Roadmap

Nightshade-NG-PR2

Due in 27 days (06/17/2013)

62%

32 issues   (10 closed — 22 open)

Related issues
Feature #1087: Grids and lines
Feature #1089: Implement individual lines and grids
Feature #1094: Star labels
Feature #1095: Body labels
Feature #1096: Design general approach to labels
Feature #1665: Page up/down keys for manual zoom
Feature #1697: Body shadows and Lunar eclipse case
Feature #1722: CEGUI.log should be off by default (?) and set for a standard tmp directory.
Feature #1832: Ring semi-transparency / shadow integration
Feature #1851: Fade the lines of the constellation near all vertex stars
Task #1075: Constellations, sky cultures
Task #1076: Sky culture integration
Task #1077: Constellation rendering
Task #1078: Constellation boundary rendering
Task #1079: Constellation artwork rendering
Task #1093: Labels
Task #1762: Remove FOV workaround for shadows
Task #1826: Post source packages for dependencies included in Windows binary
Task #1843: Testing PR2

Nightshade-NG-PR3

Due in about 3 months (08/26/2013)

26%

25 issues   (0 closed — 25 open)

Related issues
Feature #1080: Media loading and manipulation
Feature #1081: Image loading and display
Feature #1082: Classical landscapes
Feature #1085: Implement Nebulae (2D)
Feature #1090: Cardinal points
Feature #1134: Truncated fish-eye and lens correction
Feature #1303: Physical light model
Feature #1361: Model light pollution
Feature #1369: Small feature and/or viewing volume culling
Feature #1689: Add duration argument to set zoom offset command
Feature #1694: Write HDR values of objects to texture for consumption by PCAS shader
Feature #1710: Reflectance map for Earth
Feature #1711: Clouds for Earth
Feature #1833: Soft shadows for moons
Task #1057: Fisheye projection
Task #1836: Turn off osgEarth instances when under [x] altitude
Task #1840: Fisheye shader visitor
Task #1844: Refit fisheye implementation for features added in previous PRs
Task #1845: Testing PR3

Nightshade-NG-PR4

Due in about 6 months (11/25/2013)

12%

20 issues   (1 closed — 19 open)

Related issues
Feature #1097: TUI
Feature #1100: Localization support
Feature #1683: Factory Default Settings.
Feature #1695: Moon-shine (moon brightens the atmosphere when visible)
Feature #1696: Solar Eclipse
Feature #1701: Meteor showers
Feature #1800: Solar eclipses should extinguish smoothly (planets LOD out too quickly at ~12px)
Feature #1829: Implement asteroids as point sprites (more or less)
Task #1072: Stratoscript integration
Task #1074: Replicate all existing stratoscript functionallity
Task #1098: Design and implement high level TUI
Task #1099: Implement all TUI items currently in nightshade
Task #1846: Testing PR4

Nightshade-NG-PR5

Due in about 9 months (02/03/2014)

0%

3 issues   (0 closed — 3 open)

Related issues
Feature #1661: GUI Features
Task #1662: OSX binary build

Nightshade-NG-Gold

Due in about 11 months (04/07/2014)

0%

11 issues   (0 closed — 11 open)

Related issues
Feature #834: Milkyway 3d model star field integration
Feature #864: Proper blending of galaxy quads
Feature #1114: SDSS model
Feature #1115: Implement NN to extrapolate galaxy morphology
Feature #1116: Adapt current SDSS importer to use galaxy morphology and color
Feature #1117: Galaxy shaders
Feature #1418: Migrate to DR9 and use galaxy zoo morphology.
Task #1362: Investigate milkyway model approach
Task #1448: Create Milkyway volumetric model artwork

Future Release

Scope for some later release to be determined in the future.

13%

69 issues   (6 closed — 63 open)

Related issues
Feature #101: Add feature to turn off star twinkle outside atmosphere to add realism.
Feature #102: Being able to turn On the atmosphere on Non-Earth Planets
Feature #103: Add new catalog items using RA-Dec values and custom symbology.
Feature #106: Show Comets.
Feature #601: Scriptable images, labels and lines
Feature #604: Volumetric Nebulae/Galaxies - particularly Milky Way Galaxy
Feature #607: Ability to associate landscapes with objects
Feature #612: Ability to load custom models via script
Feature #619: Solar wind heliosphere visualization
Feature #620: Scale/Grid distance visualization
Feature #623: Support animated textures
Feature #628: Mobile platform support
Feature #631: Aurora simulation
Feature #633: Add more moons to database
Feature #635: Show spacecraft trajectories
Feature #636: Track sun at horizon (without script)
Feature #637: User selectable object label sets
Feature #733: Script engine should run commands at full bore, but not to the detriment of frame rate
Feature #735: Should be easier to add object data, or ideally everything would already be there
Feature #788: Nebulae should be rendered in front of stars to help avoid alignment artifacts/issues
Feature #789: Have a control for star saturation to allow teachers to exaggerate coloring for lessons
Feature #801: Cardinal Points should turn off after a certain altitude. Consider having them bound to the body (so we can show what direction is west on the body we're looking at).
Feature #868: Add simulated atmospheric effects including Sundogs, Sun Pillars, 22 & 46 degree moon/sun halos, noctilucent clouds, aurora, gegenschein, zodiacal light, etc
Feature #872: Selectable meteor showers/modeled meteor showers (desc below)
Feature #1003: Correct for speed of light on stars/galaxies
Feature #1069: Navigation control
Feature #1119: Basic joystick integration
Feature #1120: Advanced joystick control (free flight)
Feature #1123: Should be an option to stop the body's rotation. This would assist in viewing proper motion of stars as well as motions of the planets
Feature #1131: Would like ability to label stars with exoplanets
Feature #1229: Similar to moon scaling, all objects should be able to be arbitrarily scaled, either individually or collectively
Feature #1231: Realistic/moving clouds
Feature #1232: Ability to display the "Goldilocks Zone" or Habitable Zone around a star system based on star size/spectral type
Feature #1537: Allow for two modes in nightshade: objects are permanent and objects only appear after their discovery date
Feature #1538: Allow for the brightening and dimming of eclipsing stars and a tool to show the light curve
Feature #1539: Have a generated spectrum tool that can show the spectrum (IR to UV? Beyond? Just Visible?) of a star or galaxy
Feature #1540: Expand asteroid database for NS 12
Feature #1602: Acceleration and Velocity should be scriptable variables in free-flight mode for NS12/13
Feature #1603: Datasets and models for windmills, powerlines, trees, city buildings, and more
Feature #1604: Picture-in-picture mode
Feature #1644: Video and image chroma key removal
Feature #1677: TUI menu, short info, and time readout should be adjustable with a second heading setting
Feature #1686: Selectively activate/hide solar system bodies (including the sun), their orbits, trails, and labels
Feature #1687: The abililty to have the daytime sky w/o sun.
Feature #1688: Show rotation axis of a body with lines
Feature #1690: Allow for multiple settings presets (in the TUI)
Feature #1699: Earth-shine (the earth's reflection onto the moon)
Feature #1737: Azimuthal mount for viewing the night sky to allow people so simulate what the image would look like through different telescopes.
Feature #1842: GUI localization support
Task #657: Investigate OpenGL ES imposed limitations
Task #838: SPICE integration for Nightshade
Task #1405: Address data bloat in star container objects
Task #1509: Performance improvements
Task #1839: Research star name databases

Nightshade Legacy 11.12.1

50%

2 issues   (1 closed — 1 open)