Sky Culture Native Text Display Issue in Stellarium 25.1

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Ramesh Jayal

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Apr 5, 2025, 8:09:04 PMApr 5

I recently upgraded my custom Sky Culture from Stellarium version 24.1 to 25.1. While most of the migration went smoothly, I have encountered an issue with the display of native text for star names (specifically HIP entries - "common_names").

In my sky culture configuration, I have set the "Constellation name style" to "native" as intended. However, in Stellarium version 25.1, the star names are still being rendered in English, rather than in the native language specified in my culture files.

Interestingly, I verified that the native names are correctly defined in the index.json file under "common_names" and are also properly shown as titles when I hover over HIP stars (please refer to the attached image for reference). This confirms that the localization data is being parsed correctly, but it is not being applied to the star name labels during rendering.

Could this be a change in how Stellarium 25.1 handles sky culture localization for stars?

If there are any new configuration parameters or updated conventions I should follow, I would appreciate your guidance.

Thank you for your support.

Thank you very much.

Regards,

Ramesh Jayal

Georg Zotti

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Apr 5, 2025, 9:58:25 PMApr 5

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The format changes that were introduced in 25.1 are huge, and not everything could be completed so far. Now we can fill in native(original script)/pronounce(transcription or pronunciation aid in Latin-based letters)/english(translation), and "english" will be translated to user language. We are ourselves brushing up our conversion results and splitting combined names that were required in the old format, and extending display possibilities in these weeks, to be ready in 25.2.

Your example for HIP677 should be "english":"[if possible, a translation of the actual meaning of Uththi...]", "pronounce":"Uththiraththatti 2", "native":"(glyphs like now.)". If Alpheratz is not traditionally used in this culture and was only given for reference, this name should not be included. It may be drawn from other sources when user selects to add the current "modern" name to the display.

I hope you will generally like the new system.

Kind regards,

Georg

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