(Fun writing) Let's prefer CGOL has just been discovered!

[rutabaga]

I found something weird when messing with ties:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2bobo$bob2o$obo2b2o$b2o2bobo$3b2obo$3bobo$4bo!

Another p2 repeater?

EDIT:
Adding 2 cells in 4 steaks give us a p2:

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$3bo2bo$3bobo$b2obo3bo$o2b2o2bobo$obo2b2o2bo$bo3bob2o$4bobo$3bo2b
o$4b2o!

Maybe calling it frying pan?

yeah, frying pan is good for the steak one, how about closet for the one with ties?

[b-engine]

yeah, frying pan is good for the steak one, how about closet for the one with ties?

I think ribbons is better, because it's four ties.

[Para]

I coin this object the halfcar, It seems to act like the car, but it moves less and puffs out less smoke.

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x = 3, y = 5, rule = LifeHistory
C$2C$.2C$.C$C!

Here's a list of currently recognized inputs to transformers (feel free to add more):

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x = 10, y = 47, rule = LifeHistory
4D$D$D6.C$4D3.C.C$D6.3C$D8.C$D4$D2.D$D2.D3.C$D2.D3.2C$4D4.2C$D2.D4.C$
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6.C.C$D$D4$4D$D2.D$D2.D4.C$4D5.C$D2.D3.3C$D2.D$D2.D!

In order they are the Four, Halfcar, Car, Pi, and Ant. I will be maintaining a collection of transformers gathered from our efforts. The format is follows:
Each transformer will have white cells for the input, red for the output, green for normal perturbers, and yellow for pheonix perturbers.

Current version (All the transformers I've found with my new program are in there):

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x = 2150, y = 574, rule = LifeHistory
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25.3D$27.D$25.3D4$2.C$2.C.C$2.3C$4.C2$14.2A$14.2A2.2A$18.A.A$20.A$20.
2A!

Edit: I found a transformer that interacts with the four before it even turns into a four:

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x = 56, y = 31, rule = LifeHistory
36.A$34.3A$33.A$33.2A3$.2C$3C.2C$.2C.3C.2E$3C.2C2.2E26.2E15.D$2C34.2E
15.D.D$53.3D$55.D7$31.2A$31.2A3$17.2A$18.A$15.3A$15.A$27.2A$27.A$28.
3A$30.A!

This prevents an ant from being released in the usual position, so I think we should call these "non-releasing transformers".

[lk050807]

*snip*
I'm planning to release my mover and transformer searching programs open source, once I add a friendly interface and not the source editing I'm using right now.

Also, should I make a Discord for this rule? It's seen some awesome accomplishments, and I think it deserves one.


Edit:
I propose a standard for defining transformers:
[Time][In][Out].[Number]
Time is the amount of ticks it takes to get from input to output (In the case of movers it's from the first interaction with a preturber), In is the input (F for four, C for car, A for ant, P for Pi) and Out is the output. Number is just an identifier for transformers with all three others equal.

#1, good, but release it later than March 10th, 2024,

*snip*
(Let's not get into "using" search programs and engineering until at least the first year after this thread has formed.)
*snip*

(So here we pretend CGOL was jist discovered and look for patterns from tiny scribbles at first like Conway did in his time. Later we may turn into engineering and all it but first be small, please for the sake of realisticness.)
*snip*

#2, I already have: https://discord.gg/Xp3e9WScgY
#3, Great, but the ants` directions don`t matters eg:An SE ant is no diffent from an NW ant.

