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The Master Control panel is the first thing that appears when you start Cellular Explorer. It contains controls to access all the various windows, control the display, and the main controls for your automaton.

The Window Menu:
This menu is in the upper-left hand corner, and has controls to open all the windows except the main display and the new automaton controls.

The Display menu: This menu allows you to change the display mode of the main display.(see Display Modes)

The "New" Button: Opens the new automaton controls. This creates a new automaton and opens the main display.

The "Play/Pause" button: This button starts and stops the automaton.

The Speed slider: This control sets the speed of the running automaton. The highest speed is at the left, and the lowest speed is at the right.

The "Step" button: This button steps the automaton forward by a single generation.

The "Cell Info" button: This button opens the Cell Information viewer. The Cell Information viewer shows detailed information about each cell.

The Wrap Edges control: By selecting "Wrap-X" and/or "Wrap-Y", you can control how the edges of the automaton are handled. "Wrap-X" makes patterns on the left and right hand edges wrap around to the other side. If not selected the left and right edges are treated as state 0 walls. "Wrap-Y" makes patterns on the top and bottom edges wrap around to the other side. If not
selected the top and bottom edges are treated as state 0 walls.

The Magnification setting: This slider allows you to control the size cells are displayed at. The default is 5 pixels/side. It can be set as small as one pixel/cell, or as large as 30x30.

Automaton rule settings: These settings allow you to control the general behaviour of the automaton/ automata by setting general rules.

The Boredom(1) rule means that if the automaton stagnates in such a way that its state remains 
unchanged for the number of generations you specify, the automaton's state will randomize.

the Boredom(2) rule means that if the automaton stagnates in such a way that it changes back and forth 
between two states every other generation for the number of generations you specify, the automaton's
state will randomize. 

The Compass chaos rule randomizes the direction settings of every cell that has a direction setting
each time the number of generations you specify has passed.