lifeviewer bug

[squareroot12621]

This is a big problem for weighted HROT rules.

There's seems a bug here:

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x = 0, y = 0, rule = R2,C2,S2-3,B3,136,NW8888881118810188111888888
5o$5o$2ob2o$5o$5o!

There're 136 neighbors in the weighted neighborhood, but LifeViewer says the maximum neighbors a cell can have is 8.

"8" actually means -8, because you're using one signed hexadecimal digit. Here's a fixed version:

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x = 0, y = 0, rule = R2,C2,S2-3,B3,136,NW08080808080801010108080100010808010101080808080808
5o$5o$2ob2o$5o$5o!

[b-engine]

There's a good chance that you can't use the pan function on mobile (maybe also happens in other touchscreen devices). When you tap somewhere in the viewer window, it seems to be like holding the "cursor".

This seems to be like holding mouse over a button

Screenshot_2024-04-04-14-16-06-42_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12.jpg (73.99 KiB) Viewed 237 times

This had frustrated me for a long time, while the bug seems to haven't been noticed by someone else yet.

EDIT: Had anyone noticed that this post yet?

[rowett]

There's a good chance that you can't use the pan function on mobile (maybe also happens in other touchscreen devices). When you tap somewhere in the viewer window, it seems to be like holding the "cursor".

I can't reproduce this.

What device are you using?
Which browser and version?
Anyone else seeing this issue?

[b-engine]

What device are you using?
Which browser and version?
Anyone else seeing this issue?

Realme C55
Google Chrome version 123.0.6312.99

I haven't any other mobile devices, so I don't know if anyone else suffering from this issue.

[rowett]

Realme C55
Google Chrome version 123.0.6312.99

I haven't any other mobile devices, so I don't know if anyone else suffering from this issue.

Thanks for the data. Let's see if anyone else has the issue.

[b-engine]

Managed to capture that bug then sent it as compressed file (as I can't send it as mp4).
I wonder if you can see any problem...

LifeViewerMobilebug.zip

(2.5 MiB) Downloaded 3 times

[Cyclotrons]

Lifeviewer currently throws an error when trying to view the patterns in this post, despite previously being able to do so with no problem.

[confocaloid]

Lifeviewer currently throws an error when trying to view the patterns in this post, despite previously being able to do so with no problem.

Here is the first snippet from the linked post, modified to replace the long rulestring with "example" both in the RLE header and in the appended @RULE header. It works. I believe the reason why there is an error in your post is because the specified rulename doesn't follow conventions for rulenames that are explained on the page https://golly.sourceforge.io/Help/formats.html#rulename

Fixing rulenames to follow conventions should fix the problem.

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#B1.;1;0.;8.;3;3.;2;4/B2.;2a;0.5e;1e;2i.6a;1.6i;1c/1T2.;0;2e/S1.;4i;0/S2.;0;2,3
x = 48, y = 64, rule = example
46.2B$47.B6$45.2B$46.B2$36.2BA$38.B$38.B4$5.2B14.2B7.2BA$5.B11.2BA2.B
9.B$7.2B10.B12.B$8.B13.2B$18.B.B2.2B$10.2B8.2B$11.B9.B$31.BA$29.B2.B$
5.2B25.B$6.B5.B2.2A8.B$11.B.B10.2B$6.B5.2B.A.B$6.2B9.2B10.B$3.B11.B
12.2B$3.2B.2B.2B6.A$6.B2.B5.2B$18.2B$17.2B4.A2BA$14.B5.2B$7.2B4.2B5.B
.B.B2.B$2B6.B3.B8.2B3.2B$B4.2B3.2B14.B$6.2B.2B$3.2B20.2A$4.2B13.B3.B
4.B$19.2A.2B3.2B$27.B2.B$21.2B.2A3.2B$15.2B4.B$15.A2B3$33.2B$34.B2$
10.B21.BA$10.2B9$40.2B$40.2B!

@RULE example

Full Rulestring:
B1.;1;0.;8.;3;3.;2;4/B2.;2a;0.5e;1e;2i.6a;1.6i;1c/1T2.;0;2e/S1.;4i;0/S2.;0;2,3

@TREE
num_states=3
num_neighbors=8
num_nodes=129
1 0 0 0
1 1 0 0
2 0 1 0
2 1 0 0
1 0 2 2
2 0 0 4
3 2 3 5
2 0 0 0
3 3 7 7
1 0 0 2
1 2 0 0
2 9 10 9
3 5 7 11
4 6 8 12
3 7 7 7
2 10 0 0
3 7 7 15
4 8 14 16
2 0 0 9
2 0 0 10
2 4 0 9
3 18 19 20
3 19 7 7
2 9 0 0
3 20 7 23
4 21 22 24
5 13 17 25
2 1 10 10
3 27 15 15
4 28 14 14
4 14 14 14
5 29 30 30
2 0 10 9
2 9 0 9
3 32 15 33
3 33 7 23
4 34 14 35
3 23 7 7
4 35 14 37
5 36 30 38
6 26 31 39
3 27 7 7
3 15 7 7
4 41 42 42
5 43 30 30
1 0 1 0
2 45 0 0
3 7 46 7
4 14 47 14
2 0 0 1
3 7 7 49
4 14 14 50
2 0 1 1
3 7 49 52
4 14 50 53
5 48 51 54
3 7 52 2
4 14 53 56
5 30 54 57
6 44 55 58
3 32 7 33
4 60 42 35
5 61 30 38
3 7 2 7
4 37 56 63
5 38 57 64
6 62 58 65
7 40 59 66
3 3 15 15
4 68 14 14
4 42 14 14
5 69 70 70
2 0 45 0
3 72 7 7
4 73 14 50
5 30 74 54
6 71 75 58
5 30 51 54
3 49 7 3
4 50 14 78
5 51 30 79
3 52 3 3
4 53 78 81
5 54 79 82
6 77 80 83
3 2 3 7
4 56 81 85
5 57 82 86
6 58 83 87
7 76 84 88
3 18 15 33
4 90 14 35
5 91 70 38
6 92 58 65
4 63 85 14
5 64 86 94
6 65 87 95
7 93 88 96
8 67 89 97
4 8 42 42
5 99 70 70
6 100 77 58
6 75 80 83
7 101 102 88
6 55 80 83
4 14 63 14
5 30 105 30
4 78 14 8
5 79 30 107
6 80 106 108
4 81 8 8
5 82 107 110
6 83 108 111
7 104 109 112
4 85 8 14
5 86 110 114
6 87 111 115
7 88 112 116
8 103 113 117
3 18 7 33
4 119 42 35
5 120 70 38
6 121 58 65
7 122 88 96
5 94 114 30
6 95 115 124
7 96 116 125
8 123 117 126
9 98 118 127

[rowett]

Lifeviewer currently throws an error when trying to view the patterns in this post, despite previously being able to do so with no problem.

Fixed, thanks for reporting!

[b-engine]

Sometimes you can't copy a pattern out of forums LifeViewer. This had frustrated me recently.

EDIT: I can't get the condition for the bug to happen.

[rowett]

Sometimes you can't copy a pattern out of forums LifeViewer. This had frustrated me recently.

I'm sorry you're frustrated.

When reporting an issue you need to be specific and ideally provide a set of repeatable steps that demonstrates the issue.

[b-engine]

Now LifeViewer always can't save patterns. And LifeViewer seems always unable to copy selection into clipboard (at least using default settings).

EDIT: Now the buttons in the settings are useless.