Nova for Windows revision history 1998 Jan. 5, 1998 Fixed View-resizing problems in free-floating Views (Tnx Larry Bedard & Tim Zibrat) Set 256 color maps to fixed palette (Tnx Ron Pogue) Fixed footprint smearing on maps (Tnx Tim Zibrat) Fixed anomalous footprint filling Fixed flaky Hint behavior Fixed SatInfo pop-up in View from Space map (Tnx Mike Seguin) Fixed 1/2 hour time zone (Tnx Gerald Tilley) Fixed 256-color palette shifting problem (finally) Added units to range & height display Version 1.0w released ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jan. 6, 1998 Added Automatic Bitmap Save with wallpaper option in NfW32 (right-click on the View) (Tnx Mike Seguin) re-fixed flaky Hint behavior Jan. 14, 1998 Added tolerance for incorrect formatting in NASA 2-line element epoch times where spaces replace zeros (Tnx Joe Hobart) Fixed substitution of natural sats by an artificial satellite after updating Keplerian elements (Tnx Joe Hobart) Added Hint explanation of "Height" value: relative to Earth for artificial sateliites but "height" is distance to Sun for natural satellites (Tnx Joe Hobart) Corrected conversion for Radar Miles (Tnx Conary McGuinness) Fixed Sky Temperature map resizing (Tnx Conary McGuinness) Fixed text data width when Windows' desktop is set to "large fonts" (Tnx Conary McGuinness) Fixed anomalous footprint filling again (Tnx Joe Hobart) Added "Fill visible sat footprints" to highlight footprints of satellites that are above the horizon of 1st Observer (Tnx Michael Olbrisch) Version 1.0x released ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jan. 19, 1998 Fixed resetting of AOS/LOS when using time step buttons Jan. 22, 1998 Added information to Observers list hints in Individual View Configuration Jan. 23, 1998 Added days/hours/min/sec to Listing time increment Tested and confirmed Year 2000 compliance (Tnx Ken Ernandes & Roy Welch) Jan. 25, 1998 Fixed blue-colored visibility indication in View Configuration screen (Tnx Dave Filmer & others) Jan. 27, 1998 Added automatic updatng of Keps from a disk file at regular intervals (Tnx Ron Parise) Added NovaComm 1 serial port interface (similar to EasyComm I) (Tnx Ron Long) Jan. 29, 1998 Changed function of Add button in Setup/Satellites (Tnx Dave Filmer) Jan. 30, 1998 Fixed File/Save all with free-floating Views. Turned off antenna parking during File/Save all (Tnx Jeff Sykes) Feb. 5, 1998 Added time-adjustment slider to the AutoTracking Status Box; fixed immediate presetting of antennas after LOS (Tnx Mike Yettaw) Feb. 10, 1998 Added ground track colors (Tnx Russ Jones) Feb. 11, 1998 Added output buffer flush for M2 rotator (Tnx Tay Howard) Feb. 17, 1998 Ver. 1.0y released ----------------------------------------------------------------- Feb. 18, 1998 Fixed incorrect response to Text/none in View pop-up (Tnx Mike Seguin) Added "DDE only" option to Setup/Antennas rotators Feb. 23, 1998 Fixed problems in Individual View Configuration screen; replaced "Up" button Added elevation parameter to Extra satellite configuration Adjusted Keplerian element parsing to retain last characters in long satellite names (Tnx Hans Bishoff) Feb. 25, 1998 Fixed problem dragging last entry in Observers list in Utilities/Moon graphs/Setup (Tnx Rick Mobley) Fixed problem when changing map style from View pop-up (Tnx Joe Hobart) Mar. 4, 1998 NfW32: Added "Minimize to tray" in Setup/General (Tnx Mike Seguin) Mar. 5, 1998 Ver. 1.0z released ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mar. 7, 1998 Fixed disappearing footprints on maps after fast-time (Tnx Dale Ireland & Ron Long) Fixed 1/2 hout time offset (Tnx Ian Coulter) Mar. 9, 1998 Added "Disregard M2 position" to Setup/Rotator and refined M2 tracking (Tnx Tay Howard) Apr. 16, 1998 Improved fault tolerance for odd-format Keps May 10, 1998 Introduced NfW ver 2.0 on CD-ROM (Datyon Hamvention) ----------------------------------------------------------------- May 21, 1998 Added tolerance for satelllite names up to 24 characters. Added colored highlight for text data of satellites above Observer's horizon. Version 2.0b ----------------------------------------------------------------- June 3, 1998 Fixed satellite name lengths in Script text listing. June 10, 1998 Impoved response to outdated files at program startup. Improved first-pass AOS/LOS calculations (Tnx Doug Boston) Fixed AutoTracking button on/off behavior. NfW32, Setup/Antenna rotator: Added Start Delay to permit program to complete initialization before I/O begins Version 2.0c ----------------------------------------------------------------- June 16, 1998 Completely revised file format for storing general and View settings between sessions. From now on, it should be possible to update NfW without losing settings. Improved functionality of Configuration storage in Individual View Configuration screen. Version 2.0d ----------------------------------------------------------------- August 29, 1998 Changed all INI file references in NfW32 to system registry. Repaired problem in Script Tracking initialization Sept 1, 1998 Sped up map, footprint drawing Fixed saving of ground track colors Version 2.0e ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sept. 15, 1998 Fixed footprint contours in Rectangular and View from Space maps (Tnx Dave Filmer) Dec. 1, 1998 Changed Flip mode handling for North-breaking rotators (only) Recompiled under Windows 98 Version 2.0f ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dec. 10, 1998 Fixed problem with saving/restarting. Fixed problem with using saved Configurations Version 2.0g ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dec. 16, 1998 Addressed stability issues. No more .INI files, returned to .DAT files. Improved update speed when displaying several satellites. Version 2.0h ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dec. 17, 1998 Fixed errors in saving View Configurations (Tnx Tim Constable) Fixed footprint display in Script Tracking (Tnx Larry Bedard) Fixed change of AutoTracking sat in Script (Tnx Perry Yantis) Dec. 18, 1998 Fixed 24-bit View from Space zooming (Tnx Dale Ireland) Fixed error when clicking on satellite in one View after deleting another View (Tnx Jay Rutherford)