## Changes

### Changes in version 1.3 (released December 2020)

- A new Super algorithm has been added.
- The Larger than Life algorithm now supports HROT format rules, B0 emulation and many new neighborhoods including weighted and custom neighborhoods.
- The maximum number of characters in a rule string has been increased from 500 to 2000.
- Fixed link to Rule Table Repository in Help > Online Archives.
- Fixed paste bug that prevented rule from being changed even if universe was empty.
- Updated the Life Lexicon to release 29.

### Changes in version 1.2 (released October 2017)

- Golly has a new algorithm that supports the Larger than Life family of rules.
- Added support for MAP rules to QuickLife, HashLife and Generations.
- QuickLife and HashLife now support non-totalistic rules. A number of interesting examples can be found in the new Patterns/Non-Totalistic folder.
- The Generations algorithm now supports Hex, Von Neumann and non-totalistic Moore neighborhoods.
- The Life Lexicon has had a major update.
- The Banks, Codd, Devore, and JvN folders have moved into a new top-level "Self-Rep" folder, to emphasize their common focus on self-replication.
- Rendering speed is faster in most cases.
- Files with extensions .colors or .icons are no longer supported.
- The Fit button will fit the paste image in the viewport if the current pattern is empty.
- The action menu has a new Fit item that will fit the current selection in the viewport.
- Double-tapping the paste image now stops generating (the same as tapping the Paste button).
- Fixed an undo/reset bug that could occur if there was a rule change at the starting generation.
- Fixed minor problems with status bar messages.
- Major reorganization of source code so that the iOS and Android versions of Golly can share common code.
- This version requires iOS 8.0 or later.

### Changes in version 1.1 (released June 2013)

- This version introduces a new rule format. A file in the new format has a .rule extension and contains all the information about the rule: its name, description, table/tree data, and any color/icon information. More details can be found here.
- The RuleTable and RuleTree algorithms have been replaced by a new algorithm called RuleLoader.
- If the Paste button sees clipboard text starting with "@RULE rulename" then it will save the text as Documents/Rules/rulename.rule and switch to that rule.
- When the Rule dialog is switched to the RuleLoader algorithm it will display links to all the .rule files in Documents/Rules/ and to the supplied .rule files. Any deprecated files (.table or .tree or .colors or .icons) are automatically converted to .rule files and then deleted.
- Icons can be displayed at scales 1:8, 1:16 and 1:32 by turning on the "Show icons" option in either the Settings tab or the Pattern tab's state picker window.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Undo/Redo buttons to be incorrectly enabled/disabled after tapping STOP.
- The Open tab has READ and EDIT links that let you display or change the contents of pattern files. Only files stored in the Documents folder can be edited.
- After tapping on a DELETE link you now get a warning dialog asking if you really want to delete the corresponding file.
- The size of text in the Help tab has been increased.
- Added support for file sharing using iTunes. More details here.

### Version 1.0 released August 2012