Life tag testing

[rowett]

Build 606 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• Identify now detects Mod transformations where the pattern is identical when rotated either CCW or CW as "RotCWorCCW"
• remove legacy colour management

[rowett]

Build 607 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fixed [R]History colours

[rowett]

Build 608 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• hotkey Shift+B now toggles the Clipboard Library
• added hotkeys to Clipboard Library tooltips
• mouse cursor no longer changes when moving over greyed-out controls

[rowett]

Build 609 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• experimental fix for the SMBB syndrome(tm)

[rowett]

Build 610 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• new menu button Settings->Pattern->Save Image will save an image of the current pattern in a new browser window
• new menu button Settings->Pattern->Save Graph will save an image of the current population graph in a new browser window

Fixes in this build:

• remove canvas focus on touch devices
• if GRIDMAJOR is specified but is the same as the current Theme then don't create a CUSTOM Theme

[rowett]

Build 611 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• add keyboard shortcuts to tooltips for POI buttons and Universe buttons
• small performance improvement for von Neumann LtL/HROT rules
• state names are now displayed
• added support for @NAMES section in RuleTable/RuleTree rules

Fixes in this build:

• adjust states slider when picking states

[rowett]

Build 612 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• state names can now be used with the [[ COLOR ]] script command (part 1)
• increased maximum number of Population Graph samples to 524288

Fixes in this build:

• re-enable Ctrl-C to copy Help
• fixed an issue with the Population Graph at sample limit

[rowett]

Build 615 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental performance improvement for RuleTree rules
• better handling during repository rule load

Fixes in this build:

• add missing [[ QUALITY ]] command description to Help
• Help toggle was not clearing if Help closed with Backspace

[rowett]

Build 616 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• Step Back and Undo should now work properly with [R]History states

[rowett]

Build 617 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• new [[ STARTFROM <generation> ]] script command to fast-forward to the specified generation on pattern load
• Settings->Playback->Go To Gen or hotkey Shift+N prompts for a generation and will then go there quickly
  • a relative generation can be specified by prefixing the generation number with + or -
• new Cancel button (hotkey Esc) to stop Identify or Go To Gen

Code: Select all

x = 6, y = 7, rule = PCA_4
5.H3$H.L.D3$5.B!
[[ STARTFROM 125000 ]]

[rowett]

Build 618 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• don't create links for patterns that are too big

[rowett]

Build 619 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fix error reporting after failed Repository lookup

[rowett]

Build 620 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental new URLE encoder (hotkey Ctrl-E) [no decoder]

Fixes in this build:

• bounding box was sometimes not being correctly sized when dead cells drawn

[rowett]

Build 621 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fix Identify statistics for oscillators that take some generations to form

[rowett]

Build 622 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• improved compression of the experimental URLE 2-state pattern encoder (hotkey Ctrl-E will display statistics)

[rowett]

Build 623 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fixed Identify so [R]Super rules are as fast as 2-state rules for detection

[rowett]

Build 624 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental URLE pattern encoder now supports up to 16 states

[rowett]

Build 625 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental URLE pattern encoder now uses two methods for [R]History rules

[rowett]

Build 626 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental URLE pattern encoder now supports up to 256 states

[rowett]

Build 627 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• changed default B3/S23 alias to "Life"
• experimental new URLE encoder detects used states in pattern for better compression

Fixes in this build:

• Select All and Save now work with Generations dying states

[rowett]

Build 628 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental new URLE encoder now has a state by state mode which gives better compression for most multi-state patterns

The Exploratorium pattern now compresses to 52% of the RLE size.

[rowett]

Build 629 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental new URLE encoder now has improved blank cell optimization

The Exploratorium pattern now compresses to 49% of the RLE size. On which note I'm going to claim victory and move on

[rowett]

Build 630 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• experimental new URLE encoder can now encode non-sequential duplicate rows

The Exploratorium pattern now compresses to 48% of the RLE size.

[dvgrn]

(If a notification came in for a previous message, it was a bug report that I deleted because PEBKAC.)

[rowett]

Build 631 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fixed popup Viewer scaling issue when loading rule from Repository