Universe Sandbox 2.0.10 Now Available - July 16

[Dan Dixon]

Just run Universe Sandbox 2 to update to the latest version.

Please let me know if you run into any problems.


What's New in 2.0.10?

Major
- Added the Location Bar (see screenshot below). This feature combines the functionality of the former camera focus text box and the find tool.
- Removed the find tool and action tool (which never did anything anyway).
- Moved the 'Center of the Universe' feature back to the camera panel (into the former space of the camera focus text box).

Notable Changes
- When you add a new body it will now try to auto orbit around the body you're focused on and not the largest body in the system.
- Switching to Full Screen now uses the active monitor (for those with multiple monitors).

Fixes
- Fixed crash when using tutorial, arrows are highlighted, and you don't click on them right away. (AELMO)
- Fixed hard crash when starting Universe Sandbox with available screen height of less than 720 px (like everyone running in 1024x768).
- Fixed problem with not being able to type in numbers to change slider values.
- Fixed problem with double clicking and moving mouse in text boxes.
- Fixed problem with redirected pages not working properly with forward and back buttons in the built-in browser.
- Fixed problem with UI not displaying after single click on startup.
- Fixed crash if attempting to toggle new light mode that didn't initialize properly
- Fixed problem with key presses being stored up when program wasn't focused.

[deoxy99]

- Fixed crash when using tutorial, arrows are highlighted, and you don't click on them right away. (AELMO)

What's with the AELMO?

[atomic7732]

Why the .0? Why not 2.10?

Also, 2.0.9 worked all along. hahaha. It was a coincedence that it crashed!

Woah! I discovered that right-click pops up the info, and keeps it on. How long has this been in here?

And I have a suggestion, I think when recording a movie, there should be an eaisier way to move the camera. Anc there needs to be a way to click something while it's playing and have it work the first time!

[deoxy99]

No, it does not have the .0. It is 2.0.10. Leave out the extra dot!!!!

[atomic7732]

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[Bla]

Why the .0? Why not 2.10?

Wikipedia - Software versioning

Usually software versioning has four numbers with three dots. The first is for the major releases, like US 1 or US 2. The second is for large releases, like expansions to a game. The third is for smaller releases and the fourth is for minor releases like bug fixes.
1.2.3.4

In this case, Universe Sandbox 2 has had 10 "smaller" releases. I guess they don't stack up to one expansion in versioning.

Nice release btw.

[deoxy99]

WHAT IS AELMO???

[Dan Dixon]

AELMO is an internal code that I use to identify the type of crash so that I know this one is fixed.

[deoxy99]

AELMO is an internal code that I use to identify the type of crash so that I know this one is fixed.

Oh, I thought it was an acronym.

[Dan Dixon]

What does everyone think of the new location bar?

[atomic7732]

simple and good

[deoxy99]

What does everyone think of the new location bar?

Why can't you move it into a different place that is not so distracting?

[Bla]

What does everyone think of the new location bar?

Very useful. I don't think it's distracting, but if many people do, or if anoter solution would just be better, it could be an idea to move it to the place where the year/date/time is currently displayed, move the time down to the line below (with the time-accuracy slider), with a slightly smaller text, and then let that module expand a little bit to the right.
But then the list of bodies would overlap the lines below, don't know if that's very good.

[Chaotic Cow]

In chart mode.  When you choose stuff like Temp and Luminosity.

The text at the top is so long that it goes out of the UI box and under the search box.

[Flandre Scarlet-chan]

Sorry if this is OT, but when is 2.0.11 is coming out? It's been delayed for a month.

Not that Im complaining, though. 

[deoxy99]

I thought this was a new version. Nevermind.

[Dan Dixon]

Sorry if this is OT, but when is 2.0.11 is coming out? It's been delayed for a month.

Not that Im complaining, though. 

Good question. I'm sorry it's been awhile. Working on it now. I'll be releasing a new update before the end of the month.