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   Luca told/led me to use OllyDGB  (Olly Debug) for disassembly/ coding/ reassembly.  Basically you copy / binary paste into OllyDBG to see the code and copy it to notepad, and check it in OllyDBG (or just do it in OllyDBG if it's a small enough segment- but I like writing in notepad more). 

  If I had a decent fraps type of software I'd make a video of it for the community.... but I don't.  Maybe Skype (desktop) with someone who does who will edit out my brain malfunctions... and save them for an outtakes reel. 

 
  Something I'd like to see implemented is 3d arrays of fractal data stored, with variable resolution depending on local DE.  This would speed up calculation as parts far from the fractal (after first DE is loaded at Viewer position) wouldn't recalculate DE, and would just access the data array for the first lower resolution jumps towards the fractal.

  Not only that, we could apply changes to just certain parts of the fractal without recalculating the whole thing.  3Dickulus and I already implemented a prototype of this in Fragmentarium, but I ran into array size limitations on my 9 year old GPU so stopped work on it (it's still just a function that needs to be recalled for every new calculation, so you run into a LOT of slowdown as you increase the number of transforms applied).

  There aren't array size limitations for the CPU though (well, ones that we'd have to worry about), so being able to mold the fractal on the fly would be cool.

  Here is an old demo that 3Dickulus made of the code (doesn't do much at this point but move around the bulb- never wrote a lot of code to use with it, although some new code that I wrote might work with it well....):

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/mQzi0LuG3yo&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/mQzi0LuG3yo&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>

   Basically, if we could store stuff in an array, we could apply (mathematical) changes to specific parts of the fractal.   

My only humble request would be diffuse map by formula and/or iteration. Perhaps a diffuse map masking feature if that would be easier. Good luck with the project!

This sounds fantastic... And enormously time consuming! The one question I have is if it's possible to make it easily compailable for Windows, Linux and Mac? That would broaden the user base very much and make away with half working wrappers!

Also keep Andreas great mutagen!

Am very grateful to those prepared to spend time doing this.
For the new one, would be nice if the name included reference to the originsl as a tribute to those who gave us what we have had before. Mandelbulb 3d Phoenix perhaps!
Hope the non maths people will be also be remembered as many of us use it for art thesedays. This includes not abbreviating formula names etc, and insuring the 'i' isnt only mathematical in reference.
I am a heavy user of lightmaps and heightmaps. Would love to be able to bring in fully 3d objects to interact with fractals. Also be good if someone can develop a simple way for those ignorant of such things to translate a 3D object into a useful heightmap withiut having to know Blender.
I love the current options for light maps to wrap or not etc. so leave those alone or only add to them.
Sliders instead of setting actual values all the time (unkess you want to) is great in Navigator.  Good to be able to set Far Plane but what about near plane to cut obscuring bits and oieces rather than use Cutting (which can be a challenge if everything is out of alignment. Also like Mutagen.
Also can the current MB3D version remain available into the future to mark those who went before.
Great thanks again. Its a pity the past developers have copped so much flack for all their time spent freely. Hope all can remain positive and supportive this time.

Fantastic news that made my day   
I also think that it is the best idea to rewrite the whole thing in a compatible manner and using the knowledge about algorithms from Mandelbulb 3D.
Thank you for your initiative. Hope this new baby will evolve and grow.
Good luck on your way M4D 

Quote from Fractal Lab - sub.blue
Mandelbulb3D a Windows based app with a huge number of formula options and features. It doesn't use the GPU and so is much slower to render but doesn't have the floating point single precision limit of the GPU renderers, which means you can zoom in much deeper.

One apreciated feature of MB3D that seem to be forgotten: deferred rendering which makes it possible to change coloring ...etc. very fast.

Good luck!