ConwayLife.com

• fixed HistoryFit with hexagonal grid

• fixed [[ X ]] script command for hexagonal grid

• attempted fix for RS browser

• added option to force 60Hz refresh rate in Settings>Advanced>Force 60Hz (hotkey Shift-E)
  • typically only needed for slow computers where automatic refresh rate detection doesn't work
  • this setting is saved for the current browser on the current device

dvgrn wrote: November 15th, 2024, 10:33 am Hmm, people are still getting into arguments about LifeViewer's extraordinarily forgiving parser for RLE headers:

https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=197969#p197969

It still seems like the easiest way to make this silliness go away would be to update LifeViewer to throw an error when a header doesn't meet Golly's minimum standards. I can easily patch up the few forum posts that have patterns with weird headers, and then nobody will have any incentive to make more of them.

• enforce RLE header format
  • if the header is present it must contain x=M,y=N with any amount of whitespace
  • the rule part is optional and if missing defaults to Conway's Life.

• enforce 60Hz as minimum detected monitor refresh rate

• added support for - and = keys on Firefox

• performance improvement when drawing cells as Icons

• fix Icon borders

• further performance improvement when drawing cells as Icons

• you can now set the default playback speed
  • the default playback speed is 60 generations per second and displays as 1X in the UI
  • Settings>Playback>Save Speed (hotkey Ctrl-E) makes the default playback speed the current playback speed
    • this will be remembered for the current browser on the current device
    • setting this will also automatically switch on Use Saved
  • Settings>Playback>Use Saved (hotkey Shift-E) allows you to toggle whether to use the saved playback speed or the default playback speed
  • if a pattern contains a script command that sets the speed ([[ GPS ]] or [[ STEP ]]) then this takes priority until Save Speed or Use Saved are used

• drawing cells as Icons now supports cell borders
• improved refresh rate detection

• while there is a Selection or Paste active hotkeys X and Y will flip it (Golly hotkey compatibility)
  • otherwise hotkey X toggles Gridlines and hotkey Y toggles
    Population Graph
  • hotkeys Alt-X and Alt-Y always provide the flipping functions

• keep original selection size on Paste when using external clipboard

• prevent PopUp Viewer close box being translated

• gracefully handle Change Rule errors

• Go To Gen now remembers last valid input

• gracefully handle New Pattern errors

• fix Icon handling for compatibility with older browsers

• improved short range HROT/LtL von Neumann performance

• fixed progress bar during [[ STARTFROM ]]
• fixed boundary not always displaying during rotation
• fixed RuleLoader rule name check being case-insensitive

• fixed a regression with HROT/LtL
• fixed a rendering issue with [R]Super at zooms >= -2 and < 1

• added a progress bar to show buffer usage during Identify period detection
• Themes Help topic is now accessed via hotkey E
• improved bailout when STEP > 1 and performance target is missed

• fixed the population count with [R]Super Hex and von Neumann neighbourhoods

• fixed consistency in [R]Investigator Hex and von Neumann neighbourhoods