Gaia Sky 3.6.7
Build 5160f2cfe
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Release Notes

Features

  • add composition of timed orbit coordinates and timed orbit coordinates to enable changing orbits during an object’s lifetime.
  • update app colors in metainfo file.
  • update metainfo with better screenshots, appropriately sized for flathub.
  • update icons to higher resolution, add macos and round versions.
  • update pointers to project website and docs.
  • add script to test frame output.
  • add instructions to new website in release script.
  • adjust star shader so that sunspots are more prominent. Enable hot reload in star shaders (use Ctrl+Shift+Y).
  • remove music classes and events.
  • increase default line width of recursive grid.

Bug Fixes

  • star velocity vectors in VR do not work.
  • star’s proper motions do not work in VR.
  • stopRecordingCameraPath() does not work.
  • default to .jpg instead of .jpeg as file extension for screenshots and still frames.
  • refreshing orbits sometimes crashes the thread.
  • constellation names sometimes not showing up with LOD catalogs.
  • FORCE_OBJECT_LABEL_CMD now accepts an Entity type to work with setForceDisplayLabel(name) API call.
  • adjust recursive grid labels and base model size.
  • billboard rendering for single stars in VR mode.
  • do not show component types with no style in visibility component or gamepad GUI.
  • focus orientation lock does not work consistently.
  • trajectory scaling.
  • missing translation keys for invisible component type.
  • resotre motion blur settings crashes the app.
  • changelog template contains wrong URL paths.

Code Refactoring

  • clean up skins, remove unused icons.

Build System

  • upgrade to gradle 8.10.
  • remove old downloads-table template, update release script with new instructions regarding release publishing on the new gaiasky.space website.
  • include metainfo file in tarball, flathub now requires this file to come from upstream.
  • remove 16 and 32 pixel icons from launchers. Use only 128px for macOS.

Documentation

  • update website pointers in readme file.

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