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DM 1.7.0 2026-05-01

New Features:
  • Support for h.265 video (requires .mp4 extension)
  • Custom Startup Messages for your presenters! In the /Core/Startup Folder, you can now easily access and customize what images and messages appear for your presenters by simply adding images and plain text. REMEMBER TO BACKUP YOUR CONTENT; future updates may overwrite your custom content.
  • DarkMatter Cloud has been updated! In the Tools Menu, you can find a library of updated content, curated by Sky-Skan that you can download and install. If you’d like to share your own content on the DarkMatter Cloud with the community, simply post it to the DarkMatter Forums. We will curate all content to ensure the best experience for all users.
  • NDI (Network Device Interface) has been implemented. You can now send NDI signals, and receive NDI. See the new Spout/NDI control page in the DarkMatter Cloud for a quick tutorial.
  • Control Page Rescan Button - In the Control Page Manager, you can now rescan the Control Page folder for new and updated control pages. Note, this only updates the list of available control pages - it does not refresh the contents or any currently loaded control page.
  • DMZ files creator - The Tools menu also has a DMZ file creator for transferring/exporting all files that don’t fit into an Asset Manager Export or a Control Page Export.
  • VIOSO Blending is now supported.
  • Dark Matter’s Javascript support has been enhanced with File I/O features.
Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Fixed ParticleTables crashing DM
  • Fixed crash when PView asset’s load invalid cmap files
  • Fixed cloud motion discontinuity when rotating Planet asset clouds
  • In Asset Manager, updated icons for Picture Asset and TCP Asset
  • Fixed crashes with Xeon systems
Content Updates:
  • Visit the new DarkMatter Cloud Library for new updated content including:
    • New Tutorial Pages for PView, custom Quad Video primitives, and Trails
    • NASA spacecraft, such as Artemis and ESCAPADES
    • Gaia Star Catalog
    • Biology Virus models
    • and more is incoming, with notifications in the DM Cloud interface.

Version History

DM 1.6.0 2025-06-01

New Features:
  • New GIS Body Asset type provides GIS features, including WMS and WMTS support.
    • Third-Party Data Disclaimer:
      DM GIS is capable of loading geographic data from various online sources. Some data providers, including Google, impose restrictions on how their content may be used, displayed, or redistributed. It is the responsibility of the end user to ensure their use of any third-party content complies with the respective provider’s terms of service.

      We do not provide or grant access to any licensed or restricted data sources, and we disclaim all liability for any unauthorized use of third-party services. Users interested in using content from Google or similar providers should consult those services directly regarding proper licensing.
    • High Quality Online GIS setup may require additional hardware as well as software licenses (e.g., additional network storage and Goodle API keys). Contact sales@skyskan.com if you're interested in such a setup.
  • Support for WMS and WMT GIS Body surfaces.
  • New Picture Asset type supports use of DSI.
  • New Viewport Navigation method; click and drag middle mouse button to pan and tilt. Use mouse wheel to move forward and backwards along the vector based on the location of the mouse cursor.
  • Improved control page navigation. Use middle-button and drag to pan around the page. Use the mousewheel to move vertically.
  • Preliminary support for new Star Catalog Asset type.
Bug Fixes and Improvements:
  • Improved layout of asset properties in the Asset Manager.
  • Fixed loading of Binary VOTables using the long datatype.
  • Fixed loading of AVM images into slide assets.
  • Fixed control label command for readonly widgets.
  • Fixed several Asset Manager properties that were missing labels.
  • Fixed drag and drop and tooltips for some Asset Manager properties.
  • Fixed rendering of extruded geometry with KML asset type.
Content Updates:
  • Fixed the label for Alnilam Ori
Notes:
  • The Show Manager and Keyframe Timeline are now labeled as 'Experimental'.

DM 1.5.8 2024-12-14

Bug Fixes and Improvements
  • Fix crash when loading a default VolumeTexture.
  • Fix disiplay name for Path Controller's File property.
  • Updated company copyright for root index.html.

DM 1.5.0 2024-07-16

New Features and Improvements
  • New feature to have the DM Renderer Spout frames, using Kernel Channels().Spout=<On, Off>
  • New feature to allow some asset textures to use incoming Spout frames, using the texture type 'Spout:' syntax.
  • Initial support for nested volumetric textures.
  • Limited support for 'BINARY' VOTables.
  • Initial support for a Blackhole with accretion disk.
  • Content Updates
  • New asset group called Local Group containing 4 new volumetric galaxy models and infrared layers
  • Helix Nebula added to Nebulae asset group.
  • New assets for the Sagittarius A* black hole and the stars orbiting it.
  • New survey data:
    • 2df
    • 6df
    • Gaia-DR1
    • Quaia
Bug Fixes and Improvements
  • Improved support in the UDP plugin for UTF-8 characters.
  • Fixed the Playlist renderer support for dynamic particle asset types.
  • Improved syntax for AddRule methods for Particle Table assets.
  • Fixed crash when ApplyRules is attempted with ParticleTables.
  • Fixed support for ConstColor for PView asset types.
  • Fixed issue resulting in re-labeled buttons when paused and their owning control page was changed.

DM 1.4.0 2023-07-25

New Features and Improvements
  • Introducing the new DM Rendering and playlist feature.
  • Temporary changes can be made to render channel properties when in window mode. This is intended to simplify using render channels for customized renderings.
  • Picture Button widgets can now optionally appear 'flat'.
  • New commands for scripting picture changes for Picture Buttons and Resizable Widgets.
  • Resizable widgets can now optionally execute a script.
  • DSI Alpha channel supported added to Fulldome, SkyMap, Hemisphere, Sphere and Plane assets.
  • Support for the Dome Mask white and black balance images
  • Setting the Viewport to 'None' now disables rendering, which reduces GPU load on the DMUI machine.
  • New Daylight Savings Time support. When DMUI starts up, it will adjust the DateTime widget's Timezone list based on the local time.
  • The DateTime widget now saves preferences for the current timezone, 12/24 hour and date format.
  • The Viewport now saves mouse assignments as part of the workspace.
  • The Viewport now preserves the original output channel's aspect ratio.
  • Improvements to system content synchronization. The System Status window now show status of recent content synchronization.
  • New FontName property for most assets to allow specification of a font for labels. A new Scene FontName property can be used to set the initial/default font used by assets.
  • Introducing the new SubRip SRT Asset to support subtitles in DM.
  • New Font picker in the Asset Manager.
  • Updated JavaScript Jurassic Library to 3.1.0.
  • Single floating panes can now be locked into position.
  • Added nucleus object to comet asset types.
Content Changes
  • Update to Dataset Explorer content for Galactic and Extragalactic.
  • New asset group for Nebulae.
  • Support for new enhanced color model in atmospheres. Earth atmosphere changed.
Bug Fixes
  • Bug fixes related to the exposure trail feature: extra objects were rendered, and labels will no longer trail, and fixed artifact issues with multihead systems.
  • Improvements made to Atmosphere lighthing and timing and its affect on background stars.

DM 1.3.28 2022-07-03

New Features and Improvements:
  • Performance improvements to the Asset Manager.
  • Reduced DMUI startup time.
  • Improvements to Atmosphere lighting and day/night timing.
  • Workspace layout improvements when changing display scaling.
  • Control Text commands now support in startup scripts. These are sent to the animated splash screen during execution.
  • After last script is closed focus is returned to the prior pane.
  • Importing Asset definition XML files is now supported via the "Import" menu option.
  • New Blend shader for Volume Textures
Content Changes:
  • New volumetric models for well-known nebulas and a series for stellar evolution.
  • New Asset group with improvements to XBox 360 controller (Markus Steblei)
  • New RA Dec 2020 Control page (Markus Steblei)
  • Improvements to Basics Control page (Markus Steblei)
  • Added labels for several solar system moons.
  • Updated initial startup scripts to execute faster.
  • Restore specular oceans on the Earth.
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed crash when loading certain PView asset types.
  • Fixed globalization issue after initial install.
  • Fixed setting of specular map and properties for Planet asset types.
  • Fixed saving of Media assets types.
  • Fixed exporting of button images with control pages.

