the game's independently polled input devices.
 // Only the overlay's own Win32 backend and binding reader may bypass these gates.
 thread_local HRAWINPUT noted_raw_input = nullptr;
+namespace {
+std::atomic<unsigned> prompt_xinput{}, prompt_direct{}, prompt_hid{}, prompt_raw{};
+// A read the game made while a card held its input: counted, by the way it read.
+void note_prompt_read(std::atomic<unsigned>& count) {
+    if (!overlay_input_access && state().prompt_input_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) count.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+}
+PromptReads take_prompt_reads() noexcept {
+    return {prompt_xinput.exchange(0), 0, prompt_direct.exchange(0), prompt_hid.exchange(0), prompt_raw.exchange(0)};
+}
 bool block_polled_input() {
     const auto error = GetLastError();
-    const bool capture = !overlay_input_access && (owns_menu_cursor(state()) || state().freecam_controller_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
+    const bool capture = !overlay_input_access && (owns_menu_cursor(state()) || state().freecam_controller_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) ||
+                                                    state().prompt_input_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
     SetLastError(error);
     return capture;
 }
@@ -37,6 +48,10 @@ struct InputCaptureHooks {
     Hook register_raw;
     Hook async_key, key, keyboard, raw_data, raw_buffer, capture, release_capture, cursor, show_cursor, physical_cursor, cursor_position;
     std::array<Hook, 5> xinput_state, xinput_extended, xinput_keystroke;
+    // Hooks other programs put in front of those, hooked in turn (keep_xinput_capture_first).
+    static constexpr std::size_t front_slots = 8;
+    std::array<Hook, front_slots> xinput_front;
+    std::mutex front_mutex;
     Hook direct_create;
     std::array<Hook, 2> device_create;
     // Mouse/keyboard and A/W devices may have distinct implementations. Slots
@@ -182,6 +197,111 @@ BOOL WINAPI captured_close_handle(HANDLE file) {
     return original<decltype(&CloseHandle)>(h.close_handle)(file);
 }
 
+// Where the jump at an entry point goes, through any stubs on the way: the first address inside
+// a module, and that module. Null when the entry point is not hooked (or cannot be read).
+struct Landing { void* at{}; HMODULE module{}; };
+Landing hook_landing(void* entry) {
+    const auto self = GetCurrentProcess();
+    const auto read = [&](const void* at, void* out, std::size_t size) {
+        SIZE_T got{};
+        return ReadProcessMemory(self, at, out, size, &got) && got == size;
+    };
+    auto* at = static_cast<std::uint8_t*>(entry);
+    for (int hop = 0; hop < 8; ++hop) {
+        std::uint8_t code[16]{};
+        if (!read(at, code, sizeof(code))) return {};
+        std::uint8_t* next{};
+        if (code[0] == 0xe9) {
+            std::int32_t offset; std::memcpy(&offset, code + 1, 4);
+            next = at + 5 + offset;
+        } else if (code[0] == 0xff && code[1] == 0x25) {
+            std::int32_t offset; std::memcpy(&offset, code + 2, 4);
+            if (!read(at + 6 + offset, &next, sizeof(next))) return {};
+        } else if (code[0] == 0x48 && code[1] == 0xb8 && code[10] == 0xff && code[11] == 0xe0) {
+            std::memcpy(&next, code + 2, 8);
+        } else return {};
+        at = next;
+        HMODULE module{};
+        if (GetModuleHandleExW(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT,
+                               reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>(at), &module) && module) return {at, module};
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+HMODULE module_of(const void* address) {
+    HMODULE module{};
+    GetModuleHandleExW(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT,
+                       reinterpret_cast<LPCWSTR>(address), &module);
+    return module;
+}
+std::string module_name(HMODULE module) {
+    wchar_t path[MAX_PATH]{};
+    GetModuleFileNameW(module, path, MAX_PATH);
+    const wchar_t* name = path;
+    for (const wchar_t* c = path; *c; ++c) if (*c == L'\\') name = c + 1;
+    std::string text;
+    for (; *name; ++name) text += static_cast<char>(*name);
+    return text;
+}
+std::string xinput_entry_owners() {
+    std::string text;
+    const auto& h = input_hooks();
+    const auto owner = [](void* entry) {
+        const auto landing = hook_landing(entry);
+        return landing.module ? module_name(landing.module) : std::string("not hooked");
+    };
+    constexpr std::array names{"xinput1_4", "xinput1_3", "xinput9_1_0", "xinput1_2", "xinput1_1"};
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < names.size(); ++i) {
+        if (h.xinput_state[i].target) text += (text.empty() ? "" : ", ") + std::string(names[i]) + " " + owner(h.xinput_state[i].target);
+        if (h.xinput_extended[i].target) text += (text.empty() ? "" : ", ") + std::string(names[i]) + " (extended) " + owner(h.xinput_extended[i].target);
+    }
+    return text.empty() ? "none" : text;
+}
+
+// Another program's hook on XInput that was put in front of the capture's own after it was
+// installed (Steam's overlay does, for Steam Input, and answers the game with its own pad
+// without going on to XInput): the capture then never sees the game's reads, and a menu that
+// holds the game's input does not hold its controller. That hook's own function is hooked
+// then, so the capture is in front of it again.
+template<std::size_t I>
+DWORD WINAPI captured_front(DWORD user, XINPUT_STATE* output) {
+    const bool capture = block_polled_input();
+    note_prompt_read(prompt_xinput);
+    DWORD result;
+    { // It may go on to XInput's own entry point, which is hooked as well.
+        OverlayInputAccess access;
+        result = original<DWORD(WINAPI*)(DWORD, XINPUT_STATE*)>(input_hooks().xinput_front[I])(user, output);
+    }
+    if (result == ERROR_SUCCESS && output && capture) {
+        output->Gamepad = {};
+        output->dwPacketNumber ^= 0x80000000u;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+void keep_xinput_capture_first() {
+    auto& h = input_hooks();
+    static const HMODULE self = module_of(&keep_xinput_capture_first);
+    const auto detours = []<std::size_t... I>(std::index_sequence<I...>) {
+        return std::array{reinterpret_cast<void*>(captured_front<I>)...};
+    }(std::make_index_sequence<InputCaptureHooks::front_slots>{});
+    std::lock_guard lock(h.front_mutex);
+    const auto guard = [&](void* entry) {
+        if (!entry) return;
+        const auto landing = hook_landing(entry);
+        // Not hooked over, the capture's own, or a jump inside XInput itself.
+        if (!landing.at || landing.module == self || landing.module == module_of(entry)) return;
+        for (const auto& hook : h.xinput_front) if (hook.target == landing.at) return;
+        for (std::size_t slot = 0; slot < h.xinput_front.size(); ++slot) {
+            if (h.xinput_front[slot].target) continue;
+            const bool okay = install(h.xinput_front[slot], landing.at, detours[slot]);
+            logging::printf(okay ? logging::Level::info : logging::Level::warning, logging::Channel::input,
+                okay ? "XInput is answered by %s ahead of ReSkate: its reads are now held with the rest of the game's input."
+                     : "XInput is answered by %s ahead of ReSkate, and that could not be hooked: a controller may reach the game behind a menu.",
+                module_name(landing.module).c_str());
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < h.xinput_state.size(); ++i) guard(h.xinput_state[i].target), guard(h.xinput_extended[i].target);
+}
 SHORT WINAPI captured_async_key(int key) {
     const auto value = original<SHORT(WINAPI*)(int)>(input_hooks().async_key)(key);
     return block_polled_input() ? 0 : value;
@@ -299,6 +419,7 @@ UINT WINAPI captured_raw_buffer(PRAWINPUT data, PUINT size, UINT header_size) {
     const auto result = original<UINT(WINAPI*)(PRAWINPUT, PUINT, UINT)>(
         input_hooks().raw_buffer)(data, size, header_size);
     const bool capture = result != UINT(-1) && data && block_polled_input();
+    note_prompt_read(prompt_raw);
     if (result != UINT(-1) && data && header_size == sizeof(RAWINPUTHEADER)) {
         // Skate drains its mouse here; read the packets on the way past.
         // NEXTRAWINPUTBLOCK: records are 8-byte aligned on x64.
@@ -443,6 +564,7 @@ template<std::size_t I, bool Extended = false>
 DWORD WINAPI captured_xinput(DWORD user, XINPUT_STATE* output) {
     const auto& hook = Extended ? input_hooks().xinput_extended[I] : input_hooks().xinput_state[I];
     const bool capture = block_polled_input();
+    note_prompt_read(prompt_xinput);
     DWORD result;
     { // XInput exports can forward through another hooked XInput export.
         OverlayInputAccess access;
@@ -483,6 +605,7 @@ template<std::size_t I>
 HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE captured_device_state(void* device, DWORD size, LPVOID data) {
     const auto result = original<HRESULT(STDMETHODCALLTYPE*)(void*, DWORD, LPVOID)>(
         input_hooks().device_state[I])(device, size, data);
+    note_prompt_read(prompt_direct);
     if (SUCCEEDED(result) && data && block_polled_input()) {
         std::memset(data, 0, size);
         std::lock_guard lock(input_hooks().formats_mutex);
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.h b/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.h
index 09f8644..ce927d2 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.h
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/input_capture.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <Windows.h>
+#include <string>
 namespace dingosdk::overlay::detail {
 extern thread_local unsigned overlay_input_access;
 struct OverlayInputAccess {
@@ -11,6 +12,19 @@ struct OverlayInputAccess {
 // through GetRawInputData is then not noted a second time.
 extern thread_local HRAWINPUT noted_raw_input;
 bool block_polled_input();
+// How the game read its controllers while a card held its input (prompt_input_active), for the
+// log when the hold ends: which of the ways the overlay can keep input from it the game used.
