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* Improved inclusion of light travel delay, also in KDE time setting dialog
* Fixed lookback command for subsequent changes of target speed
* Allow wildcard character * inplace of extension for texture filenames
* Fix bump mapping (again)
* Use standard normal maps instead of x-reversed ones
* Compute the radii of stars more accurately by using bolometric magnitudes
* Permit star names to be defined within .stc files
* Fixed near clipping of small deep sky objects
* Windows: added auto magnitude toggle to render menu
* KDE: added popup error notifications
* Allow oblate planets to have atmospheres
* Corrected specular highlights; abrupt cutoff near terminator eliminated
* Fixed 'hole in the sky' bug
* Allow sunset color to be specified in .ssc files
* Improved rendering of objects in daytime skies
* Bound Ctrl+P to mark/unmark selection
* Implemented tab completion of star, planet, and deep sky object names
* Implemented new, scientifically accurate Pluto-Charon textures
* Windows: bound Ctrl+C to copy cel:// URL to clipboard
* Modified the way field of view works: compute the field of view based on distance to screen, monitor resolution, and view size; don't attempt to maintain a constant vertical FOV when splitting views.
* Implemented alternate surfaces for planets
* Added overlay textures that are applied on top of other surface maps
* Bound + to toggle limit of knowledge maps
* Improved estimates for stellar rotation period; previously all stars were assigned the same rotation rate as the sun.
* Added locations--labels of planetary surface features
* Bound & to toggle display of location labels
* Added a locations dialog for controlling the display of locations
* Allow orbit paths to be turned on independently for all object classes
* Added a 'scaled disc' style for rendering stars
* Bound shift+arrow keys to orbit reference object
* Added unmarkall command for scripting
* Added missing render flags for script commands: automag, atmospheres, grid
* Added a MeshCenter field for properly position and rotation of 3DS meshes
* Implemented virtual textures, for ultra-high resolution texture mapping of planets.
* Added textures for Hyperion and Proteus
* Made cancel script command stop motion, tracking, and any object-relative coordinate system.
* Adjusted estimates for radii and rotation periods of extrasolar planets; rotation rates account (somewhat) for the effects of tidal despinning.
* Fixed a bug that was causing precision loss in orientation values; this fixes some of the jerkiness apparent at very low fields of view.
* Corrected radii of Uranus's rings
* Added ring system for Neptune
* Corrected errors in Callisto's orbit
* Modify the right-drag rotation rate based on the distance between the camera and the selection.
* Made ambient light work for bump mapped objects in the vertex program/DOT3 render path.
* Bound Shift+C to center/orbit. This places the selection in middle of the view while keeping the reference object at the same point in the view.
* Added locations-labels of all world capitals (240) with importance weights calculated from their numbers of inhabitants
* Added solar system location labels

Anonymous wrote:Merry Christmas chris! finally the 1.3.1 goes final

any changes since .11 pre beta relase?

...keep up the good work.

this is a growing community.. : }