DM 1.2.20 2022-03-27

Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed lockup of renderer if slide assets were loaded before media assets.
  • Markup in script editor is now case insensitive for DM scripts.

DM 1.2.16 2022-02-27

Fixes in the Online Data Center
  • Fix DMUI crash caused by a script missing a '+' for a time delay at the beginning of a line.
  • Fix script generation for exoplanets to insert a missing '+' before a time delay.
  • Fix stellar class parsing.
  • Improved parsing of Comet archive when the archive contains invalid lines.
  • Attempt to fix issue with exoplanet update due to a file sharing issue.

DM 1.2.13 2022-02-10

  • Updated About box and various prompts to new Sky-Skan ownership
  • Fixed a bug that prevented inline JavaScript from executing

DM 1.2.10 2022-01-30

Content Updates:
  • Addition of Jupiter Minor moons.
  • Updated Dataset Explorer with Cosmic Microwave Background group with additional CMB assets.
  • Added Nebulas to the Dataset Explorer
New Features and Improvements:
  • Dataset Explorer now provides a color picker for orbits, particle datasets and didactic datasets.
  • Dataset now provides a context menu to load and child assets.
  • Improved performance of several Asset Manager interactions.
  • Improved the visibility of planet sprites when near the sun.
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed cause of false error notifications regarding 'DSE' commands in the event viewer.
  • Changed naming used for comets in the Online Data Center.
  • Fixed orbit elements computation for parabolic comets.

DM 1.2.0 2022-01-02

New Features and Improvements:
  • Script Editor now shows Script Duration in a new footer. This includes addition details like current/cursor
  • position, current segment and total duration.
  • The new Script Editor footer shows script duration of highlighted text.
  • Blank lines in scripts are now preserved.
  • Improved context-senstive highlighting in the Script Editor.
  • Implemented Control WaitForAll(). This allows scripts to pause until specified objects are loaded. If used in startup scripts, this should resolve scene initialization problems.
  • Now using a friendlier name for Event Viewer tabs. Increased font used in Event Viewer.
  • Removed duplicate ID1 and Source columns from Event Viewer. Reduced width of Time column.
  • Common script parsing errors now appear in the Event Viewer.
  • Improved performance of sorting in the Online Data Center
Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed Exoplanets in Online Data Center. It now conforms to the protocol update.
  • Fixed Orbit computation for comets in the Online Data Center.
  • Fixed use of URLs in texture paths.
  • Fixed detection of current longitude & latitude.

DM VERSION 1.1

DM 1.1.123 2019-12-23

  • fix for Fulldome/Media asset crash

DM 1.1.122 2019-12-19

  • fixes for SlideText and PView assets

DM 1.1.116 2019-11-21

  • particle fading issue fixed

DM 1.1.114 2019-11-21

  • Full content built.
  • specular highlight defaults back to a level that resembles 1.1.5
  • tag object fix
  • particle effect fix
  • hemisphere texture inversion fix
  • primitive fixes, skymap fix
  • Added fix for crash when a Media asset isn't de-selected from Fulldome asset before the Media asset is unloaded.
  • fix for plane primitives, can now display multiple plane objects
  • .dat file support
  • Fix for lines partial loading when renderer is on same PC as viewport.
  • Change copyright to 2013-
  • Updated translation files; German, French, Spanish

