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A glider can hit the two close boats in that one three boats constellation to make...another three boats constellation.
x = 19, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
b2o$obo$bo14bo$14bobo$15b2o2$17bo$16bobo$17b2o$13b2o$12bobo$13bo!



Not so sure this is useless. As seen in the boat rotator above, it can ...

LuveelVoom wrote: October 2nd, 2026, 6:14 pm

Termite wrote: October 2nd, 2026, 6:09 pm Non-cordership c/12 diagonal?

The reaction is actually (2,3)c/12.

ok so let's conceptualise

g0t0 wrote: October 2nd, 2026, 1:39 am

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x = 20, y = 38, rule = B3/S23
3$6bo4bo$5bo4bo$5b3o2b3o3$6bo4bo$5bo4bo$5b3o2b3o3$6bo4bo$5bo4bo$5b3o2b
3o3$6bo4bo$5bo4bo$5b3o2b3o3$6bo4bo$5bo4bo$5b3o2b3o3$6bo4bo$5bo4bo$5b3o
2b3o3$8b2o$7bo2bo$8b2o!

I don't know what thread fit it.

Non-cordership c/12 diagonal?

"what it does" is really vague. Can you think of an algorithm (ie steps) to use when, say, you want to find a reflector?


so its properties like its growth or what it creates inside of it


Not specific enough. Not even close. From the top of my head, though:

Have a list of known ...

NNlk05 wrote: October 1st, 2026, 9:29 pm

Termite wrote: October 1st, 2026, 9:21 pm features of patterns mean like the size, what it does, etc.

"what it does" is really vague. Can you think of an algorithm (ie steps) to use when, say, you want to find a reflector?

so its properties like its growth or what it creates inside of it

NNlk05 wrote: October 1st, 2026, 9:14 pm

Termite wrote: October 1st, 2026, 9:08 pm like i mean noticeable features of patterns

Programming needs a specific descriptor, not human-noticeable "features".

features of patterns mean like the size, what it does, etc.

So what if we come up with a search algorithm focusing on stuff that can be combined into one search algorithm? By stuff I mean like parts of CGoL physics (movement, growth, reflection, etc.)


*jumps out of chair* Physics?!!? We don't even have conservation of enegery/mass/momentum/angler ...

So, what CAN we do*
*in the foreseeable future


Use Moore's law, put more money/time into CA research, publicly plug CA more, come up with new search algorithms (but not mashing them together!) etc... blah blah blah...


So what if we come up with a search algorithm focusing on stuff that can ...

NNlk05 wrote: October 1st, 2026, 8:54 pm

Termite wrote: October 1st, 2026, 8:53 pm What if we combine every search algorithm into a supermachine

To put it simply, nope, impossible. Each search algorithm has a different focus, and combining them will only create a mess.

So, what CAN we do*
*in the foreseeable future

LuveelVoom wrote: October 1st, 2026, 8:52 pm

Termite wrote: October 1st, 2026, 8:49 pm OK so basically the fact that these don't exist because these are hard to make exist

Yes. (or in some cases because there are existing programs to do it)

What if we combine every search algorithm into a supermachine

so when will some advanced coder enter the CGoL community


There are over a dozen. They just don't want to code a program that has a one-line unclear description of an extremely difficult thing to do.


OK so basically the fact that these don't exist because these are hard to make exist

EDIT ...

Alright, I think we're clearly done here, since you don't seem to get what I'm saying...

tl;dr: You haven't specified what you want to do in enough detail, what you want to do seems very hard, and nobody wants to do a very hard thing for you with no help from you.


so when will some advanced ...

yeah nvm there is nothing else (transformations) and also it can also save compounds as components create insane recursive circuitry in a very short time


Yes, and I want a program that can find the moderator camelship in a very short time. Unfortunately, you cannot simply summon a program ...

CompoundSearch can modify components like flip them rotate them and inflate them


Barrister.


ok so what else and also stop putting periods directly behind one word pls it freaks me out


yeah nvm there is nothing else (transformations) and also it can also save compounds as components ...

LuveelVoom wrote: October 1st, 2026, 6:47 pm

Termite wrote: October 1st, 2026, 6:22 pm CompoundSearch can modify components like flip them rotate them and inflate them

Barrister.

ok so what else and also stop putting periods directly behind one word pls it freaks me out

What? Apgluxe is a soup searching program. How would it "create components"?


so it searches for soups and potentially useful ones turn into components for later

EDIT: CompoundSearch can modify by itself so it CAN, not WILL, be a proper CAD. Also, WeldSearch is... ...is... ...uhhhhhh ...

1. CompoundSearch:
-combines components together to create reflectors and other stuff
-can be a CAD


Barrister.


2. WeldSearch:
-CompoundSearch but it is different so it can discover welds to make new components


Rlifesrc.


3. Features
-Can be implemented across many different rules ...

Split from miscellaneous posts and discussions. --hotdogPi

Can someone code these because idk how to

1. CompoundSearch:
-combines components together to create reflectors and other stuff
-can be a CAD
2. WeldSearch:
-CompoundSearch but it is different so it can discover welds to make new ...

There's already a ton of really good edgeshooting components out there, so there's no need for anything like that (although your description is sort of like an edgeshooter).


I mean like this
[...]


Looking at your diagrams, I think your idea of a "flexible" gun is basically what I meant ...

(This is posted in the most similar and popular topic I can find.)

B3/S234: Antlife
Naming:
Antlife gets its name from it growing with movement on the edges and walls on the inside. Most oscillators in this rule are billiard tables, including Gray Counter and R2D2.
x = 20, y = 20, rule = B3 ...

new puffer maybe i call this the pine tree or "Thorny"
x = 92, y = 92, rule = B3/S23
23bo$20b4o2$37b3o2$23bobo12b2o$24bo13b2o$22b2o13bo2bo$22bo2bo11bo$21b
2ob2o10b3o$36b2o$39b2o$38bo2bo$27bo$27bo8b2o$27bo2b3o3bo2bo$24b2o7bo3b
3o14b2o$24b2o7bo20b2o15bo$24b2o4b2o38b3o$29b3o37bobobo$bo25b2ob2o36b3o ...

There's already a ton of really good edgeshooting components out there, so there's no need for anything like that (although your description is sort of like an edgeshooter).


I mean like this
[...]


Looking at your diagrams, I think your idea of a "flexible" gun is basically what I meant ...

[...]
Also, make this into an actual oscillator it'll be cool
Also also, I have an idea called a flexible gun. Flexible guns are guns that launch predecessors that turn into gliders so that gliders don't collide with other guns easily. I think this might be the only option here.


There's ...

This might end up being the only viable option. There just might be some sort of glider collision edgy enough to fit those dots in; I have no idea how to find it, though.

EDIT: looking more closely at it, this seems completely impossible. There's only a four-cell wide strip to fit a spark ...

I mean apgluxe searches for the components for the other thing to piece together


What do you mean by components?
Components as in collisions? If so, there are programs to do that (of which I sadly do not remember the names)
If you mean catalysts, that is again Bellman.


I mean components ...