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by whatislife
January 27th, 2026, 3:32 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Eaters
Replies: 388
Views: 215126

Re: Spaceship Eaters

A 70p2h1v0.1 gun calls for a 70p2h1v0.1 eater:
x = 21, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
12b2o$5b2o2b2o2bo$5bo2bobobo$7b2o3b2o$10bo$7b3ob3o$6bo2bobo2bo$6b2o2bo
2b2o$2o17b2o$2o17b2o$8bo3bo$7b3ob3o$6b2obobob2o$5b2o7b2o$6bo7bo$5b2o7b
2o$3b2obobo3bobob2o$4bobob2ob2obobo$b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o$b2obob2obobob
2obob2o ...
by whatislife
January 16th, 2026, 10:51 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Endemic periodic patterns and still lifes
Replies: 47
Views: 25637

Re: Endemic periodic patterns and still lifes

Inspired by the S8 oscillator above, I searched for a small p2 oscillator triggering S7e:
x = 11, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
3b2ob2o$2bobobo$2bobo2b3o$b2obo5bo$o4bob4o$b3ob3o$2bo2b4o$2bo6bo$b3obo
$o4b4o$2o3b2o$5bo!

and S7c:
x = 13, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
7b2ob2o$6bobobo$5bobo4bo$4bob3o2b2o$3bo2bobobo ...
by whatislife
November 30th, 2025, 4:54 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Stable signal converters
Replies: 508
Views: 447689

Re: Stable signal converters

I have been feeding Silk c/4d ships. This thread had discussion of an Orion2-to-glider a few years ago, here is a small one
x = 36, y = 34, rule = B3/S23
22bo5b2o$22b3o3bo3b2o$25bo4bo2bo$24b2o3b3o$20bo$19bobo7b3o$20bo8bo2bo$
31b2o4$29b2o$28bobo$28b2o$32b2o$32bobo$34bo$34b2o4$10b3o$12bo$2bo8bo ...
by whatislife
October 27th, 2025, 1:28 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 5122
Views: 2213330

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

One cell and one row reduction to 135-degree MWSS-to-G catalyst (above: shown on wiki, below: found with silk)
x = 23, y = 33, rule = B3/S23
$4b2o$4bo5b2o$5b3obobo$7bobo$8b2o3$5b2o3b5o$5b2o3bo4bo$10bo$11bo3bo$
13bo9$10b2o$4bob2obobo$4b2obobo$8b2o3$5b2o5b5o$5b2o5bo4bo$12bo$13bo3bo
$15bo!
Edit ...
by whatislife
August 21st, 2025, 11:19 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your reactions that might be useful for conduits
Replies: 93
Views: 33251

Re: Thread for your reactions that might be useful for conduits

I'm cross-posting this collection of switch engine channel caps from discord, since it has been a few weeks and I haven't been able to find a SE-to-glider. I had two false positives from setting clearances incorrectly so I do think it is doable, and hope this inspires someone to try, or at least ...
by whatislife
July 24th, 2025, 11:56 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Eaters
Replies: 388
Views: 215126

Re: Spaceship Eaters

Eaters for xq5_xo4c4onrqoh8zx128a0oz4aral0ve0er0rzxg82a03zx34643trb3h2
x = 99, y = 39, rule = LifeHistory
$80.2A$81.A$81.A.A$37.2A34.A8.2A$19.A17.A35.3A$19.3A13.A.A38.A$22.A
12.2A33.2A3.2A$16.2A3.2A47.2A$16.2A4$77.3A$76.A3.A$69.3A4.2A.2A4.3A$
69.A.A4.A3.A4.A.A$67.A3.A5.3A5.A3.A$67.A2.A4.2A.A.2A4 ...
by whatislife
April 19th, 2025, 1:49 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA
Replies: 3822
Views: 1389029

Re: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA


Here is a potentially-interesting variant [...]

