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by Selena Silverstep
June 5th, 2025, 8:35 pm
Forum: Help / Support
Topic: Thread for basic questions
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Views: 2068001

Re: Thread for basic questions

Do we know the fate of all patterns fitting in a 5x5 bounding box? What about larger sizes?
by Selena Silverstep
September 28th, 2024, 10:48 pm
Forum: Help / Support
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 6124
Views: 2068001

Re: Thread for basic questions

Does this pattern have a name? It seems fairly common, but I don't think I see it in Simon Ekström's list

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
obo$o2b2o$o2bo$2bo!
by Selena Silverstep
January 24th, 2024, 8:42 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 5174
Views: 2236442

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

My favourite class of methuselahs is some inconspicuous objects getting hit by a glider.
This one is "glider hitting a toad with beehive nearby", 4739 generations

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x = 13, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
10bo$10bobo$10b2o$7bo$6bo2bo$b2o3bo2bo$o2bo4bo$b2o!
by Selena Silverstep
January 23rd, 2024, 11:23 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 5174
Views: 2236442

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

I found this in a soup. Here's a methuselah that lasts 7068 generations.

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x = 37, y = 28, rule = B3/S23
6b2o$5bo2bo$6b2o11$6bobo$5bo2bo15b2o$2o3bo2bo15b2o$2o3b2o7$35b2o$3b2o
29bobo$3bobo28b2o$4bo$13b3o!
by Selena Silverstep
January 22nd, 2024, 10:06 am
Forum: Help / Support
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 6124
Views: 2068001

Re: Thread for basic questions

What's the name of this constellation? Also, how can I find names of common constellations? Is there a constellation-database somewhere?
(I know the Catagolue database tracks still lifes, oscillators, ships, and linear growth in soups, for example.)
x = 13, y = 2, rule = B3/S23
2o4b2o3b2o ...
by Selena Silverstep
June 21st, 2021, 12:30 am
Forum: Help / Support
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 6124
Views: 2068001

Re: Thread for basic questions



Is it possible to run apgsearch using custom seeds?

Yes! A starting point is Catagolue as a generic pattern inventory .

It does seem as if there should be a quick LifeWiki tutorial written giving all the details of an example of how to run a set of RLEs through apgsearch and upload them to ...
by Selena Silverstep
June 20th, 2021, 12:05 pm
Forum: Help / Support
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 6124
Views: 2068001

Re: Thread for basic questions

Is it possible to run apgsearch using custom seeds?