Whorld Changelog

What's new in Whorld 1.7.0.6

• In previous versions, changing a geometry parameter (e.g. Star
• Factor) only affected new rings. This behavior was essential for
• creating interesting patches, but it wasn't good for live control,
• because it introduced a long delay between changing a parameter and
• seeing any significant change in the output. Most of the geometry
• parameters now have a global version which affects all existing rings at
• once. The global parameters are accessed in the Parameters dialog
• (View/Parameters) by selecting Edit/Global Params.
• In previous versions, Bézier curves were always symmetrical. This
• version adds two new geometry parameters, called Even Shear and Odd
• Shear, which allow you to create asymmetrical Bézier curves. The two
• curve points at each vertex are normally equidistant from the vertex;
• Shear varies the ratio of these two distances. Even Shear affects even
• vertices, while Odd Shear affects odd ones. Note that Even Shear does
• nothing if Even Curve is zero, and Odd Shear does nothing if Odd Curve
• is zero.
• In previous versions, the Movie Export's codec setting was not
• saved, which meant the codec had to be reselected (and possibly
• reconfigured) for every export. Fixed.
• The default MIDI setup has been changed to make it more
• user-friendly.
• In previous versions, the Range column in the MIDI setup dialog
• consisted of only one value. The Range column now consists of two
• values: low and high.
• In dual-monitor exclusive mode, the cursor was still visible along
• the edges of the secondary monitor. The cursor is now completely
• hidden.
• In previous versions, moving the origin via MIDI hid the cursor,
• which was a serious problem in dual-monitor mode. Fixed.
• In previous versions, Bézier curves could be unstable due to
• round-off error, particularly when Star Factor was negative and Pinwheel
• was non-zero. Fixed.
• Panic (Window/Panic or Esc) now clears the screen.
• In previous versions, if Ring Spacing was large, clearing the
• screen could cause the output to remain blank for an extended period.
• Clearing the screen now creates a new ring immediately.
• The actual frame rate is now shown in the status bar.
• In previous versions, if items were being dragged within the
• Playlist dialog, pressing Esc would close the dialog instead of
• canceling the drag. Fixed.
• In previous versions, left- or right-clicking on a dialog's caption
• bar would temporarily freeze the output. Fixed for all modeless
• dialogs, but not for modal ones.
• In previous versions, if Whorld was unmirrored and in Exclusive
• mode, the back buffer would always be located in video memory, even if
• "Back buffer location" in Options/Display was set to "Use System
• Memory". This made it difficult to avoid performance problems with the
• X-Ray effect, because X-Ray reads from the back buffer and reading from
• video memory is extremely slow. Whorld now respects the "Use System
• Memory" setting in all cases.
• In previous versions, if a modeless dialog had focus, most of the
• keyboard shortcuts didn't work. This was particularly a problem in
• dual-monitor mode. Keyboard shortcuts that use alphanumeric or function
• keys now work regardless of whether a modeless dialog has focus.
• Shortcuts that use other keys, such as Tab, Arrows, Backspace, etc.
• still require the main window to have focus.