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RELEASE VERSION 4.9: new container types and lots of new (flame-)variations

JWildfireSwan · published 3 months ago

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This major update brings a few bug fixes, some new interesting container types (e.g., a mode to create a classic ifs-iteration, including a non-linear part) and - maybe surprisingly - a large collection of 150 new variations for flame fractals.

Complete changelog:
VERSION 4.9.2800 (14.06.2026):
- mandelbro3d:
- fixed: field-mode is not saved when saving a scene with a weighted alternating hybrid container (SWAN-1608)
- flames:
- add new variations: tweed, weave, waves3d_decay, svensson, vine (SWAN-1636)
- add new variations: wave_func, vortex, toroidal, tunneling, waves_phase (SWAN-1637)
- add new variations: twist_ribbon, torus_knot, taper, threeply, weld_seam (SWAN-1638)
- add new variations: superposition, tessellate, tri_lattice, wood_grain, worley (SWAN-1639)
- add new variations: phyllotaxis, hammer, stereographic_plane, zigzag (SWAN-1635)

VERSION 4.8.2793 (10.06.2026):
- mandelbro3d:
- added new "Flame IFS"-container (SWAN-1640)
- flames:
- add new variations: gradient_warp, sinusoidal_proj, rainbow_arc, schwarz_christoffel, quilt (SWAN-1630)
- add new variations: quasicrystal, honeycomb, sublimation, mercator_cylinder, dipole (SWAN-1631)
- add new variations: dragon_scale, fractal_zoom, gnomonic_proj, hopalong (SWAN-1632)
- add new variations: tinkerbell, pdj_v2, inflate, fault, tidal_lock (SWAN-1633)
- add new variations: fbm_warp, supernova, turbulence, moebius_strip (SWAN-1634)

VERSION 4.7.2787 (30.05.2026):
- mandelbro3d:
- added "Fractal Fold"-container (SWAN-1643)
- flames:
- added new variations: gear_teeth, epitrochoid, mirror_rotate, resonance, ridged (SWAN-1624)
- added new variations: quadrupole, pleat, mushroom, marble, roche (SWAN-1625)
- added new variations: voronoi_fold, stereographic, cyclone, penrose_fold, pickover (SWAN-1626)
- added new variations: standing_wave, ruffle, ikeda, quintessence, secant (SWAN-1627)
- added new variations: simplex_warp, lattice, rhodonea, doppler, faraday (SWAN-1628)
- added new variations: diamond_lattice, laminar, erode, gothic_arch, screw (SWAN-1629)

VERSION 4.6.2780 (28.05.2026):
- mandelbro3d:
- added "Kaleidoscope"-container (SWAN-1642)
- flames:
- added new variations: chladni, leather, embroidery, domain_fold, piston (SWAN-1618)
- added new variations: bwraps, cumulonimbus, copperplate, duffing, coagulation (SWAN-1619)
- added new variations: color_wheel, karman_vortex, ouroboros, corona, cirrus (SWAN-1620)
- added new variations: rewind, isobar, flourish, mandala, curl_noise (SWAN-1621)
- added new variations: contour_map, gingerbread, labyrinth, meander, mitosis (SWAN-1622)
- added new variations: virus, robinson, nephroid, hexagonal, tentacle (SWAN-1623)

VERSION 4.5.2773 (22.05.2026):
- mandelbro3d:
- added "Helix Repeat"-container (SWAN-1641)
- fixed: the Surface-Effect-Container only applied the effct ot the first object in the container (SWAN-1609)
- flames:
- added new variations: aurora_curtain, lace, mercator, aftershock (SWAN-1612)
- added new variations: zhukowski, bubble_col, catenary, p_wave, involute (SWAN-1613)
- added new variations: sph_harmonic, chainmail, cantor, lagrange, diatom (SWAN-1614)
- added new variations: gumowski_mira, caustic, fog_bank, deltoid, amoeba (SWAN-1615)
- added new variations: bedhead, catapult, membrane, liquefaction, brick (SWAN-1616)
- added new variations: astroid, lituus_var, bravais, jet_stream, collision (SWAN-1617)

VERSION 4.4.2765 (20.05.2026):
- mandelbro3d:
- the heightmap formula now also has orbits, so textures may be applied to it (SWAN-1602)
- added an optional window to the shadow box primitive (SWAN-1601)
- fixed: sun appeared black under some circumstances (SWAN-1456)
- fixed: variation-container fine tune bug (SWAN-1597)
- fixed: not able to add objects to domains (SWAN-1598)
- flames:
- added new variations: abs_fold, symmetric_icon, azimuthal, klein, calcination (SWAN-1606)
- fixed: refresh of the main preview does not work when selecting a new variation (SWAN-1607)
- added new variations: afterimage, aurora, cam, halo, satin (SWAN-1611)

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