Update v0.24.7 "Breaking Silence" is out now!

[p]Rocket Science v0.24.7 “Breaking Silence” update has finally arrived! Since it is a huge one, I decided to make a video that clearly demonstrates the most important changes again. As always, you can find full release notes below.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]I will spend the next couple of weeks not only fixing already reported and not yet discovered bugs by players, but working on new parts, including a parachute, I’ve promised in one of the previous updates (finally!).[/p][p][/p][p]That’s all, thank you for your support and have a nice flight![/p][p][/p][h2]v0.24.7 release notes[/h2][p][/p][h3]Features:[/h3][p]🔸 added space communications and antenna parts;[/p][p]🔸 Deep Space Network and default relays as an option on game start;[/p][p]🔸 implemented instruments system;[/p][p]🔸 added flight journal, that records all events that happened to the spacecraft during the flight;[/p][p]🔸 added milestones system, which replace simple contracts like reach orbit, land etc and group it by planet;[/p][p]🔸 added fuel / resource flow priority system;[/p][p]🔸 added part panels and instrument data rate requirement for probe cores;[/p][p]🔸 added rotation tracking module and solar panels that can track the Sun;[/p][p]🔸 added active cooling systems (cryo cooling, liquid will be added soon after);[/p][p]🔸 reworked navball: moved instrument buttons there and added more indicators that show additional information about spacecraft status;[/p][p]🔸 implemented radial to linear velocity conversion on decouple or undock;[/p][p]🔸 electricity overhaul: implemented better production / consumption routines, added total production / consumption information to resources;[/p][p]🔸 added basic game API and extension mods support;[/p][p]🔸 added methane fuel and engines that consume it.[/p][p][/p][h3]New rocket parts:[/h3][p]🔸 command pod 2;[/p][p]🔸 probe core 5, 6[/p][p]🔸 decoupler 9 [/p][p]🔸 structure 12;[/p][p]🔸 antenna 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;[/p][p]🔸 cryocooler 0[/p][p]🔸 radiator 2[/p][p]🔸 thermal separator 0, 1[/p][p]🔸 instrument 0, 1;[/p][p]🔸 solar panel 5, 6;[/p][p]🔸 engine 12.[/p][p][/p][h3]New content:[/h3][p]🔸 new “Communications 101” tutorial.[/p][p][/p][h3]Part changes:[/h3][p]🔸 Payload Enclosed Cap GO-5 added dynamic attachments to the bottom of part;[/p][p]🔸 complete rework of command pod 1;[/p][p]🔸 rework of decoupler 3 and 5, so they are now smaller.[/p][p][/p][h3]Changes:[/h3][p]🔸 conductive heat transfer now uses not average heat transfer coef but harmonic mean;[/p][p]🔸 thermal conductivity can now be configured separately for part skin;[/p][p]🔸 you can manually cut the parachute;[/p][p]🔸 parachute min pressure is now set in kilopascals and not in atmospheres;[/p][p]🔸 most of the contracts were converted to milestones;[/p][p]🔸 active stage TWR is now shown under the dV on action groups UI;[/p][p]🔸 spacecraft will maintain its auto correction rotation on very high time warp;[/p][p]🔸 reaction wheel power consumption no longer overconsume electricity on high time warp;[/p][p]🔸 battaries produce heat on recharge;[/p][p]🔸 wheels with motors produce heat when driving;[/p][p]🔸 docking ports can now transfer hydrazine;[/p][p]🔸 hydrazine is consumed evenly from tanks now;[/p][p]🔸 added "show target markers" button to UI;[/p][p]🔸 all ambient sounds now respect audio settings;[/p][p]🔸 date time format and input values now depends on system culture, but not on selected locale;[/p][p]🔸 all tooltips have consistent positioning relative to hovered item and size now;[/p][p]🔸 reworked font sizes and text clipping in control center and rocket lists;[/p][p]🔸 you can close control center map UI using ESC now;[/p][p]🔸 updated all physical constants using latest CDATA values;[/p][p]🔸 probe cores are now far more aerodynamically stable and will less likely to flip on atmosphere re-entry;[/p][p]🔸 part window module order is now stable;[/p][p]🔸 internally reworked part tooltip system, more data is shown in tooltips because of that;[/p][p]🔸 you can't see instrument and part panel values during the flight if you have no stored electricity or electricity production available;[/p][p]🔸 spacecraft now saves selected command module between game sessions;[/p][p]🔸 added some missing localization strings;[/p][p]🔸 you can deselect spacecraft in the spacecraft list by clicking on the list panel itself;[/p][p]🔸 \[Assembly] improved part initial placement behaviour yet again;[/p][p]🔸 camera zoom now supports continuous controls.[/p][p]🔸 module panels and assembly configs now show units when applicable;[/p][p]🔸 HeatProductionSystem now operates on per part basis to support heat dissipation using coolers.[/p][p][/p][h3]Settings:[/h3][p]🔸 \[Audio] added master and ambient volume sliders;[/p][p]🔸 \[Game] added culture selector;[/p][p]🔸 \[Game] added map camera zoom sensitivity;[/p][p]🔸 \[Quality] added FPS limiter toggle and slider;[/p][p]🔸 \[Quality] SSGI is temporary disabled because it is broken in current Unity version (a lot of ghosting artefacts).[/p][p][/p][h3]Fixes:[/h3][p]🔸 burn vector is incorrect for every maneuver on the orbit with eccentricity higher than 0.2.[/p][p]🔸 you can reset riteg decay by docking recently launched spacecraft and then undocking from other port;[/p][p]🔸 game stuck when decouple and switching to decoupled spacecraft and then quick load.[/p][p]🔸 sometimes values in part panels roll back after change with no reason;[/p][p]🔸 electricity consumption and production is changing proportionally to the number of installed batteries;[/p][p]🔸 celestial filter doesn't affect body tooltips;[/p][p]🔸 mach VFX is swapped with re-entry VFX when rocket part changes physics state and vice-versa;[/p][p]🔸 reentry and mach VFX not changing when part change shape in some cases;[/p][p]🔸 decoupler 4 looks wrong after separation.[/p][p]🔸 quick load is not working when trying to load in the space center and not a single spacecraft was selected;[/p][p]🔸 target orbit changes color when you set it as target and then unset;[/p][p]🔸 decouplers that split lead to NaN temperature after deploy;[/p][p]🔸 exception when dragging one fuel tank over two connected ones;[/p][p]🔸 some strings are not localizable on Chinese, because of font size;[/p][p]🔸 wheels produce electricity, when driving backwards;[/p][p]🔸 \[Assembly] part config incorrectly sets values from the previous part when adding a new one;[/p][p]🔸 \[Assembly] fuel level values are wrong when inspecting fuel tank with bigger capacity followed by the smaller one.[/p][p]🔸 some parts of Navball are changing brightness depending on camera exposure; [/p][p]🔸 you can't expand autocomplete dropdown manually, by pressing on the arrow;[/p][p]🔸 location name overflows when rocket or spacecraft have a very long name;[/p][p]🔸 parachute always fail to deploy when`another spacecraft is nearby;[/p][p]🔸 sometimes spacecraft is not interacting with separated parts after decouple;[/p][p]🔸 conductive heat transfer is slower, than expected;[/p][p]🔸 time panel stops updating when time was reversed backwards (for example, for tutorial).[/p][p]🔸 outline not including parts that have more than one submesh;[/p][p]🔸 landing strut 0 stuck on decoupler in some rocket configurations.[/p][p][/p][h3]Known issues:[/h3][p]🔸 abnormal mesh bouns spam in the console, when you are flying very far from Earth and have an established link.[/p]