Version 4.0 released

Diff to v4.0.0-beta:

Added

• engine: support for dynamic simulation parameter zones, barriers and particle sources: they can move with a fixed velocity
• engine: different cell colorings: according to mutants, according to standard cell color, none
• engine: different shapes for radiation sources
• engine: geometry presets for phenotypes
• engine: mutation types added: uniform color mutation and geometry mutation
• engine: energy pump system for constructors
• engine: attacker cells can be configured to attack only cells already targeted by nearby sensors
• engine: attacker strength can be dependent on the size of its genome to which it belongs
• engine: same mutants can be protected by each others attacks
• engine: muscle cells can directly control the relative direction of movements via their activities
• engine: balancing of maximum age per color depending on the population size
• gui/statistics: additional plots for self-replicators, viruses and total energy
• gui/browser: user list added: showing online status, gpu model (if approved), time spent, stars
• gui/browser: toggle 'community creation' in simulation browser
• gui/browser: version validation for simulation files
• gui/help: getting started window supplemented by additional sections (basic notions, examples, simulation parameters, editing tools, FAQ)
• gui/view: mouse wheel support for zooming
• gui/view: automatically scale all window sizes according to OS content scale
• gui/genome editor: support for geometry presets and allow modify angles and connections
• gui/mass operations: coloring cells in genomes
• gui/simulation parameters, genome editor, inspection: tooltips for almost all fields added
• gui/simulation parameters: parameters for configuring new features (attacker can destroy other cells, sensor targeting for attackers, same mutant protection, genome size bonus, ...)

Changed

• engine: more realistic collision algorithm between cells and barriers
• engine: insertion mutation treats inserts to sub-genomes equally likely
• gui/global: if OS=Windows: settings are saved to the Windows registry
• gui/view: better zooming experience: make continuous zoom speed of the computational workload
• gui/browser: all example are available as non-community creations in the browser
• gui/inspection: genome tab extended and new layout used
• new startup simulation featuring sensor-equipped consumer and plant ecosystem

Removed

• simulation files in folder 'examples' removed (they are available in the sim browser instead)
• simulation parameter 'Same color energy distribution' for attackers removed

Fixed

• display an error message if GPU memory allocation failed and allow to continue
• fixed wrong parameter calculation in case of overlapping parameter zones
• plots for accumulated and averaged values have been corrected
• loopholes and timeout bug for completeness check fixed
• fetching simulation list optimized
• unwanted conversion to lower case in input fields removed