Stellar v1.0 Beta 7 ​

Don't get overwhelmed! There's a lot of parts added and we're not stopping the trend!

Highlights ​

• Added tons of parts from the game
• Edit mode for special parts
• Quick transform controls
• Export tab
• Reference images

What's New ​

Parts ​

• Parts added:
  • Capsule
  • Probe
  • Ion engine
  • Docking port
  • Parachute
  • Nose cone
  • Side node cone
  • Landing leg
  • Seperator
  • Heat sheild
  • RCS
• Abstract parts added:
  • Reference image (more info below)

Reference Images ​

• Allows you to add images for reference and templating
• Choose between adding a URL or uploading an image
  • URLs are preffered as they help keep the file size down
    • However, some website may not allow Stellar to fetch those images
    • Such images fail to load
  • Images can be uploaded
    • This embeds the image inside the blueprint file which does increase its file size!
• Don't forget to lock the reference image to avoid accidentally mutating it
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Toolbar ​

• Rearranged the toolbar once again
• Added increment settings
  • Snap to grid
    • Snaps translations every 0.2m
    • Snaps rotation every 15°
  • No snap
    • Does not implement any sort of snapping
  • Scale with ratio
    • Scales parts while maintaining the x and y ratio

Translations ​

Before	After

• Simplified explainations
• Implemented Microsoft's capitalization guidelines

Quick Controls ​

• Quick controls allow you to... control quickly!
• Rotate left: rotates +90°
• Rotate right: rotates -90°
• Mirror horizontally
• Mirror vertically

Transformation Controls ​

Before	After

• The scaling transformation controls were rewritten from scratch
  • Should be more performance friendly (I haven't checked)
  • Parts cardinal to one another now are bounded correctly
  • Parts cadinal to one another now also scale properly
• Added the rotation node
  • Lets you rotate parts off their center

Fuel Tanks ​

Before	After
(in-game)	(in-game)

• Fuel tanks now look closer to that in-game
• Fuel tanks now also export with a "cap" if needed to maintain a shape where the top and bottom with aren't the same

Progress Loss Confirmation ​

• Asks you before wiping any unsaved changes

Selection Box ​

• Quickly select parts within the bounds of the selection
• Unlike the game, you don't have to hold down on the screen for a bit before dragging to select parts

Edit Mode ​

• Edit mode lets you perform special operations on a single part at a time
• The fuel tank is the only part currently with an edit mode
  • Change the bottom width, top width, and height visually

Lighting ​

Before	After

• The fuel tank was the last part that used physical lighting
• Since that is no longer the case, I've implemented lighting correcting for consistent builds
• This flips parts that are rotated more than 180° or are flipped on the x axis

Export Tab ​

• Provides quick options to export the current file
• Options
  • Format emitted files: formats the JSON using JavaScript's built-in API
  • Watermark exported blueprints: added a "Generated by Stellar": "https://stellaralpha.web.app/" at the begenning of files
• Export
  • Export to game: emits a .txt file in SFS format
  • Save Stellar format: emits a .stbp or .json file in Stellar format

Shortcuts ​

• Insert part: changed to I
• Rename: changed to F2

I've said this a million times and I'm gonna say it again. I've made thousands of little changes, bug fixes, and probably even more features that I have simply forgotten that I've not mentioned in the changelog. I really appriciate everyone's patience as I brew Stellar into the app that it deserves to be. Thank you!