DM 1.1.95 2019-08-13

  • Sprite properties added to planet assets (control the transition start and end, size, and color)
  • sprites will now darken as the angle between the viewer and sun varies from 0 (brightest) to 180 (darkest) degrees
  • Fix to prevent fault in the DMDaemon if RemoteHost is unknown; symptom was No Beacon but still responsive Note: you can restart the daemon from DMUI using the DirectCommand "kernel channels().daemon(restart)"
  • allow any cube map face to be used as the cube map texture property
  • a fix to restore the 'missing' default texture
  • Updated jsAstroDate asset with corrected calculation
  • Added UDP Remote Protocol send to UDP AssetInstance to send commands to DS from DM
  • Fix for crash in DMUDP when changing receive port on a DMUDP asset

DM 1.1.85 2019-06-13

  • Full content built.
  • Fix for dayshine property in skymaps.
  • Fix for blue background on ecliptic.
  • New content added for foreign languages.
  • Fix for crash on startup on machines with long PATH variable values.
  • Fix for missing AssetGroup icons

DM 1.1.82 2019-06-03

  • Improved support for Chinese language.
  • Fix for asset group icons missing in DMUI.
  • Fix for cubemapped clouds.
  • Fix for media primitives.
  • Fix for skymap.
  • Fix for PView loading.

DM 1.1.74 2019-04-03

  • Full content built (~8.2GB installer)
    • > Earth and Moon cubemaps at 16K and 64K resolution.
    • > Earth seasons textures.
    • > New improved Milky-Way texture.
  • All cubemaps working (except for height).
  • Fix for cubemap memory leak.
  • Attempted fix for the black flashing that occurs when changing surface0 texture (when surface1 texture is at 100%).
  • Fixed issue 'changing surface textures does not work'.
  • Fixes for cubemap texture leaks and slide types.
  • All textures except height can currently use cubemaps.

DM 1.1.70 2019-03-15

  • Fix leaks.
  • Fix for slide text.
  • Texture leak fix.
  • Slide media file fix.
  • Moved Pause/Running indicator down 3 pixels to avoid obscuring the button text.
  • Increased the pause in the script created when dropping a Media asset to 4 seconds
  • needed longer delay before playing video.

DM 1.1.68 2019-03-07

  • Support for cube map textures.
    • > DM assembles cube maps from six individual face textures.
    • > The face texture file names must be the same except for a trailing digit (from 0 to 5) in the main file name (not the extension).
    • > For example say the following files exist: earth_cube_0.dds, earth_cube_1.dds, earth_cube_2.dds, earth_cube_3.dds, earth_cube_4.dds, earth_cube_5.dds.
    • > The asset�s diffuse texture property would be set to earth_cube_0.dds, and this causes DM to look for the other 5 files and internally assemble the 6 files into a cube map texture.
  • Other DMGPU bug fixes.
  • Fix for Localization (was being built with the wrong >NET Framework version).
  • Adjust Version Mismatch to report only when "s..." is being displayed.
  • Fix so daemon reads the version from the UI.
  • Fix to installer so the installation log filename will have the date as YYYY-MM-DD (not YYYY-DD-MM).
  • Fix for memory leak with ASIO filtergraph not getting properly disposed.
  • Fix for sound distortion with some muxed video files, for example using WAV audio. Allows LAV Audio filter to get inserted between source and ASIO filter.
  • Code cleanup in DMKernel; more unused variables.
  • Code cleanup in daemon; log message clarifications.
  • Stability improvements in daemon when shutting down DMGpu.
  • Added more remote restart options for the daemon (mostly for debugging).
  • Fix for exporting assets and control pages which resulted in an empty .xml file in the .dmz (introduced in the fix for importing control pages).
  • Fix for spurious exception in DMUI when updating menus.
  • New feature: Report version mismatch.
  • Updated icons for DMGpu and DMDaemon.
  • Daemon internal fixes for stability, and code cleanup.
  • Create default DarkMatterConfig.xml if it is missing or broken; PreferredNetworkString is found by searching adapters for static IP.
  • Daemon terminates all DMGpu.exe processes found.

DM 1.1.50 2019-01-29

  • Fix for UI "ghost" (communication issue from DMGpu to DMUI).
  • Fix for NoBeacon when starting DMGpu on Renderers (if DMGpu startup is slow).
  • Added command for sending debug commands to the daemon.

