Jonathan, Gerald, Hitting <INSERT> to reset Fractint does not solve the problem. The only thing that works is to put the line symmetry=none in the sstools.ini file. I then removed the line from the sstools.ini file and the problem came right back. Test4, which should not be symmetrical, is on my system. Here are the pars: test1 { ; Copyright Ron Barnett Jul 2005 t= 0:00:06.32 ; www.hiddendimension.com fractals@hiddendimension.com ; On a Pentium III(667) at 1280 x 1024 reset=2002 type=hypercomplex function=sqr center-mag=0/0/0.6666667 params=0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1024 inside=0 periodicity=0 sound=off colors=00000e0e00eee00e0eeL0eeeLLLLLzLzLLzzzLLzLzzzLzzz000555<3>HHHKKKOO\ O<3>ccchhhmmmssszzz00z<3>z0z<3>z00<3>zz0<3>0z0<3>0zz<2>0GzVVz<3>zVz<3>zV\ V<3>zzV<3>VzV<3>Vzz<2>Vbzhhz<3>zhz<3>zhh<3>zzh<3>hzh<3>hzz<2>hlz00S<3>S0\ S<3>S00<3>SS0<3>0S0<3>0SS<2>07SEES<3>SES<3>SEE<3>SSE<3>ESE<3>ESS<2>EHSKK\ S<2>QKSSKSSKQSKOSKMSKK<2>SQKSSKQSKOSKMSKKSK<2>KSQKSSKQSKOSKMS00G<3>G0G<3\
G00<3>GG0<3>0G0<3>0GG<2>04G88G<2>E8GG8GG8EG8CG8AG88<2>GE8GG8EG8CG8AG88G\ 8<2>8GE8GG8EG8CG8AGBBG<2>FBGGBGGBFGBDGBCGBB<2>GFBGGBFGBDGBCGBBGB<2>BGFBG\ GBFGBDGBCG000<6>000 }
test2 { ; Copyright Ron Barnett Jul 2005 t= 0:00:05.72 ; www.hiddendimension.com fractals@hiddendimension.com ; On a Pentium III(667) at 1280 x 1024 reset=2002 type=hypercomplex function=sqr center-mag=0/0/0.6666667 params=0/0/0.1/0 float=y maxiter=1024 inside=0 periodicity=0 sound=off colors=00000e0e00eee00e0eeL0eeeLLLLLzLzLLzzzLLzLzzzLzzz000555<3>HHHKKKOO\ O<3>ccchhhmmmssszzz00z<3>z0z<3>z00<3>zz0<3>0z0<3>0zz<2>0GzVVz<3>zVz<3>zV\ V<3>zzV<3>VzV<3>Vzz<2>Vbzhhz<3>zhz<3>zhh<3>zzh<3>hzh<3>hzz<2>hlz00S<3>S0\ S<3>S00<3>SS0<3>0S0<3>0SS<2>07SEES<3>SES<3>SEE<3>SSE<3>ESE<3>ESS<2>EHSKK\ S<2>QKSSKSSKQSKOSKMSKK<2>SQKSSKQSKOSKMSKKSK<2>KSQKSSKQSKOSKMS00G<3>G0G<3\
G00<3>GG0<3>0G0<3>0GG<2>04G88G<2>E8GG8GG8EG8CG8AG88<2>GE8GG8EG8CG8AG88G\ 8<2>8GE8GG8EG8CG8AGBBG<2>FBGGBGGBFGBDGBCGBB<2>GFBGGBFGBDGBCGBBGB<2>BGFBG\ GBFGBDGBCG000<6>000 }
test3 { ; Copyright Ron Barnett Jul 2005 t= 0:00:12.47 ; www.hiddendimension.com fractals@hiddendimension.com ; On a Pentium III(667) at 1280 x 1024 reset=2002 type=hypercomplex function=sqr center-mag=0/0/0.6666667 params=0/0/0/0.1 float=y maxiter=1024 inside=0 periodicity=0 sound=off colors=00000e0e00eee00e0eeL0eeeLLLLLzLzLLzzzLLzLzzzLzzz000555<3>HHHKKKOO\ O<3>ccchhhmmmssszzz00z<3>z0z<3>z00<3>zz0<3>0z0<3>0zz<2>0GzVVz<3>zVz<3>zV\ V<3>zzV<3>VzV<3>Vzz<2>Vbzhhz<3>zhz<3>zhh<3>zzh<3>hzh<3>hzz<2>hlz00S<3>S0\ S<3>S00<3>SS0<3>0S0<3>0SS<2>07SEES<3>SES<3>SEE<3>SSE<3>ESE<3>ESS<2>EHSKK\ S<2>QKSSKSSKQSKOSKMSKK<2>SQKSSKQSKOSKMSKKSK<2>KSQKSSKQSKOSKMS00G<3>G0G<3\
