What's new (History of changes)

Beta Versions

N/A

Stable (Release) Versions

Version 0.8.5.4

• space between planet positions and house positions in radix
• maximal font and glyph scale increased from 5 to 7
• translations
• planetary hours error

Version 0.8.5.3

• AC/MC/VX transits were not enabled
• North Node (or rarely other object) omitted from the basic and extended list

Version 0.8.5

• Italian translation
• Slovenian translation
• south lunar nodes added to already defined objects
• relative returns worked for Sun and Moon only
• JD was displayed incorrectly in the Basic list for progressed charts (not progressed)
• chart cast exactly for 1AM in 12H mode displayed 13:00 AM
• discard unused events

• Interpretation of transits and directions for a timespan
• Lunar phases
• Risings and settings
• Planetary hours
• Whole sign house system
• Shortcut keys for interpretation
• Midpoint grid
• Angle grid
• Radix can be copied to clipboard as an image
• Composite horoscope
• Relative horoscope
• Event | Combine events (time and space avgs)
• Obejcts clickable in dual wheel, respecting mutual and inner aspects
• "Save Secondary Event" menu item added
• Save button added to Event Dialog for greater comfort
• Pisa - Krusinski house system
• website download zone extended (directory browsing supported)
• Note field added to the event

• Atlas updated and extended (20000 new places)
• timezone info updated
• ephemeris updated to SWEPH 1.76
• Body.Formula may contain degree like this "_E14+\"43:56'00\"+_E15"; It is rounded though

• missing Moon in Sco interpretation
• if a semi-column was missing in a script, SF sometimes crashed
• typos and other minor fixes

Version 0.8.4

• ficticious bodies (in case of update, load ficticious.sfs to install them)
• Kenneth's interpretitive texts extended
• font updated
• Czech quicklist updated
• New horoscope dialog crashing because of recent files error on some systems
• Obejcts clickable in dual wheel
• Year and Month animation step icons not highlighted when selected
• Toolbar baloon tooltips missing

Version 0.8.3

• New bodies and aspects can be defined by cloning existing objects
• bodies and aspects can be deleted
• Julian calendar supported
• Julian Day instead of date supported
• chart export to GIF/BMP/JPG/PNG
• visual themes supported
• color customization
• font customization
• report style (CSS) customization
• tooltips with planet positions in aspectarium
• double buffering (no flicker in animation)
• log can be saved to a text file
• clicking on an object in radix limits the displayed aspects to this object
• Portable edition released
• up to 10 recent event files are kept in the MRU list
• transit and direction list column headers improved
• Font improved and new glyphs supported
• documentation extended
• non-integral time-zone offset was turned to GMT-14
• presets in Dynamic transits caused crash
• Sign definitions dropped out from the settings
• many minor fixes

Version 0.8.2

• body and aspect presets for frequently repeated tasks
• interpretive texts support + texts by Kenneth Hirst + Sabian Symbols
• transits and directions of AS, MC and VX can be calculated
• Soli-Lunar returns and other relative returns
• custom fraction of solar and lunar returns
• trans-returns and optional precession correction of transits
• optional slow progression of axis in secondary direction (approx. 1.5 deg/year instead of 361.5)
• optional fixation of horizontal axis to Aries
• automatic update check (optional)
• recent event lists in Horoscope dialog
• house affilation printed in the basic list
• cummulative script updates supported
• help extended
• quick-list items can be replaced by new value (confirmation requested)
• recent event list changed to 6 files instead of 4.
• minor memory leakage
• Chart not refreshed after animation reset
• derived event zone was set to auto
• country names were displayed in Czech in English localization
• Toolbar icons were displayed incorrectly if Windows theme settings were changed
• inner/mutual aspects toggle didn't refresh chart after primary event animation

Version 0.8.1

• auto-detection of timezone and DST according to date, time and place
• dynamic transits (hit-to-hit) supported
• sidereal calculations
• font by Kenneth Hirst
• QuickList format changed, timezones supported
• non-integer hour is supported in time zones eg.: GMT-4:30, GMT+0:57:56
• phpBB forum launched
• help and documentation extended
• extended info with RA/Declination and Az/Alt
• Quick Launch icon supported
• year step in animation respects leap years
• month step in animation respects real month length instead of 30 days
• normal +, - and * can be used for basic animation (for notebook users)
• Tools/Set Default Place option
• Event/Discard unused events
• Custom element colors
• Settings: Mutual aspects orb settings
• MutEx support to prevent installation when SF is running
• colored body listing in radix view
• minor bugs

