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by Jormungant
Yesterday, 11:47 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
Replies: 1438
Views: 812101

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
Yesterday, 3:28 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
Replies: 1438
Views: 812101

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: 18
Views: 628

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: 18
Views: 628

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: 1445
Views: 1315231

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: 1129
Views: 601503

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: 340
Views: 280853

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: 1445
Views: 1315231

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: 465
Views: 171063

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: 1129
Views: 601503

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: 508
Views: 447462

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: 164
Views: 96076

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: 1445
Views: 1315231

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: 340
Views: 280853

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: 1445
Views: 1315231

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: 457
Views: 350870

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: 340
Views: 280853

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: 1129
Views: 601503

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 ...
by Jormungant
July 4th, 2026, 10:30 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits
Replies: 1129
Views: 601503

Re: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits



repeat time 424:
x = 159, y = 160, rule = LifeHistory
2$5.D.D$6.2DCB$6.DB.C$7.3C61$58.A$94.4B$93.4B$92.4B$91.4B$90.4B$78.D
2.D7.4B$79.D2.D5.4B$80.D2.D3.4B$81.D2.D.4B$81.3B.4B$74.A5.8B10.A$80.
9B7.3A$80.10B5.A$78.12B5.2A$77.14B.5B$77.18B$76.22B$76.23B$74.2DB.22B
$73.D.CA.23B$73.D.2A.22B$72.2D5 ...
by Jormungant
July 3rd, 2026, 6:27 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Let's find a G-to-X (Done!)
Replies: 139
Views: 118502

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



repeat time 424:
x = 159, y = 160, rule = LifeHistory
2$5.D.D$6.2DCB$6.DB.C$7.3C61$58.A$94.4B$93.4B$92.4B$91.4B$90.4B$78.D
2.D7.4B$79.D2.D5.4B$80.D2.D3.4B$81.D2.D.4B$81.3B.4B$74.A5.8B10.A$80.
9B7.3A$80.10B5.A$78.12B5.2A$77.14B.5B$77.18B$76.22B$76.23B$74.2DB.22B
$73.D.CA.23B$73.D.2A.22B$72.2D5 ...
by Jormungant
July 2nd, 2026, 5:10 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits
Replies: 1129
Views: 601503

Re: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits

Weird b-to-h with extra glider outputs... but the usefulness is a bit obscure:

x = 102, y = 56, rule = LifeHistory
7$74.2A$74.A$75.A$62.A11.2A$58.4B3AB7.B2.2A$58.7BA7.B2A2.A$45.2A11.6B
2A6.2B.A.A$44.B2AB10.B2A7BA2B.BA.A.2A$44.4B10.2BA6BABA3B2A$44.3B5.A7.
ABAB.2BA2BA3B$43.2A3B4.3A5.B2AB.3B2A2B6.B6 ...
by Jormungant
June 29th, 2026, 4:01 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Let's find a G-to-X (Done!)
Replies: 139
Views: 118502

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

stable bouncer with an horrible and undisclosed repeat-time:

x = 186, y = 166, rule = LifeHistory
14$69.4B$68.4B$50.B16.4B$49.3B14.4B$49.3BC12.4B27.2A$50.CBCB10.4B21.
2A3.2B2AB$51.2C2B8.4B21.B2AB2.4B$47.A4.4B6.4B23.2B3.6B.B$47.3A3.4B4.
4B25.2B2.10B7.A$50.A3.4B2.4B25.2B2A11B5.3A8.2A$49.2A4.8B3.2A18 ...
by Jormungant
June 28th, 2026, 9:45 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your unsure discoveries
Replies: 3996
Views: 1905448

Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

Feels like this needs to be looked at a bit more... systematically:

x = 41, y = 32, rule = LifeHistory
36.A$35.A.A$35.A.A$33.2A.A.2A$32.A3.A3.A$32.A.2A.2A.A$14.B18.A.A.A.A$
12.3B20.4B$11.4B19.4B$11.4B12.2B2.8B$11.4B12.13B$10.5B12.14B$10.3BCB
12.5BD8B$9.4B2C17BDBD6B$9.3B2C18B3D6B$7.27BD5B$7.32B$7 ...
by Jormungant
June 28th, 2026, 8:42 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: H-to-G and H-to-Gn converter collection
Replies: 457
Views: 350870

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



EDIT: C_R_116 found this SW-16T38_NE-16T112, though I'm struggling to find a Herschel conduit this can connect to (BFx59H and transparent BF20H don't work, and even RF48H doesn't):
x = 11, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
6bo$5bobo$5bobo$3b2obob2o$2bo3bo3bo$2bob2ob2obo$3bobobobo6$2bo$2bobo$
2b3o$4bo6$b2o ...
by Jormungant
June 18th, 2026, 8:30 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits
Replies: 1129
Views: 601503

Re: The Hunting of the Elementary Conduits


I highly suggest adding other common conduit objects, especially the staircase hexamino, aka LoM.


I am kind of leaning towards not introducing that octomino or proscrastinator;, however, if some conduits are indeed "welds" of conduits that happens to have these "as bottleneck", I would rattler ...