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I've had several requests to update the User's Manual to reflect 1.4.0. I've done so as far as I can go at this point, but I have a few questions before I release it to Chris and Motherlode:

As far as I can tell, the three new keystrokes appearing in 1.4.0 are:

1. ( or ) - controls galaxy brightness
2. ^ - toggles nebulae on or off (also includes a render menu box)
3. % - toggles star color tables on or off

Are there any other keys that have been bound in 1.4.0 that are new?


From a user perspective, 1.4.0 has a ton of behind-the-scene improvements in graphics, visual displays, command line options, galaxies, etc. However, are there any other new features or displays that a user can control while Celestia is open, that differ from 1.3.2? ... features that we need to teach them how to use in the User Manual? I fear I've overlooked something I don't even know about.

Thanks in advance

Frank

fsgregs wrote:I've had several requests to update the User's Manual to reflect 1.4.0. I've done so as far as I can go at this point, but I have a few questions before I release it to Chris and Motherlode:

As far as I can tell, the three new keystrokes appearing in 1.4.0 are:

1. ( or ) - controls galaxy brightness
2. ^ - toggles nebulae on or off (also includes a render menu box)
3. % - toggles star color tables on or off

Are there any other keys that have been bound in 1.4.0 that are new?


From a user perspective, 1.4.0 has a ton of behind-the-scene improvements in graphics, visual displays, command line options, galaxies, etc. However, are there any other new features or displays that a user can control while Celestia is open, that differ from 1.3.2? ... features that we need to teach them how to use in the User Manual? I fear I've overlooked something I don't even know about.

Thanks in advance

Frank

Yes galaxy brightness is also affected by the "[" and "]" keys along with increasing/decreasing the limiting magnitude. Same if Automag is switched on. While the "(", ")" keys allow to /increase/ galaxy brightness /independently/ of the star brightness with the "[","]" keys this is coupled to that of the stars.

Bye Fridger

fsgregs wrote:1. ( or ) - controls galaxy brightness
2. ^ - toggles nebulae on or off (also includes a render menu box)
3. % - toggles star color tables on or off

I just added these to:

• CelestiaKeyAssignments.txt
• controls.txt
• KbdMouseJoyControls.txt

Is there any reason why we have three files for this?