Changes
Changes in version 1.2 (released October 2018)
- Golly has a new algorithm that supports the
Larger than Life
family of rules.
- HashLife and the other hash-based algorithms are faster and more responsive.
- Added support for MAP rules to
QuickLife, HashLife and Generations.
- QuickLife and HashLife now support
non-totalistic rules.
A number of interesting examples can be found in the new Patterns/Non-Totalistic folder.
- The Generations algorithm now supports
Hex, Von Neumann and non-totalistic Moore neighborhoods.
- Updated the Life Lexicon to release 27.
- The Banks, Codd, Devore, and JvN folders have moved into a new top-level
"Self-Rep" folder, to emphasize their common focus on self-replication.
- Icon rendering is faster in most cases.
- Correct colors/icons are now displayed when pasting a pattern with a rule
different to the current layer's rule.
- Fixed link to Rule Table Repository in Help > Online Archives.
- Fixed paste bug that prevented rule from being changed even if universe was empty.
- Fixed crashes on some Nexus devices.
- Fixed problem with Move button becoming enabled after a multi-finger pan/zoom.
- Fixed an undo/reset bug that could occur if there was a rule change at the
starting generation.
- Fixed a bug where patterns larger than bounded grids were not correctly clipped.
- Fixed a bug that could crash Golly if a .rule file contained invalid XPM data.
- Updated the Life Lexicon to release 29.
Changes in version 1.1 (released June 2015)
- Fixed some bugs that could cause Golly to crash.
- Fixed bug in QuickLife algorithm that could cause cells at the bottom/left
edges of the viewport to disappear every odd generation.
- Fixed bug in QuickLife algorithm that could cause the selection rectangle
to appear offset by one pixel.
- Fixed bug that could cause Undo button to fail due to a temporary macrocell
file containing comment lines not prefixed with #C.
- Fixed minor problem with the Fit button not centering a pattern accurately
in some cases.
- The size of text in the Open screen has been increased.
Version 1.0 released November 2013