Adding formulas from MB3D and others?

[cKleinhuis]

yay, darkbeam is back, he updated the formulas in this thread:
http://www.fractalforums.com/mandelbulb-3d/custom-formulas-and-transforms-release-t17106/


nice to have new formulas, what about a dedicated project to transform ALL mandelbulb3d formulas to a readable/editable mandelbulber formula forma ? go go go

[DarkBeam]

Omg ALL? 

No but almost all have readable editable source (pseudocode) if you read formula info!

[cKleinhuis]

Omg ALL? 

haha, even more!

the formula description might be used in near future for conversions, so keep them along

[Snicker02]

It would be so cool if the MB3D formulas were adapted for mandelbulber!!!!!

[youhn]

I'm already hacking the source for custom formulas, so I might be of help. Just a few notes:

- My coding skills are a little better than a script kiddie, but I'm no programmer
- Currently only replacing formulas, not really adding new ones
- Have not contacted Buddhi with this idea yet

So no real obstacles I guess.

\me sending message

[DarkBeam]

You can add the 3D mandelbrots to begin - Coded a whole lot of them

Easy and fast job

Consider also those folders. I was overwhelmed by that many formulas but if you are brave!

http://www.chaospro.de/formulas/database.php?path=/Compiler/Benesi/&sort=2&sorder=a&PHPSESSID=82c2f04098973b1cfa8ae2cfe9be2231

Matthew may have some new ones to share ask him

[cKleinhuis]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, i think it would be nice to have an include mechanism in mandelbulber formulas, reducing most of the redundand code, but this should be adressed in the mandelbulber threads

[DarkBeam]

I just splitted the topic using my dark magic 

[zebastian]

Hi, i am helping buddhi every now and then with the new mandelbulber version.

There is already an importer for old mandelbulber settings, which maps every property to the new program.

https://code.google.com/p/mandelbulber2/source/browse/trunk/mandelbulber2/src/old_settings.cpp

If someone with knowledge of both mb3d and mandelbulber, would be able to write an import routine, we could include this as an import option (and probably as an export option too).

[DarkBeam]

There won't be a routine because mb3d formulas are specially coded

[zebastian]

There won't be a routine because mb3d formulas are specially coded

I just looked in some mb3d code files.
I see now, well there seems to be no way to make this automated compatible.

[cKleinhuis]

it has to be hand coded yes, an include system could be also helpful, but transforming the formulas to a readable glsl syntax is going to be very productive in the far future

[taurus]

There is already an importer for old mandelbulber settings, which maps every property to the new program.
https://code.google.com/p/mandelbulber2/source/browse/trunk/mandelbulber2/src/old_settings.cpp
If someone with knowledge of both mb3d and mandelbulber, would be able to write an import routine, we could include this as an import option (and probably as an export option too).

I'd be grateful, if - first of all - the importer for old params would work properly. Lately I tried and it imported fractal parameters only, a thing that is easiely transported by hand. The tricky part, the Camera settings were nan. Even a reset of camera and angles led to nothing but blank screen and insane values for the Camera. IMHO this is no import, it's a joke.

[Buddhi]

I'd be grateful, if - first of all - the importer for old params would work properly. Lately I tried and it imported fractal parameters only, a thing that is easiely transported by hand. The tricky part, the Camera settings were nan. Even a reset of camera and angles led to nothing but blank screen and insane values for the Camera. IMHO this is no import, it's a joke.

Could you send me one of files which you can't import? I will try to improve import function. It works in most of cases but not in every.

[taurus]

Could you send me one of files which you can't import? I will try to improve import function. It works in most of cases but not in every.

to be honest, I didn't find one that imports propperly and I chose five or six randomly. Allways the camera slot shows nan regardless if I check old camera model or not. I'll prepare some, when I'm back from work...