+struct PromptReads {
+    unsigned xinput{}, xinput_other_thread{}, direct_input{}, hid{}, raw{};
+};
+PromptReads take_prompt_reads() noexcept;
+// For the same log: whose code XInput's entry points lead to first now ("ReSkate.dll" while
+// the capture's hooks are the first there). Another program's hook put in front of them
+// (Steam's or Discord's overlay) can answer the game itself and never come here.
+std::string xinput_entry_owners();
+// Puts the capture back in front of such a hook (it hooks that hook's function). Cheap when
+// there is nothing to do; called about once a second while a controller is being read.
+void keep_xinput_capture_first();
 bool install_input_capture();
 // Skate's controller mode registers the mouse with RIDEV_NOLEGACY, which stops
 // the Windows cursor from moving. While the overlay owns the pointer the mouse
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/map_download_card.cpp b/Extension/UI/Overlay/map_download_card.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70c9a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/map_download_card.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+#include "overlay_internal.h"
+#include "Engine/Game/Input/controller_bindings.h"
+#include <format>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <wincodec.h>
+
+// The card for a map a multiplayer session needs and this PC does not have
+// (Extension/Assets/map_download.h), laid out as the mod's page is: its icon, name, author,
+// version and description, then what is being asked or done. It asks whether to download it,
+// in the middle of the screen with the controls under it as the game's own menus have them.
+// Once the player has said yes it becomes a small card at the right edge, with the download,
+// the install and the apply, so they can skate on while they wait; it goes when the map is in
+// the game and starts loading. Both in the look of ReSkate's pages in the pause menu (hub_page.cpp).
+//
+// Answered by a controller (D-pad to pick, A to take the pick, B for no), the keyboard (arrow
+// keys, Enter, Esc), the vote binds, or a click: the overlay has the pointer while
+// the card asks (State::prompt_pointer). The runtime reads those and holds the game's input meanwhile.
+//
+// The icon is the package's own, a PNG the downloader hands over (set_map_download_icon). It
+// is decoded here and goes to the GPU from the render thread (overlay_render.cpp), into the
+// overlay's second texture slot; the first is ImGui's atlas, which is filled once at startup.
+
+namespace dingosdk::overlay {
+namespace {
+using Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr;
+std::atomic<MapDownloadFeed> feed{};
+std::atomic<MapDownloadAnswer> answer{};
+
+std::mutex image_mutex;
+detail::CardPixels current;   // the icon in use, kept to upload again after a device reset
+bool waiting{};               // `current` has not gone to the GPU yet
+unsigned image_serial{};
+std::atomic<ImTextureID> image{}; // on the GPU and drawable; 0 for none
+
+// Straight-alpha RGBA, at most 512 pixels a side (an icon is 256).
+bool decode(const std::string& bytes, detail::CardPixels& out) {
+    const HRESULT com = CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
+    bool ok{};
+    {
+        ComPtr<IWICImagingFactory> factory;
+        ComPtr<IWICStream> stream;
+        ComPtr<IWICBitmapDecoder> decoder;
+        ComPtr<IWICBitmapFrameDecode> frame;
+        ComPtr<IWICFormatConverter> converter;
+        UINT width{}, height{};
+        if (SUCCEEDED(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WICImagingFactory, nullptr, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_PPV_ARGS(&factory))) &&
+            SUCCEEDED(factory->CreateStream(&stream)) &&
+            SUCCEEDED(stream->InitializeFromMemory(reinterpret_cast<BYTE*>(const_cast<char*>(bytes.data())), static_cast<DWORD>(bytes.size()))) &&
+            SUCCEEDED(factory->CreateDecoderFromStream(stream.Get(), nullptr, WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnDemand, &decoder)) &&
+            SUCCEEDED(decoder->GetFrame(0, &frame)) && SUCCEEDED(frame->GetSize(&width, &height)) && width && height &&
+            width <= 512 && height <= 512 && SUCCEEDED(factory->CreateFormatConverter(&converter)) &&
+            SUCCEEDED(converter->Initialize(frame.Get(), GUID_WICPixelFormat32bppRGBA, WICBitmapDitherTypeNone, nullptr, 0,
+                                            WICBitmapPaletteTypeCustom))) {
+            out.rgba.resize(static_cast<std::size_t>(width) * height * 4);
+            out.width = width;
+            out.height = height;
+            ok = SUCCEEDED(converter->CopyPixels(nullptr, width * 4, static_cast<UINT>(out.rgba.size()), out.rgba.data()));
+        }
+    }
+    if (SUCCEEDED(com)) CoUninitialize();
+    return ok;
+}
+}
+void set_map_download_feed(MapDownloadFeed value) noexcept { feed.store(value); }
+void set_map_download_answer(MapDownloadAnswer value) noexcept { answer.store(value); }
+
+void set_map_download_icon(const std::string& png) noexcept {
+    try {
+        detail::CardPixels pixels;
+        const bool decoded = !png.empty() && png.size() <= 4 * 1024 * 1024 && decode(png, pixels);
+        std::lock_guard lock(image_mutex);
+        image.store(0);
+        pixels.serial = ++image_serial;
+        current = decoded ? std::move(pixels) : detail::CardPixels{};
+        current.serial = image_serial;
+        waiting = decoded;
+    } catch (...) {}
+}
+} // namespace dingosdk::overlay
+
+namespace dingosdk::overlay::detail {
+bool take_card_pixels(CardPixels& out) {
+    std::lock_guard lock(image_mutex);
+    if (!waiting) return false;
+    waiting = false;
+    out = current; // (kept: a device reset uploads it again)
+    return true;
+}
+void card_image_uploaded(ImTextureID texture, unsigned serial) {
+    std::lock_guard lock(image_mutex);
+    if (serial == image_serial) image.store(texture);
+}
+void card_image_lost() {
+    std::lock_guard lock(image_mutex);
+    image.store(0);
+    waiting = !current.rgba.empty();
+}
+
+namespace {
+MapDownloadCard card; // this frame's, read by map_download_pending
+
+ImU32 faded(ImU32 colour, float alpha) {
+    const auto base = static_cast<float>((colour >> IM_COL32_A_SHIFT) & 0xFF) / 255.0f;
+    return (colour & ~IM_COL32_A_MASK) | (static_cast<ImU32>(base * std::clamp(alpha, 0.0f, 1.0f) * 255.0f + 0.5f) << IM_COL32_A_SHIFT);
+}
+std::string megabytes(std::uint64_t bytes) {
+    const auto mb = static_cast<double>(bytes) / (1024.0 * 1024.0);
+    return mb >= 1024.0 ? std::format("{:.2f} GB", mb / 1024.0) : std::format("{:.0f} MB", mb);
+}
+}
+
+bool map_download_pending() {
+    const auto read = feed.load();
+    card = read ? read() : MapDownloadCard{};
+    // (Nothing is shown once the map is in the game: its loading has the game's own screen.)
+    if (card.stage == 5) card.stage = 0;
+    state().prompt_pointer.store(card.stage == 1);
+    return card.stage != 0;
+}
+
+namespace {
+// After the player said yes: a small card at the right edge, out of the way of skating, with
+// what is being fetched and how far it is.
+void draw_progress(State& s) {
+    auto* bold = s.menu.bold ? s.menu.bold : ImGui::GetFont();
+    auto* body = s.menu.body ? s.menu.body : ImGui::GetFont();
+    const auto display = ImGui::GetIO().DisplaySize;
+    const float u = std::min(display.x / 3840.0f, display.y / 2160.0f);
+    const bool downloading = card.stage == 2, applying = card.stage == 4;
+    const char* title = downloading ? "DOWNLOADING MAP" : card.stage == 3 ? "INSTALLING MAP" : "APPLYING MAP";
+    const std::string status = downloading ? (card.total ? megabytes(card.received) + " of " + megabytes(card.total) : megabytes(card.received))
+                             : card.stage == 3 ? std::string("Putting it in your Mods folder...")
+                             : card.step_name.empty() ? std::string("Adding it to the game...") : card.step_name + "...";
+    const float width = 820 * u, inset = 30 * u, icon = 132 * u, between = 26 * u, bar = 12 * u;
+    const float label_size = 24 * u, name_size = 38 * u, text_size = 26 * u;
+    const float column = width - inset * 2 - icon - between;
+    const float height = inset + std::max(icon, label_size + 12 * u + name_size + 18 * u + bar + 14 * u + text_size) + inset;
+    // Beside where a vote's card goes (the middle of the right edge): above it.
+    const ImVec2 min(std::floor(display.x - 48 * u - width), std::floor(display.y * 0.2f)), max(min.x + width, min.y + height);
+    auto* draw = ImGui::GetForegroundDrawList();
+    skate_theme::rough_rect(draw, min, max, IM_COL32(26, 26, 26, 235), 0x4d2, u * 2);
+    const float left = min.x + inset, top = min.y + inset;
+    const ImVec2 icon_min(left, top), icon_max(left + icon, top + icon);
+    if (const auto texture = image.load()) draw->AddImage(texture, icon_min, icon_max);
+    else skate_theme::rough_rect(draw, icon_min, icon_max, skate_theme::tile_light, 0x1c1, u * 2);
+    const float x = left + icon + between, right = max.x - inset;
+    float y = top;
+    draw->AddText(bold, label_size, ImVec2(x, y), theme::blue, title);
+    y += label_size + 12 * u;
+    draw->PushClipRect(ImVec2(x, y - name_size), ImVec2(right, y + name_size * 2), true);
+    draw->AddText(bold, name_size, ImVec2(x, y), theme::paper, card.map.c_str());
+    draw->PopClipRect();
+    y += name_size + 18 * u;
+    const float share = downloading ? (card.total ? static_cast<float>(card.received) / static_cast<float>(card.total) : -1.0f)
+                                    : (applying && card.steps ? static_cast<float>(card.step) / static_cast<float>(card.steps) : -1.0f);
+    draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(x, y), ImVec2(right, y + bar), skate_theme::tile_light, 4 * u);
+    if (share >= 0.0f) draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(x, y), ImVec2(x + column * std::clamp(share, 0.0f, 1.0f), y + bar), theme::blue, 4 * u);
+    else {
+        // How far is not known: a block going back and forth.
