openrocket/openrocket release-24.12.RC.01

OpenRocket 24.12.RC.01 (2025-03-25)

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Following are changes since 24.12.beta.01. Notable features and fixes in bold.

Multi-level Wind Feature

• CSV Wind Data Import: Import detailed wind profiles directly from CSV files. Thanks to @CSutter5!
• Reworked UI
• Allow zero wind speed input (fixes #2678)
• Add "Wind Direction" flight data type

User Interface

• Window Ghosting Eliminated on Windows OS: We think @SiboVG has finally squashed this vexing problem (fixes #1667)
• Improved UI Readability: Some assorted changes to improve the readability of the UI after the 24.12.beta.01 change to the FlatLaf UI
• Add UI Customization: You can now tweak the UI to your liking. Added "UI Scale", "Font Size", and "Character Spacing". See the "UI" tab in app preferences.
• Improvements to Rotation Control in 2D Views: You can now lock the angle so you don't accidentally rotate it with a click-drag; you can also enter the desired angle directly
• Show Flight Config in Design View: This should make it easier to get all necessary information when screenshotting just the rocket figure display (fixes #2735)
• Use light mode when exporting design info (fixes #2510)
• Support 5 decimal places in latitude and longitude settings (fixes #2590)
• Better positioning of modal dialogs (fixes #2652)
• Correctly track when files have changed (fixes #2679)
• Include number of assembly copies in motor count display (fixes #2725)
• Add File->Properties menu item (fixes #2662). Thanks to @MiguelECL!
• Focus Rocket Config Dialog when opening file (fixes #2146). Thanks to @JonathanDeLaCruz!
• Clear "Simulation abort" warning in design view when resetting flight config (fixes #2749)

Warnings

• Standardize Warning format (fixes #2669)
• Clarify "Open airframe" warnings when due to separated booster stage
• Don't generate spurious warning when using a single tube fin (fixes #2663)
• Improve how warnings are saved to and reloaded from ORK file (fixes #2694)

Calculations

• Correctly calculate CG on zero-length components (fixes #2626)
• Improve handling of very small fins (fixes #2633)
• Include enabled stages in calculations even if parent stage is disabled (fixes #2657)
• Correctly handle "auto" mass object size when parent component is filled (fixes #2660)
• Fix CP calculation error with tail cones (fixes #2751)

Simulation

• Add "Altitude above Sea Level" as new flight data type
• Include side boosters in thrust calculation (fixes #2639)
• Improve handling of launch site altitude and limit to 11 km (fixes #2699)

Export

• Add option to export only one instance of component to OBJ
• Fix export of Component Analysis data (fixes #2697)
• Correctly handle periods in file path when exporting (fixes #2701)

Miscellaneous

• Add compatibility with plugins using the old net.sf.openrocket package instead of the new info.openrocket.core and info.openrocket.swing. The old plugins are copied and migrated to the new package structure with a -migrated suffix. (fixes #2676)
• Clean up the "CSV Save" example simulation extension (fixes #2696)
• Fix exception when changing the opacity setting in the appearance panel (fixes #2644)
• Improvements to the software updater (fixes #2648)
• Update "modified data" file metadata when saving
• Add additional file properties (fixes #2664). Thanks to @MigelECL for their contribution!
• Honor Cd override when reading from a file (fixes #2745)
• Add Piotr Tendera Rocket Motors (TSP) and Raketenmodelbau Klima (Klima) motor manufacturers to motor database
• Enhancements and fixes to motor length and diameter filters

...and the usual additional assortment of small fixes and tweaks.

Contributors in this release:
@SiboVG @JoePfeiffer @MiguelECL @neilweinstock @JonathanDeLaCruzEncora @anushreejha @jefferyjohn