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- Fractal Fly
All Fractal Fly content is now free!
You can now access all content without restriction (no more need to pay). And if you're happy with Fractal Fly, you can donate in app ("donate" button in main menu)
Announcement - Fractal Fly
Play your own music in Fractal Fly!
You can now play your own music files. Supported formats: - mp3 - ogg - wav - flac - aiff - aif - mod - it - s3m - xm
Announcement - Fractal Fly
Performance improvement and GPU compatibility fix
A new improvement in the rendering engine offers a gain around 10 to 15 percent in rendering time. - Prevent crash when running on integrated GPU. Also now a GPU compatibility test is done when launching, to display a m…
Announcement1 change1 numericCompatibility - Fractal Fly
Now available on Mac !
So nothing new this time on the PC side ːsteamsadː Just Fractal Fly now available on MacOS ! ːsteamhappyː (the flat-screen version, not the VR one)
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Fractal Fly
Performance fix, no more bloom in VR, add a setting for speed control
Performances were downgraded in previous version, it should now be fixed. - In VR, picture looks shimmered, like with oily glasses. It was the bloom effect that was added in flat screen and VR version. But as it's a cam…
Announcement1 changeFix - Fractal Fly
Enhanced rendering + a new free fractal!
Steam post image Steam post image Steam post image Steam post image Updated rendering engine: Add anti aliasing (custom made TAA) Add Bloom Reworked fog Reworked lighting (ambient occlusion) Add (triplannar) texturing.…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Fractal Fly
Fractal Fly update notes - v4.2023.07.09
Add an option to invert roll controls. - Controls inversion is now also available in VR. - Fix gamepad cursor that wasn't movable in horizontal direction when Fractal Fly was run in portrait mode.
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Fractal Fly
New controls in Fractal Fly! - v4.2023.06.04
This update is all about controls! There is mainly a new control mode, called "airplane", with it you can do loops and rolls. Also the standard/legacy mode (now called comfort mode) has been updated: No more need to pus…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Fractal Fly
Fractal Fly update notes - v3.2023.04.01
Fix display issue on Intel's integrated GPU (colors were all reddish and very saturated).
Announcement - Fractal Fly
Fractal Fly update notes - v3.2023.03.25
Optimization of "Mineral Sky" rendering time: - Average of 1.68 times faster in very high detail level. - Average of 1.47 times faster in high detail level. - Average of 1.22 times faster in good detail level. - Average…
Announcement - Fractal Fly
New stuff for Fractal Fly!
Fractal Fly has now a new UI, the old one was very rough and needed a big polish ! And moreover, this update comes with a new fractal! Here is a video to see how it looks:
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Fractal Fly
Fractal Fly update notes - v2.2022.08.27
Main modifications: - Improve rendering quality at low res: In Fractal Fly internal resolution gets automatically lower if graphic card isn't rendering fast enough. In last month update rendering turned to be blurry, ro…
Announcement - Fractal Fly
First big update of Fractal Fly! - v2.2022.07.29
This is the first big update of Fractal Fly. You can take a look at this YouTube video to know more about this update: Here is a more detailed list of new features: - There is now a variable zoom level. - There is also…
Announcement1 changeUI/audio - Fractal Fly
Fractal Fly update notes - v1.2022.03.21
Fixes vertical ripples that appeared for some people with previous update.
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Fractal Fly update notes - v1.2022.03.20
Fixes incorrect image ratio that could happen in some cases in VR. - Sliders in settings pane are now far easier to manipulate in VR.
Announcement - Fractal Fly
Fractal Fly update notes - v1.2022.03.13
Fixes unwanted blue round corners that some people encounter in VR.
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