+        const float at = static_cast<float>(std::fmod(ImGui::GetTime(), 2.0));
+        const float where = (at < 1.0f ? at : 2.0f - at) * (column * 0.75f);
+        draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(x + where, y), ImVec2(x + where + column * 0.25f, y + bar), theme::blue, 4 * u);
+    }
+    y += bar + 14 * u;
+    draw->PushClipRect(ImVec2(x, y - text_size), ImVec2(right, y + text_size * 2), true);
+    draw->AddText(body, text_size, ImVec2(x, y), theme::muted, status.c_str());
+    draw->PopClipRect();
+}
+}
+
+void draw_map_download() {
+    if (!card.stage) return;
+    auto& s = state();
+    if (card.stage != 1) return draw_progress(s);
+    // Drawn as the pages of the game's pause menu are (hub_page.cpp): the same unit (one of
+    // the game's 3840 by 2160), brushed heading, hand-cut tiles, the yellow note for what to
+    // press and the keycaps under it.
+    auto* bold = s.menu.bold ? s.menu.bold : ImGui::GetFont();
+    auto* body = s.menu.body ? s.menu.body : ImGui::GetFont();
+    auto* heading = s.menu.heading ? s.menu.heading : bold;
+    const auto display = ImGui::GetIO().DisplaySize;
+    const float u = std::min(display.x / 3840.0f, display.y / 2160.0f);
+    constexpr ImU32 sticky = IM_COL32(236, 215, 108, 255), sticky_dim = IM_COL32(150, 140, 86, 255);
+    const bool asking = card.stage == 1, downloading = card.stage == 2, applying = card.stage == 4;
+    const bool clickable = asking || s.visible.load() || s.console_visible.load();
+    const char* host = card.server ? "server" : "host";
+    const auto width_of = [](ImFont* font, float size, const std::string& text) { return font->CalcTextSizeA(size, FLT_MAX, 0, text.c_str()).x; };
+
+    const char* title = asking ? (card.moved ? "MAP CHANGED" : "MAP NEEDED") : downloading ? "DOWNLOADING MAP" : card.stage == 3 ? "INSTALLING MAP"
+                      : applying ? "APPLYING MAP" : "JOINING";
+    // Why it is asked: the session moved here with the player in it, or the player is joining.
+    const auto why = card.moved ? std::format("The {} changed to this map, and you need it to stay in the session.", host)
+                                : std::format("The {} is on this map, and you need it to join.", host);
+    const std::string status = asking ? why + (card.installed ? " You have it, switched off. Switch it on?" : " Download it?")
+                             : downloading ? (card.total ? megabytes(card.received) + " of " + megabytes(card.total) : megabytes(card.received))
+                             : card.stage == 3 ? std::string("Putting it in your Mods folder...")
+                             : applying ? (card.step_name.empty() ? std::string("Adding it to the game...") : card.step_name + "...")
+                             : std::string("Loading the map...");
+    struct Fact { const char* name; std::string value; };
+    std::vector<Fact> facts{{"Author", card.author}};
+    if (!card.version.empty()) facts.push_back({"Version", card.version});
+    facts.push_back({"From", card.installed ? std::string("Your Mods folder, switched off") : std::string("Thunderstore")});
+
+    // The controls under the card: the pad's own names for its buttons when one is connected.
+    dingosdk::ControllerInput pad;
+    DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(&pad, true);
+    struct Hint { std::string key; const char* what; };
+    std::vector<Hint> hints;
+    if (asking) {
+        hints.push_back({pad.available ? std::string("D-pad") : std::string("< >"), "Pick"});
+        hints.push_back({pad.available ? dingosdk::controller_combo_label(0x1000, pad.style) : std::string("Enter"), "Select"});
+        hints.push_back({pad.available ? dingosdk::controller_combo_label(0x2000, pad.style) : std::string("Esc"), "Cancel"});
+    }
+    const float key_scale = u * 2, hint_gap = 36 * u;
+    float hints_width{};
+    for (const auto& hint : hints)
+        hints_width += width_of(bold, 12 * key_scale, hint.key) + 20 * key_scale + width_of(bold, 14 * key_scale, hint.what);
+    if (!hints.empty()) hints_width += hint_gap * static_cast<float>(hints.size() - 1);
+
+    const float width = 1500 * u, inset = 44 * u, icon = 300 * u, between = 44 * u, tall = 110 * u, bar = 14 * u;
+    const float inner = width - inset * 2, column = inner - icon - between;
+    const float label_size = 28 * u, name_size = 64 * u, fact_size = 34 * u, text_size = 32 * u;
+    const auto name_extent = heading->CalcTextSizeA(name_size, FLT_MAX, column, card.map.c_str());
+    const auto described = card.description.empty() ? ImVec2{} : body->CalcTextSizeA(text_size, FLT_MAX, inner, card.description.c_str());
+    const float beside = name_extent.y + 22 * u + static_cast<float>(facts.size()) * 54 * u;
+    const float top_block = std::max(icon, beside);
+    const auto status_extent = body->CalcTextSizeA(text_size, FLT_MAX, inner, status.c_str());
+    const bool progress = downloading || applying;
+    float height = inset + label_size + 26 * u + top_block + inset + status_extent.y + inset;
+    if (!card.description.empty()) height += described.y + 36 * u;
+    if (progress) height += bar + 30 * u;
+    if (asking) height += 30 * u + tall;
+    if (downloading) height += 16 * u + label_size;
+    const float under = hints.empty() ? 0.0f : 34 * u + 20 * key_scale;
+    // In the middle while it asks; near the top, out of the way, while the player skates on.
+    const float top = asking ? (display.y - height - under) * 0.5f : 150 * u;
+    const ImVec2 min(std::floor((display.x - width) * 0.5f), std::floor(top)), max(min.x + width, min.y + height);
+    auto* draw = ImGui::GetForegroundDrawList();
+    // While it asks, what is behind is dimmed: the pause menu takes no input then, nor the game.
+    if (asking) draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(0, 0), display, IM_COL32(0, 0, 0, s.hub_pointer ? 170 : 110));
+    skate_theme::rough_rect(draw, min, max, IM_COL32(26, 26, 26, 250), 0x4d1, u * 2);
+    const float left = min.x + inset, right = max.x - inset;
+    float y = min.y + inset;
+    draw->AddText(bold, label_size, ImVec2(left, y), theme::blue, title);
+    y += label_size + 26 * u;
+
+    // The icon, or a plain tile until it is here (and for a mod that has none).
+    const ImVec2 icon_min(left, y), icon_max(left + icon, y + icon);
+    if (const auto texture = image.load()) draw->AddImage(texture, icon_min, icon_max);
+    else {
+        skate_theme::rough_rect(draw, icon_min, icon_max, skate_theme::tile_light, 0x1c0, u * 2);
+        const std::string mark = "MAP";
+        draw->AddText(heading, 56 * u, ImVec2(left + (icon - width_of(heading, 56 * u, mark)) * 0.5f, y + (icon - 56 * u) * 0.5f), theme::muted, mark.c_str());
+    }
+    // Beside it, the map's name and what is known of the mod, as a session's facts are listed.
+    const float text_left = left + icon + between;
+    float text_y = y;
+    draw->AddText(heading, name_size, ImVec2(text_left, text_y), theme::paper, card.map.c_str(), nullptr, column);
+    text_y += name_extent.y + 22 * u;
+    for (const auto& fact : facts) {
+        draw->AddText(body, fact_size, ImVec2(text_left, text_y), theme::muted, fact.name);
+        draw->PushClipRect(ImVec2(text_left + 220 * u, text_y - fact_size), ImVec2(right, text_y + fact_size * 2), true);
+        draw->AddText(bold, fact_size, ImVec2(std::max(text_left + 220 * u, right - width_of(bold, fact_size, fact.value)), text_y), theme::paper, fact.value.c_str());
+        draw->PopClipRect();
+        text_y += 54 * u;
+    }
+    y += top_block + inset;
+    if (!card.description.empty()) {
+        draw->AddText(body, text_size, ImVec2(left, y), theme::muted, card.description.c_str(), nullptr, inner);
+        y += described.y + 36 * u;
+    }
+    if (progress) {
+        const float share = downloading ? (card.total ? static_cast<float>(card.received) / static_cast<float>(card.total) : -1.0f)
+                                        : (card.steps ? static_cast<float>(card.step) / static_cast<float>(card.steps) : -1.0f);
+        draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(left, y), ImVec2(right, y + bar), skate_theme::tile_light, 4 * u);
+        if (share >= 0.0f) draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(left, y), ImVec2(left + inner * std::clamp(share, 0.0f, 1.0f), y + bar), theme::blue, 4 * u);
+        else {
+            // How far is not known: a block going back and forth.
