2026.8.2

Camera & UI

• Added an onboard camera with photo and video controls.
• Added a configurable camera media directory.
• Added a dark theme and Blockly zoom controls.

Flight behavior

• Stop the drone immediately and reset it to base.
• Trigger an emergency landing after collisions.
• Preserve the final simulation state after completion.
• Prevent false collision detection during takeoff.

Documentation

• Updated the README and the Italian help page.

Full Changelog: 2026.7.18...2026.8.2

2026.7.18

Features & Improvements

🚁 Drone & Flight

• DJI Tello driver integration documentation (#9)
• Curved flight commands with smooth transitions
• Walk climbing drone command
• Movement follows drone direction
• Relative curves follow drone direction
• Coordinate-based curve interpolation without direction changes
• Fixed relative curve direction
• Fixed vertical curve arcs
• Return-to-base now goes to altitude 10; removes unnecessary page reload
• Go to, Move by, and Return to base blocks

🌍 Scenarios & Graphics

• New Metropolis scenario
• Restored Urban Track scenario
• Optimized and colored 3D models
• Refined procedural drone geometry
• Configurable fog per scenario
• Sky sphere, angle limit, and zoom improvements
• Ground marker circle visible only in Performance Mode
• Removed altitude line (droneAltitudeLine)
• Optimized smoke trail rendering: Line + pre-allocated BufferGeometry
• Persistent smoke trail (no longer cuts off)

🌐 Localization

• Added Arabic and East Asian localizations
• Localized all remaining hardcoded strings
• Localized flow blocks
• Translated error messages and tooltips
• Localized help documentation with Help button

🧩 Blockly & UI

• Live variables displayed below drone view
• Application JavaScript split by responsibility
• Shadow blocks defined directly in toolbox JSON
• Number and text inputs converted from value sockets to inline fields
• Fixed math_random_int Blockly block broken by async transformation
• Autosave Blockly programs locally
• Display title moved to left toolbar
• Start/Stop button
• Scenario controls aligned with menu
• Improved simulator visibility and performance controls

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed smoke trail and shadows disappearing when moving away from origin
• Fixed missing localized labels for graphics select and other UI elements
• Terrain collision handling
• Camera and scene reset after scenario change
• Fixed terrain height and reset logic
• Increased timeout for camera reset
• Avoid rotation for Go to and Move by commands

⚙️ Other

• Updated README and screenshots
• Added drone speed and sensor speed with updated tooltips
• Added makeblock theme
• Three.js and Blockly in lib folder

upgrading

What's Changed

• Add terrain collision handling (ground raycast and altitude clamping) by @vroby65 in #1
• Reset camera on scenario changes and add terrain collision / altitude clamping by @vroby65 in #2
• Expand collision detection to scene objects and reset camera on scenario change by @vroby65 in #3
• Use ground-only height for spawn and reset camera on scenario change by @vroby65 in #4
• Prevent object colliders from lifting grounded drone and reset camera on scenario change by @vroby65 in #5
• Reset scene after terrain load to stabilize camera view by @vroby65 in #6
• Reset scene on scenario change and enforce terrain collisions by @vroby65 in #7
• Fix terrain height helpers and scene reset logic by @vroby65 in #8

New Contributors

• @vroby65 made their first contribution in #1

Full Changelog: 2025.3.28...2026-06-08

2025.3.28

new features: smoke
bug fixing: setAngle animation

Full Changelog: 2025-03-11...2025.3.28

2025-03-11

first release