Version 0.8.0

• Atlas opening issue
• French translation
• Minor font incopatibility issue
• Effect boundaries now reflect retrograde moves
• small memory leakage

Version 0.7.9

• World Atlas with over 105,000 cities
• Settings: detailed body definitions
• Settings: detailed aspect definitions
• Settings: detailed sign settings
• Settings: Mutual aspects orb settings (UNFINISHED !!!!!!!)
• Date input supports year between 5400 BC - 5400 AD
• Page breaks between multiple aspect grids
• 11,000 year ephemeris (separate install)
• Progress dialog for lengthly operations
• Transit effect boundary detection
• house system names can be localized
• Updates supported from now on (settings will be preserved and downloaded file will be smaller than the full installation file)
• day of week was incorrectly displayed for derrived charts
• sign cusp transits calculated

Version 0.7.8

• some typos
• Derived horoscope (transit, sec. direction)
• Comparison standard/derived horoscope (transit, sec. direction)
• Prompt how to use a found date (in transits, returns, directions searches)
• real date info for derived charts
• additional aspect grids for comparison horoscopes

Version 0.7.7

• NT/Win2000 drop-down list issue fixed
• NT/Win2000 crash when switching between event/date for secondary data fixed
• Print: A4 page format enforcing fixed
• Shape chart first cusp fill-in error fixed
• some typos

Version 0.7.6

• Dual wheel (comparison) horoscope
  • swapping inner and outer wheels
  • swapping inner and mutual aspects
  • Animation for both wheels (Shift for primary data)
  • comparison aspectarium
  • dual basic info lists
• Animation: reset date feature added
• glyph-free objects supported (abbrev. used instead of glyph)
• PoSpirit glyph (alternative)
• quicklist data errors
• asteroids can be used as transiting objects
• 65 star definitions
• cosmetic icon changes

Version 0.7.5

• transit calculation improved
• second rounding error fixed
• Returns
• diurnal formulas for PoF and PoS
• clickable transit/direction lists
• glyph collision system for radix fixed and improved
• import Astrolog data swapped lat and lon
• cosmetic changes

Version 0.7.4

• translation
• F1 context help (help text still unfinished)
• crash when planet at exact vernal point (Jupiter: 6.6.2010 7:27:00 GMT+1:00)
• Transits
  • Transits view
  • Transits settings
  • _body.MaxSpeed, _body.MinSpeed, _settings.Model.DefaultTransitBodies, DefaultTransitAspects
• Animation steps: week, month, year
• Secondary directions (progression)
  • _settings.Model.DefaultDirectionBodies, DefaultDirectionAspects
• Swiss Ephemeris 1.72
• improved degree formatting
• object distribution tables
• additional info in basic info view
• object selection algorithm re-designed
• Astrolog and Astrolog32 event files import
• S and W lat/lon error fixed (minus sign removed)
• More options in setup
• major asteroids defined
• vertex object defined
• part of spirit defined
• fonts retouched
• Semi-decile defined
• Transit speeds fixed
• vanishing toolbar fixed
• date and time formatting is automatically set according to the regional settings
• _aspect.MaxOrb property added to make orb definition even better, see Aspect for help
• minor "cosmetic" changes

Version 0.7.3

• date/time formattig error fixed
• planet speeds more accurate (by Pavel Turnovsky)
• logo and icon modified (by Martina Lukaskova)
• Menus redesigned to be more intuitive
• Multiple object selections in settings are now done using SHIFT and CTRL (it is faster and more flexible)
• different day and night formulas are supported (it is important for parts, such as Part of Fortune)
• Multi-user support (user scripts and events are stored in ..\My Documents\StarFisher\
• _settings.Model.SetDefaultPlace() - defaults for new events
• Here(EventName) - sets an event to the default place
• StarFisher creates an event for now and here at the start up.
• optional object labels in aspectarium
• QuickList pre-filled with capital cities (EN, FR version)

