FORM06 package is now bundled with Borlands DOS extender There is a Windows version WFORM.

EXE new command line options General -yield (used in WFORM only ,FORM yields more often) -memscr renders for to a memory "screen" from where it can then be saved for text screen implementations. New save options -png save screen in PNG format -DXF:2 save as Hierachical DXF format -VRML save a vrml .wrl file -VOL save .vol files suitable for Lviewer -accurateExtents (on by default) should give slightly larger pic tures New Evolution options -zoomsamples -fitPoints -fitQuality -sined Mutation Options -steer Language Changes JOIN - "Shape join 3" is exactly as "Shape & Shape & Shape" Can now specify ranges for mutation - eg "{ -10 7 20 }" meaning VALUE starts at 7 and can go as low as -10 or upto 20.

FORM05 VESA driver now required for 256 colours @ 320x200 and 16 colours @800x6 00 EVOLUTION has caused me forms to look tell me). And aka TWEENING aka MORPHING. This is the BIG new feature that so much trouble and in turn caused most of your slightly different (any wildly different forms please also caused most of the bugs that you'll see.

CONST keyword for reals; REAL VARIABLES e.g. a = 10; PROBLEM in parsing "- 1" and "-1" as different see problem.doc BRACKETS should be better. SCALE has changed (slightly) again. BEND of -ve numbers is now much more similar to BEND +ve numbers. Virtually everything now accepts reals, and behaves accordingly, you can now have 2.5 spheres stacked on each other! all transforms start at the 1st object eg "sphere stack 1 bend 60" will!. grow centered has changed for consitency, the old one is available as form4 centered. web has also changed slightly, the old one (or a close approximation) is available as form4 web. ".." as in "delete 1 .. 4" is now "to" as in "delete 1 to 4" command line options -zoom uniform zoom when evolving on by default.

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-pray pray output (broke) -aa anti-alias on save to gif (halve the picture size too) -to= sets the finish point for an evolutionary series -frames=# sets the number of frames in an evolutionary series -frames=#+ the last frame is the second form, (for doing a single sequence) otherwise it's the frame before (for doing loops) on screen previews inc lude the -sf= -ef= -frm -base= -angle ":" , i.e. -frames=10 and -frames:10 are identical. LANGUAGE brackets can now appear at the start of an object! stack modifiers eg bend twist grow now start at the 1st object unless modifed by "form4" e.g. "form4 bend". original objects can now be removed from a small stack, e.g. sphere & sphere stack 1 only gives 1 sphere const #, this number will not be mutated, but should be evolvabl e variables, one variable controls two stacks/fans etc! e.g. "a = 10; sphere stack a; end;" also can have consts "a = const 10; ...." "scale" in webs is now "web length" and moved to after the webbing number so "anObj web 5 with anotherObj scale(10) 3 " is now "anObj web 5 with anotherObj 3 web length 10" "web" has changed slightly, if you have a "web with obj 1" the web now appears on the edge instead of in the middle, to get the old one use "form4 web" The conversion program should do this for you. the "_" has been removed from the modified grows e.g. "powered_grow" is now "powered grow" centered grow has changed in it's implementation the old one is available by "form4 centered grow". The conversion program should do this for you. ".." as in "delete 1 .. 2" is now to as in "delete 1 to 4" Now need brackets to specify sizes for primitives e.g. "torus0.5, 1.6" is now "torus (0.5, 1.6)" FORM04 There have been no changes to the language at all. BEWARE: I have been dogged by an erratic crashing bug that I second form if no frames= specified sets the start frame (skips the first # frames) sets the last frames to output optionally save frm files for each frame sets the basic output name for files output is now saved rotated is now a substitute separator for command line options

still havent been able to track down. I am releasing this version because I'm getting fed up with looking for it. Everything new is described in mutations.doc FORM03 BEWARE since SCALE has changed it's implementation you will need your previous version of FORM to recreate your pictures without editing. Copy relevant new lines from sstools.inx to your sstools.ini. I don't think there are any. You will need to change all objects named "spacer" to something else, as this is now an inbuilt object. Beware, SCALE has now changed its meaning. rummy@snaffle.demon.co.uk Andrew Rowbottom