1.7

1.7 Official release
Released		4/10/2019
Steam		Steam Community
← 1.6.1 1.7.1 →
⇐ 1.61.8 ⇒

Version 1.7, named Room to Maneuver, is a major update that released on April 10, 2019. An update for the Making History expansion was released alongside this major release.

Changes

Improvements

• Upgraded Galaxy Textures.
• Add new flight UI mode that includes in-depth orbital information.
• Add advanced maneuver node editor, allowing player to edit maneuver nodes more precisely.
• Add an Altitude toggle function to the Altimeter. The altitude modes can be switched between AGL and ASL.
• Part Action Windows (PAW)s now generate scrollbars and keep themselves within the bounds of the screen when there is more data than will fit the screen.
• Automatic AGL/ASL toggle values when in orbit. The altimeter value is set as ASL while in orbit, the AGL/ASL setting is preserved.
• The altimeter AGL behaviour when underwater calculates the vessel altitude from the sea floor.
• Update Addons and Mods external site link from Main Menu.

Localization

• A localization tag is no longer displayed in the status section of the PAW of the Advanced Grabbing unit in the Asteroid Redirect Mission, Part 2 tutorial.

Parts

Updated Parts (reskinned):

• 24-77 Twitch
• LV-1 Ant
• LV-1R Spider
• O-10 Puff
• Place-Anywhere 7
• RV-105 Thruster Block
• Vernor Engine

Color Variants:

• 24-77 Twitch (New "Orange" and "Gray and Orange" color variants)
• LV-1 Ant (New "Shrouded " and "Bare" variants)
• LV-1R Spider (New "Shrouded " and "Bare" variants)

Other Part changes:

• Add a 3.75 nose cone.
• Rebalanced the following engines: Twitch, Spark, Place-Anywhere 7, RV-105 RCS, Vernor.
• Fix IVA external cameras in Mk1 Command Pod, Mk2 Lander Can, Mk2 Command Pod.
• Fix EVA range on Cupola, HECS2, RC-001S, RC-L01 science containers.
• Previously Revamped Parts moved to zDeprecated. Parts revamped in 1.4:
  • TR-2V Stack Decoupler -> TD-06 Decoupler
  • TR-18A Stack Decoupler -> TD-12 Decoupler
  • Rockomax brand decoupler -> TD-25 Decoupler
  • TR-38-D -> TD-37 Decoupler
  • TR-2C Stack Separator -> TS-06 Stack Separator
  • TR-18D Stack Separator -> TS-12 Stack Separator
  • TR-XL Stack Separator -> TS-25 Stack Separator
  • ROUND-8 Toroidal Fuel Tank -> R-12 'Doughnut' External Tank
  • Rockomax X200-8 Fuel Tank -> same name
  • Rockomax X200-16 Fuel Tank -> same name
  • Rockomax X200-32 Fuel Tank -> same name
  • Rockomax Jumbo-64 Fuel Tank -> same name
  • Mk 1-2 Pod -> Mk 1-3 Pod

Bugfixes

• Fix PQS normals, stops planets from having mismatched seams when seen from orbit.
• Fix bug where symmetry would break animations on some parts.
• Fix input locks on Return to KSC button at top of altimeter in flight scene.
• Fix typographical error in the description of the vessel 'ComSat Lx'.
• Fix typographical error in the Suborbital Flight training tutorial description.
• Fix UI issue for purchase button on part tooltips.
• Fix vessel default name in rename vessel dialog displaying as an autoloc.
• Fix manufacturer localization on the Kerbodyne S4-512 Fuel Tank.
• Fix jitter in heading readout on Navball for vessels in prelaunch state.
• Fix "Learn More" text exceeding size of window in the Asteroid Redirect scenario descriptions.
• Fix flag decal on Male Kerbals Jetpack being off-center.
• Fix Kerbal falling off the launchpad flagpole causing the flagpole to explode.
• Fix bulkhead profile part filtering on MK-0, 2 & 3 fuel tanks, J-90 "Goliath", Communotron 16-S, RA-2, RA-15, and RA-100 relay antenna.
• Fix thermal overlay rendering on parts that have lights.
• Fix Debug tool saying LPE for orbit param when its applying Arg of Periapsis.
• Fix Atmosphere line appearing from the surface of planets.
• Fix Flags and Kerbals loading above terrain (flying) and flags being removed from game.
• Fix NaN bug in DV calcs when in orbit around CBs with no atmosphere.
• Fix site node waypoints duplicating every scene change.
• Fix service bays unable to click parts inside after jettison when part loads.
• Fix allow staging of interstage fairings after they are decoupled.
• Fix Mk3 cargo bay registering collisions and blowing up parts of vessels inside them.
• Fix Engine Plate handling in dV calculations.
• Fixed UI scale issue where setting high scale in UI, navball and altimeter would clip off some elements.
• Fix Kerbal helmet shadow rendering in "Simple" rendering setting.
• Fix decouple node function on docking ports in space.
• Fix shrouds being left attached to docking nodes when decoupled (now becomes separate debris).
• Fix Responsiveness audio setting appearing in red text in settings menu.
• Fix NRE on interstage procedural fairing in editor scenes.
• Fix AOORE when Kerbal leaves a command seat on a vessel that has an active ISRU.
• Fix issue where Delta-V app menu could become unresponsive in editor scenes.
• Fix Navball, funds, science and reputation gauges disappearing when UI scale set > 170% on some resolution settings.
• Fix NRE in resources app that could occur when moving the mouse over resources in the app.

Mods

• Changed Animation behavior of ModuleDeployablePart, ModuleDeployableRadiator, ModuleDeployableAntenna and ModuleDeployableSolarPanel to be WrapMode.ClampForever instead of WrapMode.
• ModuleDecouple and ModuleAnchoredDecoupler rebased to a common class - ModuleDecouple.
• Add FXModuleAnimateRCS - handles emissives on RCS part modules.
• Add EmissiveBumpedSpecularMapped part shader.
• Make class DoubleCurve annotate Serializable.
• Fix version dependency checking for mods.

Miscellaneous

• None at this time.