Version 0.7.2

• Shape Chart
• waxing and waning aspects (+/-) detected
• minor aesthetic changes
• Settings.SettingsName.Body.AvgSpeed
• planet colors
• Help file (unfinished)

Version 0.7.1

• Settings.SettingsName.Display.AspectariumShowDetails + GUI
• Radix objects rendered in color
• Element support
  • Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.Element
  • Settings.SettingsName.Aspect.AspectName.Element
  • Settings.SettingsName.Sign.SignName.Element
  • Settings.SettingsName.Display.ElementName.Color
• Settings.SettingsName.Display.RadixShowScale + GUI
• internet bug reporting system
• AC and MC removed from the house wheel in radix
• translation errors
• save settings bug fixed

Version 0.7

• Log Window
• Horoscope's own body and aspect set
  • advanced horoscope settings dialog
  • _horoscope.AspectList
  • _horoscope.BodyList
• init.sfs in incorrect folder if saved on exit
• Settings.SettingsName.Model.StrongAspect
• Settings.SettingsName.Model.WeakAspect
• small listings changes
• GUI localization support
• partial Czech translation
• Boides typo corrected
• crashes if lang.txt is missing
• Website and forum in the Help menu

Version 0.6

• aspect calculation options - see Settings.SettingsName.Aspect for details
  • _settings.Model.AspectaryXPlanetaryOrb
  • Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.Orb
  • Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.MaxOrb
  • Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.AspectHarmonicLimit
  • Settings.SettingsName.Aspect.AspectName.SolilunarExtension
• body and aspect lists
  • Settings.SettingsName.Model.DefaultBodies + GUI
  • Settings.SettingsName.Model.DefaultAspects + GUI
• radix rendering options
  • Settings.SettingsName.Display.RadixAspecedObjects + GUI
  • Settings.SettingsName.Display.RadixAspects + GUI
• full-window print preview
• basic translation support
• landscape paper orientation for radix printing as default
• backward animation worked as forward
• about box re-designed
• toolbars staying highlighted on close
• Font: AS, MC, VX glyphs
• Dates before 1970 caused crash
• De-selecting a date/time picker caused the program freeze
• Current time in new EventData is rounded to mm:ss:00. It seems to be more common

Version 0.5

• font: additional glyphs defined (asteroids, elements and more)
• font: sextile changed, 2- and 3-spetile changed
• date picker with timezone selector; prepared for gregorian date and julian day input
• all asteroids, stars and compound objects (including arabic parts) are now supported
• definition of obejct calculation completly remade, see Settings.SettingsName.Body.BodyName.Formula
• timezones and DST are now used
• "--" prefix for western hemisphere coordinates
• All SFS files are now in UNICODE by default (it might solve the Win2000 issue)
• Aspects displayed in the radix are limited to Con, Opp, Tri, Squ and Sex (will be configurable soon)
• Aspects displayed in the radix are limited to planets only (will be configurable soon)
• Retrograde sign displayed in the radix info box for retrograde planets
• Tools->Execute command

Version 0.4

• renamed to StarFisher, file extension >> *.sfs
• Event->Edit Primary data...
• About dialog now supports active HTML content
• Presence of the StarFisher font is now tested
• Saving of settings supported
• autorun.sfs
• prompts to save settings when changed
• "CSS formating is not read if the directory is changed (e.g. by Save As)"
• "window not sizable"
• many minor changes and fixes

Version 0.3

• Menu-Settings: House System now works
• EventData.EventDataName.Location + related views
• basic animation support
• (internal) document and view synchronization and update request broadcasting
• Quick-list basic support
• auto-generated script documentation
• (internal) source documents in doxyGen

Version 0.2

• long zodiacal format d sign m's"
• Settings.Aspect.AspectName.Orb = degree;
• Aspectarium view: orb tooltip hint (yellow baloon)
• Aspect definitions (init.als)
• Radix view: optional radix wheel scale (the ruler)
• toolbar repaint performance issue
• minor design changes
• Fullscreen mode
• Radix view: positions info-panel
• All views: event data and model info-lines
• EventData:new autodetect time zone and daylight savings time.
• brief helpfile