DM 1.1.48 2019-01-15

  • Disable DMUPS by default.
  • Fix for Browser hang in Windows 10 build 1809.
  • Fix for white flash when opening Browser.
  • Added SnmpSharpNet (SNMP#NET) license text to Help->About.
  • Fix for NoBeacon from daemon (intermittent crash due to shared variable).
  • Target size limited to 1K fix.

DM 1.1.44 2018-12-21

  • Full content built.
  • Fix for crash in Automation when searching for preferredIP.
  • Remove menu entry for Interactive when it is disabled.
  • Improve the loading and saving of DarkMatterConfig.xml; now it isn't written unless changed, backup copy created, recover from broken file by loading the backup.
  • Automation configuration flexibility and speed improvements;
    • > added multi-device script command to set the same property on multiple devices at once,
    • > ex. "automation GMX_RED:A-J.Set Lamp Brightness=90 [5]"
  • Fix pre-start logging in DMInteractive; some startup logging could be lost.
  • Remove menu entry for Automation when it is disabled.
  • Fix the Automation stop flag so startLoggingQueue doesn't get stuck.
  • Fix crash in log thread, Interactive.
  • Fix shutdown dialog box; typos, confusing information.
  • Fix in Interactive so configuration isn't written if nothing has changed.
  • Fix for daemon communication; it could 'stick' and stop listening for commands from DMUI.
  • Fix for DMGpu initialization fails on 2nd start
  • 'Ready' bit shared bit space with channel ID. ***
  • Fix for startup with Interactive disabled
  • workspace startup script could hang.
  • Fix in daemon "RTStart" to gracefully handle exception in the "decode" thread.
  • Fix for "w..." not seen when DMGpu is stopped, and when NoBeacon is seen when DMGpu is started.
  • Fix UI connection to daemon failure (crash in daemon) which prevented DMNet.xml from being updated.
  • Clean up arpdata files; move excess into Archive folder and delete oldest files.
  • Implemented Javascript functions setInterval, clearInterval, setTimeout, and clearTimeout.
  • Fix for crash when a "Windows" (DM menu) item has null text.
  • Fix for crash in Automation on exit (only seen when debugger is attached).
  • Change to Automation so "DMUPS" devices are allowed in the Theater group.
  • Close Javascript popup when another one is requested so the new one will be visible.
  • Added poweroff value "system" (required for DMUPS extension).
  • Changed daemon to accept network settings any time DMUI is restarted.
  • DMUPS initial version.
  • Fix crash in daemon when DMNet.xml has unreachable or unknown RemoteHost.
  • Added pre-shutdown dialog box to DMUPS.
  • Fix in DMUPS; communication with UPS was timing out in Windows 10 LTSB.
  • Fix for shutdown of DMUI when master PC is not listed in the network.xml
  • Fix for credentials issue in Cloud Update.

DM 1.1.20 2018-09-17

  • Full content built.
  • Contains latest DM interactive.

DM 1.1.19 2018-09-12

  • Full content built.
  • Prevent saving the DMInteractive configuration if nothing has been changed.
  • Fix shutdown dialog
  • typos, confusing info.
  • Remove menu entry for DMAutomation when it is disabled.
  • Fixed pre-start logging in DMInteractive.
  • Automation configuration flexibility and speed improvements.
  • Added test for changed data when saving (i.e. don't save DarkMatterConfig.xml if the values haven't changed).
  • Added creating a .bak file (updated weekly, if changed) to recover if DarkMatterConfig becomes corrupted.
  • Improved robustness when loading and saving the configuration.
  • Remove menu entry for DMInteractive when it is disabled.
  • Fix Language selection issue when Interactive and/or Automation are disabled in the .config file.

