v1.10 Cosmic Dark Age

Windows binaries included as always.

The one feature which I think is important for this release is the rotating frame of reference. You can rotate the coordinate system around the scene pivot point at a fixed rate or by referencing another object that may have a variable angular velocity relative to the origin. However, using this feature requires caution as the maneuver calculations etc. will also occur with respect to a rotating reference frame - not an inertial one!

Other additions are configurable-density starfield rendering, improvements to the UI to drastically reduce jitter on 2D UI elements (which sometimes occured when the camera was too far away from the scene origin), and a scenario recreating ESA JUICE probe's Luna-Earth gravity assist which accured in August 2024.

JUICE flies by both Luna and Earth - notice the new starfield in the background

Full Changelog: v1.9...v1.10