Stellarium 1.1

The major changes of this version:

• Added support OpenGL 3.3 Core profile
• Changed core: switch to use CalcMySky v0.2.1
• Changed GUI: allow user CSS
• Fixed compiling with Qt 6.4
• Fixed Telescope Control plugin
• Removed Dakota & Ojibwe sky cultures: this is on request of the original contributors, and following a misunderstanding about licensing.

Full list of changes:

• Added support OpenGL 3.3 Core profile
• Added support for the versioned variant of ShowMySky library
• Added ability to show only special nomenclature points (GH: #2748)
• Added Abort slew button into Telescope Control plugin
• Added aberration to CustomObjects made from Simbad queries (GH: #2769)
• Added donation link to AppStream Metadata (GH: #2773)
• Added small tuning for DSO selection without magnitudes (GH: #2701, #2716)
• Added another vanished timezone
• Added workaround for QTBUG-105984 in macOS (GH: #2785)
• Fixed loading of glow texture in OnlineQueries plugin
• Fixed compiling with Qt 6.4: use QString instead of QByteArray (GH: #2709)
• Fixed OnlineQueries plugin button: redesigned OnlineQueries icons (GH: #2710, #2714)
• Fixed building Stellarium with -DENABLE_MEDIA=Off option
• Fixed using of OpenGL debug logger
• Fixed AppVerName variable for Windows installer (GH: #2728)
• Fixed crash in AtmosphereShowMySky constructor when OpenGL 3.3 functions pointer is null
• Fixed loading dynamic plugins (GH: #2725)
• Fixed bundling for the versioned variant of ShowMySky library on macOS
• Fixed resizing tab names in Help window when language is changed
• Fixed a missing iterator count-up(!) in SlewDialog (Telescope Control plugin)
• Fixed saving option “Use horizontal coordinates” in Oculars plugin
• Fixed saving mount properties in Telescope Control plugin (GH: #2713)
• Fixed protocol for screenshots URL
• Fixed bundling latest versions of ShowMySky library (GH: #2761, #2779)
• Fixed normals map of the Moon, increase its resolution and implement shadows (GH: #2781)
• Fixed issue in unit testing of scripting engine (GH: #2774)
• Fixed freezing Stellarium when scripts are running (GH: #2792)
• Changed core: make Date&Time dialog more usable for typing date
• Changed core: optional support XLSX files (GH: #2723)
• Changed core: avoid deprecation warnings on Qt5.14+
• Changed core: avoid a debug output
• Changed core: avoid uninitialized vectors
• Changed core: replace world map with a higher-resolution version (The map was taken from NASA Blue Marble Next Generation dataset for July 2004) (GH: #2742)
• Changed core: handle exceptions from AtmosphereRenderer when drawing
• Changed core: current atmosphere should be deleted immediately if we need to reset to fallback
• Changed core: handle the options that set environment variables before QGuiApplication is created
• Changed core: detect OpenGL ES mode dynamically rather than by conditional compilation
• Changed core: make orbits antialiased
• Changed core: simplify check for GLES
• Changed ASCOM client in Telescope Control plugin
• Changed core: switch to use CalcMySky v0.2.1
• Changed core: restore current OpenGL context if it got replaced after window resize during StelMainView::init()
• Changed core: avoid GL_INVALID_OPERATION caused by operating on zero VAO
• Changed core: move dithering mode management from StelPainter to StelCore
• Changed rules for packaging Stellarium in Windows
• Changed rules for packaging Stellarium in Linux
• Changed license info for Boorong sky culture
• Changed license info for Lokono sky culture
• Changed GUI: allow user CSS (GH: #2772, #678, #1624, #2763)
• Changed Telescope Control plugin: trivial simplifications)
• Updated scripts
• Updated list of default locations
• Updated default catalog of pulsars
• Updated GUI: set date delimiters in Date-Time dialog in one place
• Updated GUI of Telescope Control plugin
• Updated list of default locations
• Updated description of Equation of Time plugin
• Updated AppStream Metadata
• Removed outdated bookmark in Solar System Editor plugin
• Removed languages without translators
• Removed Dakota & Ojibwe sky cultures: this is on request of the original contributors, and following a misunderstanding about licensing.
• Removed the font hook for Windows