DM 1.1.15 2018-08-10

  • Fix for default DM_CONFIG.xml

DM 1.1.12 2018-08-09

  • Changed copyright year in Help->About to 2018
  • Fix for crash when searching for preferredIP if the value is not correct in DarkMatterConfig.xml
  • Fix for crash when loading Automation device(s)

DM 1.1.7 2018-07-15

  • Added MSAA option (MSAA Count field added to DMSettings.xml)
  • Updated Volumetric Galaxy Stars
  • Fix for tessellation bug

DM 1.1.5 2018-07-02

  • Fix for Tesselation.
  • Final IPS 2018 version.

DM 1.1.4 2018-06-25

  • Full content built.

DM 1.1.0 2018-05-15

  • Full installer
  • Added ASIO License Text to Help->About
  • Added ASIO License Text to Browser Help
  • Added keep-alive send with configurable enable and time-out for the Interactive communication code
  • Spacecraft 3D models for Rosetta and Philae landers.
  • Comet 3D model for 67P/Churyumov�Gerasimenko with detailed areas of interest.
  • DM VERSION 1.0

    Version 1.0.110 | Full installer - 2018-04-26

  • Additional startup logging in case startup fails
  • Fix to prevent Interactive from loading if it is disabled in 'DMInteractive.config'.
  • Fix for run-away CPU usage after an hour of running with the Interactive extension enabled.
  • Fix to prevent Automation from loading if it is disabled in 'DMAutomation.config'.
  • Fixed EventViewer IDs sorting order when some renderers are started after other renderers.
  • Fixed EventViewer hanging when selecting renderers in a multi-renderer system.
  • Version 1.0.106 | Software installer - 2018-03-23

  • Added ASIO sound support
  • Improved EventViewer with no text wrap, horizontal scrolling, simpler time format, localhost=machinename,
  • 1000=machinename, sorting IDs ascending, ellipses appear when text is longer than an column
  • Initial revision of Interactive
  • Bugfix for crash in shutting down multiple renderers by script
  • see additional logging if you have difficulty
  • with Kernel PowerOff
  • Changed default network to 192.168.0.x; was 172.20.0.x
  • Fixed issue with ARP data while trying to change EX-box IP address through the Automation Responders window
  • Version 1.0.100 | Software installer - 2018-02-20

  • Added cubemap texture option for planets
  • Changed the name of the install directory to Release
  • Secured the .NET executables
  • Version 1.0.95 | Software installer - 2018-01-18

  • Added trace in case of an error during parse of incoming automation packets
  • Added Input Port for Mirage projector for updated TarragonEX code
  • Version 1.0.94 | Software installer - 2018-01-10

  • Fix for broken volume slider.
  • Addition of script command "Control WaitForAll(Asset1)" will block until all assets listed are loaded.
  • Refined style of SingleState button so the buttons do not appear round when not selected
  • Added pressing ESC closes New Control Page and User Manager
  • Prevent Site Preferences, New Control Page, Control Page Manager, and User Manager from staying on top of all windows
  • Changed how Control Page Manager is opened so that it always becomes visible centered on the UI
  • Some code cleanup
  • Fixed lack of border for New Control Page and User Manager
  • Added logging during startup and tests in odd case where initialization files were missing.
  • Fixed lack of border for Control Page Manager
  • Version 1.0.93 | Software installer - 2017-12-29

  • Fix for DM user interface lock when asset is selected (bug fix for 'scare task' work-around).
  • Version 1.0.92 | Full installer - 2017-12-28

  • Sleep after video loading has a 1ms minimum duration (fix for 'negative DWORD' duration).
  • Thread locks in DMVideo are back (were removed in 1.0.15)...
  • New startup workspace and button scripts should provide safer start.
  • Improved viewport parameters for 'fisheye' and 'dome front' views for better visual experience.
  • First installation 'MainAssets.sdf' database updated to reflect current content distribution
  • Fix for buffer size when using 'debug output' strings.
  • Fix for equatorial line not visible when ecliptic off.
  • Version 1.0.88 | Software installer - 2017-12-13

