release: install.sh accepts any y/n answer, and a non-terminal install builds the engine models

ask() takes the default on Enter or EOF, ignores whitespace, accepts any answer starting with y or n and
re-asks otherwise. Without a terminal (or with --yes) DO_ENGINE defaults to building the models.

RELEASE_NOTES.md: the install.sh engine setup, [Engine] Enabled = auto, and the FSR Ray Regeneration backend
that this build does not carry.

install.sh

@@ -52,15 +52,17 @@ CACHE="${D4R_CACHE_DIR:-${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/d4r}"
 
 # Questions only on a terminal; otherwise (or with --yes) every default applies.
 interactive() { (( YES == 0 )) && [[ -t 0 && -t 1 ]]; }
-ask() {   # ask "QUESTION" DEFAULT(y|n): 0 for yes
+ask() {   # ask "QUESTION" DEFAULT(y|n): 0 for yes. Enter takes the default; any answer starting with y or n counts.
   local answer
   if ! interactive; then [[ $2 == y ]]; return; fi
   while true; do
-    read -r -p "$1 [$([[ $2 == y ]] && echo Y/n || echo y/N)] " answer || answer=''
+    read -r -p "$1 [$([[ $2 == y ]] && echo Y/n || echo y/N)] " answer || { echo; answer=''; }
+    answer="${answer//[[:space:]]/}"
     case "${answer,,}" in
       '') [[ $2 == y ]]; return ;;
-      y|yes) return 0 ;;
+      y*) return 0 ;;
-      n|no) return 1 ;;
+      n*) return 1 ;;
+      *) echo '  Please answer y or n (or press Enter for the default).' ;;
     esac
   done
 }
@@ -182,6 +184,7 @@ if (( REBUILD == 0 )) && [[ "$DO_ENGINE" != 0 && -f "$STAMP" && "$(cat "$STAMP")
   echo 'The engine models in this folder are up to date.'
   done_msg; exit 0
 fi
+if [[ "$DO_ENGINE" == ask ]] && ! interactive; then DO_ENGINE=1; fi
 if [[ "$DO_ENGINE" == ask ]]; then
   echo
   echo "Set up d4r's own DLSS engine (recommended)?"

packaging/RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <!-- Modified in this fork for CUDA Ray Reconstruction support and validation (2026). -->
 # Unreleased
 
+- `install.sh` sets up the native engine: after the NVIDIA DLLs (now also DLSS Ray Reconstruction 310.9.1) it offers to build the engine's models on the user's machine (`d4r/tools/build-engine-models.sh`): Ray Reconstruction D, E and F straight from `nvngx_dlssd.dll`, Super Resolution K, M and L (and their LDR variants) from one test frame per model rendered through d4r under GE-Proton. The verified DLLs and the built models are kept in `~/.cache/d4r`, so the next game's install neither downloads nor builds again. Questions replace the old command-line choices (`--help` lists options for scripted installs).
+- `[Engine] Enabled = auto` is the new default: the engine (the faster path) runs whenever `d4r/engine` holds its models, with the fastest model builds; anything it cannot run still uses the CUDA backend.
+- Not in this build: the experimental AMD FSR Ray Regeneration backend for Ray Reconstruction (`[RayReconstruction] Backend = fsr`) that an earlier nightly carried. Its code is not part of d4r's sources; Ray Reconstruction runs on NVIDIA's DLSS denoiser (engine or CUDA backend).
+
 - ASI setup ignores Proton accessibility helpers and other background utilities, and serializes setup per plugin installation. Its D3D12 configuration uses regular Windows library hooks and disables Agility SDK upgrades. Game-specific startup remains a separate runtime check.
 
 - ASI setup now finds the INI beside the active OptiScaler loader, including GE-Proton's `system32/umu` installation. Missing-file errors identify the actual missing path, and INI updates are staged beside their destination even when the game and prefix are on different filesystems.