diff --git a/core/ReleaseNotes b/core/ReleaseNotes index ffdfdf7ec..77a34eaab 100644 --- a/core/ReleaseNotes +++ b/core/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,3 +1,30 @@ +OpenRocket 13.04 (2013-04-28): +-------------------------------- + +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 Niskane. 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): --------------------------------