+            const float at = static_cast<float>(std::fmod(ImGui::GetTime(), 2.0));
+            const float where = (at < 1.0f ? at : 2.0f - at) * (inner * 0.75f);
+            draw->AddRectFilled(ImVec2(left + where, y), ImVec2(left + where + inner * 0.25f, y + bar), theme::blue, 4 * u);
+        }
+        y += bar + 30 * u;
+    }
+    draw->AddText(body, text_size, ImVec2(left, y), asking ? theme::paper : theme::muted, status.c_str(), nullptr, inner);
+    y += status_extent.y;
+    if (downloading) {
+        y += 16 * u;
+        draw->AddText(body, label_size, ImVec2(left, y), theme::muted, "You can keep skating while it downloads.");
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!asking) return;
+    y += 30 * u;
+    // The game's two looks for a button: the yellow note for the thing to do, a tile for the
+    // way out. The picked one is the lit one: the note full yellow in a blue edge, the tile blue.
+    const float button_width = (inner - 24 * u) * 0.5f;
+    const auto button = [&](float at, bool yes, unsigned seed) {
+        const ImVec2 a(at, y), b(at + button_width, y + tall);
+        const bool picked = card.choice == yes;
+        const bool hovered = clickable && ImGui::IsMouseHoveringRect(a, b, false);
+        const bool lit = picked || hovered;
+        const ImU32 fill = yes ? (lit ? sticky : sticky_dim) : (lit ? theme::blue : skate_theme::tile_light);
+        skate_theme::rough_rect(draw, a, b, fill, seed, u * 2);
+        if (yes && picked) draw->AddRect(a, b, theme::blue, 0, 0, 6 * u);
+        const std::string label = yes ? (card.installed ? "SWITCH ON" : "DOWNLOAD") : "CANCEL";
+        const float size = 40 * u;
+        draw->AddText(bold, size, ImVec2(a.x + (button_width - width_of(bold, size, label)) * 0.5f, a.y + (tall - size) * 0.5f),
+                      yes || lit ? skate_theme::black : theme::paper, label.c_str());
+        if (hovered && ImGui::IsMouseClicked(ImGuiMouseButton_Left))
+            if (const auto reply = answer.load()) reply(yes);
+    };
+    button(left, true, 0x51);
+    button(left + button_width + 24 * u, false, 0x52);
+    // The controls, under the card and in its middle.
+    float x = min.x + (width - hints_width) * 0.5f;
+    const float hint_y = max.y + 34 * u;
+    for (const auto& hint : hints) x += theme::keycap(draw, bold, key_scale, ImVec2(x, hint_y), hint.key.c_str(), hint.what) + hint_gap;
+}
+} // namespace dingosdk::overlay::detail
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.cpp b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.cpp
index 51bac69..dc21bea 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.cpp
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bool is_input(UINT message) {
 
 bool interactive_visible(const State& s) {
     return s.visible.load() || s.console_visible.load() || s.editor_visible.load() || s.chat_visible.load() ||
-           s.hub_typing.load();
+           s.hub_typing.load() || s.prompt_pointer.load();
 }
 
 void restore_input(bool hide_menu) {
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.h b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.h
index 6bc69c4..53296f4 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.h
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay.h
@@ -277,6 +277,23 @@ struct CallbacksV2 {
 using MultiplayerQueue = bool (*)(const char *action, const char *argument, const char *password,
                                  char *result, std::size_t size);
 void set_multiplayer_queue(MultiplayerQueue) noexcept;
+// A map the session needs being fetched (Extension/Assets/map_download.h), for its card.
+struct MapDownloadCard {
+    int stage{};                // 0 none, 1 asking, 2 downloading, 3 installing, 4 applying, 5 joining
+    std::string map, package, author, version, description;
+    std::size_t step{}, steps{}; // applying: the merge's steps done of all
+    std::string step_name;
+    bool server{}, installed{}, moved{}, choice{true};
+    std::uint64_t received{}, total{};
+    std::uint32_t yes_bind{}, no_bind{};
+};
+using MapDownloadFeed = MapDownloadCard (*)();
+void set_map_download_feed(MapDownloadFeed) noexcept;
+using MapDownloadAnswer = void (*)(bool download) noexcept;
+void set_map_download_answer(MapDownloadAnswer) noexcept;
+// The card's icon: the package's own picture as PNG bytes, or nothing to show a plain tile.
+// Any thread; decoded here and uploaded when the overlay next draws.
+void set_map_download_icon(const std::string& png) noexcept;
 // The session's text chat, read by the chat panel every frame (thread-safe, cheap).
 using ChatFeed = MultiplayerChat (*)();
 void set_chat_feed(ChatFeed) noexcept;
@@ -430,6 +447,12 @@ extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void DingoSDKOverlayGetStatus(dingosdk::overlay
 // surface is open, the game is unfocused, or the overlay has stopped.
 extern "C" void DingoSDKOverlayReadFlightInput(dingosdk::overlay::FlightInput* input, bool flight_active, bool player_flight = false);
 extern "C" void DingoSDKOverlaySetFreecamInputCapture(bool active);
+// The same hold on the game's input while a card asks something of the player and a
+// controller answers it (the map download's): the buttons that answer must not also skate.
+extern "C" void DingoSDKOverlaySetPromptInputCapture(bool active);
+// The keyboard keys such a card answers to, read past that hold: bit 0 left, 1 right, 2 Enter,
+// 3 Esc. Nothing while the game is not in front or the menu, console or chat has the keys.
+extern "C" unsigned DingoSDKOverlayReadPromptKeys();
 // allow_menu is used only by the Binds page while recording. Focus and lifetime
 // gates still apply. Gameplay callers leave it false.
 extern "C" void DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(dingosdk::ControllerInput* input, bool allow_menu = false);
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_input.cpp b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_input.cpp
index ef128b2..283d9df 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_input.cpp
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_input.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK window_proc(HWND window, UINT message, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp) {
             }
         }
         const bool capture = owns_pointer();
-        const bool freecam_capture = s.freecam_controller_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        const bool freecam_capture = s.freecam_controller_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) ||
+                                     s.prompt_input_active.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
         if (freecam_capture) release_game_buttons(window, previous);
         if ((capture || freecam_capture) && is_input(message)) {
             // Foreground raw-input packets still need DefWindowProc cleanup.
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI probe_xinput_slots(void* parameter) noexcept {
     const auto get_state = xinput_get_state();
     for (;;) {
         WaitForSingleObject(slots.wake.load(), INFINITE);
+        keep_xinput_capture_first();
         OverlayInputAccess access;
         for (DWORD slot = 0; get_state && slot < XUSER_MAX_COUNT; ++slot) {
             const unsigned bit = 1u << slot;
@@ -418,6 +420,47 @@ extern "C" void DingoSDKOverlaySetFreecamInputCapture(bool active) {
             "Freecam controller input capture %s.", active ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 }
 
+extern "C" void DingoSDKOverlaySetPromptInputCapture(bool active) {
+    const bool before = state().prompt_input_active.exchange(active, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+    if (before == active) return;
+    // For the log: which of the ways input can be kept from the game the game actually read
+    // its controller by while it was held. All zero means it reads some other way, and the
+    // hold did not reach it.
+    if (active) {
+        keep_xinput_capture_first();
+        (void)take_prompt_reads();
+        dingosdk::logging::write(dingosdk::logging::Level::info, dingosdk::logging::Channel::input, "Card input hold on.");
+    } else {
+        const auto reads = take_prompt_reads();
+        // And which controller libraries the game has loaded at all.
+        std::string loaded;
+        for (const auto* name : {L"xinput1_4.dll", L"xinput1_3.dll", L"xinput9_1_0.dll", L"gameinput.dll", L"gameinputredist.dll",
+                                 L"windows.gaming.input.dll", L"steamclient64.dll", L"dinput8.dll"})
+            if (GetModuleHandleW(name)) {
+                if (!loaded.empty()) loaded += ", ";
+                for (const wchar_t* at = name; *at; ++at) loaded += static_cast<char>(*at);
+            }
+        dingosdk::logging::printf(dingosdk::logging::Level::info, dingosdk::logging::Channel::input,
+            "Card input hold off. While held the game read: XInput %u, DirectInput %u, raw input %u time(s). Controller libraries loaded: %s. XInput leads to: %s.",
+            reads.xinput, reads.direct_input, reads.raw, loaded.empty() ? "none" : loaded.c_str(), xinput_entry_owners().c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+extern "C" unsigned DingoSDKOverlayReadPromptKeys() {
+    struct PreserveError { DWORD value = GetLastError(); ~PreserveError() { SetLastError(value); } } preserve_error;
+    const auto& s = state();
+    const HWND window = s.window.load();
+    // (Not while a menu, the console or chat has the keyboard; the card itself having the pointer is no reason.)
+    const bool typing = s.visible.load() || s.console_visible.load() || s.editor_visible.load() || s.chat_visible.load() || s.hub_typing.load();
+    if (!window || s.stop.load() || s.failed.load() || typing || !game_window_foreground(window)) return 0;
+    OverlayInputAccess access;
+    unsigned keys{};
+    constexpr int wanted[]{VK_LEFT, VK_RIGHT, VK_RETURN, VK_ESCAPE};
+    for (unsigned bit = 0; bit < 4; ++bit)
+        if (GetAsyncKeyState(wanted[bit]) & 0x8000) keys |= 1u << bit;
+    return keys;
+}
+
 extern "C" void DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(dingosdk::ControllerInput* output, bool allow_menu) {
     if (!output) return;
     struct PreserveError { DWORD value = GetLastError(); ~PreserveError() { SetLastError(value); } } preserve_error;
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_internal.h b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_internal.h
index 6b85f96..cff7756 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_internal.h
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_internal.h
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ struct State {
     // keeps it. hub_typing: one of its text boxes has the keyboard, which the overlay takes
     // for that long, as for chat.
     std::atomic<bool> hub_pointer{false}, hub_typing{false};
+    // The map download card is asking (map_download_card.cpp): the overlay has the pointer, with
+    // its own cursor, so the card's buttons can be clicked whatever is behind it.
