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Re: Life tag testing
Posted: April 25th, 2021, 6:43 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: April 25th, 2021, 7:56 am
by rowett
Build 607 is now available on the
lazyslug server
Fixes in this build:
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: April 25th, 2021, 10:42 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: April 25th, 2021, 12:30 pm
by rowett
Build 609 is now available on the
lazyslug server
Fixes in this build:
- experimental fix for the SMBB syndrome(tm)
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: April 27th, 2021, 12:52 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 1st, 2021, 5:52 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 3rd, 2021, 9:57 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 6th, 2021, 2:02 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 8th, 2021, 1:34 pm
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 10th, 2021, 7:49 am
by 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 ]]
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 16th, 2021, 2:19 am
by rowett
Build 618 is now available on the
lazyslug server
Fixes in this build:
- don't create links for patterns that are too big
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 16th, 2021, 2:20 am
by rowett
Build 619 is now available on the
lazyslug server
Fixes in this build:
- fix error reporting after failed Repository lookup
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 16th, 2021, 2:21 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 17th, 2021, 4:08 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 17th, 2021, 4:09 am
by 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)
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 17th, 2021, 8:52 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 18th, 2021, 1:52 am
by rowett
Build 624 is now available on the
lazyslug server
Enhancements in this build:
- experimental URLE pattern encoder now supports up to 16 states
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 19th, 2021, 8:52 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 19th, 2021, 8:52 am
by rowett
Build 626 is now available on the
lazyslug server
Enhancements in this build:
- experimental URLE pattern encoder now supports up to 256 states
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 21st, 2021, 5:08 am
by 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
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 21st, 2021, 5:11 am
by 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.
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 22nd, 2021, 9:37 am
by 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

Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 23rd, 2021, 3:03 am
by 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.
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: May 28th, 2021, 2:44 pm
by dvgrn
(If a notification came in for a previous message, it was a bug report that I deleted because PEBKAC.)
Re: Life tag testing
Posted: June 4th, 2021, 5:56 am
by rowett
Build 631 is now available on the
lazyslug server
Fixes in this build:
- fixed popup Viewer scaling issue when loading rule from Repository