ANNOUNCEMENT: OpenRocket version 22.02 Final is now available for download
Published on February 8, 2023 by Neil Weinstock
After 7 years and 9 months, including a full year of public betas, the OpenRocket team is very excited (and relieved) to announce that the final version of OpenRocket 22.02 is now available for download. This new version includes literally hundreds of new features and enhancements, UI improvements, and bug fixes.
Huge thanks go out to the following:
- The developers and everyone who contributed code, documentation, language translations, artwork, and anything else that could go into a pull request
- The testers who gave incredibly valuable feedback as we proceeded through the public beta period
- The financial contributors who made it possible for us to sign our applications
- And finally, our thousands of users who have continued to use the app, and have waited patiently (?) for a new release
Download at https://openrocket.info
Release notes: https://openrocket.info/release_notes.html
Two quick notes:
- Mac users running macOS 13 or later must upgrade to 22.02; 15.03 will not run anymore.
- Windows users may still encounter a warning or two while installing. This should go away sometime soon.
Here are the major new features:
- Rocket design features
- Pods and strap-on boosters
- Tail cones
- Freeform fins on nose cones and transitions
- Highly configurable rail buttons
- Massive update to parachute configuration and part library
- Dave Cook's extensive component library now built-in
- Coefficient of Drag Override for components and assemblies (and more flexible override settings in general)
- Lots more detailed geometry warnings which identify the components involved
- Appearance updates
- Settable opacity per-component
- Separate left/right appearance for fins, and inner/outer appearance for tubes
- App Infrastructure
- Packaged installers for Windows, Linux, and macOS (JAR file still available)
- Updated to Java 11
- Native ARM version for Apple Silicon Macs (snappy!)
- File association for ORK files: double-click files to open in the app
- On Mac, app stays open after last window is closed
…plus myriad smaller things to make day-to-day use more enjoyable.
Thanks for your continued support!
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