Hi all,
After many long dark months, OpenRocket hatches forth with a new version 13.04 (beta 2). Thanks to Troj for giving us a little bit of space to serve up the beta version here https://www.rocketryforum.com/openroc/OpenRocket-13-04beta2.jar
There are a number of bug fixes and new features.
1) Realistic rocket images - see the 3d views of the Example rockets
2) Simulation improvements
- tumble recovery
- boosted darts (unpowered sustainer stages)
- recovery of multiple components - boosters with active recovery, payloads, etc
3) More advanced configuration of various elements for each simulation - motor ignition (airstarts), staging, recovery deployment.
4) Ability to copy flight configurations.
Please play around with it. If you get the "bug exception" dialog, don't be afraid to click on the send button. If you put in your email address or TRF handle, we're more likely to work on the issue since we can get more details. If something weird happens, and you want to discuss it, feel free to post on this thread, start a new one, or otherwise reach out.
We hope that 3d is working for more people, unfortunately, we are certain that it does not work for everyone even in this release.
If you're interested, I hadn't cracked open the Android code for quite some time. Files generated with this version should work with the android program but you won't have access to any of these new advanced features.
Kevin
After many long dark months, OpenRocket hatches forth with a new version 13.04 (beta 2). Thanks to Troj for giving us a little bit of space to serve up the beta version here https://www.rocketryforum.com/openroc/OpenRocket-13-04beta2.jar
There are a number of bug fixes and new features.
1) Realistic rocket images - see the 3d views of the Example rockets
2) Simulation improvements
- tumble recovery
- boosted darts (unpowered sustainer stages)
- recovery of multiple components - boosters with active recovery, payloads, etc
3) More advanced configuration of various elements for each simulation - motor ignition (airstarts), staging, recovery deployment.
4) Ability to copy flight configurations.
Please play around with it. If you get the "bug exception" dialog, don't be afraid to click on the send button. If you put in your email address or TRF handle, we're more likely to work on the issue since we can get more details. If something weird happens, and you want to discuss it, feel free to post on this thread, start a new one, or otherwise reach out.
We hope that 3d is working for more people, unfortunately, we are certain that it does not work for everyone even in this release.
If you're interested, I hadn't cracked open the Android code for quite some time. Files generated with this version should work with the android program but you won't have access to any of these new advanced features.
Kevin