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by Jormungant
October 20th, 2026, 10:12 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits
Replies: 1449
Views: 1322857

Re: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits

new HFx266H using that new RL56B

x = 89, y = 77, rule = LifeHistory
7$38.2A$34.2A.A.A$35.A.A$35.A.2AB$34.2A.BAB$33.A2.2A2B$34.A.A.2B$33.
2A.A.3B3.B$31.A2.A.2A8B$31.2A.A.11B$34.A3.6B2A3B$34.2A2.6B2A3B3.B$38.
12B.2BA$37.15BA.A$37.2A12B.BA$37.2A12B$38.13B6.7B.B$40.12B5.13B.B$42.
13BD21B$42.14BD21BD ...
by Jormungant
October 16th, 2026, 11:41 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Still-life 'factories'
Replies: 350
Views: 283025

Re: Still-life 'factories'

g-to-fleet in that g-to-x, which is edgy.

x = 58, y = 43, rule = LifeHistory
2$11.4B$12.4B24.A.A$13.4B22.A.2A$14.4B19.3A$15.4B17.A3.5A$16.4B16.2A
2.A4.A$17.4B13.4B4.BAB.A$18.4B11.3B6.B2A.A$19.4B9.4B4.A4B.A.2A$20.4B
7.4B4.ABAB3.A.2A$21.4B5.4B5.A2BA2.2A$22.11B4.3B2A4.A$11.B2.2B5.13B.5B
6.A.A$10 ...
by Jormungant
October 13th, 2026, 12:01 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Gun Discussion Thread
Replies: 1020
Views: 495470

Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

p7363 prime gun with a peculiar mecanism... maybe there is a better geometry to use though.

x = 156, y = 92, rule = LifeHistory
27.4B39.2A$28.4B37.B2AB11.2A.A.2A$29.4B37.3B4.A.2A.A2.A.2A2.A$30.4B
35.B.B5.2A.A.2A.A4.A.A13.A$31.4B34.5B8.B2.5A.A12.3A$32.4B33.6B6.2ABA
4.A13.A$33.4B32.8B4.2A.A.AB2.A12 ...
by Jormungant
October 7th, 2026, 8:05 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Stable signal converters
Replies: 516
Views: 451454

Re: Stable signal converters

some improvement, repeat time 662:

x = 250, y = 239, rule = LifeHistory
15$165.4B$164.4B$148.A14.4B$148.3A11.4B$151.A9.4B$150.2A8.4B$138.2A
10.6B3.4B$139.A12.5B.4B$139.A.AB7.11B$140.2AB.3B3.13B$142.20B2A$142.
20B2A$143.20B$142.21B$140.20B$130.B2.2B2.22B$129.27B.4B$125.B2.19B.7B
4.2A$124.2AB ...
by Jormungant
September 30th, 2026, 10:42 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Still-life 'factories'
Replies: 350
Views: 283025

Re: Still-life 'factories'


...
Color-changing reflector by ljkiernan1, repeat time 122:
x = 41, y = 37, rule = LifeHistory
4B9.2A3.2A$.4B8.A.A.A.A$2.4B9.A.A$3.4B7.2A.2A$4.4B6.5B$5.4B7.B4.2D$6.
4B5.3B2.DBD$7.4B2.9BDB$8.16B$9.16B$10.14B$11.11B2.B$12.8B3.3B$13.7B.
5B$6.2A5.13B7.2A$6.A2.AB3.12B6.B2A$7.2A.A16B4.2B$9.BA22B4A$7 ...
by Jormungant
September 30th, 2026, 3:07 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Let's find a G-to-X (Done!)
Replies: 154
Views: 120322

Re: Let's find a G-to-X (Done!)

