12-Dec-2009

[admin]

Major update!

The Database has been completely rearranged and also new stars (mostly companion stars) have been added. A lot of new planets have been added aswell.
The new Database statistics are:

107133 Stars (of which 918 companion stars)
335 Planets
4 Asteroid belts
26 Debris disks

Scene 4 - the System scene has been rewritten almost from scratch!

New features include:
- able to show info when clicking stars in a multiple star system
- fixed orbit bugs (no more faulty orbits)
- able to show info when clicking an asteroid belt or debris disk
- asteroid belts and debris disk are now rotating!
- time slider shows now "x time"; 1xtime=339329 x real time (1 year in 9.3 seconds)
- a "Real Size Objects" button which will set each planet, star, asteroid field or debris disk object to a fixed size (to better see orbits)
- planets that orbit a different star than the main one in a multiple star system have been added (this feature was not possible before)
- depth 3 objects orbit is now available. Depth 3 means a Aa1 type star for example like the Castor System. The depth levels are:

0 - single star - static (like Sol)
1 - A and B - like Alpha Centauri
2 - Aa, Ab, Ba, Bb - like in 55 Cancri (the planets and debris disk)
3 - Aa1, Aa2, Ab1, Ab2, Ba1, Ba2, Bb1, Bb2 - like the Castor system


More info soon!


EDIT: Fixed an issue with the Real Size Objects button. Going back and forth through multiple systems caused the stars' radius to be displayed improperly.