3.5.4
2024-03-01
V3.5.4
- HUGE update, HD textures included by default
- new section where you can download male characters and more music for free
- random rocks are spawned on most planets
- new Character menu where you can switch characters
- moved spaceships to a new spaceship menu, they are not in the flight mode settings anymore
- removed orbit lines for Sagittarius A* and some moons in the Solar System (were causing too much lag)
- more animations added for characters
- added 2 more music tracks from Scott Buckley
- many bug fixes and improvements
3.5.3
2024-02-05
V3.5.3
- adjusted Mars atmosphere so that it is blue-ish/violet at sunset
- fixed oblate stars like Achernar A
- fixed not being able to go to planets in circumbinary orbits for stellar pairs like OY Carinae
- fixed 2 extra jets appearing for pulsar when zooming in
3.4.8
2023-11-20
V3.4.8
- fixed a bug where the app crashed when going from the Earth to the Moon and landing there
- the landing button is now hidden when the UI is hidden
3.4.6
2023-11-13
V3.4.6
- performance improvements (not all textures are loaded into memory, only necessary ones)
- 5 new music tracks and 1 new barren texture
- fixed jovian gas cloud movement when you are really close
- now when you enter a jovian, the shield will always be active
- various bug fixes
3.4.5
2023-10-25
V3.4.5
- fixed a bug in the infopanel
- fixed a bug where the engine sound was still heard while walking on the surface
3.4.3
2023-09-18
V3.4.3
- more bugs fixed
- more waterworlds added based on recent discoveries
- more unknown planets resolved to gas giants
3.4.2
2023-09-12
V3.4.2
- Can now go inside puffy planets (Kepler-51 b,c,d) and Gas Giants with tails (GJ 3470 b)
- Lots of fixes/adjustments for binary pairs including that they can now be found in ternary or quaternary systems (XY Leonis, Beta Lyrae)
- Many small fixes including Haumea player scale bug
- Fixed some duplicate brown dwarfs/rogue planets
3.4.1
2023-09-05
V3.4.1 - Major database changes - 7.85 million stars
- exomoons, rogue planets, more exoplanets (with statuses added - Confirmed/Candidate/Retracted/Controversial)
- Sagittarius A* is now a custom system with 1 supermassive black hole and 44 stars
- all stellar black holes are now siphoning matter from their companion
- soft gamma repeaters now have a fossil disk around them
- moved magnetars from their own category to a subtype of neutron stars
3.4.0
2023-09-02
V3.4.0 - Major database changes - 7.85 million stars
- exomoons, rogue planets, more exoplanets (with statuses added - Confirmed/Candidate/Retracted/Controversial)
- Sagittarius A* is now a custom system with 1 supermassive black hole and 44 stars
- all stellar black holes are now siphoning matter from their companion
- soft gamma repeaters now have a fossil disk around them
- moved magnetars from their own category to a subtype of neutron stars
3.3.2
2023-06-29
V3.3.2
- area in the middle of the screen where you can rotate the ship has been enlarged
- fixed a bug where the character was shaking (happened on moons)
- periods are now shown in years if they are larger than 1 year (seeing millions of days doesn't help to put things into perspective)
3.3.1
2023-06-25
V3.3.1
- added time slider for character when you land on terrestrial planets(non tidally-locked). You can now watch sunrises and sunsets.
