v0.2.5 Blinker

Fixed

• Crash on startup with an NVIDIA GPU

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v0.2.4 Blinker

Optimized

• 3D rendering performance

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v0.2.3 Blinker

Added

• Application icon for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Changed

• Disabled console window on Windows
• Updated Linux build to libffi7

Fixed

• Missing executable permission on macOS and Linux
• Selection rendering glitch (#9)
• Selection pasting not stopping simulation (#10)

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v0.2.2 Blinker

Fixed

• Crash on placing grid plane with an NVIDIA GPU

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v0.2.1 Blinker

Fixed

• Crash on startup with an NVIDIA GPU

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v0.2.0 Blinker

Added

• Simulation
  • 3D rendering and simulation
  • Advance one generation (Space)
  • Advance one step (Tab)
  • Place grid plane on cell face (E)
• Selection
  • Added edge resize indicator
  • Cancel selection drag (Esc)
• Navigation
  • 3D orbit (right mouse drag)
  • 3D pan (↑/←/↓/→, W/A/S/D, or middle mouse drag)
  • 3D pan horizontally (middle mouse drag with Shift)
  • Zoom (right mouse drag with Ctrl)
• GUI
  • Load/save file

Changed

• Simulation
  • Cells align better to pixel boundaries when zoomed out, appearing crisper
  • Optimized 2D rendering of empty areas
• Selection
  • Selection edge resizing now clamps to the opposite corner
• GUI
  • Disabled rounded window borders
  • Display "RUNNING" or "STEPPING" accordingly instead of "SIMULATING"
  • Relabeled "Trigger garbage collection" button to "Clear cache"
  • Replaced inaccurate maximum simulation speed with average simulation time.
• Tweaked colors

Fixed

• Changing the step size while the simulation is running now takes effect immediately (#6)
• Selected cells no longer appear to be tiled infinitely
• Touchpad scrolling now zooms in/out at a reasonable pace
• Crash when pressing an exotic mouse button

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v0.1.1 Block

Fixed

• Crash when selecting cells

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v0.1.0 Block

Added

• Simulation
  • Display and simulate unbounded 2D Conway's Game of Life using HashLife algorithm
  • Toggle simulation (Enter)
  • Double/halve step size (+/-)
  • Highlight with crosshairs on hovered cell
    • Blue for drawing
    • White for selecting
• Navigation
  • 2D pan (↑/←/↓/→, W/A/S/D, or right/middle mouse drag)
  • Zoom (scroll wheel or Q/Z)
  • Pan/zoom faster while holding Shift
  • Reset view (Ctrl+M)
  • Fit pattern in view (Ctrl+F)
• Drawing
  • Toggle cells (left mouse click/drag)
  • Select numbered cell state (0-9)
  • Cycle selected cell state ([/])
  • Cancel drawing (Esc)
• Selection
  • Select rectangle (left mouse drag with Ctrl)
  • Select all (Ctrl+A)
  • Resize selection rectangle (left mouse drag with Ctrl+Shift)
  • Resize selection edge (left mouse drag from selection edge)
  • Resize selection to cursor (left mouse click/drag with Ctrl+Shift)
  • Move selected cells (left mouse drag from selection)
  • Duplicate selected cells (left mouse drag with Ctrl from selection)
  • Move selection (left mouse drag with Shift from selection)
  • Delete selected cells (Delete)
  • Deselect (Esc)
• Copy/paste
  • Cut/copy selection as RLE (Ctrl+X/C)
  • Cut/copy selection as Macrocell (Ctrl+Shift+X/C)
  • Paste RLE or Macrocell (Ctrl+V)
• Undo history
  • Undo (Ctrl+Z)
  • Redo (Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z)
  • Reset (Ctrl+R)
• GUI
  • Simulation breakpoint
  • Display framerate (with color)
  • Display estimated maximum simulation update rate (with color)
  • Display generation count
  • Display total population
  • Display view scale and position
  • Display cursor position
  • Display estimated HashLife node pool memory usage
  • Display selected cell state

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