Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Solar System Sim since it was posted on our website on 2023-06-21.
The latest version is 0.266 and it was updated on soft112.com on 02 May, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 0.266
posted on 2024-04-30
Apr 30, 2024
Version 0.266
- Changed help menu to include links to Youtube tutorial videos.
- Added historic past and future events that you can load directly: comet flybys, solar eclipses and lunar eclipses. You can load them from either the start screen or from the restart menu.
version 0.262
posted on 2024-04-22
Apr 22, 2024
Version 0.262
- Updated texture for asteroid belt asteroids.
- Added the blue giants Achernar, Acrux, and Hadar, as well as the red giant Aldebaran, in their correct Milky Way locations.
- If you experience lag, please consider reducing the resolution in the graphics menu.
version 0.260
posted on 2024-03-27
Mar 27, 2024
Version 0.260
- Added customizable relativistic jet / pulsar beam
- Added neutron star texture
- New neutron star model
- Added customizable "dark star aura" texture
- If you experience lag, please try reducing the resolution in the graphics menu
version 0.257
posted on 2024-03-17
Mar 17, 2024
Version 0.257
- The breakable planets mode is now off by default, but can be enabled from the physics menu (bottom left)
- With the breakable planets mode you can have bodies be torn apart by gravity or have more interesting planetary collisions
- You can now use custom textures for galaxies. (galaxy textures menu p.2). The Hubble website (https://esahubble.org) has nice textures.
- Reduce the resolution in the graphics menu if you have lag please.
version 0.246
posted on 2024-02-16
Feb 16, 2024
Version 0.246
- Fixed custom texture bug
- Fixed newly added body not appearing in the plane of the closest planet or star
- Moon now facing with the correct side to Earth
- Fixed slider for outer radius of custom rings bug
version 0.245
posted on 2024-02-11
Feb 11, 2024
Version 0.245
- Improved the precision of the Earth-Moon system, allowing for accurate viewing of Solar and Lunar eclipses up to at least 50 years in the past and future.
- Added a direct location button for Earth (requires location permission) and a time reset button for the current time (top right of the screen)
- Fixed a screen resolution issue; you can adjust the resolution from the graphics menu if problems persist. Lowering the screen resolution might also solve lag
- Fixed issue with annoying artefacts that would sometimes appear in screen corners.
version 0.243
posted on 2024-02-04
Feb 4, 2024
Version 0.243
- Changed the default speed for a new star in the "Build your own star system" mode to 0.001 km/s, and the default mass of a new planet to 300 Earth masses
- When building a new star system: if you want stable orbits, make sure that the weight of a planet is not too high compared to its star and the weight of a moon is not too high compared to its parent planet. Otherwise planets will start affecting their star's path and moons will start affecting their parent planet's path. It's normal and expected behaviour
- Fixed custom textures, which had become bugged after a previous update.
version 0.241
posted on 2024-01-29
Jan 29, 2024
Version 0.241
- All galaxies (including custom) can now contain procedural stars.
- Added star clusters near the central black hole of galaxies
- The galactic stars setting is off by default but you can turn it on in the graphics menu ("Galactic stars", on the top). It's recommended to only switch it on if you have a powerful device as it can cause quite a lot of lag on weaker devices.
- In the axis menu of Earth and the Moon, you now have an 'eclipse sheet' function. It basically spawns a huge white sheet on which you can see Earth's or Moon's shadow so you can better see solar and lunar eclipses coming.
version 0.236
posted on 2024-01-10
Jan 10, 2024
Version 0.236
- You can now add and edit galaxies in the game. To add a galaxy, first add a black hole that will serve as the galaxy's center. With the black hole selected, click the texture button and select one of the available galaxies.
- You can change a galaxy's size using the object button (the one with the sliders on the right).
- Added more galaxy textures, and you can now change their brightness
- Bug fixes
version 0.234
posted on 2024-01-07
Jan 7, 2024
Version 0.234
- You can now add and edit new galaxies in the game. To add a galaxy, first add a black hole that will serve as the galaxy's center. With the black hole selected, click the texture button and select one of the available galaxies.
- You can change a galaxy's size using the object button (the one with the sliders on the right).
version 0.229
posted on 2023-12-06
Dec 6, 2023
Version 0.229
- Added a hurricane that you can add to planets and place in the position of your choice. It's on p.6 of the textures menu. Some theories predict that tidally locked planets with an atmosphere could have a permanent hurricane on the star-facing side.
- Upgraded to Xcode 15.
- Rolled back Unity version for improved stability
version 0.220
posted on 2023-11-19
Nov 19, 2023
Version 0.220
- 2 new city lights textures
- Supernova blast wave will now fizzle out after a while
- Added a starfield to the Milky Way for added realism when zooming out.
- Moved Alter Axis menu to body properties menu.
version 0.216
posted on 2023-11-08
Nov 8, 2023
Version 0.216
- You can now add nighttime city lights to any planet via the textures menu p.5. Once added, you can alter their color and brightness using the menu button with the sliders on the right of the screen.
