A small release on top of 2026.8.2: a new sun-chip readout, a fairer flow
animation, and a handful of fixes.
Fixed: the grid import and export icons were the wrong way round
In the grid chip, its detail panel and the timeline tooltip, the import and export
tower icons were swapped, so the arrow pointed the wrong way for the direction it
labelled (#352). The icons now match their flow, and each one is defined in a single
place so the two can no longer drift apart. Thanks to @wasabi216 for the report.
Changed: flow animation now paces every flow against one configurable reference
Every flow's animation speed is scaled so a bigger flow reads as faster, but the
flows didn't all share the same scale: grid export used a reference five times
smaller than the rest, so a small export could look quicker than a much larger
production (#351). Production, grid import and export, battery and device flows now
animate on one shared curve and one shared reference, so their relative pace is honest
across the whole card. That
reference is a new Max expected power setting (default 5000 W) in the editor's
data display section: the power at which a flow animates at full speed, so you can
raise it for a large installation or lower it for a small one. Thanks to @wasabi216.
Added: the sun chip can read out the sun's position
A new Sun chip readout option (in the data display section) switches the sun chip
between solar irradiance (the default) and the sun's position as azimuth and elevation
(#310). The position comes from the card's own sun maths, so it needs no extra sensor.
Idea from @ferreto1978, and thanks to @thomluther for the push.
Fixed: the grid flow bead now matches the other beads
The grid import and export bead was the only flow bead without the thin outline every
other bead carries, so it read slightly differently. It now has the same outline, and
the beads are consistent across the whole scene.
Fixed: a sun-position card showed an empty home chip
On a card set to show the sun's position with the home hidden and no energy chips, an
empty home ring appeared: the sun chip was counted as holding the home anchor, even
though it has no leader to the home. Such a card now drops the ring, leaving just the
sun and the location. Thanks to @ferreto1978.
