Release notes v0.11.8

Rocket Science 23.03.2021

Features:

new ocean system, that includes real waves and foam, also it changes color depending on depth to the sea floor;
added subassembly support;
added Grab and Rotate modes to assembly shop;
added rotation handle that appears in the Rotate mode, when any rocket part was selected;
you can rotate already attached part relative to its parent respecting socket restrictions, symmetry works for rotation too;
instant switch between any spacecrafts by double clicking on it during the flight;
added ability to switch between command modules on the spacecraft if there are more the one (left click on it -> toggle “control from here”);
added 5 camera orientation modes and ability to switch between them;
added new part type — light;
added real physical units for energy (Jouel) and power (Watt);
implemented deep space camera rendering, any solar system object in theory can be seen from anywhere (but they are usually too small);
improved planet shader visuals and speed;
added shortcuts labels to most button tooltips;
default planet body (with no height/texture data) will be loaded, when reaching celestial body, that was not added to the game yet (previously game just crashed);
enabled simple collisions for water surface (this is a temporary solution until proper water physics will be implemented);

launchpad zone directly under the spacecraft could destroy parts now (previously this feature was intentionally disabled);
increased minimum scale on solar system map when spacecraft is current camera target;
added additional time scale step equals to 7 days (may be increased in the future);
implemented smooth transitions between different time scales;
navball size on UI now independent from screen resolution;
when placing first rocket part that has variants, selecting its variants will change already placed part instead of creating the new one;
improved default orientation of rocket parts on connection to side sockets;
improved socket selection during part attachment, so it tends to have a smallest angle possible between parts;
added missing collision parts for different structure parts;
camera will focus on the first placed part or group of parts in the Assembly shop;
Rocket list changes:
- edit button in rocket list was removed from list items;
- double click on rocket item or click on edit button from actions panel to go into edit mode;
- press ALT+click on rocket item to rename it;
you can now rename spacecrafts in the Control Center, by pressing ALT+click on its name;
solar system map markers are much smoother now and have slight dark outline;
improved part tooltip alignment — it is now consistent between parts;
updated tutorial, to reflect recent changes in hotkeys;

added ocean quality setting into Performance category;
added default camera orientation mode settings for space flight and Solar system map;
added maneuver and assembly handles size settings;
changed Repeat hotkey from R to Q;
changed Cycle Symmetry hotkey from X to C;
added Reset Symmetry hokey: Alt+C;
added Cycle Camera Orientation hotkey: V;
added Extend/Retract Solar Panels hotkey: P;
added Turn On/Off Lights hotkey: U;
added assembly modes hotkeys: G (Grab Mode), R (Rotate Mode);

rocket part keeps glowing after destruction sometimes;
on any resolution other than 1080p, spacecraft list looks wrong in the control center;
failed to launch spacecraft if its name is too long;
rocket can stuck in one place, if fuel was depleted and there were a lot of engines and fuel tanks in it;
only first part are correctly aligned to the attachment, if you try to connect group of parts to the rocket;
exception, when several connected in a row decouplers were decoupled at the same time;
decoupled part sometimes gets incorrect position;
rocket with bad orbit breaks the save file;
when flying straight up from Earth until transitioning from elliptic to hyperbolic orbit, spacecraft appears in the center of sun and game sometimes crashes;
spacecraft shadows are flickering on high orbit altitudes;
when passing the Moon SOI Earth atmosphere sometimes appears in the wrong place;
if you have two payload fairings attached to decoupler 0 and then move the decoupler, part group will always reset its position;
exception when trying remove part using Delete when it has red outline;
exception when group of parts was cloned but not placed and Undo was pressed;git;
stars sometimes disappear when rocket is flying on low orbit;
sun disk is missing on solar system map and in the start scene;
shadows are flickering sometimes in assembly shop;
orbit markers change their brightness depending of sun angle relative to camera;

maneuver planner not correctly finding encounters, when building trajectory from Earth to the outer Planets;
rotation symmetry not working for the parts, attached to the same attachment;

solar Panels not working when spacecraft is orbiting around the Sun;
two suns appear when spacecraft is orbiting around the Sun;
spacecraft name is not saved when renaming it and then exiting from game;
sometimes game stuck on starting flihgt;
sky breaks if you are in spaceport and selecting spacecraft, orbiting another planet and then exiting from map;
rocket rotating like crazy after changing SOI;
maneuver panel sometimes doesn’t show up after loading flight if orbit already had a maneuver;

rare memory leak, when nothing changes on the solar system map;
potentiial crash when rocket has a lot of solar panels and lights and they were destroyed.