- forced to add a consent dialog for for EU users, some GDPR stuff (one time only, when you enter the app)
- many bug fixes, including some old ones
3.3.0
2023-06-12
V3.3.0
- aligned character look axis with ship look axis
- fixed a couple of bugs
- new website https://galaxymap.net
3.2.12
2023-06-08
V3.2.12
- random horizon color for most terrestrial exoplanets (pulsar planets and chthonians excluded)
- changed joysticks for ship and character
- 55 Cancri e changed to a proper tidally locked lava planet
- added sprint button for character
- fixed a couple of bugs
3.2.11
2023-05-30
V3.2.11
- fixed infopanel bug with oblateness (was showing WASP-12 A b as a magnetar)
- fixed a bug when you set sensitivity to 0 you couldn't move the look joystick
- better designed purchases menu
3.2.10
2023-05-18
V3.2.10
- fixed a bug for Venus
- fixed a bug for brown dwarfs
- fixed a bug for exoplanets like GJ 3470 b
3.2.8
2023-05-08
V3.2.8
- can now fly inside gas giants
- added gravity in the flight mode settings menu (default is low)
- tweaked earthlike planets and tidally locked earthlikes
3.2.5
2023-03-31
V3.2.5
- added 32830 supermassive black holes including Sagittarius A* and TON 618
- search system for black holes changed and added black hole statistics
- more information shown from wikipedia for articles that exist
- added a button to hide the UI while flying or walking on the planets (this will also hide moon names if you are in our solar system)
3.2.4
2023-03-12
V3.2.4
- adjusted parameters for all water worlds, pulsar planets and frozen worlds and lava worlds
- fixed a bug with the explore menu planet icons
- fixed a bug for GG Tauri system
- updated used libraries
3.2.3
2023-03-05
V3.2.3
- new ship that can be obtained by watching ads
- new loading animation
- adjusted time slider speed for each system
- 6 bugs fixed and some improvements
3.2.2
2023-02-12
V3.2.2
- now you can walk with a character on the surface of planets and moons
- Earth and Gas Giants are protected by a force field (Landing will be possible in a future update)
- all exoplanets have been improved (shores and waves, titan has methane lakes)
- couple of fixes for the new features
3.1.5
2022-10-09
V3.1.5
- new graphics setting while in flight mode, if your device can handle it
- added custom clouds for earthlike tidally locked planets and new texture for tidally locked water worlds like TRAPPIST-1 f
- can now visit some satellites if you go to the parent planet (like Pluto-Charon)
- stars as seen from a planet's atmosphere have the correct size now
- improved black hole animation and added Neptune rings
- new search categories of stellar objects siphoning off jovians
3.1.3
2022-09-14
V3.1.3
- fixed brown dwarf issues
- fixed database statistics text not showing properly for a couple of languages
3.1.1
2022-09-06
V3.1.1
- water/lava and water worlds improved (you can see through the water in the ship)
- centering a planet in the Solar System now shows moons differently, and they are at the right distance from the planet (for example some of Saturn's moons are inside the rings)
- alien ships now have different thruster sounds
- many bug fixes and small improvements (compare tab not showing correct temperature, settings not being saved when you restart the app - Celsius/Farenheit or Parsec/light year)
3.0.5
2022-08-30
V3.0.5
App has been completely redesigned with new features and improvements. Enjoy!
2.6.5
2022-05-04
V2.6.5
- spaceship improvements (thrusters hidden when stopping + sound)
- visiting a lava world in a binary star will show two suns when entering the atmosphere
- new search for planets (by number)
- new search for stars - pair types (weird binary pairs)
- lots of bug fixes and small improvements
2.6.2
2022-04-19
V2.6.2
- fixing a few bugs including(hopefully) iOS 15 crashes caused by firebase
2.6.1
2022-04-14
V2.6.1
- Flight mode is here! Fly in the atmosphere of all terrestrial exoplanets!
- planets are now generated using the Terrain feature (if you have a device that cannot properly render them, use the setting in the flight mode menu)
- another round of bug fixes (including long opening times)
2.5.4
2022-03-31
V2.5.4
- fixed circumbinaries issue
- refreshed local databases
2.5.3
2022-03-28
V2.5.3
- upgraded some textures to a higher size, some were pixelated (thus the small increase in app size)
- changed the comparison tab (and fixed some display issues there)
- lots of fixes all around
2.5.1
2022-02-16
V2.5.1
- new autocomplete feature in the search system
- new feature that shows latest added exoplanets in the database
- local database changed to contain all exoplanets and all systems that are more interesting, with the possibility to search offline for these
- sizes of planets and moons adjusted to better reflect the differences between them
- Post common envelope binaries added (example NN Serpentis)
- UI scaled down a bit and a graphic option to scale
- parent star spectral planet search
2.4.15
2022-01-07
V2.4.15
- Arabic and Persian language fix
- magnetar animation tweaks
- a couple of bug fixes (radius/mass wasn't shown for some objects)
- auto exit when you zoom out really far in the system
- added metric/imperial system in the settings
2.3.5
2021-09-13
V2.3.5
- Improved stars and all planets' textures
- improved planets in our solar system
- jovians have moving clouds
- some bug fixes
1.62
2018-05-19
V1.6
- fixed blocking bug
- added zoom capability on constellation images
- fixed some translations
- updated libraries, performance improvements
1.6
2018-05-15
V1.6
- fixed blocking bug
- added zoom capability on constellation images
- fixed some translations
- updated libraries, performance improvements
1.53
2018-03-29
Changed app name to: Map to the stars
1.52
2018-02-06
V1.52
- new 3D view of star/black hole. More updates coming for this view.
- new Sector transition showing whenever you change sectors. Can be turned off in settings
- new black hole animation
- fix for stars like Alnitak (info and name wasn't showing)
- more translation fixes
- various fixes and updates
1.2
2017-07-11
V1.2
- Added a lot of minor features and fixes.
- Performance improvements, cleaned up code.
1.1
2017-03-01
V1.1
- Added volume and mute button.
- Minor fixes and updates.