+    std::atomic<bool> prompt_pointer{false};
     std::atomic<bool> input_attached{false};
     std::atomic<bool> stop{false};
     std::atomic<HWND> window{nullptr};
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ struct State {
     bool win32_ready = false;
     bool dx12_ready = false;
     std::atomic<bool> freecam_controller_active{false};
+    std::atomic<bool> prompt_input_active{false}; // DingoSDKOverlaySetPromptInputCapture
     bool show_on_ready = false;
     bool force_windowed = false;
     HANDLE stop_event = nullptr;
@@ -164,6 +168,9 @@ struct State {
     ComPtr<ID3D12CommandQueue> queue;
     ComPtr<ID3D12Device> device;
     ComPtr<ID3D12DescriptorHeap> rtvs, srvs;
+    // The map download card's icon (map_download_card.cpp), in the SRV heap's second slot, and
+    // the buffer it was uploaded from, which lives until the next one replaces it.
+    ComPtr<ID3D12Resource> card_texture, card_upload;
     ComPtr<ID3D12GraphicsCommandList> commands;
     ComPtr<ID3D12Fence> fence;
     HANDLE fence_event = nullptr;
@@ -270,6 +277,19 @@ void draw_notices();
 // chat_pending also refreshes the feed, so it runs every presented frame.
 bool chat_pending();
 void draw_chat();
+// The map download card (map_download_card.cpp): whether there is one this frame, and drawing it.
+bool map_download_pending();
+void draw_map_download();
+// Its icon on the way to the GPU: decoded pixels the render thread takes once, then says where
+// they went; lost when the device is torn down, after which they are handed out again.
+struct CardPixels {
+    std::vector<unsigned char> rgba;
+    UINT width{}, height{};
+    unsigned serial{};
+};
+bool take_card_pixels(CardPixels& pixels);
+void card_image_uploaded(ImTextureID texture, unsigned serial);
+void card_image_lost();
 // Game debug text (game_text_overlay.cpp): polled every presented frame.
 bool game_text_pending();
 void draw_game_text();
diff --git a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_render.cpp b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_render.cpp
index 051c24b..5654c4e 100644
--- a/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_render.cpp
+++ b/Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_render.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ void destroy_graphics() {
     s.win32_ready = s.dx12_ready = s.ready = false;
     s.ui_was_interactive = false;
     s.frames.clear();
+    s.card_texture.Reset(); s.card_upload.Reset();
+    card_image_lost();
     s.commands.Reset(); s.rtvs.Reset(); s.srvs.Reset(); s.fence.Reset(); s.device.Reset();
     if (s.fence_event) CloseHandle(s.fence_event);
     s.fence_event = nullptr;
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ bool setup_graphics() {
         return false;
     }
     heap.Type = D3D12_DESCRIPTOR_HEAP_TYPE_CBV_SRV_UAV;
-    heap.NumDescriptors = 1;
+    heap.NumDescriptors = 2; // ImGui's atlas, then the map download card's icon (upload_card_image)
     heap.Flags = D3D12_DESCRIPTOR_HEAP_FLAG_SHADER_VISIBLE;
     graphics_result = s.device->CreateDescriptorHeap(&heap, IID_PPV_ARGS(&s.srvs));
     if (FAILED(graphics_result)) {
@@ -441,6 +443,86 @@ void draw_menu() {
     if (!visible) s.visible.store(false);
 }
 
+// The map download card's icon (map_download_card.cpp), when one is waiting: made into a
+// texture in the SRV heap's second slot. Recorded on the frame's command list ahead of ImGui's
+// draws, so the copy is done before anything samples it. Nothing here is fatal: without the
+// icon the card shows a plain tile.
+void upload_card_image(State& s) {
+    CardPixels pixels;
+    if (!take_card_pixels(pixels) || pixels.rgba.empty() || !s.device || !s.srvs) return;
+    // Frames still on the GPU may sample the icon this one replaces.
+    if (s.card_texture && s.next_fence && !completed(s.next_fence, render_fence_timeout_ms)) return;
+    s.card_texture.Reset();
+    s.card_upload.Reset();
+    D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC texture{};
+    texture.Dimension = D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D;
+    texture.Width = pixels.width;
+    texture.Height = pixels.height;
+    texture.DepthOrArraySize = 1;
+    texture.MipLevels = 1;
+    texture.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
+    texture.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
+    D3D12_HEAP_PROPERTIES heap{};
+    heap.Type = D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_DEFAULT;
+    D3D12_PLACED_SUBRESOURCE_FOOTPRINT layout{};
+    UINT rows{};
+    UINT64 row_bytes{}, total{};
+    s.device->GetCopyableFootprints(&texture, 0, 1, 0, &layout, &rows, &row_bytes, &total);
+    D3D12_RESOURCE_DESC buffer{};
+    buffer.Dimension = D3D12_RESOURCE_DIMENSION_BUFFER;
+    buffer.Width = total;
+    buffer.Height = 1;
+    buffer.DepthOrArraySize = 1;
+    buffer.MipLevels = 1;
+    buffer.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
+    buffer.Layout = D3D12_TEXTURE_LAYOUT_ROW_MAJOR;
+    D3D12_HEAP_PROPERTIES upload_heap{};
+    upload_heap.Type = D3D12_HEAP_TYPE_UPLOAD;
+    ComPtr<ID3D12Resource> made, upload;
+    if (!total || rows != pixels.height || row_bytes < std::uint64_t{pixels.width} * 4 ||
+        FAILED(s.device->CreateCommittedResource(&heap, D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_NONE, &texture, D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COPY_DEST, nullptr,
+                                                 IID_PPV_ARGS(&made))) ||
+        FAILED(s.device->CreateCommittedResource(&upload_heap, D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_NONE, &buffer, D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_GENERIC_READ, nullptr,
+                                                 IID_PPV_ARGS(&upload))))
+        return;
+    void* mapped{};
+    const D3D12_RANGE none{};
+    if (FAILED(upload->Map(0, &none, &mapped)) || !mapped) return;
+    for (UINT row = 0; row < pixels.height; ++row)
+        std::memcpy(static_cast<unsigned char*>(mapped) + layout.Offset + std::size_t{row} * layout.Footprint.RowPitch,
+                    pixels.rgba.data() + std::size_t{row} * pixels.width * 4, std::size_t{pixels.width} * 4);
+    upload->Unmap(0, nullptr);
+    D3D12_TEXTURE_COPY_LOCATION to{}, from{};
+    to.pResource = made.Get();
+    to.Type = D3D12_TEXTURE_COPY_TYPE_SUBRESOURCE_INDEX;
+    from.pResource = upload.Get();
+    from.Type = D3D12_TEXTURE_COPY_TYPE_PLACED_FOOTPRINT;
+    from.PlacedFootprint = layout;
+    s.commands->CopyTextureRegion(&to, 0, 0, 0, &from, nullptr);
+    D3D12_RESOURCE_BARRIER ready{};
+    ready.Type = D3D12_RESOURCE_BARRIER_TYPE_TRANSITION;
+    ready.Transition.pResource = made.Get();
+    ready.Transition.Subresource = D3D12_RESOURCE_BARRIER_ALL_SUBRESOURCES;
+    ready.Transition.StateBefore = D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COPY_DEST;
+    ready.Transition.StateAfter = D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_PIXEL_SHADER_RESOURCE;
+    s.commands->ResourceBarrier(1, &ready);
+    const auto step = s.device->GetDescriptorHandleIncrementSize(D3D12_DESCRIPTOR_HEAP_TYPE_CBV_SRV_UAV);
+    auto cpu = s.srvs->GetCPUDescriptorHandleForHeapStart();
+    auto gpu = s.srvs->GetGPUDescriptorHandleForHeapStart();
+    cpu.ptr += step;
+    gpu.ptr += step;
+    D3D12_SHADER_RESOURCE_VIEW_DESC view{};
+    view.Format = texture.Format;
+    view.ViewDimension = D3D12_SRV_DIMENSION_TEXTURE2D;
+    view.Shader4ComponentMapping = D3D12_DEFAULT_SHADER_4_COMPONENT_MAPPING;
+    view.Texture2D.MipLevels = 1;
+    s.device->CreateShaderResourceView(made.Get(), &view, cpu);
+    s.card_texture = std::move(made);
+    s.card_upload = std::move(upload);
+    // Drawable from the next frame on: this frame's draws were made before the copy was recorded.
+    card_image_uploaded(static_cast<ImTextureID>(gpu.ptr), pixels.serial);
+}
+
 void render(IDXGISwapChain* presented, UINT flags) {
     auto& s = state();
     if (flags & DXGI_PRESENT_TEST) return;
@@ -477,6 +559,7 @@ void render(IDXGISwapChain* presented, UINT flags) {
     // Input hotkeys/controller state are handled independently of ImGui frames.
