evolvotron

Release Notes: This release fixes some issues with file save/load in 0.6.0. In particular, it allows saved functions to be loaded again (alternatively, a workaround in 0.6.0 is to edit the second line of saved XML and replace version=0.6.0 with version="0.6.0"). This update is recommended to anyone making anything other than casual use of evolvotron.

Release Notes: This version now builds against Qt4. It also includes significant changes to keyboard shortcuts. The heat/cool/shield/irradiate buttons in the main window have been replaced by an (optional) "autocool" system which gradually reduces the mutation rates.

Release Notes: The little-used heat/cool/irradiate/shield buttons have been replaced by an optional steady progressive "autocooling" mechanism. Middle-mouse adjustments no longer flicker. Antialiased rendering is supported by optional multisampling and sample jittering. Enlargement images will now use multiple threads, and their command-line options provide more control over threading. However, there are no new functions in this release, so the range of images possible is the same as with 0.5.0.

Release Notes: Mainly a development release focusing on memory management (now makes extensive use of Boost smart pointers), cleaning up threading code, using precompiled headers, and replacing the messy static-initialized function meta-information with something less troublesome. There are several minor end-user visible improvements. For example, the default number of compute threads is now set to the number of processors found, colours tend to stay in a sensible range instead of saturating, the application icon is derived from the last spawned image, and there are a few new functions.

Release Notes: Various minor enhancements; primarily more sensible undo behaviour, rationalization of some function types, and a new "Favourite" dialog to force a particular "root" function type (previously only available by command line option). Fullscreen mode support is now always built in.