  • Increased rendering priority of the Sun and its corona to fix solar eclipse issue (bug #381).
  • Version 1.0.87 | Full Installer - 2017-12-11

  • Added Beth's recent content updates.
  • Version 1.0.86 | Software installer - 2017-12-01

  • Removed debug statements that were slowing down video playback.
  • Version 1.0.85 | Full Installer - 2017-11-30

  • Fix to prevent video rendering from waiting 100ms for the next frame (Vsync crossing).
  • Includes Troy's latest Mars content.
  • Version 1.0.84

  • Added RunStartupScript to Workspaces menu
  • Fix for automation devices which have multiple properties of the same type (different names); Index wasn't being used
  • Added support for SONY SRX projectors T1XX
  • Version 1.0.81

  • Add UI display support for Automation devices DM_01V96, DM_RBTN, DM_SS4622, DM_TV_ONE; corrected DM_YAMAHA_FADER
  • Fix for setting the Switches value of relays external to the TarragonEX using type DM_RBTN
  • Added Automation configuration file DM_JVC620U and updated AutoAdminLayout.xml for these projectors
  • Added Automation configuration file for DM_SS4622
  • Version 1.0.76

  • Fix for setting the Switches value of relays external to the TarragonEX using type DM_RBTN.
  • Added Automation configuration file DM_JVC620U and updated AutoAdminLayout.xml for these projectors.
  • Added Automation configuration file for DM_SS4622.
  • Version 1.0.73

  • Corrected Automation configuration file for JVC4500 to the correct property for streaming IP
  • and Operating_State; this is so projector properties appear correctly in the Theater group.
  • Removed debug logging that occured during DMGpu communication
  • Added support in the Daemon Backup Extension to enable (or disable) backups, and restart the
  • daemon so the settings take effect.
  • Added a Color property for the Heading grid
  • Version 1.0.68 | Full Installer - 2017.10.06

  • Fix for System Status (Projectors) so properties can appear in multiple places in 'DM_CONFIG'
  • Fix for BugID 532
  • disappearing scrollbar ends in Dataset Explorer and Asset Administrator
  • Fix for BugID 141
  • Tooltip now says "Clear the Filter"
  • Expand System Status items by default
  • Fix for BugID 623
  • Using the slider for "Solar System" "Visibility" does not affect the Moon (was broken for any child of a non-group node)
  • Fix for Meridian Grid graphics glitches.
  • Sun and Moon are 2.5x scale by default.
  • Implemented dynamic ecliptic grid.
  • Version 1.0.63 | Full Installer - 2017.09.28

  • MainAssets.sdf fix
  • fix for ecliptic month names (uppercase first letter, correct display of unicode characters)
  • solid line addded to the equatorial grid display
  • RTStart startup delay to allow the network to stabilize.
  • DMNet file is built (if missing) from DarkMaggerConfig.xml and defaults.
  • Fix for daemon startup to use the preferred network specified in DMNet.xml
  • Version 1.0.53 | Full Installer - 2017.09.21