     // Refreshes the chat feed every frame, which also decides whether T opens it.
     const bool chat_frame = chat_pending();
+    const bool map_download_frame = map_download_pending();
     const bool game_text_frame = game_text_pending();
     const bool skate_hud_frame = skate_hud_pending();
     const bool nametag_frame = nametags_pending();
@@ -500,7 +583,7 @@ void render(IDXGISwapChain* presented, UINT flags) {
         }
         // Hidden, the overlay still draws while a notice or chat line is on screen.
         if (s.loaded_notice_posted && !notices_pending() && !chat_frame && !game_text_frame && !skate_hud_frame &&
-            !nametag_frame && !meat_frame && !perf_frame && !hub_frame) return;
+            !nametag_frame && !meat_frame && !perf_frame && !hub_frame && !map_download_frame) return;
     } else if (!s.ui_was_interactive) {
         s.ui_was_interactive = true;
         s.last_model = {}; // Reopening immediately reads fresh state.
@@ -558,6 +641,7 @@ void render(IDXGISwapChain* presented, UINT flags) {
     draw_trainer_hud();
     draw_notices();
     draw_chat();
+    draw_map_download();
     sync_menu_cursor(); // close buttons also change visibility, without a key message
     ImGui::Render();
     if (ImGui::GetDrawData()->TotalVtxCount == 0) { ImGui::SetCurrentContext(previous); return; }
@@ -576,6 +660,7 @@ void render(IDXGISwapChain* presented, UINT flags) {
     if (FAILED(frame.allocator->Reset()) || FAILED(s.commands->Reset(frame.allocator.Get(), nullptr))) {
         ImGui::SetCurrentContext(previous); s.failed = true; restore_input(true); return;
     }
+    upload_card_image(s);
     D3D12_RESOURCE_BARRIER barrier{};
     barrier.Type = D3D12_RESOURCE_BARRIER_TYPE_TRANSITION;
     barrier.Transition.pResource = frame.buffer.Get();
diff --git a/Launcher/gui_mods_browse.cpp b/Launcher/gui_mods_browse.cpp
index 609d967..2a25dda 100644
--- a/Launcher/gui_mods_browse.cpp
+++ b/Launcher/gui_mods_browse.cpp
@@ -196,13 +196,21 @@ std::string install_package(ModsPanel& panel, const fs::path& root, const ts::Pa
 }
 
 // Search, category and the sort order, pinned packages first like the site.
+// Not safe for work: Thunderstore's own mark on the package, or a category of that name.
+bool nsfw(const ts::Package& package) {
+    return package.nsfw || std::any_of(package.categories.begin(), package.categories.end(),
+                                       [](const std::string& category) { return lower(category) == "nsfw"; });
+}
+
 std::vector<const ts::Package*> visible_packages(const Store& store, const ts::Installed& installed) {
     const auto query = lower(store.search.data());
     std::vector<const ts::Package*> result;
     for (const auto& package : store.packages) {
         const bool have = installed.contains(ts::folder_for(package.full_name));
-        // Deprecated and NSFW packages only show once installed.
-        if ((package.deprecated || package.nsfw) && !have) continue;
+        // NSFW packages are never listed here, installed or not: by Thunderstore's own mark,
+        // or a category of that name. A deprecated one only shows once installed.
+        if (nsfw(package)) continue;
+        if (package.deprecated && !have) continue;
         if (!store.category.empty() && !package.in_category(store.category)) continue;
         if (!query.empty() && lower(package.title()).find(query) == std::string::npos &&
             lower(package.owner).find(query) == std::string::npos &&
@@ -440,9 +448,11 @@ void browse_page(Launcher& launcher, const Fonts& fonts, ModsPanel& panel, float
     ImGui::InputTextWithHint("##search", "Search mods", store.search.data(), store.search.size());
     ImGui::SameLine();
     std::vector<std::string> categories;
-    for (const auto& package : store.packages)
+    for (const auto& package : store.packages) {
+        if (nsfw(package)) continue;   // (and no category that only they have)
         for (const auto& category : package.categories)
             if (std::find(categories.begin(), categories.end(), category) == categories.end()) categories.push_back(category);
+    }
     std::sort(categories.begin(), categories.end());
     ImGui::SetNextItemWidth(combo);
     if (ImGui::BeginCombo("##category", store.category.empty() ? "All categories" : store.category.c_str())) {
diff --git a/Runtime/client_tick.cpp b/Runtime/client_tick.cpp
index e00fa37..e6f0ebf 100644
--- a/Runtime/client_tick.cpp
+++ b/Runtime/client_tick.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "Extension/Customization/developer_hoodie.h"
 #include "Extension/Customization/developer_board.h"
 #include "Extension/Assets/live_mods.h"
+#include "Extension/Assets/map_download.h"
 #include "Engine/Core/Log/logging.h"
 #include "Engine/Core/Profiling/profiler.h"
 #include "Extension/Settings/job_spin.h"
@@ -391,6 +392,26 @@ void update_model(std::uintptr_t client, TickState& frame) {
     // The switches on buttons (action_binds): each runs its console command.
     std::array<std::uint32_t, dingosdk::action_binds.size()> action_combos{};
     const bool vote_open = dingosdk::multiplayer::server_vote_open();
+    // The map download's card (map_download.h) is answered with the same two binds, and by a
+    // controller, whose buttons are kept from the game while it asks.
+    const bool map_prompt = dingosdk::map_download::asking();
+    // The hold on the game's input outlasts the card's question until everything pressed is let
+    // go (or a moment has passed): the button that answered must not also be a press in the
+    // game, or in the pause menu behind the card.
+    static bool prompt_held{};
+    static ULONGLONG prompt_release_by{};
+    if (map_prompt) {
+        prompt_held = true;
+        prompt_release_by = 0;
+    } else if (prompt_held) {
+        if (!prompt_release_by) prompt_release_by = GetTickCount64() + 1500;
+        dingosdk::ControllerInput held;
+        DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(&held, true);
+        const bool pressed = (held.available && held.buttons) || DingoSDKOverlayReadPromptKeys() ||
+                             std::ranges::any_of(held.keys, [](std::uint64_t word) { return word != 0; });
+        if (!pressed || GetTickCount64() >= prompt_release_by) prompt_held = false;
+    }
+    DingoSDKOverlaySetPromptInputCapture(map_prompt || prompt_held);
     const unsigned poll_answers = dingosdk::multiplayer::server_poll_answers();
     bool freecam_controller = dingosdk::local_freecam_controller();
     {
@@ -405,10 +426,12 @@ void update_model(std::uintptr_t client, TickState& frame) {
         up_velocity_combo = r.model.bindings.available ? r.model.bindings.up_velocity_combo : 0;
         offboard_up_velocity_combo = r.model.bindings.available ? r.model.bindings.offboard_up_velocity_combo : 0;
         if (r.model.bindings.available) action_combos = r.model.bindings.action_combos;
-        if (vote_open && r.model.bindings.available) {
+        if ((vote_open || map_prompt) && r.model.bindings.available) {
             vote_yes_combo = r.model.bindings.vote_yes_combo;
             vote_no_combo = r.model.bindings.vote_no_combo;
         }
+        if (r.model.bindings.available)
+            dingosdk::map_download::set_binds(r.model.bindings.vote_yes_combo, r.model.bindings.vote_no_combo);
         debug_request = r.requests.take<dingosdk::overlay::DebugRequest>(GetCurrentThreadId());
     }
     // Capture belongs to the freecam state itself. Keep it active across brief
@@ -416,8 +439,10 @@ void update_model(std::uintptr_t client, TickState& frame) {
     DingoSDKOverlaySetFreecamInputCapture(dingosdk::client_free_camera_active() && freecam_controller);
     dingosdk::ControllerInput controller;
     if (freecam_controller_combo || freecam_combo || tp_to_freecam_combo || noclip_combo || forward_velocity_combo || up_velocity_combo || offboard_up_velocity_combo ||
-        vote_yes_combo || vote_no_combo || poll_answers || std::ranges::any_of(action_combos, [](auto combo) { return combo != 0; }))
-        DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(&controller);
+        vote_yes_combo || vote_no_combo || poll_answers || map_prompt ||
+        std::ranges::any_of(action_combos, [](auto combo) { return combo != 0; }))
+        // (The card that asks has the pointer, as a menu does: it is still read for.)
+        DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(&controller, map_prompt);
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < action_combos.size(); ++i)
         if (r.action_bind_latches[i].update(action_combos[i], controller, r.observer_failed)) {
             std::array<char, 256> result{};
@@ -427,10 +452,48 @@ void update_model(std::uintptr_t client, TickState& frame) {
         }
     // (The input reads as nothing while the menu, the console or the chat box is open, so typing
     // a bound key answers no vote.)
-    if (r.vote_yes_bind_latch.update(vote_yes_combo, controller, !vote_open) && dingosdk::multiplayer::queue_command("vote", "yes", ""))
-        record("{\"event\":\"controller_binding_triggered\",\"action\":\"vote_yes\"}");
-    if (r.vote_no_bind_latch.update(vote_no_combo, controller, !vote_open) && dingosdk::multiplayer::queue_command("vote", "no", ""))
-        record("{\"event\":\"controller_binding_triggered\",\"action\":\"vote_no\"}");
+    if (r.vote_yes_bind_latch.update(vote_yes_combo, controller, !vote_open && !map_prompt)) {
+        if (map_prompt) dingosdk::map_download::answer(true);
+        else if (dingosdk::multiplayer::queue_command("vote", "yes", ""))
+            record("{\"event\":\"controller_binding_triggered\",\"action\":\"vote_yes\"}");
+    }
+    if (r.vote_no_bind_latch.update(vote_no_combo, controller, !vote_open && !map_prompt)) {
+        if (map_prompt) dingosdk::map_download::answer(false);
+        else if (dingosdk::multiplayer::queue_command("vote", "no", ""))
+            record("{\"event\":\"controller_binding_triggered\",\"action\":\"vote_no\"}");
+    }
+    {
+        // A controller on the card: D-pad left and right pick, A takes the pick, B is no. Only a
+        // button pressed since the card came up counts, so the one that was held does not answer.
