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[IsaacG]

Is there ANYWHERE I can get a pre-compiled download of the latest GitHub version?

For Windows?
http://www.mediafire.com/file/8d6cji4r8djrqd3/Liberal+Crime+Squad+4.11.zip
If you just want to play it, this has no gameplay differences from the GitHub version.

There's a bug that causes some values to be changed upon reloading a game.  If you start on nightmare mode, save the game, and reload it, the issues will shift and some supreme court justices will shift alignment.  Gun control shifts one point and become conservative, Civil Rights will shift 3 and become liberal, election reform will shift 2 and become moderate, Human rights will shift one point and become conservative, Tax structure becomes moderate, Drug laws are conservative, and Military Spending becomes conservative, Flag Burning and Women's Right's become Liberal, Immigration and Prison regulation become moderate.  2 Conservative Justices and one moderate justice will become liberal.

The values are over-written every time you reload the game it seems, at least the political issues affected are.  You can advance a month and let the issues change, to the point where they glitch out, because they moved off the chart, and upon reloading, the issues will be reset.

Huh.  I'm going to have to look into that.

Yeah same thing here. Also isn't that 4.10? Didn't know there was a 4.11 release.

The last official release is 4.07, but Fox hasn't been seen in forever, so KamelSadek worked to update it by adding Liberal Augmentation.  I don't know precisely how much is his work, but he included updates to allow mucalitiple saves and several quality of life changes.  KamelSadek calls his version 4.10.  I used this version as a starting point for improved procedural string support, moving most of the in game text to external files, specifically pickup lines and battle text.  I spoke with KamelSadek, and since we don't really know one another, and since neither of us is sure I didn't introduce a bunch of new bugs he has decided not to merge my changes into version 4.10.  Eventually I made enough changes that I felt the need to differentiate my release from 4.10 so I renamed my version 4.11, and later renamed it 4.12.

tldr;
Fox released 4.07.  Hasn't been updated since before KamelSadek worked on it.
KamelSadek fixed up 4.07 and released 4.10.  Hasn't been updated since before IsaacG worked on it.
IsaacG fixed up 4.10 and released 4.12.
Koorba, Taberone, and randseed worked at translating 4.12 into Russian.
Schmel924 did work on 4.10, starting a fork of their own.
These people aren't really working together, but the higher numbers mostly mean advancement.
Also, http://www.mediafire.com/file/hw6gkrbmktvof53/LCS+v4.12+STABLE.zip
4.11 was buggy as hell, so I removed all my experimental changes and released 4.12
I haven't changed it much in the last six months, so this release is still current.

[Schmel]

Schmel924 did work on 4.10, starting a fork of their own.

Woo-Hoo, somebody noticed!
Actually i'm really sorry, no real work was done there. I used it mostly as training to git. And failed. Maybe i delete repo someday.
And i really like to put my hands on this 4.12 you talking about.
Is it anywhere on public git servers?
Okay, i parsed all your messages on this forum and found out that instead of IsaacG (which is already present on github) you put LCS 4.12 as King-Drake. Okay, here i GOFORK!
Also, Russian: i can help with that.

[Schmel]

He-he. Managed to compile it! It wasn't an easy journey.
Mostly because i did it on my dayjob PC, where i'm no admin. So no installation of any program in usual way.
I downloaded and unpacked MiniGW and GnuMake.
After this, i indexed in makeshift makefile all cpp files from src folder.
After several more error-inducing changes (disable SDL and weird mingw #define), it worked.
My changes are on Github as of right now.
https://github.com/Schmel924/Liberal-Crime-Squad/tree/Dayjob

[IsaacG]

Okay, i parsed all your messages on this forum and found out that instead of IsaacG (which is already present on github) you put LCS 4.12 as King-Drake.

It's just the price I pay for having usernames easily pronounced and spelled.
I've decided to feel flattered by the people who painstakingly track me down rather than ask me directly.

He-he. Managed to compile it! It wasn't an easy journey.
Mostly because i did it on my dayjob PC, where i'm no admin. So no installation of any program in usual way.
I downloaded and unpacked MiniGW and GnuMake.
After this, i indexed in makeshift makefile all cpp files from src folder.
After several more error-inducing changes (disable SDL and weird mingw #define), it worked.
My changes are on Github as of right now.
https://github.com/Schmel924/Liberal-Crime-Squad/tree/Dayjob

The problems ultimately stem from "includes.h" (and "externs.h").  My computer can compile the code for crimesquad.exe in about thirty seconds, but it takes 4~5 seconds to parse through and recompile includes.h.  Since it's included in every single file, that adds about five minutes to the compile time.  Being able to recompile in thirty seconds makes changes easier, safer, and better.
The problem is that now it has about twenty "includes.h" files instead of one (with names like "includesAltComplex01Redux02.h" because new ones are created and destroyed like fruit flies in pursuit of reduced interdependence).
I've been working on it for six months, but still it remains in a primordial state.

Edit: It's also driving me insane; I don't even know what I just wrote.

[Schmel]

I've decided to feel flattered by the people who painstakingly track me down rather than ask me directly.

Well, You know, You weren't responding in three seconds after my post, and I was pumping adrenaline, so it was easier to act, than think. Also, that part of Your signature doesn't yell out "4.12 LCS IS HERE", so i went my way. Also, did You know, they making TV-series of Good Omens? With David Tennant! OMG!

new ones are created and destroyed like fruit flies in pursuit of reduced interdependence

That's why we use git. It proves to us the lifecycle of such changes.
Also, i think that's the right way, just break it in parts, that seems usable.
I wonder what exactly make it so hard.
Do You happen to have git log regarding this file and his counterparts?
If You don't mind, i will try and do the same in my free time.