Wow! good one... in the mean time, I just got a lame g-to-h with horrible repeat time instead D: (though it features a time paradox)

x = 145, y = 97, rule = LifeHistory
6$64.2A$63.A.A$57.2A4.A$55.A2.A2.2A.4A$55.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$58.A.ABABAB$
58.A.AB2AB$59.AB.2B$62.3B$62.4B6.2A$60.3B2AB6.A$60.3B2AB3.BA ...
by Jormungant
September 28th, 2026, 10:54 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your chaos-edgeshooting reactions that can probably yield new conduits
Replies: 201
Views: 79120

Re: Thread for your chaos-edgeshooting reactions that can probably yield new conduits


Transparent block, just posting here to not lose it, I’ll try to convert this into a conduit:

x = 19, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
15bo$15b3o$18bo$17b2o8$5b2o$5b2o3$o$2o$b2o$2o12$5b2o$5b2o!



Managed to get a b-to-h+c with some kind of glidre cleanup... but it is not really working:

x = 99, y ...
by Jormungant
September 8th, 2026, 11:47 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
Replies: 1505
Views: 824166

Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad


well, shrunk that p1815... I did find another still life that allows the output glider to be on a transparent lane, and here that means 1 row and column less:
x = 83, y = 62, rule = LifeHistory
4$59.2A$58.A2.A12.2A$59.2A13.A$46.2A24.A.A$42.2A3.A24.2A$42.A2.A8.A
12.A$40.2A2.3A6.A.A10.A.A$39.A2.2A3 ...
by Jormungant
September 8th, 2026, 3:28 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
Replies: 1505
Views: 824166

Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

well, shrunk that p1815... I did find another still life that allows the output glider to be on a transparent lane, and here that means 1 row and column less:
x = 83, y = 62, rule = LifeHistory
4$59.2A$58.A2.A12.2A$59.2A13.A$46.2A24.A.A$42.2A3.A24.2A$42.A2.A8.A
12.A$40.2A2.3A6.A.A10.A.A$39.A2.2A3 ...
by Jormungant
September 3rd, 2026, 10:53 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The hunt for the ever-elusive piship
Replies: 22
Views: 1060

Re: The hunt for the ever-elusive piship

Well, I did dig up these for this forum I guess: (from Posted by H. Koenig‏‎ on March 19, 2005. , but I added block trail stabilators and combined a few)

x = 1753, y = 1364, rule = B3/S23
418b2o97b2o$418b2o97b2o8$418b2o97b2o$418b2o97b2o8$418b2o97b2o$418b2o
97b2o8$418b2o97b2o$418b2o97b2o6 ...
by Jormungant
September 3rd, 2026, 8:50 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The hunt for the ever-elusive piship
Replies: 22
Views: 1060

Re: The hunt for the ever-elusive piship

Not sure if this is known, but here some beacon/carrier action:

x = 595, y = 399, rule = LifeHistory
64$499.2C$125.2C223.C148.2C$125.C2.C37.2C181.C.C145.2C$127.2C37.2C
181.2C146.2C6$499.2C$125.2C223.C148.2C$125.C2.C37.2C181.C.C145.2C$
127.2C37.2C181.2C146.2C6$499.2C$125.2C223.A148.2C$125.C2.C37 ...
by Jormungant
September 3rd, 2026, 2:05 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits
Replies: 1449
Views: 1322857

Re: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits

Here is one more captain obvious correlary to the new HRx86W, HR157H:

x = 70, y = 80, rule = LifeHistory
7$31.A$30.A.A4.2A$30.A.A3.B2AB$29.2A.2A2.3B7.A$32.B3.2B6.3A$29.2AB2AB
.3B4.A10.A$27.A2.A.2A5B4.2A8.A.A$27.2A5.7B.3B8.A.A$35.8B9.2A2.2A$34.
10B6.2B2.A.A.A$34.5B2A2B5.4B3A2.A.A$33.6B2A2B5.3BA3.A ...
by Jormungant
September 3rd, 2026, 1:49 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits
Replies: 1146
Views: 608281