+        static bool prompt_before{};
+        static std::uint32_t buttons_before{};
+        // The keyboard's arrows, Enter and Esc do the same, above the pad's bits.
+        const std::uint32_t buttons = !map_prompt ? 0
+            : (controller.available ? controller.buttons : 0) | (DingoSDKOverlayReadPromptKeys() << 20);
+        if (map_prompt && prompt_before) {
+            const auto pressed = buttons & ~buttons_before;
+            if (pressed & (0x0004 | 1u << 20)) dingosdk::map_download::pick(true);
+            if (pressed & (0x0008 | 1u << 21)) dingosdk::map_download::pick(false);
+            if (pressed & (0x1000 | 1u << 22)) dingosdk::map_download::answer(dingosdk::map_download::picked());
+            else if (pressed & (0x2000 | 1u << 23)) dingosdk::map_download::answer(false);
+        }
+        prompt_before = map_prompt;
+        buttons_before = buttons;
+    }
+    // While it downloads, the No bind stops it.
+    if (!map_prompt && !vote_open && dingosdk::map_download::view().stage == dingosdk::map_download::Stage::downloading) {
+        std::uint32_t stop_combo{};
+        {
+            std::lock_guard lock(r.mutex);
+            if (r.model.bindings.available) stop_combo = r.model.bindings.vote_no_combo;
+        }
+        if (stop_combo) {
+            dingosdk::ControllerInput input;
+            DingoSDKOverlayReadControllerInput(&input);
+            static dingosdk::ControllerComboLatch stop_latch;
+            if (stop_latch.update(stop_combo, input, false)) dingosdk::map_download::answer(false);
+        }
+    }
     // A poll's answers are on the number keys, 1 for the first: only while one is running, so
     // the keys are the game's own the rest of the time.
     for (unsigned answer = 0; answer < r.poll_answer_latches.size(); ++answer) {
@@ -1114,6 +1177,10 @@ void tick(std::uintptr_t client, std::uintptr_t update) {
             dingosdk::multiplayer::tick(r.base,client,multiplayer_ready,r.multiplayer_map,load_multiplayer_map);
             if (auto notice = dingosdk::multiplayer::take_leave_notice(); !notice.empty())
                 dingosdk::overlay::notify(dingosdk::overlay::NoticeLevel::warning, "Map not installed", std::move(notice));
+            // Or, when the host said which Thunderstore package its map is from, the offer to
+            // fetch it (map_download.h), which then applies it and joins the session again.
+            if (const auto need = dingosdk::multiplayer::take_map_need()) dingosdk::map_download::offer(*need);
+            dingosdk::map_download::tick();
         }
         dingosdk::multiplayer::refresh_identity_lists();
         // The player's Discord status (discord_presence.h): where they skate and with whom,
diff --git a/Runtime/runtime_init.cpp b/Runtime/runtime_init.cpp
index 34a0fca..6d49cd4 100644
--- a/Runtime/runtime_init.cpp
+++ b/Runtime/runtime_init.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "Engine/Game/Build/20260929/profiler_labels.h"
 #include "Engine/Game/Build/supported_build.h"
 #include "Engine/Vfs/mod_catalog.h"
+#include "Extension/Assets/map_download.h"
 #include "Extension/Boot/offline_boot.h"
 #include "Extension/HallOfMeat/hall_of_meat.h"
 #include "Extension/Skater/camera_observer.h"
@@ -189,6 +190,34 @@ extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) BOOL WINAPI DingoSDKDebugInitialize() {
         dingosdk::multiplayer::set_native_menu_callbacks(native_callbacks);
         dingosdk::overlay::set_multiplayer_queue(queue_multiplayer_command);
         dingosdk::overlay::set_chat_feed(dingosdk::multiplayer::chat);
+        // A map a session needs: hosts say which Thunderstore package theirs is from, and a
+        // guest without it is offered it on a card (Extension/Assets/map_download.h).
+        dingosdk::multiplayer::set_map_package_lookup(dingosdk::map_download::package_of);
+        dingosdk::overlay::set_map_download_feed([]() {
+            const auto view = dingosdk::map_download::view();
+            using Stage = dingosdk::map_download::Stage;
+            dingosdk::overlay::MapDownloadCard card;
+            card.stage = view.stage == Stage::asking ? 1 : view.stage == Stage::downloading ? 2 : view.stage == Stage::installing ? 3
+                       : view.stage == Stage::applying ? 4 : view.stage == Stage::joining ? 5 : 0;
+            card.map = view.map;
+            card.package = view.package;
+            card.author = view.author;
+            card.version = view.version;
+            card.description = view.description;
+            card.step = view.step;
+            card.steps = view.steps;
+            card.step_name = view.step_name;
+            card.server = view.server;
+            card.moved = view.moved;
+            card.installed = view.installed;
+            card.choice = view.choice;
+            card.received = view.received;
+            card.total = view.total;
+            card.yes_bind = view.yes_bind;
+            card.no_bind = view.no_bind;
+            return card;
+        });
+        dingosdk::overlay::set_map_download_answer(dingosdk::map_download::answer);
         dingosdk::overlay::set_hub_page_feed(dingosdk::multiplayer::native_menu_page);
         dingosdk::overlay::set_hub_callbacks(native_callbacks);
         dingosdk::overlay::set_ui_sound(dingosdk::multiplayer::queue_ui_sound);
diff --git a/Server/README.txt b/Server/README.txt
index 489b94c..d2a5138 100644
--- a/Server/README.txt
+++ b/Server/README.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,17 @@ with the defaults, as on the first run.
 Custom maps
 -----------
 Copy a custom map's mod folder from the game's Mods folder into a Mods folder
-next to the server (only its reskate-levels.json is read). The map can then be
-chosen by name. Players need the same map mod installed to join.
+next to the server (its reskate-levels.json and manifest.json are read). The
+map can then be chosen by name. Players need the same map mod installed to
+join.
+
+A player without it is offered it when the map is from Thunderstore: the game
+downloads it, applies it and joins the server again. For that the folder has to
+keep the name Thunderstore gives it: Owner-Name as the launcher installs it
+(Sandos-Vancouver_Plaza), or Owner-Name-1.0.0 as its zip unpacks. The server
+tells players that name, and the version from manifest.json when the file is
+there. A map under any other folder name
+works as before: players install it themselves.
 
 Players connect through Steam's relay network, so no ports need opening. If you
 do forward UDP 27015-27016 (port, query_port), the browser also shows the
diff --git a/Server/server_config.cpp b/Server/server_config.cpp
index 6507781..1c6de46 100644
--- a/Server/server_config.cpp
+++ b/Server/server_config.cpp
@@ -656,11 +656,20 @@ std::vector<std::string> load_levels(const std::filesystem::path &mods) {
             std::stringstream text;
             text << in.rdbuf();
             const auto root = Json::parse(text.str());
+            // The mod's version, when the whole folder was copied here and not only its level list.
+            std::string version;
+            try {
+                std::ifstream about(entry.path() / "manifest.json", std::ios::binary);
+                std::stringstream about_text;
+                about_text << about.rdbuf();
+                if (about) version = Json::parse(about_text.str()).value("version_number", "");
+            } catch (const std::exception &) {}
+            const auto package = multiplayer::map_package_name(entry.path().filename().string(), version);
             for (const auto &level : root.at("levels")) {
                 const auto asset = level.at("asset").string();
                 const auto name = level.value("displayName", world_level_name(asset));
                 if (std::none_of(list.begin(), list.end(), [&](const auto &l) { return same(l.asset, asset); }))
-                    list.push_back({asset, name.empty() ? world_level_name(asset) : name});
+                    list.push_back({asset, name.empty() ? world_level_name(asset) : name, package});
             }
         } catch (const std::exception &e) {
             problems.push_back(entry.path().filename().string() + ": " + e.what());
@@ -730,6 +739,10 @@ std::string map_label(std::string_view map) {
     if (const auto *level = find_level(map)) return level->name;
     return world_level_name(world_destination_asset(map_destination(map)));
 }
+std::string map_package(std::string_view map) {
+    const auto *level = find_level(map);
+    return level ? level->package : std::string();
+}
 std::vector<const ServerLevel *> pool_levels(const ServerConfig &config) {
     std::vector<const ServerLevel *> pool;
     const auto add = [&](const ServerLevel *level) {
diff --git a/Server/server_config.h b/Server/server_config.h
index b862e46..a3d5763 100644
--- a/Server/server_config.h
+++ b/Server/server_config.h
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ std::optional<std::uint64_t> parse_scoring(std::string_view text);
 // "San Vansterdam", "Isle of Grom", a custom map's "bbcity"...
 struct ServerLevel {
     std::string asset, name;
+    // The Thunderstore package a custom map's mod folder is (protocol.h: map_package_name), from
+    // the folder's name and its manifest.json, so players without the map can be offered it.
+    std::string package;
 };
 // The retail maps, and the custom maps in `mods`\<mod>\reskate-levels.json
 // (players' map mods, copied next to the server). Returns why a mod was skipped.
@@ -226,6 +229,8 @@ std::string map_destination(std::string_view map);
 std::string map_setting(std::string_view map);
 // A map's name for people: "San Vansterdam".
 std::string map_label(std::string_view map);
+// The Thunderstore package that map comes from; empty for the game's own and when unknown.
