Gaia Sky 3.5.5 - Release notes

Features

• add new user interface mode to replace the old controls window. The old UI is still available via a checkbox in the preferences.
• add new ‘play camera path’ action, bound to alt+c by default.
• controls window pane key bindings (time, camera, bookmarks, etc.) updated to not use the Alt-L key.
• add better star close-up shader.
• add new ‘Scene settings’ section in preferences window with an option to render stars as spheres.
• revamp shader include directive to accept different extensions and file references in angle brackets.
• move shader libraries to shader/lib.
• retire Gaia FOV camera modes.
• adjust default atmosphere exposure value.
• disable fading scrollbars everywhere.
• prepared PBR shaders to accept iridescence, transmission and thickness values (still inactive).
• tune normal strength in tessellation shaders to map to elevation multiplier.

Bug Fixes

• enable full shader file names in raymarching shaders.
• typo, ‘user interface resetted’ -> ‘user interface reset’.
• restore height sampling functionality to prevent clipping through tessellated terrain.
• remove cinematic camera slow-down when close to the surface of a planet.
• scale tessellation quality using the body size to prevent severe slow-downs in smaller bodies.