Update v2.8.4

Features added since last update:

• Significant speed-up for generations rules and some 2-state rules
• Added multi-threading for the DFS round (use -t <numThreads>)
• Added gutter-symmetry (use -s 3)
• Added random search order (use -rng). Are you feeling lucky?

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.8.3

Features added since last update:

• 2 - 14 times speed up!!!
• Improved efficiency of lookahead
• Improved efficiency of DFS round
• Added new options
  • Added option -l <lookup_width> to vary the number of cells in 1 row to generate the lookup table for (larger means faster search but more memory consumption)

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.8.2

Features added since last update:

• 10% speed-up for von neumann rules
• Added support for strobing / alternating rules
• Fixed issues with the transposition table

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.8.1

Features added since last update:

• 2x speedup for cfind
• Several bugs in cfind fixed
• Added more options to cfind
  • -no_partials to suppress partial output
  • -l <lookup_size> to limit the size of the lookup table

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.8

Features added since last update:

• Rule support
  • Add Margolus rules, HROT BSFKL rules, Deficient INT rules and Euclidean CA
  • ~10% simulation speed improvement
  • Ruletree generation is now 30% - 100% faster
  • Various improvements to catalyst search programs
  • New ship search program for higher-range rules
• GUI / Editing Improvements
  • Update search dialog GUI with a new look
  • Add new symmetries (D2x, D4x, D8)
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed canonisation of R2 VN rules
  • Handling errors related to "no area selected"

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.7

Features added since last update:

• Rule support
  • 3x speed improvement for INT rule range generation
  • Add range 2 von neumann, checkerboard and r3 cross INT support
  • Add apgtable generation to Integer HROT and HROT generations with state weights
  • Add naive rules ([R]:T100:NO)
  • Compute heat, temperature and volatility in identification function
• GUI / Editing Improvements
  • Allow setting of rule directory
  • Allow changing rule colours (tied to individual rulestrings)
  • Add increase / decrease step size button
• Bugfixes
  • Pattern should update correctly now
  • No more ConcurrentModificationExceptions
  • Fixed bug where neighbourhoods where not generated in the RLE
  • Fixed bug involving parsing weights higher than 8

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.6

Features added since last update:

• Rule support
  • Added support for rulestring canonisation and min, max rule generation in INT rules
  • Added support for [R]History and [R]E(x)nergetic for INT rules
  • Added INT generations support, including B0 rules
  • Added bounded grid (specifically toroidal grids)
• GUI / Editing Improvements
  • Ability to simulation inside and outside selection
  • Improved rendering
• Search Program
  • New brute force search program
  • Ability to flip and rotate catalysts in catalyst search program
  • Ability to call catalyst search program from CLI

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.5

Features added since last update:

• Rule support
  • Added [R]DeadlyEnemies
  • Added Multi-state Cyclic HROT
  • Added Alternating Rules
  • Revamped apgtable generation (looks alot cleaner now)
• GUI / Editing Improvements
  • Better undo / redo support
  • Ability to view population graph
  • Ability to modify random soup generation settings
• Search Program
  • New catalyst search program (with support for multiple catalysts)

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.4

New features added since last update:

• Rule Support
  • Added support for regenerating generations
  • Added support for [R]Symbiosis
  • Added support for INT rules (Moore, Hexagonal, Far Corners, Far Edges, R2 Cross, Knight)
  • Added support for custom rules (*.rule)
    • SQC Ruletables
    • Golly Ruletables
    • Golly Ruletrees
• GUI / Editing Improvements
  • Clearing cells cache is faster
  • Fixed rotate clockwise / anticlockwise

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html

Update v2.3

New features added since last update:

• Rule Support
  • Added deficient and integer HROT rules
  • Added 1D rules
  • Added HROT History
  • Refactor quite a bit of code
• GUI / Editing Improvements
  • Simulation is approximately 10 - 20 times faster
  • Ability to adjust step size and maximum simulation speed
• Command Line Interface
  • Fix simulation command

Documentation: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer
Wiki: https://jedlimlx.github.io/Cellular-Automaton-Viewer/wiki/Home.html