  • Navigator script command bug (fix for renderers displaying scene differently as viewport)
  • Fix for azimuth offset values (geometry and DSI).
  • Changed ecliptic to Month names (with language support).
  • Text inversion synchronized (at equator crossing) between equatorial and ecliptic grids.
  • Fix for 'User Selection' appearing when changing license if there were multiple users
  • Fix for clipboard exception in 'Geo/DateTime' widget
  • Fix for Wake-On-LAN tool window, prevents multiple windows if user clicks icon more than once
  • Fix for password box, focus would not stay on verify box
  • Fix a crash in 'User Selection' if no user was selected but the 'X' was clicked
  • Improved 'User-selection' box, now double-click the username to go on to the password entry (before: had to specifically click OK)
  • Fix to prevent ghost of DMUI if user-selection is cancelled at startup
  • When updating the arpdata file, DM now sorts the list by machine name again. DM also update BOTH the MAC and the IP.
  • Fix two crashes on 'Close' which would leave a ghost DMUI.exe (T2ViewModel.cs / DoExitApplication, and T3.xaml.cs / Window_Closing)
  • Updated ssWinsock
  • Fix for default operation "get" to prevent any future crashes when "Accessors" is misspelled in the configuration file (ex. "Accessots").
  • Fix typo in resource named "cnvInflux"
  • this was causing several messages in the Windows Application event log.
  • Changed Wake-On-LAN window behavior so it doesn't block the main window from being closed
  • Robustness fixes for Wake-On-LAN (arpdata file wasn't read which meant the MAC for previously known
  • and now turned off
  • PCs wasn't loaded and wake packet not sent).
  • Licensing Updates: new 'Help->About License' tab displays current license information and allows changing (ex. updating) licenses.
  • Added 'Slide Drop and Interactive Viewport JavaScripts', to load with all SkySkan Demo Startup Scripts and adjusted\tuned the eight 'SkySkan_Demo' Workspaces.
  • Fixed two Javascript bugs: Height to Width
  • Slide Dropper, JulianDates display on dome.
  • Added Megastar Control Page and Assets to Additional Content (one has to manually import).
  • Fix: 'Tutorial 1' dome grid is now rendered at 180.5� size rather than 180.0� as it is intended by design.
  • Replaced
  • Tully example in Tutorial 1 with Two Micron Photometric Redshift catalogue example instead. Added travel distance button to it, and to the Volumetric Milky Way.
  • Fix: tutorial pages now work with DM version level 1.0 including all Java Scripts.
  • Version 1.0.40 | Full Installer - 2017.07.28

  • MainAssets.sdf is now added for clean installs
  • Removed the force-close extensions confirmation message box
  • Updated the site_data_path value in DMAutomation.config to use the normal application
  • data path unless the value is specifically set in the config file
  • Changed WakeUp function to use values from the arpdata file when the Windows name
  • resolution fails
  • Changed WakeUp function to send two 'pulses' with 5 second gap
  • Version 1.0.25 | Full Installer - 2017.07.21

  • Azimuth offset values added for Geometry and DSI in DMSettings.xml
  • LAV 70.2
  • Extragalactic content update
  • Version 1.0.21

  • basic change for ecliptic and equatorial grids, text is inverted for southern latitudes
  • fix for model loading (needed correct version of assimp.dll)
  • Added devices to Automation configuration files:
  • GTZ270, GTZ280, Opticis matrix, Relay, TV_ONE, OPPO_BDP203, and JVC4500 (includes corresponding updates to "DM SPICE V4.xml"
  • Corrected the default Panel.Config which is created if the file is missing.
  • Added BSL panel (disabled by default) Fixed "Mot Latitude Control" (there were two 'Longitude' controls)

    2017-07-14 Version 1.0.19 | FIRST OFFICIAL DM 1.0 RELEASE TEST

    • ScriptPad: Added Cancel option, in case user can't decide if they want to save the script or not.
    • ButtonPageViewModel: Removed duplicate call to BackgroundImageEvent
    • may speed up display of button pages
    • DMT: Fix for Slide asset not loading
    • Added new content: Tutorials 1 / Tutorials 2 / Spacecraft
    • Earth based
    • Please test as master only. Multi-machine not yet functional due to Daemon.

    2017-07-06 Version 1.0.15 | Full Installer

  • Added try/catch and retries to DMAsset.UpdateInternal, and .UpdatePropertiesInternal, and to
  • DMAssetStorage.OnAssetUnloadInt to prevent crashes seen when an SqlException happens signalling the DB is not available.
    • Commented out thread locks in DMVideo

    2017-06-23 Version 1.0.12

    • fix for install problem (debug version of timyxml was being used)
    • update to LAV-0.70-10

    2017-06-19 Version 1.0.4 | Full Installer

    • Updates for Slide properties (Great Circle type renamed to Sperical Panorama, Lock choices clarified).
    • updated uninstaller messages

    2017-06-01 Version 1.0.0 | Full Installer

    • Fix for Comet asset