Found 7 records for the .MCL file extension name
There are 6 other file types using the MCL file extension:
.mcl - MultiEdit macro library
.mcl - Macro Command Language
.mcl - Multimedia Manager collection file
.mcl - MUSHclient world information file
.mcl - VectorWorks template
.mcl - Microsoft Media Center Application shortcut
file extension MCL - MCell Cellular Automaton file
File extension MCL description:
Also used by MCLife. MCL is a Cellular Automata file format introduced with MCLife 1.20, and continued in MCell. It's an ASCII format combining both Life 1.05 and RLE and introducing extensions necessary to store all MCell features. This file type represents different colored squares on a grid that change according to specified rules. Also known as a Cellular Automaton or CA.
Associated applications to file extension MCL:
Company / developer:
Mirek Wojtowicz (Miroslaw Wójtowicz)
What is MCell
Mirek's Cellebration (MCell) is a 32-bit Windows program whose main purpose is exploring existing and creating new rules and patterns of 1-D and 2-D Cellular Automata. Current version (4.00 Beta) supports 14 different Cellular Automata families: Life, Generations, Weighted Life, Vote for Life, Rules tables, Cyclic CA, 1-D totalistic CA, 1-D binary CA, General binary, Neumann binary, Larger than Life, Margolus, User DLLs, and Special rules. MCell supports different neighborhoods (Moore 8 and 9, von Neumann 4 and 5, Margolus, Hexagonal, neighborhood ranges, properties). Each family contains many built-in rules, for example well-known Conway's Life, HighLife, Day & Night, Long life, Diamoeba, Fredkin, Vote 4/5, Brian's Brain, Star Wars, RainZha, Swirl, HGlass, Midges, Sticks, Career, Venus, WireWorld, and many more. Many rules were never seen in any other software yet - they were discovered by the author (and his family) and MCell users. All rules are illustrated with carefully designed patterns.
MCell handles all popular formats of Cellular Automata patterns (Life 1.05, Life 1.06, RLE, dbLife, ProLife, XLife, MCLife, MCell and variations of the above), both from UNIX and DOS formats, what makes it a perfect tool for viewing large collections of Cellular Automata patterns available on the Internet.
MCell is open for extensions and plugins. Programmers can add new rules programming them as external DLLs. Automation interface allows writing plugins that offer another user interface, automate frequently repeated tasks, control the program, perform analysis, drive demos, etc. Automation interface offers unlimited possibilities.
MCell is free for non-commercial use. It's written in Borland Delphi 5.0.