From 6b6d34ee6ac4c0d9965c82e075dad74192068dcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Weinstock Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 19:30:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated release notes --- core/ReleaseNotes.md | 407 ------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 407 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 core/ReleaseNotes.md diff --git a/core/ReleaseNotes.md b/core/ReleaseNotes.md deleted file mode 100644 index 4f208832d..000000000 --- a/core/ReleaseNotes.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,407 +0,0 @@ -Release Notes -============= - -OpenRocket 22.xx Beta 1 ------------------------ -(through PR1104) -### Application -* Update to Java xxx -* Distributed as packaged installers - -### New Rocket Design Capabilities -* **Pods!** -* **Drop-off Boosters!** -* **Rail buttons!** -* **Attach freeform fins to nose cones and transitions!** -* **Coefficient of Drag override!** -* **Added Dave Cook's rocket component library!** - -### Staging Improvements -* Update CG correctly when stages are toggled -* Display stage names instead of numbers in Stage enable buttons -* Reported length reflects length of selected stages only -* More reliable deployment of booster stage recovery device -* Fixed booster tumbling behavior -* Eliminate exceptions during multi-stage simulation -* Improved accuracy of nose cone simulation - -### Simulation Improvements -* Assorted CP calculation fixes -* Properly run all simulations when any design change is made -* Use actual burn time for determination of burnout event -* Improve mass calculation accuracy for motors -* Correct linear interpolation of motor CG -* Copy Simulation results to clipboard -* Report wind speed correctly -* Improved ground hit velocity calculations -* Run simulations all the way to the end -* No more warning if recovery device is deployed while motor is coasting - -### Rocket Appearance -* Support rendering of transparent or translucent components -* Separate inside and outside color for tube components -* Separate left and right appearance for fin components - -### User Interface -* Display rocket stability as percentage of length (preference) -* Improved layout on many windows and dialogs -* Now use "Export" to safe to RKT format -* Improved File Dialog behavior -* Multi-select/delete motor configurations -* Improved UI appearance on Mac -* Motor Selection - * Automatically open motor selection dialog when adding new motor configuation - * Added checkbox to hide motors which are out of production -* Many improvements to freeform fin editor, including - * More accurate insertion of new points - * Highlight coordinates of selected point - * Export fin profile to CSV file - * Fixed scrolling and zooming -* Improvements to Photo Studio - * Respond instantly to design changes - * Settings saved per rocket - * Settings layout improved - * Settings values can now be entered via keyboard - -### Misc -* Updated motor list to latest data from Thrustcurve.org -* Added additional fields to motors -* Disable fin-thickness warnings on phantom tubes -* Added warning message for phantom body tubes -* Updated print dialog to allow simulation control -* Improved Rocksim import -* Translations: - * Added missing Spanish translation - * Added Dutch translation - * Refined simplified Chinese translation - -..._plus many, many additional bug fixes and refinements_ - - -OpenRocket 15.03 (2015-03-28) ------------------------------ - -OpenRocket now requires Java 1.7 for execution. - -New Features - - * Experimental support for tube fins - * Updated thrustcurves - * Scriptable simulation extensions - * Fin fillet mass - * Better icons for different kinds of masses - altimeters, computers, etc. - * Configurable default mach number - * Improved preferences UI - -Bug Fixes - - * Always use the correct filename extension when saving - -OpenRocket 14.11 (2014-11-02) ------------------------------ - -New Features - - * Updated thrustcurves - -Bug Fixes - - * Fixed a couple of bugs. - -OpenRocket 14.06 (2014-06-25) ------------------------------ - -New Features - - * Klima motor textures - * Added knots to windspeed and velocity units - * Updated thrustcurves - -Bug Fixes - - * Fixed annoying IndexOutOfBounds bug in tables. - -OpenRocket 14.05 (2014-05-21) ------------------------------ - -New Features - - * Compute optimimum delay time when simulating - * Display cg/mass overrides using icons in the component tree - -Bug Fixes - - * Bug fixes in the motor selection dialog - * Updated thrustcurves - * Updated 3d libraries to 2.1.5 - -OpenRocket 14.03 (2014-03-20) ------------------------------ - -New Features - - * Photo