Re: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits


...
So, W-to-G :
x = 0, y = 0, rule = LifeHistory
13.2A$13.A.A$15.A3.2A$11.4A4.A12.B$11.A3.3A.A11.2B$13.BA2.2A11.3B$13.
B2A2B11.4B$10.6B12.4B$9.6B12.4B$9.6B11.4B$6.10B9.4B$5.13B6.4B$2.7B2C
9B3.4B$10BC10B.4B$8B2C15B$.7BC16B$2.23B$2.22B$4.20B$5.5B4.10B$6.3B6.
8B$7.B8.5B$17.2B$15.4B$15.2A$16.A$13.3A ...
by Jormungant
September 3rd, 2026, 1:37 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Still-life 'factories'
Replies: 350
Views: 283025

Re: Still-life 'factories'


...

EDIT 2:

Some manual tests:
x = 438, y = 41, rule = 12ColorMarkedLife
4.A57.A57.A57.A57.A57.A57.A57.A$3.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.
2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A$3.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A
4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A49.A.A4.2A$.3A.2A12.A39.
3A.2A12.A39 ...
by Jormungant
September 2nd, 2026, 10:34 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits
Replies: 1449
Views: 1322857

Re: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits




Here is a p5 F186, using the FNG of the output Herschel to clean up (repeat time 259). I almost got a second Herschel out (R333), but that Herschel has so little clearance and just immediately crashes into the block if not eaten.
EDIT: works in all timings except for the one that creates an ...
by Jormungant
August 30th, 2026, 9:06 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits
Replies: 478
Views: 173872

Re: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits

Did not manage to get an h-to-g here... got useless octomino instead

x = 77, y = 68, rule = LifeHistory
13$38.A$38.3A6.2B13.2A$34.4B3.A4.4B12.A$34.2A3B.2A4.5B8.BA.A$35.A16B
4.2B.B2A$35.A.AB2D.12B.5B$36.2ABD19B$38.23B$38.B2A20B$38.A2BA19B$38.B
ABA4B2.5BD5B.B2A$38.2BA5B3.2B3D4B2.BA.A$39.9B2.2D7B4.A ...
by Jormungant
August 17th, 2026, 9:48 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits
Replies: 1146
Views: 608281

Re: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits


Pi-to-G:
x = 32, y = 25, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$9.A5.2B$9.A.AB.5B12.A$10.2AB.6B9.3A$12.9B7.A$12.10B6.2A$13.11B.B
.3B$9.2B.16B$7.22B$7.23B$2A4.2A21B.A$A2.B.B2A7B3C11BA.A$.3A11BCBC9B.2B
AB$3.AB6.4BCBC9B2.2B$.2A8.4B.10B2.2B$.A9.3B4.8B.B2AB$2.A15.7B3.2A$.2A
16.5B$19.4B$18.4B$17.4B$16.4B$15.4B$14.4B ...
by Jormungant
August 13th, 2026, 11:21 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Stable signal converters
Replies: 516
Views: 451454

Re: Stable signal converters

might be time for this g-to-gx2 to shine (as far as compactness at least, but the repeat time is 550):

x = 105, y = 67, rule = LifeHistory
67.A$66.A.A$66.A.A$65.2A.3A$66.B4.A$65.2AB3A$65.2A.A$44.2A17.4B$44.A.
A15.4B9.3B2AB$45.A16.6B7.3BABAB$74.4B.2A2B$73.4B.4B$71.10B$67.B2.11B$
67.12B$36.2A29.12B7 ...
by Jormungant
August 10th, 2026, 11:11 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your periodic conduits that do not necessarily involve Herschels
Replies: 169
Views: 97001

Re: Thread for your periodic conduits that do not necessarily involve Herschels


...

It produces a pre-banana spark that can be used to generate an additional glider with a domino or duoplet (Karel's p15 shown, though this would be period 240):
x = 36, y = 33, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$9.2A$8.2A7$9.A$8.A.A$3A6.A$3A7.A$3A6.A.A6.2A$3.3A6.A5.2A$3.3A3.A.
A13.D$3.3A4.A14.D$23.D.D8.A ...
by Jormungant
August 5th, 2026, 10:58 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits
Replies: 1449
Views: 1322857

Re: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits




I managed to complete it into a Lx103, though the output clearance isn't great (though it still fits with SW-2 to make a H-to-G3 of SW1T202, as shown in the RLE):


A little more output clearance:

x = 25, y = 40, rule = B3/S23
9b2o$7b3o$2b2o2bo4bo$2bo3bob2ob3o$3b3obobo4bo$5bobo3b3o$5bobobobo ...
by Jormungant
August 5th, 2026, 2:26 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Still-life 'factories'
Replies: 350
Views: 283025

Re: Still-life 'factories'



H-to-Unidentified:
x = 27, y = 49, rule = LifeHistory
13.2A.2A$14.A.A$9.2A.A5.A.2A$8.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A$7.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A$8.6A
B.B6A$5.3A3.3B.B.3B3.3A$5.A3.3AB.3B.B3A3.A$6.3A.BA3BA3BAB.3A$9.A3.BAB
AB3.A$8.A4.BABAB4.A$8.A.A2.2BA2B2.A.A$9.A.A.2B.2B.A.A$10.A2.5B2.A$13.
2BA2B$13.BABAB$13.BABAB$12 ...
by Jormungant
August 5th, 2026, 2:02 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits
Replies: 1449
Views: 1322857

Re: The Hunting of the New Herschel Conduits

HBx192H (for dependent h outputs only)

x = 61, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory
4$31.2A3.2A$31.A.A.A2.A$5.B27.A.3A.A$4.3B22.4A.A4.A$4.5B20.A2.A.A.3A
3.2A$4.5B2.4B8.3B5.4B2A4.A.A$4.13B2.2B2.4B4.4B6.A$4.9BD13B2.6B.B2.B2A
$4.7BDBD23BA2B2.2A$4.4B2AB3D23B4A2.A$4.4B2ABD27B2.2A$4.35B2A$4.9B3.
22B2.A$4.4B2.B7 ...
by Jormungant
August 5th, 2026, 1:27 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: H-to-G and H-to-Gn converter collection
Replies: 460
Views: 353764

Re: H-to-G and H-to-Gn converter collection

H-to-g3, with SW1T202 and natural glider... and some failed h-to-h that I hope can be fixed in some fashion but...
x = 203, y = 106, rule = LifeHistory
13$51.3D2.D3.D3.D3.5D2.3D3.3D3.3D$50.D3.D.D3.D2.2D5.D3.D3.D.D3.D.D3.D
$50.D5.D3.D3.D5.D7.D.D2.2D5.D$51.3D2.D.D.D3.D5.D6.D2.D.D.D4.D$54.D.D.
D.D3.D5 ...
by Jormungant
July 11th, 2026, 12:15 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Still-life 'factories'
Replies: 350
Views: 283025

Re: Still-life 'factories'

Hoping for something else, but here is a long barge factory I guess:
x = 79, y = 67, rule = LifeHistory
6$39.A$37.3A$36.A$33.2B.2A$31.7B6.B9.4B$30.6B3.7B2.2B2.7B$29.7B2.17BD
3B2.B$29.8B.17BDBDB.B2C$8.2A18.27B3D3B2C$9.A19.28BDB.2B$9.A.AB15.31B$
10.2AB.2A12.17B.3B.B5.3B$12.2B2AB9.14B2A3B13.B$7.2A2 ...
by Jormungant
July 10th, 2026, 10:35 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits
Replies: 1146
Views: 608281

Re: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits

Found a new variation on thie i-to-h, which allows to put the usual eater that manages the natural block from the herschel, and clear the hive which is often in the way of the input, as the expense of getting a block to clear instead:

x = 42, y = 34, rule = LifeHistory
2.A$.A2B.A2B$.A4BAB$2.A ...