Hi Joerka,
what about a German translation? I think there are some other Germans
and I would do help, if there would be a team for the german
translation!
This is a frequent request and I'll add it to the website FAQ. It is
currently very difficult to translate Chaoscope to different languages
without the help of Borland C++ IDE. Once I've decided which way to go
in regards to localization, I'll call for help!
and, have you seen the animation program, written by another guy
here? What about integrating it to the Installation package?
The other guy is FranÃois aka "Axone Man", he is also the main tester.
Ani4Chaoscope is an independent project and it would be complicated to
keep a package including both applications together. I'll definitely
add a link on the Download page though.
What new features are planned for the "new" version? :-)
I've just released 0.3! Can I breathe a bit? :-)
- Lights interface: You will be able to drag lights around onto the
render while it refreshes at a reasonable speed. Small palette
interface for lights as well. Once a light is moved the shadow will
have to be render again separately, which should take about the same
time as a Liquid render.
- Proper color interface: RGB or HBS with three sliders rather than
the hexadecimal text fields.
- Gradient browser and editor: Will try to make the editor as
intuitive as possible. Inspiration will be Photoshop and KPT Tools.
- Perspective.
- Color perspective (haze) for all modes apart from Gas.
- Undo (only if I'm brave enough)
- Caching: Providing you've got lots of memory (and only changing the
view settings between renders) the attractor will be cached in memory,
no need to run the equation again. This one implies a big redesign of
the engine, but it has to be done anyway.
- Points Import/Export: Don't expect mesh though, it will only be
coordinates.
- Perfect anti-aliasing for Solid mode: You will have a choice between
either opacity or anti-aliasing of the edges of the attractor and its
shadow.
- Anti-aliasing on/off: Currently points and z-buffer updates are
anti-aliased, switching it off will make Accumulation modes sharper
and Solid mode faster.
- Better shadows: The resolution of the shadows could be improved by
making the shadow buffer more adaptive (i.e. warping and rotating to
contain the shadow more closely)
- One good surprise
Depending on how long this is all going to take, you can expect either
less or more new features. Also I always come up with new ideas on the
way, so this is far from being definitive, especially when development
hasn't started yet.
Regards,
Nicolas Desprez
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