This page serves as an archive of known issues of LifeViewer which cannot be fixed due to limitations of the hardware and/or browser LifeViewer is being run on.
The period map generated by Identify can sometimes appear blurry.
This is caused by the browser scaling the LifeViewer window.
This only occurs when "Scale" (see Help > Info) is at a non-integer value.
This occurs when the bounding box of the oscillator in question is not large enough for the "no grid, but with a thick border" period map style to be used, but is too thick for the "with a grid" style to be displayed without being slightly rescaled, introducing undesirable blurring.
On hexagonal and triangular grids, cells of the exact same or similar colors directly adjacent to each other may render small gaps between each other, which are most visible for non-integer zoom levels.
These may be incredibly subtle depending on the hardware and software used - it may be advisable to take a screenshot and paste it into an image editor and flood fill in order to reveal these borders.
hexagons
triangles
x = 11, y = 11, rule = //3H
6A$A5BA$AB4ABA$ABA3BABA$ABAB2ABABA$ABABABABABA$.ABAB2ABABA$2.ABA3BABA
$3.AB4ABA$4.A5BA$5.6A!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ ZOOM 15.8 GRID OFF COLOR 1 Red COLOR 2 Red THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 4 WIDTH 600 HEIGHT 600 ]]
For objects made out of triangles, small lumps may protrude from straight surfaces, especially for non-integer zoom levels. This may be difficult to see, as the lumps stay roughly the same size regardless of zoom level.
x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3/S23L
bo$3o$4o$b4o$2b4o$3b4o$4b4o$5b4o$6b3o$7bo!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ GRID OFF ZOOM 5.3 ]]
Hexagonal and triangular cells can appear to slightly overlap with each other visually when the pattern is running. This does not happen to anywhere near the same extent for square cells or those displayed as rectangular.
In some rulespaces, attempting to make edits near the very edge of the grid can cause glitchy effects.
This is due to insufficient memory on the device when using large patterns with a large range.
For the following test case, enter the Select or Draw menu, and then attempt to make a selection or start drawing anywhere, inside or outside of the playable region. There will be a lag spike, and then the corner of the playable region will be visually replaced by boundary cells instead. Using Select All in this state will cause many buttons to disappear.
x = 1, y = 1, rule = R1,C2,S2-3,B3
o!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ MAXGRIDSIZE 14 X -8192 Y -8192 ]]