FractalPeaks is a 3-dimensional fractal explorer for Windows.
System Requirements
- .Net Framework v1.1
- Managed DirectX 9
Features
- Total freedom to explore 3D fractal landscape
- Various fractal types, including the Mandelbrot set
- Zoom in over 1,000,000,000,000,000 times
- Adjustable iteration limits
- Adjustable resolution
- Intuitive user interface
- Takes full advantage of 3D graphics hardware
- Freeware (friendly emails appreciated!)
Hints
- You can use the standard FPS keyboard controls W S A D to move around
- To increase speed you can:
- Decrease fractal resolution - press F2 a few times
- Decrease screen resolution - resize the window
- Decrease the maximum number of iterations - press F3
- Close, or at least minimise, other running programs
Possible future changes
- user-defined colours
- user-defined fractal equations
- save (and load) location
- animated zooming out
- enhanced surroundings
- full-screen mode
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News
6-Mar-2005
Created FractalPeaks installer that takes care of checking for and installing .Net and DirectX.
28-Feb-2005
Updated the system requirements to make clear that you need to install the managed extensions of DirectX 9.
27-Feb-2005
Initial v0.1 release
Download
FractalPeaks installer
Installer version 0.1 (3 MB).
FractalPeaks zip only
Zip version 0.1 (14 kB).
Zip requires prior install of:
.Net Framework v1.1 - can be obtained from WindowsUpdate.
DirectX 9 with managed extensions (Dec 2004 release) - see how to install managed DirectX
The Small Print
It's freeware. It may be used and distributed freely.