0.991.50.2155 Public Beta

Hey folks~

The next batch of updates and fixes is now available for public testing. This includes some future-proofing work for system builders and ship modelers, as well as adjustments made from community Catalog Notes and the addition of the first-of-its-kind exosatellite CD-35 2722 B b. Some of these changes are more involved than simple patch notes can provide, so we've written up extra details for your perusal on our website: https://spaceengine.org/news/blog260810/

To opt in to the Beta branch, go to your Steam library, right-click SpaceEngine, then go to Properties> Game Versions & Betas, and select beta (public beta branch) from the list. To report any issues that arise, go to the Troubleshooting and Bug Reports section of the Steam forums, or the #bug-reports channel in our official Discord.

Changelog:

• M-type brown dwarfs and L-type main sequence stars now have correct labels

• Planetary mass “star” objects with spectral type M and later will now be labeled as planemos

• Spacecraft materials now support gamma adjustment for Diff/Emis maps and green channel inversion for DirectX normal maps. The following parameters have been added for use in .sml files (see the website post for more information)

• DiffGamma/EmisGamma: values greater than 0 behave as a simple power gamma adjustment, while values below 0 instead use a fixed piecewise sRGB to linear conversion

• DirectXNormMap: a boolean that inverts the green channel if set to “true” (DirectX and OpenGL normal maps have flipped green values)

• Fixed a bug where searching in the Star Browser for a planet with a pressure range that included 1.0 atm returned every gas giant in the search radius

• Updated the CD-35 2722 system and added the newly discovered exosatellite CD-35 2722 B b

• Updated Jupiter’s size and shape with the latest Juno data

• Corrected Titan’s mass

• Updated distance to M 99

• Fixed distance, size, and orientation of Ring Nebula

• Added Ring Nebula’s central star as a catalog object

• Fixed distance, size, and orientation of California Nebula

• Reduced luminosity of Pleiades Nebula for increased realism

• Updated distance to Puppis A

• Added newly published properties for The Garnet Star

• Corrected orbital parameters of Mu Ara’s planets

• Removed liquid ocean from Wolf 1061 c

• Updated Gliese 777 system (removed extra planets, added missing d planet, updated properties for b and c planets)

• Updated the exoplanet catalogs with 27 new host stars, 30 new planets, and five new brown dwarf candidates

• Added 12 new binary asteroid systems, updated some binary system names

• Added newly assigned name to 1999 JB80: Karolinadziadura

Catalog Additions:

Binary Asteroids:

• Nysa

• Nash

• Korankei

• Tippett

• 2002 TC302

• 2014 GX53

• 1999 SY8

• 2013 HU156

• 2000 AO1

• 2003 SD106

• Harwood

• 1999 BG2

Brown Dwarf Candidates:

• HD 16760 b

• KMT-2023-BLG-0332L b

• TIC 52059926 b

• TIC 9344899 b

• TOI-6884 b

Exoplanets:

• Gliese 3378 b

• HD 5388 b

• TOI-3457 b

• TOI-707 b

• GJ 777 A d

• HD 125136 b

• HD 126105 b

• HD 127195 b

• HD 127195 c

• HD 190360 d

• HIP 10090 b

• HIP 10090 c

• HIP 39330 b

• HIP 8923 b

• HIP 98599 b

• KMT-2023-BLG-1592L b

• NGTS-38 b

• OGLE-2023-BLG-0766L b

• TIC 150070085 b

• TOI-1533 b

• TOI-1533 c

• TOI-2147 b

• TOI-3664 b

• TOI-4034 b

• TOI-6019 b

• TOI-6564 b

• TOI-791 b

• TOI-791 c

• BET Pic d

• CD-35 2722 B b