G00<3>GG0<3>0G0<3>0GG<2>04G88G<2>E8GG8GG8EG8CG8AG88<2>GE8GG8EG8CG8AG88G\ 8<2>8GE8GG8EG8CG8AGBBG<2>FBGGBGGBFGBDGBCGBB<2>GFBGGBFGBDGBCGBBGB<2>BGFBG\ GBFGBDGBCG000<6>000 }
test4 { ; Copyright Ron Barnett Jul 2005 t= 0:00:18.07 ; www.hiddendimension.com fractals@hiddendimension.com ; On a Pentium III(667) at 1280 x 1024 reset=2002 type=hypercomplex function=sqr center-mag=0/0/0.6666667 params=0/0/0.1/0.1 float=y maxiter=1024 inside=0 periodicity=0 sound=off colors=00000e0e00eee00e0eeL0eeeLLLLLzLzLLzzzLLzLzzzLzzz000555<3>HHHKKKOO\ O<3>ccchhhmmmssszzz00z<3>z0z<3>z00<3>zz0<3>0z0<3>0zz<2>0GzVVz<3>zVz<3>zV\ V<3>zzV<3>VzV<3>Vzz<2>Vbzhhz<3>zhz<3>zhh<3>zzh<3>hzh<3>hzz<2>hlz00S<3>S0\ S<3>S00<3>SS0<3>0S0<3>0SS<2>07SEES<3>SES<3>SEE<3>SSE<3>ESE<3>ESS<2>EHSKK\ S<2>QKSSKSSKQSKOSKMSKK<2>SQKSSKQSKOSKMSKKSK<2>KSQKSSKQSKOSKMS00G<3>G0G<3\
G00<3>GG0<3>0G0<3>0GG<2>04G88G<2>E8GG8GG8EG8CG8AG88<2>GE8GG8EG8CG8AG88G\ 8<2>8GE8GG8EG8CG8AGBBG<2>FBGGBGGBFGBDGBCGBB<2>GFBGGBFGBDGBCGBBGB<2>BGFBG\ GBFGBDGBCG000<6>000 }
-----Original Message----- From: fractdev-bounces+fractals=hiddendimension.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:fractdev-bounces+fractals=hiddendimension.com@mailman.xmission.c om]On Behalf Of Jonathan Osuch Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:46 PM To: Fractint Developer's List Subject: Re: [Fractdev] Couple of probable Fractint errors Gerald,
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Symmetry is one of those parameters that is very difficult to unset. Using the <INSERT> key, which resets Fractint, is one way. If not the only way, without restarting Fractint.
Unless I'm mistaken, "<g> symmetry=none <ENTER>" should work too, right?
Actually, that doesn't unset it. It does turn symmetry off for all subsequently generated fractals, but that isn't always what is wanted. To have symmetry function normally, it is necessary to restart Fractint, either with <INSERT> or by exiting and starting fresh. What we should see in the current hypercomplex example is: xj = 0.1 appears symmetrical, but doesn't use symmetry to calculate xk = 0.1 uses symmetry xj = xk = 0.1 is not symmetrical The reason for this is that a value in xj turns off the xaxis symmetry. Jonathan _______________________________________________ Fractdev mailing list Fractdev@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractdev