at last, find below the new
Celestia-FT1.1 release
by Toti and myself.
It is mainly a bugfix release, but there are also quite a few new features/benefits we hope:
--Please read carefully the Changelog (relative to Celestia-1.4.0pre-FT1)
below that lists all the fixes and code modifications.
Here you may recall all changes and important news at the level of our first release: Celestia-1.4.0pre-FT1:
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Celestia-1.4.0pre-FT1
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--For people's convenience,
I have made a complete self-extracting Windows installer
version that will NOT interfere with an installed standard Celestia
installation. The new Celestia directory is called 'Celestia FT1.1'.
--I found and eliminated the reason for the CTRL+V bug in Windows!
Chris' *.iss installer file lacked the ell_galaxy_arb.vp shader! While
it was not used yet, the code tried to load it nevertheless and quit with a
segfault if it was not present in the shader directory.
--Chris had forgotten about my two binary orbit files (visualbins.stc and
spectbins.stc) in his installer *.iss file for Windows. So these were
lacking accidentally in the recent 1.4.0pre versions. Since I now have
included them, you will also get hundreds of new, precise binary orbits
to play with...
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--The Windows bin version may be downloaded from here
http://www.shatters.net/~t00fri/celestia/celestia-1.4.0pre-FT1.1-win32.exe
Just execute it to install everything!
-- The complete source archive for compilation under
Windows and Linux you can download from here
http://www.shatters.net/~t00fri/celestia/celestia-1.4.0pre-FT1.1.tar.gz
It was tested to build under Windows (2003.Net and batch),
Linux-KDE, Linux-Gnome and Linux-Gtk
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Enjoy,
Fridger & Toti
Note: This release is NOT to be mirrored on the MOTHERLODE!
Changelog (relative to Celestia-1.4.0pre-FT1)
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*Fixes:
-- Milky Way rendering from "inside" the galaxy works again in Windows
-- deep-sky add-ons in 'extras' work again, also if no AbsMag value supplied
-- much improved picking (selection) of galaxies, also at small field of view
-- split views fixed
-- galaxy labels (key-shortcut: 'E') now work again
-- some fixes concerning alternative names in deepsky.dsc
* added enhanced labels culling, which looks much better at almost no fps cost
* fixed engine.mak and checked that batch compiling in Windows now works
* added code to (hopefully) ease compilation with newer Xcode
versions (MacIntosh)
* added display of DSO Type (Galaxy,...) and Hubble subtype in case of galaxies
* deleted various source code files that became superfluous
* updated src/celengine/Makefile.am for Linux building
* update models/Makefile.am for correct installation of .pts template files
in Linux
* updated deepsky.pl (PERL script) and corresponding deepsky.dsc
* revised distance of M 51 using another published method, such that
M 51 is now slightly closer than its compagnon NGC 5195
* labels show up only below a certain limiting distance to the galaxy,
to avoid overcrowded label displays. A much fancier solution follows
in the next version.
* changed the galaxy label color from yellow to blue-green for better
visibility
* Linux-KDE users get a neat new splash image
* checked that the FT1.1 code builds under Windows, Linux-KDE, Linux-Gnome
and Linux-Gtk
* introduced a new cel function: renderflags {set "nebulae"}, in order to
allow for switching on nebula rendering by default in start.cel.
* reduced the default value of 'faintestAutoMag45deg' from 8.5 to 7.0
* set the following render flags by default in start.cel:
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renderflags {set "automag"}
renderflags {set "cloudmaps"}
renderflags {set "eclipseshadows"}
renderflags {set "galaxies"}
renderflags {set "nebulae"}
renderflags {set "markers"}
renderflags {set "nightmaps"}
In Windows your Nebula/Galaxy add-ons are thus rendered without switching
first nebula rendering on via the "^" key! In Linux, nebula rendering is
on by default
Just comment out in start.cel whatever you don't like...
Version Celestia-1.4.0-FT1.1 released: Oct 11, 2005
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