12c/260 three-engine cordership
x = 47, y = 77, rule = B2n3-cekq6i/S2-cn3-c4eqrz6i
21b2o$20b2ob2o$19bo5bo$20b2obo$21bobo4$22b3o$20b2o3bo$5b4o11b2ob2o16b
4o$4bo3b2o30bo3b2o$4bo4bo30bo4bo$7bo35bo$22b2ob2o$10bo11b2ob2o19bo$3b
ob2obobo28bob2obobo ...
by whatislife
February 6th, 2025, 4:52 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA
Replies: 3822
Views: 1389029

Re: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA

Some engineering in a rule I noticed in Catagolue recent hauls, first hauls were by H. Cole. L) 11c/62 two-engine cordership R) p136 xq6_21a gun
x = 184, y = 132, rule = B2ce3ack4aekn5cinr8/S13iq4aryz5acj6n
144bo$143bobo2$143bo10$93b2o2b2o16b2o2b2o3$94bo2bo18bo2bo$89bo12bo8bo
12bo$94bo2bo18bo2bo3 ...
by whatislife
January 10th, 2025, 12:06 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA
Replies: 3822
Views: 1389029

Re: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA


Beautiful! I have been playing with the rule a bit more myself.
I ran qfind at multiples of c/2 looking for something sparky and found a useful little 4c/8o, shown here cleaning up after a p96 (period-doubled) c/2 backrake
x = 84, y = 174, rule = B37c/S2-c3-c4i6k
47bo$46b3o$46bobo$48b2o$33bo13b2o ...
by whatislife
January 8th, 2025, 8:34 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Eaters
Replies: 388
Views: 215126

Re: Spaceship Eaters

Here's an eater for the new c/5 ship, tarantula, which I found in a quick Silk search:
x = 25, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
11b2o$11bobob2obo$13bobob2o$13b2o3$12bo$11bobo$12bo$4bo15bo$3b3o13b3o$
9b3ob3o$bo6bobo3bobo6bo$obobo3bo7bo3bobobo$3bob2o2b3ob3o2b2obo$o23bo$
2o4b2o9b2o4b2o$2o4b2o9b2o4b2o!

This is ...
by whatislife
January 7th, 2025, 3:28 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA
Replies: 3822
Views: 1389029

Re: Thread For Your Unrecognised CA

Some engineering in a rule I saw go by in Catagolue recent hauls, first explored by LaundryPizza03:

two-engine p48 c/2 cordership
x = 22, y = 46, rule = B37c/S2-c3-c4i6k
17b3o$16bo2bo$16bob2o$17bobo$18b2obo$20bo$15bo$15bo$16bo$15bo$10b3o3bo
$10b2ob5o$10bo2bo2bo2bo$11bobo2b4o$13b2obo3bo$17bo2bo ...
by whatislife
December 17th, 2024, 10:08 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Antelopes
Replies: 5
Views: 1767

Re: Antelopes

Nice rule! I have been trying some antelopewise engineering. I used a two-engine p44 rake as a basis because it gives two of four directions for the product ship, and I found reactions for the remaining two directions that only needed one more engine. Here's a p132 rake for the biggest spaceship I ...
by whatislife
November 24th, 2024, 2:45 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B3ain678/S3458 ada's rule
Replies: 32
Views: 7652

Re: B3ain678/S3458 (blockus or whatever)

Another breeder. The two-ship collisions above turn the siderake into a nicely transparent backrake, shipcolls tried three-glider collisions and found a synthesis for a c/2 puffer, and period-multiplying filters keep things from self-destructing:
x = 358, y = 189, rule = B3ain678/S3458
$267bo ...
by whatislife
November 24th, 2024, 1:08 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B3ain678/S3458 ada's rule
Replies: 32
Views: 7652

Re: B3ain678/S3458 (blockus or whatever)

A few people including myself tried running soups, the most interesting find so far is probably this 4c/14d which looks to me like the xq13 pulling some junk along
x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3ain678/S3458
b3o$4o$o$ob2o$2b2o2$6b3o$5b4o$5b4o$5b3o!
A breeder I engineered, a period 114 10c/57o puffer of ...
by whatislife
November 9th, 2024, 2:22 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Silk discussion thread
Replies: 47
Views: 49701

Re: Silk discussion thread

You didn't say what OS this machine is so I'm guessing gaming PC means wsl, which is what I use. I don't remember if I had that error message, but I do remember having problems until I carefully matched compatible versions of everything involved from windows drivers up. Here's what I said about that ...
by whatislife
October 31st, 2024, 7:06 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit
Replies: 13
Views: 2112

Re: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit

Version 1.0 of a H-to-2-glider-collision toolkit is here, with every 90-degree collision represented . Not just every product, every timing and parity. Read "1.0" as "complete in some sense but will need patches" because most only have one orientation relative to the input Hershel. Except for B and ...
by whatislife
October 27th, 2024, 11:26 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 5122
Views: 2213330

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

From the Oscillator discussion thread:

