Closed xparq closed 9 months ago
OK, the weird old Skewed
mode made no sense after all (being based on a misunderstanding (-> #65) to begin with...), so that value (i.e.: 2, possibly surviving in various saved states) has been
Hyperbolic
, and now (also) used for (different) testing. (Will probably become the default hyperbolic mode in the future!)
Experimental
was also considered (with "officially undefined" behavior), but rejected for the unresolvable confusion it would cause between different snapshot versions, i.e. the inability to load old versions with the same old (experimental) behavior ever again.
-> Well, this rejection also means that it has just been given a name, to pretend it's not experimental, and that it will be retained in the code for as long as that old mode value will be supported... The issue being that the old Normal
mode (= 1) is effectively equivalent with this new one, but slower... Both mean the same, but only one should survive -- and that should be the other (old) one, with many more existing saved snapshots...
-> Saving/loading experimental properties should still be supported, but without any compatibility guarantees between versions! (#529)Realistic
option (which doesn't really work yet: #525).
Mainly to support #65. (See also the gravity strength slider: #175.)