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<div class="news">
<h2>Recent news:</h2>
- <p><span class="date">10.3.2010:</span> Version 1.0.0 is
+ <p><span class="date">22.7.2011:</span> Version 1.1.7 is
<a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
- <p>This release includes several hundred new thrustcurves from
- <a href="http://www.thrustcurve.org/">thrustcurve.org</a> and some
- bug fixes. It is also a stable milestone, after which development
- on larger features will be started in a 1.1 branch. Look out
- for it! :-)</p>
- <p><span class="date">17.2.2010:</span> Version 0.9.6 is
+ <p>This release includes automatic rocket design optimization
+ support (<em>Analyze</em> → <em>Rocket optimization</em>).
+ You can optimize any amount of rocket parameters for apogee
+ altitude, maximum velocity or a number of different values.</p>
+ <p>While the automatic optimization is a powerful tool, it is very
+ easy to optimize against particulars of the simulation methods,
+ instead of true physical phenomena. Always keep common sense at
+ hand and take the results with a grain of salt.</p>
+ <p><span class="date">22.7.2011:</span> Version 1.1.6 is
<a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
- <p>This release updates the aerodynamic calculation methods to be
- more in line with the Barrowman method and enhances the simulation
- time step selection, in addition to fixing numerous bugs.</p>
- <p><span class="date">28.11.2009:</span> Version 0.9.5 is
+ <p>This release includes initial localization support and
+ translations to French, German and Spanish. This is thanks to the
+ great work of Boris du Reau, and the teams from Tripoli France,
+ Tripoli Spain and ERIG e.V. If you prefer to use some other
+ language than the system default, you can select the language on
+ the "Options" tab of the preferences dialog.</p>
+ <p>The release also includes design scaling support and numerous bug
+ fixes.</p>
+ <p><span class="date">10.6.2011:</span> Version 1.1.5 is
<a href="download.html">released</a>!</p>
- <p>This release <strong>fixes a serious bug in 0.9.4</strong> that
- prevented adding a tube coupler and centering ring to the same
- body tube, in addition to a few smaller additions. Users of
- 0.9.4 should upgrade immediately!</p>
+ <p>This release includes updates to the printing system which fixes
+ printing on Windows.</p>
</div>
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- <h2>Binary download</h2>
- <p>The binary download below is the recommended package for general
- use. It is pre-packaged with motor thrust curves from
+ <h2>Ready packages</h2>
+ <p>These are packages ready for use and are the recommended
+ download for normal users. They are pre-packaged with motor
+ thrust curves from
<a href="http://www.thrustcurve.org/">thrustcurve.org</a>.</p>
- <p><em>OpenRocket requires <strong>Java version 6</strong> or
- later. The Sun Java Runtime is recommended.</em></p>
+ <p>OpenRocket requires <strong>Java version 6</strong> or
+ later. The Sun Java Runtime is recommended.</p>
+ <h3>Development release</h3>
+ <p>The development release contains the latest and greatest
+ features, but may contain more bugs than the stable version.
+ Currently the development version is the recommended
+ download.</p>
+ <div class="right support">
+ <a href="http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=260357"><img src="project-support.jpg" width="88" height="32" alt="Support This Project" /></a>
+ </div>
<div class="downloadbox">
- <a class="main" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/1.0.0/OpenRocket-1.0.0.jar/download">
+ <a class="main" href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/1.1.7/OpenRocket-1.1.7.jar/download">
<strong>Download now!</strong>
- <span>OpenRocket-1.0.0.jar</span>
+ <span>OpenRocket-1.1.7.jar</span>
</a>
<span class="alternative">
- <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/1.0.0/OpenRocket-1.0.0-src.zip/download">Source code</a> |
- <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/1.0.0/ReleaseNotes/view">Release notes</a>
+ <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/1.1.7/ReleaseNotes/view">Release notes</a> |
+ <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/1.1.7/OpenRocket-1.1.7-src.zip/download">Source code</a>
</span>
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- <p>You can also join the
- <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openrocket-announce"><tt>OpenRocket-announce</tt> mailing list</a>
- to receive notification on new versions.</p>
+ <h3>Stable release</h3>
+ <p>Occasionally during OpenRocket development focus will shift
+ from feature development towards getting all open bugs fix and
+ to produce a stable release. No updates are made to the
+ stable branch except for possible bug fixes, so the stable
+ release has less features than the development release.</p>
+ <p>The current stable release is
+ <tt><a class="main"
+ href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/1.0.0/OpenRocket-1.0.0.jar/download">OpenRocket-1.0.0.jar</a></tt></p>
+ <h3>Running OpenRocket</h3>
<p>OpenRocket can be started in most graphical environments (including
Windows) by double-clicking the package icon. No installation is
required.</p>
- <p>From the command line OpenRocket can be started by</p>
- <pre class="quote">$ java -jar OpenRocket-1.0.0.jar</pre>
+ <p>From the command line OpenRocket can be started by
+ <span class="command">java -jar OpenRocket-1.1.7.jar</span></p>
- <p>Older packages and source code are available from the
- <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/">SourceForge repository</a>.</p>
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<div class="clear"></div>
- <h2>Source code</h2>
- <p><strong>Source packages</strong> for OpenRocket are available in the
+ <h2>Source code and older versions</h2>
+ <p><strong>Source packages</strong> and older versions of
+ OpenRocket are available in the
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/openrocket/files/openrocket/">SourceForge repository</a>.</p>
<p>Alternatively, the most recent development version can be
obtained from the
projects / debian / openrocket / blobdiff