Achim's P144 modification, easily convertible into a powerful active-region factory:
x = 38, y = 34, rule = B3/S23
36b2o$36b2o3$13b2o$13b2o3$2b2o$bobo$bo11bo$2o11b2o$12bob2o3$16b3o$16bo
2bo$19bo$18bo3$20bo$19bo$19bo2bo$20b3o3$23b2obo$24b2o$25bo3$10b2o15b2o ...
by whatislife
October 25th, 2024, 4:36 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit
Replies: 13
Views: 2112

Re: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit

I found a half-working conversion between conduit descriptions and glider parity, then I made a script that turned out to be pretty hit-and-miss, but did get a handful of new H-to-2-Glider factories:

Still lives: beehive, pond, teardrop, 2-Glider-mess (more clearance)
x = 532, y = 78, rule ...
by whatislife
October 16th, 2024, 5:15 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: (2,1)c/6 technology thread
Replies: 54
Views: 17774

Re: (2,1)c/6 technology thread

p48 (2,1)c/6 Gosper glider gun breeder - basically Breeder 1, with a slightly different synthesis, knightwise. It's colossal (about 66,000 cells) but once I was convinced it would actually work I stuck with this design.
x = 2500, y = 4861, rule = B3/S23
12bo$11b4o4b3o$10bo2b2o2bo3bo$13bo2b2o ...
by whatislife
October 12th, 2024, 5:20 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit
Replies: 13
Views: 2112

Re: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit

Fixed, the labels were correct but a welded eater from a different conduit was copied over by accident
x = 73, y = 105, rule = LifeHistory
9.D3.D.D3.D2.3D3.3D2.5D3.D4.3D3.3D$9.2D2.D.D3.D.D3.D.D7.D4.2D3.D3.D.D
3.D$9.D.D.D.D3.D5.D.D7.D5.D7.D.D3.D$9.D2.2D.D.D.D3.2D2.4D4.D5.D6.D3.
3D$9.D3.D.D.D.D5.D.D3 ...
by whatislife
October 12th, 2024, 6:15 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Bespoke Oscillators/Periodic Catalysts
Replies: 60
Views: 25609

Re: Bespoke Oscillators/Periodic Catalysts

p3 foxclock reduced four cells and two rows by rstatoropt

Code: Select all

x = 20, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
3$13b2ob2o$3bo10bobo$2bobo7bo4bo$2bobo2bob4ob3o$3bo2bo4bo$7bo3b2ob3o$
8b2obobo2bo$5b3obobo2bobob2o$5b3o3bobob2ob2o$4bo6bobo$5bo2bo2bobo$4b4o
bobob2o$4bo3b3obo2bo$5b3o5b2o$7bob4o$8b2o2bo!
by whatislife
October 12th, 2024, 3:10 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit
Replies: 13
Views: 2112

Re: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit

Here's a half-dozen new 2-glider-collision factories: Loaf + blinker, block, HF (with a different reaction than before), and three more kinds of nothing
x = 375, y = 201, rule = LifeHistory
54.F$53.4B28.2A$54.4B27.A129.2A$55.4B7.A6.2A3.2A7.A127.A5.2A$56.4B5.A
.A4.B2AB.B2AB5.4A126.3A.A.3A91.F$57.4B3 ...
by whatislife
October 11th, 2024, 8:00 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit
Replies: 13
Views: 2112

Re: LxR-Chain Universal Toolkit

I was inspired by https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4868&p=195756#p195702 to experiment with connecting both outputs of Lx65 to HNW conduits, which gives two crossing gliders. I think the results belong here, because the process of searching for Lx65 compatible conduits in the right ...
by whatislife
October 10th, 2024, 6:31 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your chaos-edgeshooting reactions that can probably yield new conduits
Replies: 187
Views: 77166

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

I noticed that the above is a 2-glider-mess factory, and I already had input files for 2-glider-mess in Silk, so I gave this a look. One large spark turned out to be a century, making a composite H-to-century conduit that I think is named HFx326C (identified manually, please double check).
x = 61 ...
by whatislife
September 25th, 2024, 6:46 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B2ce3-ajnr/S12-ak3-a
Replies: 81
Views: 37054

Re: B2ce3-ajnr/S12-ak3-a

I tried crashing together sparks from the xq40s hoping for a rake and got one immediately, a one-engine p10 backrake
x = 22, y = 24, rule = B2ce3-ajnr/S12-ak3-a
5$8b3o$8bobo$8bobo$9bo$5b3obob3o$5bobobobobo$7bobobo$7bobobo$9bob2o$8b
2o$8b2o$9bo3$7bo$7bobo!

Some engineering, a p30 rake of xq4_10h2o ...