Bug Fixes from 6.2.1 to 6.2.3

Bug Fixes from 6.0.6 to 6.2.0

• Horizontal lines on graph no longer creep at low scale.
• Graphing satellites now shows accurate altitude maxima and minima at mid-low scales.

• 3DS models now rotate correctly (correct attitude).
• 3DS Models now scaling properly.

• Observing List (planner) filters now working properly for 'above horizon' times.
• Observing List (planner) date no longer incorrectly sets to 1/1/4713 BC when "On specific date" is selected.
• Observing List (planner) now correctly filtering for double/multiple/variable stars.
• Event finder moon phases visibility filtering now fixed.
• Meteor Shower events now properly being found for all dates.
• Meteor shower event dates now included for years other than 2006.
• Ephemeris Generator end date no longer jumps to 99999 after changing start date.

• Smoothed out "Go There" animation.
• Large black distortion around sun halo on some video cards no longer occurs.
• Horizon drawing now taking into account daylight fade level on liftoff.

• Saturn rings now show when printing.
• Milky Way panorama no longer has artifacts after printing.

• Removed extreme jitter of planets when location scrolling around.
• View from centre of planet now correctly reports planet name.
• Changing a location preserves a centre-on object or location in the sky.
• Magnify function now correctly works on stars.

• Altitude column widened and resizable.
• Orbits and paths line thickness now adjustable.
• Coordinate grid labels text now has configurable font/colour.
• Saving or loading an SNF file with XYZ orbit lines enabled no longer causes displayed lines to disappear.
• Saving Planet image options now possible through right-click on any planet. Save as default saves this selection.
• Can now save a planet/moon Surface Image/Model setting as default. (Also added right-click to select.)

• Eyepiece barrel size in equipment list no longer reports with strange characters instead of inches symbol.
• About Dialog now correctly listed in the Help menu (Windows.)
• No longer crashes when attempting to magnify an object below horizon using right-click.
• Files double-clicked on windows now open correctly again.
• OpenGLInit.log now in application directory instead of root.
• Registration windows misspellings fixed.

Bug Fixes from 6.0.4 to 6.0.6

• Loading time for 3D Models has been reduced.
• Resolution and quality of images of Io, Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn, Uranus and Venus have been improved.
• A bug affecting Mac telescope plugin which prevented re-establishment of a connection while using BlueStar has been fixed.

Bug Fixes from 6.0.3 to 6.0.4

• Fixed change to Animated Horizon allowing to to again work on most systems.
• Fixed bug where horizon would switch back to animated if changed to flat or custom before photorealistic.
• Additional fix for unnecessary visual updates to calendar panel.

 Bug Fixes from 6.0.1 to 6.0.3

• OpenGL now starts correctly (as in 6.0.0) for low-capability video cards.
• Opening and closing the side panels no longer resizes the FOV!
• Several significant fixes to Calendar event adding and display. Events are now correctly added and displayed in local times.
• Added new buttons to set Calendar date to date shown in Starry Night view.
• Saved presets now load correctly when saved with no file extension and selected from menu.
• Printing in CSAP fixed. No longer centers pole.
• Ambient Sounds fixed. Now turn on correctly on first try.
• Correct object limiting magnitudes set for PGC catalog.
• Fixed adding log entries to an item after deleting them.
• Fixed significant leak (sometimes causing crash) when using HUD.
• Fixed horizon pinning when in non-local orientations.
• Fixed FOVs "(this chart only)" printing
• Changing locations no longer changes object lock, including locks on random RA/Dec.
• Preferences dialog no longer hidden under menu bar on some Intel Mac systems.
• Several spelling mistakes corrected in locations database.
• Cursor keys now move view correctly in non-local orientations.
• Planet ordering in Find panel re-establishes correctly after find.
• Asteroid diameters correctly reported. Were showing as 2x actual value.
• 3DS models now load significantly faster.
• 3DS models no longer look washed out after zooming in on sun.
• Limit stars by distance and other fields like this now work correctly.
• Prevented annoying redraw of Calendar panel when changing locations in space.
• F8 in spaceship mode no longer used to show/hide the legend. Uses 's' to prevent conflict with toolbar.
• Highlighted text now correctly turns white in events or lists.
• Satellites can again be added orbiting the Moon.

Bug Fixes from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1

Performance Enhancements

• Significant improvement in Windows startup times. Cut in half (more if Event Searching is turned off) on most systems.
  

Bug Fixes

• Added "selection" checkbox and other info columns to Observing Lists.
• Fix draw error/crash when viewing objects containing a slash ('/') in their names.
• Hour Angle now reported using JNow coordinates instead of J2000.
• Added "Add to Observing List" to selection popup. Missing in 6.0.0.
• Minimum view altitude no longer pinned to Local horizon when using other orientations.
• Text Descriptions now show correctly for TYC and USNO stars.
• Added preference to omit event searching at startup. (Preferences>Startup)
• Horizon now draws correctly during daytime when in "transparent" mode.
• Nebula Outlines now have user selctable colour and draw as black in printouts.
• Users can now re-attempt to enable shaders after a crash.
• Fixed crash when editing and saving observing lists.
• Dark Theme fixed.
• Adding panoramic horizons to specific locations now saves with "Save Current Options as Default."
• Guide layers now draw correctly with shaders off.
• Zoom lock (max FOV) fixed.
• Fixed intermittent random crash when closing any sky view (printing/orbit editor etc.)
• Fixed Observing Lists 'type' filter on Intel Macs.
• Map in location dialog now shows correctly for "hover".
• Filtered events now correcty reflected in calendar panel.
• "Visible Tonight" filter in events and observing lists now more accurate.
• Database descriptions now show correctly on Intel based macintosh computers.
• Hitting <return> in the find panel to centre an object that is below the horizon no longer crashes.
• "Starry Night Classic" theme now more visible in Red Screen (night-vision) mode.
• Added menu item to refresh Favourites menu.
• Fixed crash when viewing Sun lens flare from outer-space.
• Fixed problem with manually entering longitude.
• Labels for planets now correctly listen to magnitude filter.
• Fixed formatting in several text description files
• Cancelling viewing of an event that is not visible now works correctly.
• All-Sky Image now flips correctly at small FOVs (hardware permitting.)
• Jupiter image position corrected.
• Menu items now correctly enabled when Today's Events window is closed.
• CSAP "User's Guide" menu item now works correctly.
• Fixed drawing of several types of 3DS models (was causing hang.)
• Several location updated to include correct timezone info.
• Equipment - Filters now correctly saved out and recalled.
• "Companion Book" help menu item added to several Mac products where missing.
• F8 now correctly hides toolbar on Enthusiast (Windows).
• HTML "anchors" no longer span a browser window when click inside SkyGuide.
• Favourites rename edit box fixed when button-ar is visible on Windows.
• Stonehenge pano direction fixed.
• Star distances now given to more logical precision.
• Rise / Set / Transit times for stars now use more precise calculation when displaying this info.
• Cardinal Direction markers no longer flipped when view is flipped horizontally