Hi Marcus, hello all,
The list sure has gone quiet for a bit. Has anyone created any
outstanding pieces or maps they would like to share? Also, is there
any news on the binaries for betatesting?
Development is going slowly, I'm currently working on the Options
interface. Here's what has been done so far:
NEW FEATURES
- Chaotic Flow equation was added
- Polynomial Function equations (Abs, Power, Sin) were added
- Improved preview : now closer to final render
- Folders for each files category saved in Options
- Gradient is used for Gas and Liquid rather than default black and white
- View window may be resized and scrolled
- Render and preview zoom in/out up to 16x
- Render size can be changed once the project is open
- Ctrl+R to randomize lights in Solid mode
- Secondary color for attractor in Solid mode
FIXES
- The preview brightness was inconsistent between rendering mode changes
- Shadows didn't match Opacity in Solid mode
- Parameters saved with an exponent part couldn't be read
- Floating point exceptions weren't captured during Search
- Rotation is now consistent with scale
- Large preview scale was causing near-plane clipping
- Left-most and bottom-most pixel lines were missing on rendered image
- Half of Julia shadows was clipped off in Solid mode
- Artifacts could appear on shadows edges
- View centering was broken
- View updates were reset to 10 when changing active project
- View title bar wasn't updated when user changed attractor
MISCELLANEOUS
- Property sliders are resized properly
- Property palettes can be hidden
- Property palettes position is saved
- More sloppy code clean-up/optimization
- Better view update indicator in status bar
- Real time view parameters (contrast, gamma, etc.) when possible
TO DO
- Finishing the Options interface
- Color properties for Solid mode
- Load/Save full project and view settings
- Batch rendering
- Getting the attraction animation to work in every mode
- Translating interface to English
- Updating the manual
- Other bits and bobs
I've also experimented on a 4D version of Unravel. I want to integrate
n-dimensional attractors better than it is now, for instance you
should be able to rotate a 5D attractor on three axis at the same time
with the mouse. Nth component of the orbit coordinate could be
indicated as a color in Light/Plasma mode. That'll be for a future
version.
Nicolas Desprez
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