Direction of Sunlight on the planets

[theronrr]

I've noticed that the lighting of a planet is not usually in perspective to the sun.
Is this by design or a feature?  Thanks!  Great program

[FGFG]

it's a known problem and the fix is on the "todo" list 

[Dan Dixon]

I've had light emanating from stars in a much earlier build of Universe Sandbox, but it didn't look right, so I went back to a fixed imaginary light source.

This is something I'm very interested in fixing in the next few months.

[monmarfori]

sun will not hot the earth because it may evaporate the planets

[Dan Dixon]

This is a problem that I've actively working to solve.

I'm currently planning for the next release to feature light emitting from stars.

[monmarfori]

what version dan?
what date will the next release?

[Dan Dixon]

The next release will most likely include:

- New interface elements
- Light emitting from stars
- Editable orbital elements

I want to release a new version as soon as possible, but getting new features to work correctly with all existing features is always a time consuming challenge. I'm not yet sure when the new release will be ready, but it won't be for a few weeks at least.