1.0.9
2021-04-18
NEW Falcon 9 cargo ship launch mission
rationalize custom scenario menu and config menu options
add mission restart option
various UI fixes
1.0.8
2017-07-12
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• BONUS content - review the game to unlock challenge missions!
Apollo 13 challenge missions: on the 3rd mission to land on the Moon, an oxygen tank explosion in the Service Module. The mission is aborted. Your challenge is return the crew safely back to Earth using only the Lunar Module.
Space Shuttle Return to Launch Site (RTLS): pilot the Shuttle back to base after solid rocket boosters are jettisoned.
Space Shuttle Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL): after main engine cutoff, land the Shuttle at an alternative landing base.
Improvements:
• improved GUI - move, close and resize control windows more easily
• reentry procedure fixes, reentry autopilot mode improved
• Space Shuttle accelerometer mode fixes
• GUI showing current autopilot mode
• orbit predictor fixes
• improved Space Shuttle aerodynamics
• more detailed dock mfd
• improved custom missions panel with more config options. You can now launch from the KSC with any spacecraft at any time.
• user selectable max memory usage to clamp memory used for textures
1.0.7
2016-12-05
• Step-by-step interactive tutorials of the Apollo Program lunar missions from launch in Cape Kennedy to landing on the Moon through reentry and splashdown. These tutorials take you through the same procedures, paths and events that lead man to the Moon in July 1969.
• new Gemini capsule and missions
• AutoPlay option for automated tutorial and mission walkthroughs
• Improved interactive orbit visualizer allowing easy visualization of complex orbital mechanics
• Configurable window-based UI allowing customization of the interface to suit your preferences
• Improved rendering engine for planets and moons, hi-resolution surfaces and atmosphere and new metal-based graphics engine for unprecedented realism at maximum possible framerate
1.0.6
2016-07-08
Space Simulator v1.0.6 major updates:
• custom missions editor - begin your mission at any position around a planet of your choosing with your favorite spacecraft
• resizable HUD windows - introducing a new GUI system with uniform windows-style resize-able and draggable control panel, MFD, camera, time and orbit planner windows
• new Space Launch System (SLS) missions - full SLS lunar missions from launch, rendezvous, docking, trans-lunar injection through to lunar landing, reentry and splashdown
• comprehensive configuration options - extensive geometry, graphics and physics options to maximize optimized performance across all devices.
• multilingual support - currently supporting English, French and Spanish
Other Updates:
- improved ground geometry and textures
- improved performance on all device
1.0.5
2015-11-11
North American X-15 spaceplane
Realistic atmospheric scattering rendering
Backscatter water/sea/land renderer for accurate colorimetry/hue/chroma (Earth only )
Edwards air force base
Full Volumetric clouds
Several bug fixes in the orbit computer / planning tool
Earth altimetry ( iPad Air and newer )
New 1st person view camera mode with / HUD/etc .
Improved HSI , EHSI with normal,centered ,etc..
Improved Flight Director
Fix for a crash in Apollo Guidance Computer.
1.0.3
2015-08-07
- New celestial bodies: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Phobos, Jupiter, Io, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, Saturn, Titan
- Improved autopilot
- 3D surface textures for Mars, the Moon, Io
- 2001 Discovery spacecraft
- New aerodynamic model
- HUD/lines for 3D view of the approach landing at Kenney Space Center
- Improved surface shaders
- iPhone 4S (minimum) and iPhone 5 and newer support
- 3D orbit planner/computer
1.0.2
2015-04-24
Prevent parachute being released in atmosphere or while docked
Implement spacecraft self shadows
Fix for the smoke glitch
Fix the hollow Apollo service module ( seen when detaching , prior to re-entry )
More comprehensive documentation
Dual texture animated water
Implement : Landing gear touchdown Sound FX
Fix : ISS was flipped on X axis
Implement : docking strobe on ISS port(s)
Fix : Eagle Lander had serious polygon degradation
Fix : Eagle Lander should burn on atmospheric re-entry
Fix : Shuttle's rudder didn't work with RCSOFF , also generate adverse roll
Implement : Shuttle's landing gear release ( original sound footage from NASA )
Fix : pause/unpause stops/restarts the re-entry flames
Fix : pause/unpause stops/restarts the ME flames
Fix the texture shifted west on KSC
Fix: Dates were showing the next [ +1 ] month , as JulianToAODate gives months [1-12] and not [0-11].
Implement : Internal HTML browser allows table tags , to auto-export the documentation
Fix : Overlapping text on paused screen
Fix : Bug when external camera disabled and TV/Drama cam conflict
Fix : Don't show camera icon if external camera is disabled
Fix : Button text could bleed out on retina
Fix : International Space Station on wrong inclination ( fixed also Atlantis's autopilot to inject in correct orbit )
Implement : Amazonas river now is specular
Implement : Open external browser window when accessing documentation
Fix : SM Umbilical and CM wrongly placed
Guided mission ( Saturn V launch to Orbit ) moved to Tutorials , and created an unguided mission on the original path
Guided mission AGC
Mars atmosphere modelled correctly ( i.e. now no way to take off aerodynamically ) ...
Orbital Dynamics Guided Tutorial ( Apollo CSM on orbit over Europe )
Fix size and alignment of help/tutorial panels
Mars textured and with correct atmospheric haze
Shuttle "Orion" from 2001 for free flight
"Hover" for the Orion Shuttle ( so IT can lift from Mars )
Cuter smoke trail (new system )for the Orion
Fix bleed on the joysticks background
Release auto-att-hold when using the joystick
Fix graphic issues with LEM descent stage
Reverse camera pitch , so it can show more of the ground
Jetliner-style FDAI for the Shuttle Orion
Remove "COMP" option in dashboard for Orion/non-Apollo as it was a bit misleading
Remove dash-ball which was pretty much useless now we have FD / HSI