Realistic 3d rocket renderer - -Bug Fixes - - * Fixes to the flight configuration tab and motor selection dialog - * Updated thrustcurves - -OpenRocket 13.11.2 (2014-01-01) -------------------------------- - -Bug Fixes - - * Numerous bug fixes and usability improvements in the new - flight configuration tab. - * Fix couple of layout issues - * Updated Spanish, French and Chinese translations - -OpenRocket 13.11.1 (2013-11-15) -------------------------------- - -Bug Fixes - - * Added back the TubeConfiguration Configuration dialog - * Seems the jogl update didn't happen in the 13.11 build. - * Made the motor filter remember previous settings - * Fixed various exceptions in flight configuration tables due to column reordering - * Fixed NPE when deleting a configuration - -OpenRocket 13.11 (2013-11-08) ------------------------------- - -New Features - - * Chinese translations - * Replaced flight configuration dialog with more efficient configuration tab - * Improved filtering in motor chooser dialog - -Bug Fixes - - * Updated jogl to correct 3d problems on various platforms - * Fixed NPE introduced by changes in Java 1.7.0_45-b18 - -OpenRocket 13.09.1 (2013-10-05) -------------------------------- - -This release contains a number of bug fixes, updated 3D JOGL -libraries. Added preliminary thrustcurves for Aerotech C3 and D2 18mm -reloads. - - -OpenRocket 13.09 (2013-09-08) ------------------------------ - -This release contains a number of bug fixes, updated 3D JOGL -libraries, and separates simulation edit and plot dialogs. - - -OpenRocket 13.05 (2013-05-04) ------------------------------ - -New Features - - * Added support for decals on rockets. Added two new 3d views - 3d finished and 3d unfinshed. Added support to export and - apply decals (images) to rocket components. Added ability to launch external graphics editor to edit decals and monitor - file for writes to update the rocket view. - * Added simulation of tumble recovery based on experimentation done by Sampo Niskanen. This is particularly useful - for low power staged flights. - * Extended "motor configuration" concept to cover more properties. The concept was renamed "Flight Configuration" and - allows the user to override stage separation, recovery deployment, and motor ignition per flight configuration. - These configurations are stored in the ork file with each component. If no override is specified then the user specified - default is used (set in the component edit dialog). The flight configuration dialog was reworked to make it more - usable. The user selects the configuration in a drop down with buttons for "add", "delete" and "rename". After selecting - the configuration, the tabbed area below allows the user to change the configuration for this simulation. - * Allow simulation of stages without a motor. Users in the past have attempted to simulate separate recovery of payload - and booster by tricking OpenRocket using a dummy motor with trivial thrust curve. Now the user does not need to do this. - There is an example of this provided in TARC Payloader.ork and Boosted Dart.ork - * Simulate recovery of boosters. The simulation engine will create new FlightDataBranches for each stage after - separation. The data for the boosters begins at t=separation. The simulation plot allows the user to select - which stage's data to show (or all). - * Modified the zoom and pan controls in the simulation plot. Added zoom in, out, and reset buttons. Added - scroll with mouse wheel. If the alt key is used with either of these, only the domain is zoomed. Richard - contributed a more logical mouse controlled zoom - right click and drag will zoom (either domain, range or both). - - -OpenRocket 12.09.1 (2012-06-28) -------------------------------- - -Bug-fix release for 12.09, fixing numerous bugs. Only new feature is -the possiblity to automatically open the latest design file on startup -(in Edit -> Preferences -> Options). - - -OpenRocket 12.09 (2012-09-16) ------------------------------- - -Numerous new features by many contributors - -- 3D rocket design view -- Component Presets -- Custom expressions in simulations -- Printing for centering ring and clustered centering ring components. -- Support simple arthmatic in dimension entry -- Support deploying recovery device at stage separation -- Support for fractional inches (1/64) for unit length -- Added preference for windspeed units separately -- Added "most recently used files" in File Menu. -- Improved printed accurracy in fin marking guide -- Calibration rulers added to printed templates -- Translations in Czech and Polish, numerous updates - - -OpenRocket 12.03 (2012-03-17) ------------------------------- - -In this release the version numbering scheme has been changed to be -"YY.MM" indicating the year and month of the release. - -Enhancements in the desktop version include saving designs in RKT -format thanks to Doug Pedrick, freeform fin set import from images by -Jason Blood, configurable stage separation events, guided help tours -and displaying the computed motor designation class. The application -has also been translated to Italian by Mauro Biasutti and Russian by -the Sky Dart Team. - -This also marks the first release for Android devices. In this first -release you can open files and examine existing simulations, stability -data and motor files. The Android port is thanks to work by Kevin -Ruland. