Gaia Sky 3.0.1
Build 2318179ff
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Release Notes

Bug Fixes

  • show information dialog in case of OpenGL or java version problems
  • disposing bookmarks manager without it being initialized
  • update default screen size
  • remove idle FPS and backbuffer config
  • file chooser allows selection when entering directories if in DIRECTORIES mode
  • update default max number of stars
  • increase max heap space from 4 to 8 GB in all configurations
  • 24-bit depth buffer, 8-bit stencil
  • JSON pointer from DR2 to eDR3

Build System

  • update bundled JRE version to 11.0.9+11

Code Refactoring

  • all startup messages to i18n bundle, fix swing themes

Documentation

  • update pointers to documentation

Features

  • saner error reporting with new dialog
  • add error dialog that works with OpenGL 2.0 and informs the user of insufficient OpenGL or Java versions
  • add safe graphics mode CLI argument --safemode
  • dynamic resolution scaling - first implementation, deactivated
  • add safe graphics mode, which does not use float buffers at all. It is activated by default if the context creation for 4.1 fails. It uses OpenGL 3.1.
  • download manager is capable of resuming downloads
  • special flag to enable OpenGL debug output
  • enable GPU debug info with --debug flag

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