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Rototubes_v3 — Description
This is an Apophysis script that makes flames like the one that you see in the preview or [link]

It's based on the principles taught in `Halcyon83 s rotational tutorial: [link] and `CygX1 's tube and wire tutorial:
[link]

I'd also like credit ~deepbluerenegade who gave me the idea to add the user input variables to make the script more versatile.

v2 bugs and fixes:
1. Added julian to forbidden variations in random tube generator to avoid creating large "stubby" tube transforms with no modifying variations.

2. If the user is missing one of the required plugins, transform 2 will appear blank in flames where the plug-in would have been randomly selected. If the user doesn't want to use the 3 plug-ins, suitable variations can be manually added to the blank transforms where required.

v3 fixes:
3. Script guru Fred (Fracscient) from FracFan Forum helped me come up with a way to enable repeatedly running the script without crashing it. Thanks Fred!!!
4. Fred also helped me work out a way to convert the tube size and tube variable generating subroutines into functions. This allowed me to set these parameters independently for different transforms, which translates to more variety for you. I also added more possible tube sizes for even greater combinations.
5. For the accent transform (transform #2), I added some random numbers to the dimension parameters in order to add more variety to the batches.
6. Molly (aka ~deepbluerenegade ) pointed out a flaw in the loop that generates the rotated linear transforms. This has now been fixed and there is no longer a gap between the tube transforms and the rotated copies.
7. I added a "Tips and tricks" note to the zip file that includes a link to the required plug-ins as well as some
tips and tricks that I developed to help beginners (or those of you who are new to rotationals) make the most out of this script.

8. I created a new cover image using this version of the script (plus a few of the tweaks mentioned in my crib notes). For those who really liked the original cover image, fear not - I will eventually upload a higher res version.

Happy Fractaling everyone!