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- Short: fractint v. 2.2 runs on 020 or better amigas with WB2.04 or higher.
- Type: gfx/fract
- Uploader: terjepe@stud.cs.uit.no
- Author: terjepe@stud.cs.uit.no and some other..
-
- This is a port of the msdos/X fractint program.
- Ported from Xfractint 2.03 (fractint 18.2) by Terje Pedersen.
- I can be reached with email: terjepe@stud.cs.uit.no
-
- V2.2:
- Added sound.
- Select sound=x in 'basic options' and select a lorenz fractal!
- and there it is! also try to set tone length to 0.01 and use
- lorenz3d1 fractal! What a veird sound experience!
-
- The stereo 3d option was missing from '3d view options'.
- Get out those 3d glasses and check it out!
-
- The correct window is activated without autofocus.
- A couple of bugs removed.
-
- 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' wasn't 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. And then use
- a giftoham viewer. When I find some giftoham converter source I may
- add it to the program, saving some extra saving and loading.
-
- The cycle colors button wasn't 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 tried it with 2meg chip and no fast mem running wb2.04 and it worked!
- Horribly slow but it worked! 1meg chip and 1 meg fast might be enough!
-
- When color cycling (shift,alt,ctrl)-F1-F10 was supposed to give some nice
- color ranges. Now it does! (at least on AGA..)
-
- Got any bug-reports,suggestions,money.. : please feel free to send them
- to me!
-
- If you are not totally and utterly satisfied with the program you may try
- to ask for a refund..
-
- 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.
-
- Happy rendering!
- TP
-
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- 534996 241749 54.8% 17-Jun-94 19:19:22 fractint.020
- 1717 389 77.3% 13-Jun-94 03:59:32 fractint.cfg
- 1844 387 79.0% 13-Jun-94 03:41:28 fractint.cfg.AGAntsc
- 1361 337 75.2% 13-Jun-94 03:40:52 fractint.cfg.ntsc
- 1271 334 73.7% 12-May-94 00:43:50 fractint.cfg.pal
- 3895 1887 51.5% 17-Jun-94 11:43:58 readme.amiga
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- 545084 245083 55.0% 17-Jun-94 10:55:04 6 files
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