Version 0.990.42.1830 has now finished public beta testing and is being released to all users! This update primarily focuses on updating assets and some bugfixes. Here is the copy of the changelog from the previous blog post. You can read more details there.

Updates:

Updated exoplanets catalog

Added new names of 112 exoplanets and their host stars

Updated Mars texture

New Pluto texture

New Iapetus texture and elevation map

New soundtrack by Lokijar

Context music playback config file is updated to the new planet classification, small manual is added to it

Some updates in the Wiki

Added ability to directly specify planet palette preset in a planet's script

Probabilities of equatorial ridge generation are added to the config

Terrain shader mods are automatically disabled if they cause problems with SE startup

Added note to spacecraft manager that ships can be piloted in simulator mode, and a button to switch to it

Added buttons binds and help texture for Vive Cosmos controllers

Fixes:

Fixed giant scarps (cliffs) artifact near rift valleys

Fixed distance to Maffei 1 and 2 galaxies

Fixed a typo in the main config which caused duplication of the VR section

Fixed bug with stars not illuminating other stars in the same system (caused black brown dwarfs)

Fixed saturation of planet shine lighting in real exposure modes

Fixed crash when using telescopic zoom on galaxy clusters

Fixed baseline of subscript text

Fixed broken loading of RLE-compressed TGA files