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.9 (2011-11-24) ------------------------------- - -This release calculates rocket flight in real-world coordinates and -takes into account geodetic effects (including coriolis effect) thanks -to work by Richard Graham. Printing of transitions, nose cone -profiles and fin marking guides is available thanks to Doug Pedrick. -It also contains some usability features and bug fixes. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.8 (2011-08-25) ------------------------------- - -This release contains bug fixes to the optimization methods. -It also contains a workaround to a JRE bug that prevents running -OpenRocket on Java 7. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.7 (2011-08-12) ------------------------------- - -This release contains automatic rocket design optimization -functionality. However, be cautious when using it and take the -results with a grain of salt. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.6 (2011-07-22) ------------------------------- - -Internationalization support thanks to work by Boris du Reau and -translations by Tripoli Spain, Tripoli France and Stefan Lobas -(ERIG e.V.). The release also contains rocket design scaling support -and numerous bug fixes. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.5 (2011-06-10) ------------------------------- - -Removed native printing support. Printing is now handled via PDF -viewer, which should make printing much more reliable and less -bug-prone. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.4 (2011-03-05) ------------------------------- - -Initial printing support by Doug Pedrick, and various bug fixes. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.3 (2010-10-06) ------------------------------- - -Support for drag-drop moving and copying of components. Fixes a -severe bug in the undo system. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.2 (2010-09-07) ------------------------------- - -Fixes a severe bug that prevented adding stages to rockets. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.1 (2010-09-03) ------------------------------- - -Major rewrite of the simulation code, enhanced support for thrust -curve loading and selection, faster startup time and bug fixes. - -Old simulation listeners are incompatible with this release. - - -OpenRocket 1.1.0 (2010-03-21) ------------------------------- - -Support for loading RockSim rocket design files (.rkt) thanks to -Doug Pedrick. - - -OpenRocket 1.0.0 (2010-03-10) ------------------------------- - -Added numerous new motor thrustcurves from thrustcurve.org, and fixed -a few more bugs. - - -OpenRocket 0.9.6 (2010-02-17) ------------------------------- - -Updated aerodynamic calculation methods to be more in line with the -Barrowman method and enhanced simulation time step selection. Fixed -numerous bugs. - - -OpenRocket 0.9.5 (2009-11-28) ------------------------------- - -Fixed a serious defect which prevented adding a tube coupler and -centering ring on the same body tube. Other minor improvements. - - -OpenRocket 0.9.4 (2009-11-24) ------------------------------- - -Added through-the-wall fin tabs, attaching components to tube -couplers, material editing and automatic update checks, and fixed -numerous of the most commonly occurring bugs. - - -OpenRocket 0.9.3 (2009-09-01) ------------------------------- - -Numerous bug fixes and enhancements including data exporting, showing -flight events in plots, example rocket designs, splitting clustered -inner tubes and automated bug reporting. - - -OpenRocket 0.9.2 (2009-07-13) ------------------------------- - -Fixed imperial unit conversions. Significant UI enhancements to the -motor configuration edit dialog, motor selection dialog and file -open/save. - - -OpenRocket 0.9.1 (2009-06-09) ------------------------------- - -Bug fixes to file dialog and saving; initial support for cut/copy/paste -of simulations. - - -OpenRocket 0.9.0 (2009-05-24) ------------------------------- - -Initial release.