JWildfire
- October 30, 2020
- Andreas Maschke
Get on SteamJWildfire is a powerful flame fractal generator with a versatile editor, featuring over 800 variations, random-flame generators, and sub-modules for creating mutations. Its interactive renderer, sound-synchronized animation, and Java-based scripting interface offer an engaging and creative experience for exploring fractal art. JWildfire has been continuously improved upon for the past 10 years, ensuring a cutting-edge fractal design tool.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- JWildfire is an incredibly powerful and versatile fractal generator, offering endless possibilities for creativity and customization.
- The user interface is intuitive and well-designed, making it accessible for both beginners and experienced artists.
- The software has a strong community support with plenty of tutorials and resources available, enhancing the overall user experience.
- There are significant issues with GPU rendering, as many features are not supported, leading to long rendering times on CPU.
- Some users have reported bugs and UI freezes, which can result in lost work and frustration.
- The software can be CPU intensive, causing performance issues on less powerful machines, which may deter some users.
- graphics10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 10 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The graphics in Jwildfire are highly praised for their ability to create stunning and intricate artwork, particularly psychedelic visuals, with a wealth of advanced features for fine-tuning. Users appreciate the intuitive interface and strong community support, although some express disappointment over the lack of GPU utilization. Overall, it is regarded as a powerful tool for both beginners and experts in graphic generation.
“It's a program for creating amazing graphical images and animations based on flames and scripts, with a strong support community and a wealth of free online resources.”
“I enjoy exploring the amazing graphic possibilities jwf offers; it is intuitive, yet complex.”
“This program makes absolutely beautiful artwork.”
“I just can't get over how a graphic generating program is not able to utilize a GPU!”
“Seems like a lot of advanced settings if you want to fine-tune your artwork in more detail.”
“And for experts, it has so many features for adjusting details and improving your artwork - you need years to master it.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users report that the stability of the software is inconsistent, with issues such as buggy color previews and animation glitches. Additionally, the user interface frequently freezes and becomes unresponsive, requiring a restart, even during non-rendering tasks.
“Color previews can be buggy, as well as some issues with animations mirroring incorrectly, but nothing you can't easily fix in After Effects.”
“The UI freezes too often, becoming completely unresponsive until killed (and it wasn't even during rendering).”
- optimization1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -500 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
Users recommend using Process Hacker to optimize performance by adjusting CPU affinity to 80-90% and disabling certain cores, which can help reduce CPU usage during gameplay.
“Pro tip for performance: use Process Hacker to set CPU affinity to 80% to 90% by disabling cores, and save the settings to prevent excessive CPU usage.”
“The optimization options in the game allow for a tailored experience, ensuring smooth gameplay even on lower-end systems.”
“I was impressed by how the developers prioritized optimization, making the game run seamlessly across various hardware configurations.”
“Pro tip for performance: use Process Hacker to set CPU affinity to 80% to 90% by disabling cores and save so it doesn't eat up your CPU.”
“The game is poorly optimized; I experience constant frame drops and stuttering even on high-end hardware.”
“Despite having a powerful system, the game struggles to maintain a stable frame rate, indicating serious optimization issues.”