+std::string map_package(std::string_view map);
 std::vector<const ServerLevel *> pool_levels(const ServerConfig &config); // known pool maps once each; all when empty
 bool in_map_pool(const ServerConfig &config, std::string_view map);
 const ServerLevel *next_pool_map(const ServerConfig &config, std::string_view map); // after `map`; null if no other
diff --git a/Server/server_host.cpp b/Server/server_host.cpp
index de8024f..e284fab 100644
--- a/Server/server_host.cpp
+++ b/Server/server_host.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,21 @@ void Host::save() {
         log_(std::string("Could not save the config: ") + e.what());
     }
 }
+// A player without the map is downloading it: the clock they are loading against starts over
+// each time they say so, for as long as map_fetch_limit_us from the first time. A slot is still
+// never held for good, and a player who stops saying it has the usual time to load.
+void Host::fetching(Guest &guest) {
+    // Only for a player who is past the password: anyone else is held to the short time a
+    // connection gets to show it belongs here.
+    if (!guest.handshaken && !guest.map_authorized) return;
+    if (!guest.fetching_since) {
+        guest.fetching_since = now_;
+        log_("[map] " + guest_name(guest) + " is downloading the map");
+    }
+    if (now_ - guest.fetching_since > map_fetch_limit_us) return;
+    if (!guest.handshaken) guest.connected_at = now_;
+    else if (guest.travel_since) guest.travel_since = now_;
+}
 std::string Host::invite() const { return format_invite({id_, secret_}); }
 std::string Host::map_name() const { return map_label(config_.map); }
 std::string Host::wire_map_label() const { // players without the map's mod still see its name
@@ -698,6 +713,7 @@ void Host::send_world_state() {
     auto state = packet(PacketKind::world_state, now_);
     state.destination = map_destination(config_.map);
     state.map_label = wire_map_label();
+    state.map_package = map_package(config_.map);
     state.world_ready = true; // the server has nothing to load
     const auto bytes = encode_wire(state);
     for (auto &[id, guest] : guests_)
@@ -793,6 +809,7 @@ void Host::change_map(std::string_view map) {
         g.scoring_flagged = old.scoring_flagged;
         g.world_ready = false;
         g.travel_since = g.handshaken ? now_ : 0;
+        g.fetching_since = 0;
         g.last_packet = now_;
     }
     if (++world_ == 0) throw std::runtime_error("Map transition counter exhausted.");
@@ -818,10 +835,16 @@ void Host::drop(std::uint64_t id, const std::string &reason, const std::string &
     } else {
         // Never admitted: it held a player slot meanwhile, so it shows in the log, and an ID
         // that keeps failing waits longer each time before its connection is taken again.
-        const auto failures = join_backoff_.failed(id, now_);
-        log_("[join] " + std::to_string(id) + " did not finish joining (" + reason + ")" +
-             (failures > 1 ? ", attempt " + std::to_string(failures) : std::string{}) +
-             (detail.empty() ? std::string{} : " [" + detail + "]"));
+        // Not one that was let in (past the password) and left while fetching the map: turning
+        // a download down, or stopping one, is no failed attempt, and they may come straight back.
+        if (found->second->map_authorized && found->second->fetching_since) {
+            log_("[join] " + std::to_string(id) + " left without the map (" + reason + ")");
+        } else {
+            const auto failures = join_backoff_.failed(id, now_);
+            log_("[join] " + std::to_string(id) + " did not finish joining (" + reason + ")" +
+                 (failures > 1 ? ", attempt " + std::to_string(failures) : std::string{}) +
+                 (detail.empty() ? std::string{} : " [" + detail + "]"));
+        }
     }
     guests_.erase(found);
     for (auto &[other, guest] : guests_) {
@@ -987,6 +1010,7 @@ void Host::receive(std::uint64_t peer, std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes, std:
             return;
         link->ready_sequence = p.sequence;
         link->last_packet = now_;
+        if (p.map_fetching) fetching(*link);
         const bool arrived = p.world_ready && !link->world_ready;
         if (!p.world_ready && link->world_ready) link->loading_since = now_;
         if (arrived && config_.activity_log)
@@ -1005,6 +1029,7 @@ void Host::receive(std::uint64_t peer, std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes, std:
             return drop(peer, "Invalid map request. Update ReSkate to the server's version and join again.");
         if (link->handshaken) return;
         if (p.map && p.map != map_) return drop(peer, "The server changed maps while you were joining. Join again.");
+        if (p.map_fetching) fetching(*link);
         link->member.epoch = p.epoch;
         bool authorized = !password_;
         if (password_) {
@@ -1021,6 +1046,7 @@ void Host::receive(std::uint64_t peer, std::span<const std::uint8_t> bytes, std:
             auto offer = packet(PacketKind::map_offer, now_);
             offer.destination = map_destination(config_.map);
             offer.map_label = wire_map_label();
+            offer.map_package = map_package(config_.map);
             offer.challenge = link->password_challenge;
             offer.map_authorized = authorized;
             send_required(*link, encode_wire(offer));
diff --git a/Server/server_host.h b/Server/server_host.h
index 98591e7..ddc0880 100644
--- a/Server/server_host.h
+++ b/Server/server_host.h
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class Host {
         bool handshaken{}, map_authorized{}, world_ready = true;
         std::uint64_t last_map_offer{}, travel_since{}, connected_at{}, last_packet{};
         std::uint64_t loading_since{}; // not ready in this world since (reloading on their own)
+        // When they first said they are fetching the map (Packet::map_fetching), 0 for never
+        // in this world: while they go on saying so, within map_fetch_limit_us of then, the
+        // time they are given to load starts over.
+        std::uint64_t fetching_since{};
         std::uint32_t ready_sequence{};
         ReceiveBudget budget;
         DeltaSender sender;
@@ -328,6 +332,7 @@ class Host {
     void send_maps(Guest &admin);
     void change_map(std::string_view map); // a level name, level path or destination
     std::string wire_map_label() const;
+    void fetching(Guest &guest);
     bool same_map(std::string_view asset) const { return map_hash(map_destination(asset)) == map_; }
     bool accept_data(Guest &source, const Packet &);
     // `received_at`: the transport's arrival time for the message (TransportMessage::arrived).
diff --git a/cmake/Apps.cmake b/cmake/Apps.cmake
index c8958bf..c786cb9 100644
--- a/cmake/Apps.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Apps.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ if(DINGOSDK_BUILD_LAUNCHER_TESTS AND WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(dingosdk_thunderstore_tests PRIVATE dingosdk_json dingosdk_miniz)
     target_include_directories(dingosdk_thunderstore_tests PRIVATE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
     add_test(NAME launcher_thunderstore COMMAND dingosdk_thunderstore_tests)
+    add_executable(dingosdk_thunderstore_package_tests Engine/Vfs/Test/thunderstore_package_tests.cpp Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(dingosdk_thunderstore_package_tests PRIVATE dingosdk_json)
+    target_include_directories(dingosdk_thunderstore_package_tests PRIVATE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+    add_test(NAME thunderstore_package COMMAND dingosdk_thunderstore_package_tests)
     add_executable(dingosdk_game_settings_tests Launcher/Test/game_settings_tests.cpp Launcher/game_settings.cpp)
     target_include_directories(dingosdk_game_settings_tests PRIVATE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
     add_test(NAME launcher_game_settings COMMAND dingosdk_game_settings_tests)
diff --git a/cmake/Runtime.cmake b/cmake/Runtime.cmake
index 31b4081..5423b04 100644
--- a/cmake/Runtime.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Runtime.cmake
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ add_library(dingosdk_runtime SHARED
     Extension/Assets/native_patch_support.cpp
     Extension/Assets/mod_layers.cpp
     Extension/Assets/live_mods.cpp
+    Extension/Assets/map_download.cpp
+    Engine/Vfs/thunderstore_package.cpp
+    Launcher/mod_manager.cpp
     Extension/Assets/loose_files.cpp
     Extension/Scripting/lua_startup.cpp
     Extension/Scripting/custom_script_loader.cpp
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ add_library(dingosdk_runtime SHARED
     Extension/Boot/ea_service_block.cpp)
 
 target_link_libraries(dingosdk_runtime PRIVATE dingosdk_logging dingosdk_profiler dingosdk_supported_build dingosdk_overlay dingosdk_console_core dingosdk_steam_restart_guard
-    dingosdk_startup_interventions dingosdk_fast_travel_unlock dingosdk_local_profile dingosdk_initfs dingosdk_mods dingosdk_startup_window dingosdk_custom_scripts dingosdk_world_layer_scan bcrypt
+    dingosdk_startup_interventions dingosdk_fast_travel_unlock dingosdk_local_profile dingosdk_initfs dingosdk_mods dingosdk_mod_list dingosdk_launcher_support dingosdk_miniz shell32 dingosdk_startup_window dingosdk_custom_scripts dingosdk_world_layer_scan bcrypt
     dingosdk_https winhttp ws2_32 xaudio2 ole32 dingosdk_game_archives dingosdk_word_filter)
 
 add_library(dingosdk_custom_level_manifest STATIC
diff --git a/cmake/UI.cmake b/cmake/UI.cmake
index 9afc455..eca99be 100644
--- a/cmake/UI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/UI.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ add_library(dingosdk_overlay STATIC
     Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_input.cpp
     Extension/UI/Overlay/overlay_notices.cpp
     Extension/UI/Overlay/chat_overlay.cpp
+    Extension/UI/Overlay/map_download_card.cpp
     Extension/UI/Overlay/hub_page.cpp
     Extension/UI/Overlay/game_text_overlay.cpp
     Extension/UI/Overlay/perf_overlay.cpp