Release notes

The major changes of this version:

• 5 new sky cultures
• Refactoring the code: many improvements and fixes
• Added many DSO textures
• Many improvements for Scripting Engine

Packages notes

Changelog

Full list of changes:

• Added new type of computation for AstroCalc/Phenomena tool
• Added GUI options to change constellations and asterisms font size (GH: #576)
• Added new source to star names and added new additional name to kappa Scorpii
• Added tool to detect Intel C/C++ compiler in our Logger
• Added new method into ConstellationMgr class - getConstellationsEnglishNames() to get English names of all constellations in the selected sky culture [Scripting Engine]
• Added new one script 'Constellations Tour' to organize the tour around constellations of the loaded sky culture [Scripting Engine]
• Added constellation boundaries for Chinese Skyculture (GH: #584)
• Added more values to correctly detect MSVC version
• Added few scriptable methods into HighlightMgr class to manage highlight points
• Added translation support for strings within scripts
• Added Chinese medieval sky culture (GH: #604)
• Added Alipurduar town (West Bengal; India) to the default locations list (GH: #606)
• Added extra check-point for data directory in the StelFileMgr class
• Added DSO textures
• Added sensor crop overlay to Ocular plugin (GH: #612)
• Added tool for allow filetype selection for Screenshots (GH: #623)
• Added core.getPlatformName() and core.isMediaPlaybackSupported() methods into scripting engine
• Added scripting function isModuleLoaded()
• Added graph "Transit altitude vs Time" into AstroCalc/Graphs tool
• Added small simplification to scripting through adding master switch by types for grids, lines and points on the sky [Scripting Engine]
• Added showing labels for named highlights (GH: #638)
• Added allow setting location of User Data Dir via environment variable.
• Added scripting graphics tool [Scripting Engine] (GH: #640)
• Added LMC and SMC as addition names for Magellanic Clouds
• Added classifications support for sky cultures
• Added support 2 southern deep sky catalogues (NGC subset; esp. for southern observers)
• Added armintxe, paleolithic sky culture and landscape (GH: #628)
• Added demo script for martian analemma [Scripting Engine]
• Added support sols for setDate() method [Scripting Engine]
• Added code, who indicate to hybrid graphics systems to prefer the discrete part by default (GH: #649)
• Added support for constellation boundaries thickness (GH: #653)
• Added Maya constellations (GH: #635)
• Added 2 Babylonian skycultures (GH: #647)
• Added display of used (terrestrial) timezone for observation from extraterrestrial locations
• Added special case for Satellites plugin: use texture for draw the crossing of the ISS of the Moon or the Sun
• Added nightly illumination plus basic description for armintxe landscape
• Fixed Ependes Observatory location (GH: #581)
• Fixed scaling the distance in AstroCalc
• Fixed naming the stars in AstroCalc tool when non-western skyculture is enabled (GH: #577)
• Fixed sorting of column Distance in Astronomical Calculations' Ephemeris tab (GH: #579)
• Fixed wrong calculation the FOV of CCD in Oculars plugin
• Fixed compile Stellarium without media features
• Fixed behaviour of script (The old script 'Constellations Tour' was renamed to the 'Western Constellations Tour' and updated) [Scripting Engine]
• Fixed documents for core.clear() method [Scripting Engine]
• Fixed unit tests failure on Windows and some linuxes (GH: #586, #587, #588)
• Fixed the user interface problems for lenses in Oculars plug-in (GH: #580)
• Fixed copyright years in CREDITS.md file
• Fixed checker in the StelFileMgr class (GH: #589)
• Fixed macOS User Data Directory in documentation (GH: #593)
• Fixed bug report address for .desktop translations
• Fixed a typo in Scenery3D plugin (GH: #600)
• Fixed selecting LMST, LTST and system_default timezone names
• Fixed math error in StelHips (GH: #599)
• Fixed a potential memory leak in libtess (GH: #598)
• Fixed error for ephemeris calculations time window (GH: #605)
• Fixed description data for textures.json
• Fixed missed translatable strings in StelSkyCultureMgr class
• Fixed CWE-404 issues
• Fixed crash when script tried delete already deleted labels (GH: #625)
• Fixed zooming behaviour
• Fixed time zone issue in AstroCalc/WUT tool
• Fixed DSO texture overlay issue (GH: #655)
• Fixed FTBFS issue on some linux systems
• Fixed bad behaviour time zones in the location panel (GH: #602)
• Fixed crash when selecting certain dates in 1 AD for some time zones on Windows (GH: #594)
• Fixed default limits for graph "Transit altitude vs Time"
• Fixed translation the "Armintxe Cave" string (GH: #657)
• Fixed airmass calculation for deep-sky objects
• Changed default constellations font size
• Changed HiPS behaviour: don't show tile if it is hidden by children
• Changed behaviour of version checker: introduced the additional check for latest version
• Changed behaviour of the BottomStelBar::updateText() method (GH: #596)
• Updated Reingold and Dershowitz algorithm of DeltaT (New algorithm was taken from the Calendrical Calculations: The Ultimate Edition book)
• Updated cmake rules for ICC/ICPC support (Intel C/C++ compilers)
• Updated GUI in Oculars plugin
• Updated Stellarium User Guide
• Updated technical documentation
• Updated Amalthea texture
• Updated scripts (added i18n support)
• Updated scripting API: added format specification for screenshots. (GH: #623)
• Updated the code (thanks for PVS-Studio to the finding an issues)
• Updated DSO textures
• Updated textures of LMC (GH: #632)
• Updated nomenclature
• Updated jquery and jquery-ui in Remote Control plugin (GH: #620, #621)
• Updated scripting engine: MilkyWay saturation scriptable now
• Updated scripting engine: expanding the core.clear() method
• Updated Satellites plugin: harmonized function name, added a property [Scripting Engine].
• Updated KoreanCM.isl file - typofixes (GH: #639)
• Updated RemoteSync plugin: suppress unsuitable properties (GH: #642)
• Updated AstroCalc/WUT tool: optimizations
• Updated AstroCalc/Positions tool: optimizations
• Updated AstroCalc/Phenomena tool: optimizations
• Updated contact info for plugins
• Updated Sterngarten model description
• Updated behaviour of the options on Starlore tab
• Updated list of extraterrestrial locations
• Updated time zones behaviour: make custom time zone use a full property of StelCore
• Updated time zones behaviour: preserve custom timezone setting
• Updated LocationDialog behaviour: Return to default location resets location list.
• Removed a long time abandoned incomplete LogBook plugin
• Remove old deprecated methods in scripting engine
• Remove languages without translators and with translations lesser than 1%