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V2.6:
Added an info requester at startup and end.
A slight change in the color cycle stuff:
When colorcycling the function keys F1-F10 makes
random color bands. The random values vas choosen
from the range 0-63 and not 0-255 as it should. fixed.
A slight speed loss..
V2.5:
When saving iff files the screen mode wasn't correct.
Added "TP's port error" a fractal that came as a slightly
incorrect port of 386 assembly to 68000 code. Other use
of the assembly code doesn't exist since it turned out
to be much slower than the compiled c code.
HAM8/HAM images can be saved as iff.
V2.4:
When running batch files the mui interface comes up iconified and the fractal
screen is opened in the background.
It is possible to generate HAM8/HAM images with lots of colors when doing
3d transformation of images. At the moment the original image has to be rendered
in HAM/HAM8 in order for it to work.
Images can now be saved in the iff format. It is activated by saveiff=yes command
line option or by a menu switch. No need to convert images before joining
them as a animation.(mkanim is great!) iff.library is used.
At the moment HAM and HAM8 images can't be saved by fractint.
V2.3:
Better handling of (ram)disk video modes. After an image is rendered with one
of these modes it is immediately drawn. Those modes are usefull in some
cases, for example it takes 16 secs to generate a plasma image with a normal
screen but only 3 secs with a diskvideo mode!
Say goodbye to the last crash causing bug! (eh um..hopefully!)
It hasn't crashed on me after that bug got squashed.
When running par files the info is shown on the type-specifig menu.
V2.1:
the "save current parameters" didnt work properly, now it does!
The interfaces are generated dynamically and one type wasn't generated.
Expect to see some more options on several requesters!
Color cycling 'from value' wasnt used. It caused some unwanted effect on those
graphics boards! It is fixed now!
The interface generation is improved somewhat. Now the input boxes is all of
the same size!
Now using reqtools screenmode requester. The Asl screenmode requster was only
available from 2.1+. Now this program might actually work with 2.04!
The HAM mode didnt work on non AGA. It tried to open a 8 bitplane HAM screen.
It worked on my AGA machine so I missed that one! Now it opens a 6 bitplane
screen on non AGA's. After having tested the HAM mode I'm not totally satisfied
with it. In some cases the colors doesnt come up right after having saved
it and then viewed it with a giftoham program. To get images equal to those
on AGA it is best to use a disk video mode.
The cycle colors button wasnt very useful. It is replaced by Load and Save
palette.
Amigaguide now pops up if you press the Help buttons or press help-key
when the fractint screen is active.
Some fractals runs 30-40% faster!
The program seems to work ok on some graphics boards, especially those who
emulates AGA. In order for HAM to work on non AGA machines I added a test
to check if the machine is aga or not, if it isnt it will open only
6 bitplane screens or lower. If this causes problems with those graphics
boards I added a flag 'force' that forces the program to open 8 bitplane
screens even if the machine isnt AGA. It may or may not work..
The manual now has a lot of slightly incorrect information since the
interface is changed to MUI. Some of the "press 'z' to.." isnt likely
to work!, or may have a different key. The underscored keys in the
MUI interface are worth trying! Also the autokey features may no longer
work properly, also as a result of the MUI.
Some of the links in the guide files were incorrect. Some has been fixed.
Is there a program to automatically check all the links in a guide? Let
me know if you know of any!
I removed the FASTMEM flag so it may actually work on a computer with
no fastmem. Expect it to be seriously slow though! Lower memory requirement?
I have no idea! 2meg? Try and let me know!
When color cycling (shift,alt,ctrl)-F1-10 was supposed to give some nice color
ranges. Now it does!
Got any bug-reports,suggestions,money.. : please feel free to send them
to me!
Hint:
Try out the zoom-box with the page-up and page-down keys. then try
ctrl + (keypad +) and ctrl - and the zoombox rotates! Great for animations
with both zooming and rotating!
also ctrl page-up/down will stretch the zoom box.
ctrl home/end will shear the box!
Press 'Help' when using the zoom-box and you will get a list of all the
options.
TP