No Man's Sky Galaxy Tracker

Release Notes v9.00 (Eltiensleen)

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Wild Spark Bunkai

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v9.00 (Eltiensleen)

Version 9 — Eltiensleen

Major expansion with Galaxy Annotations system, transforming the tracker into a comprehensive journaling tool.

v9.00 — Galaxy Annotations & Journaling System

Galaxy Annotations: Click any galaxy row to open a modal where you can add, view, and delete annotations tied to that specific galaxy.
Multiple Annotation Types: Support for Portal Glyphs, Planet Coordinates, POI Notes, Ship Locations, Multitool Locations, and Other custom notes.
Rich Annotations: Each annotation includes the type, custom content, creation timestamp, and unique ID for tracking.
Persistent Storage: All annotations are automatically saved to and loaded from your tracker save file, ensuring your journey notes are preserved across sessions.
Interactive Table: Galaxy rows are now clickable (avoiding checkboxes and wiki links) to open annotations; rows with existing annotations display a blue left border indicator.
Annotation Management: Full CRUD operations—add new annotations, view all annotations with timestamps, and delete individual annotations with confirmation.
HTML Security: Implemented escapeHtml() to prevent XSS attacks when displaying user-entered annotation content.
Backward Compatibility: Old save files without annotations automatically migrate to the new format with an empty annotations object.
Auto-Sync: Annotations are automatically synchronized with the save file whenever you add, delete, or load annotations.

Version 8 — Kikolgallr

Major architectural restructure and web deployment.

v8.00 — Modular Architecture & Cloud Deployment

Codebase Restructure: Transitioned from a single-file monolithic HTML structure into modular files (index.html, app.js, data.js, styles.css) to improve performance, maintainability, and scalability.
Cloud Hosting: Officially deployed the application to a live web environment using GitHub and Cloudflare Pages.
Progressive Web App (PWA): Implemented a Web App Manifest and Service Worker (sw.js), allowing the tracker to be installed natively on mobile devices and fully function offline.
Optimized Rendering: Updated the DOM rendering logic to use DocumentFragment and event delegation, vastly improving the UI performance when filtering or clicking checkboxes.

Version 7 — Budullangr

Major version notes are consolidated here, with minor builds denoted as subtitles for readability.

v7.03 — Close Save File Workflow

Added a Close save file button to the save-file controls.
Closing a save file prompts the user to save current tracker progress first.
After closing, the tracker is reset to default settings with no save data loaded: no visited galaxies, blank Game Save Name, no selected save file, cleared filters, and no opened save-file version.
The save-file dashboard is reset to show no active save file.

v7.02 — Filters Saved to JSON Save File

Changed Save Filters so filter selections are stored in the tracker JSON save file instead of browser-only local storage.
If a save file is open, clicking Save Filters writes the current filter settings directly into that save file.
If no save file is open, clicking Save Filters stages the settings so they are included when the save file is created or downloaded.
Opening or importing a tracker save file containing saved filters restores those filters into the UI.
Tracker save JSON includes a filters object.

v7.01 — Filter Controls

Updated button labels and added Save Filters and Clear Filters.

v7.00 — Range Filter and Named Builds

Introduced the major-version naming convention.
Released NMS Galaxy Tracker v7.00 (Budullangr), named after galaxy #7.
Added inclusive galaxy range filtering with Start # and End # inputs.

Version 6 — Dashboard and Progress Enhancements

Added a visual visited-galaxy progress bar with completion percentage.
Reworked the top panel into a card-style dashboard.
Added mouseover tooltips for Normal, Lush, Harsh, and Empty galaxy types.

Version 5 — Wiki Link Integration

Added clickable galaxy reference links so galaxy names link to the No Man’s Sky Wiki.
Removed strikethrough styling from visited galaxy names.

Version 4 — Current Save Format

Added visible save-format version information and save-file upgrade prompts.
Added versioned filenames and maintained manual Browse/Open, Save Now, Download, and Import workflows.

Version 3 — Multi-Save Tracking and Manual File Workflow

Added NMS Game Save Name support and manual file controls.

Version 2 — File-Based Save Support

Added JSON save file support and browse/open/save/download/import workflows.

Version 1 — Initial Interactive Galaxy Tracker

Started as a first-50 galaxy tracker and expanded to all 256 galaxies.
Added visited checkboxes, search, filtering, progress counts, and local browser persistence.

Known Browser Limitation

A local HTML file cannot automatically determine or write to the folder it was launched from without the user choosing a file or location. For that reason, Save Now prompts for a save location the first time when no save file is already open. After a writable save file is selected, subsequent saves write back to that file during the current browser session.