- Like with any update, it is possible your save games from previous versions won't work anymore. Sorry about that, I try to avoid it but that's not always possible.
version 0.209
posted on 2023-10-28
Oct 28, 2023
Version 0.209
- Added a basic procedural gas giant (textures menu p.5). It will create a different gas giant each time you activate it. If you have the ads-free version, you can also edit the gas giant yourself.
- 0.209 / doubled the number of bands to get more color and detail for the procedural gas giant
- bug fixes
version 0.207
posted on 2023-10-22
Oct 22, 2023
Version 0.207
- You can now place a Dyson Sphere (alien mega structure) around planets or stars. It's available in the last page of the textures menu.
- All planet and star customization options are now grouped under a single "alter menu" button (the one with sliders on the right). Use the textures menu to add features and the alter menu to modify them.
- Added a "return to start menu" button in the settings menu.
- Textures menu bug fix
- Localization table fix
version 0.202
posted on 2023-10-10
Oct 10, 2023
Version 0.202
- Added UTC time to the time indication.
- You can see the upcoming solar eclipse of October 14; the path of the eclipse seems quite correct (maximum eclipse over North, Central and South America) but the timing is slightly off.
version 0.194
posted on 2023-10-01
Oct 1, 2023
Version 0.194
- Added a "Start scenario" button in the start menu. It contains 5 different starting situations:
1) Earth collision with a small planet
2) Surface view of a gas giant moon
3) Mars view from Phobos
4) A planet with 3 suns
5) A body orbiting a massive black hole, at half light speed
- Some more bug fixes
version 0.193
posted on 2023-09-24
Sep 24, 2023
Version 0.193
- You can now add Aurora Borealis (polar lights) in the atmosphere customisation panel
- Better shadows
- UI & other bug fixes
version 0.188
posted on 2023-09-16
Sep 16, 2023
Version 0.188
- Upgraded the atmosphere system to a more performant one.
- You can now also add atmospheres to bodies from the textures menu (p.5) as well as from the surface of planet with the "add/change atmosphere" button
- You can then change the atmosphere characteristics using the add/change atmosphere button: alter the color, altitude (reach), density and add lightning strikes to it. I also plan to add aurora's later on.
version 0.186
posted on 2023-09-07
Sep 7, 2023
Version 0.186
- Improved collisions
- Procedural planets will now properly turn to lava when hit by supernova blast
- Procedural planet colors now saving properly
- In one of the next updates you will be able to customize procedural planet colors using the procedural planet editor
version 0.180
posted on 2023-08-29
Aug 29, 2023
Version 0.180
- When adding a new body or changing the orbit of an existing body, you can now see the habitable ("goldilocks") temperature zone of each star. Red = too hot, green = earth like and blue = too cold
- Fixed a bug where planets would not be properly illuminated by a supernova explosion
version 0.177
posted on 2023-08-22
Aug 22, 2023
Version 0.177
- Added new texture option: "Procedural asteroid" (textures menu p.5) to change your planet into an irregular body using the procedural shape function.
- Bug fixes
version 0.176
posted on 2023-08-11
Aug 11, 2023
Version 0.176
- A new procedural planet with different terrain and colors will now be generated each time you apply the procedural planet texture (textures menu p.5)
- Users with the no-ads version can alter the procedural terrain themselves
version 0.174
posted on 2023-07-29
Jul 29, 2023
Version 0.174
- Added "comet" body type in the placeable bodies list (using the "Add Body" button). These small icy bodies have dust tails that always point away from nearby stars.
- Bug fixes
version 0.170
posted on 2023-07-19
Jul 19, 2023
Version 0.170
- Added custom water. You can raise or lower the water level (works of course best with planets that have terrain data) and change the water's color and luminescence. To use it, first select a planet and then activate the custom water (from the textures menu p.5). You will then see a new "water" icon on the left which allows you to modify the water's properties.
- Changed the solid color background option from dark blue to black
- Phobos and Deimos fix
version 0.166
posted on 2023-07-11
Jul 11, 2023
Version 0.166
- You can now also change the visuals of black holes using the textures button.
- Added appropriate galaxy textures for Andromeda, Triangulum Galaxy, Small Magellanic Cloud, Large Magellanic Cloud, Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy.
version 0.162
posted on 2023-07-08
Jul 8, 2023
Version 0.162
You can now zoom out to see the location, size and orientation of the most important galaxies of the Local Group:
- Andromeda
- Triangulum Galaxy
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
- Fixed load/save bug
- More bug fixes
version 0.157
posted on 2023-06-22
Jun 22, 2023
Version 0.157
- Added new star type: Blue-white giant. Smaller than red supergiants, but can be much heavier and hotter
- Added a button to enable/disable the UI (bottom center)
- Increased Earth texture resolution
- Fixed some texture errors
- Rolled back some changes due to performance issues
- Other bug fixes
version 0.151
posted on 2023-06-17
Jun 17, 2023
Version 0.151
- Added custom rings that you can change to your liking (in textures menu p.4). Once you've added them, select the body to which they were added and there will be a new button on the top right with which you can alter them.
- Increased UI resolution.
- Added Indonesian language support
- Savegame bugfixes.