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NE N NW
E     W
SE S SW

[lk050807]

(Sorry for dubble post, but:)
New transformer by Para on Discord:

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x = 36, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$6bo$6bobo$7b2o3$33b3o$28b2o3bo$28b2o4bo2$7bo$7bobo$7b3o$9bo5$7b2o
$3bo3b2o$2bobo$bobo$bo16b2o$2o16b2o!

new transformer:

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x = 36, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$6bo$6bobo$7b2o3$33b3o$28b2o3bo$28b2o4bo2$7bo$7bobo$7b3o$9bo5$7b2o
$3bo3b2o$2bobo$bobo$bo16b2o$2o16b2o!

it can insert into a lane of ants

[Para]

I spent several hours preturbing the tails of random mover/bird/cardinal arrangements, and it paid off with this new p16 mover:

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x = 10, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
4b6o$2b2o5bo$2obo5bo$4bo3bo$6bo$6b2o$5b4o$5b2ob2o$7b2o!

I think we should call it "sparkship".
It can even turn an ant directly INTO A MOVER, one of the few objects able to do so (and the first moving one).

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x = 11, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
5b6o$3b2o5bo$b2obo5bo$5bo3bo$7bo$7b2o$6b4o$6b2ob2o$8b2o2$bo$b2o$obo!

I also found this cool period-20 ant nest:

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x = 22, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
18b2o$9b4o4b4o$8bo3bo4b2ob2o$12bo6b2o$8bo2bo3$9b2o$9bo7b2o$9bo2bo5b2o$
10b3o4b2o$12b2o3bo3$18b2o$17b4o$17b2ob2o$2b2o15b2o$2ob2o$4o$b2o!

It can be combined with sparkship and the incliner in many ways to yield higher-period nests.

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x = 423, y = 54, rule = B3/S23
5bo$3bo3bob6o$2b3o3bo5bo$2bo5bo5bo$2bob2o3bo3bo$3b3o5bo$11b2o$10b4o$
10b2ob2o$12b2o2$28b4o106b4o$17bo9bo3bo95bo9bo3bo$18b2o11bo96b2o11bo$
15b3o5b2o2bo2bo94b3o5b2o2bo2bo$6bo7b3o6b3o98b3o6b3o$7bo7b3o5b2o2bo2bo
94b3o5b2o2bo2bo$6bo11b2o11bo96b2o11bo$17bo9bo3bo95bo9bo3bo$28b4o106b4o
$b4o106b4o126b4o116b4o$6o104b6o124b6o114b6o$4ob2o103b4ob2o123b4ob2o
113b4ob2o$4b2o108b2o128b2o17b2o99b2o$262b4o$262b2ob2o$264b2o2$36b6o
104b6o124b6o114b6o$34b2o5bo102b2o5bo122b2o5bo112b2o5bo$8bo23b2obo5bo
76bo23b2obo5bo96bo23b2obo5bo86bo23b2obo5bo$7b3o26bo3bo76b3o26bo3bo96b
3o26bo3bo86b3o26bo3bo$7bo30bo78bo30bo98bo30bo88bo30bo$9b2o27b2o19b2o
58b2o27b2o19b2o78b2o27b2o19b2o68b2o27b2o19b2o$37b4o9b4o4b4o85b4o9b4o4b
4o105b4o9b4o4b4o95b4o9b4o4b4o$26bo10b2ob2o7bo3bo4b2ob2o73bo10b2ob2o7bo
3bo4b2ob2o93bo10b2ob2o7bo3bo4b2ob2o83bo10b2ob2o7bo3bo4b2ob2o$26b2o11b
2o12bo6b2o74b2o11b2o12bo6b2o94b2o11b2o12bo6b2o84b2o11b2o12bo6b2o$12b5o
8bobo21bo2bo69b5o8bobo21bo2bo89b5o8bobo21bo2bo79b5o8bobo21bo2bo$13b3o
107b3o127b3o117b3o$14bo109bo129bo119bo$31bo18b2o89bo18b2o109bo18b2o99b
o18b2o$31b2o17bo7b2o81b2o17bo7b2o101b2o17bo7b2o91b2o17bo7b2o$30bobo17b
o2bo5b2o79bobo17bo2bo5b2o99bobo17bo2bo5b2o89bobo17bo2bo5b2o$6b2o43b3o
4b2o56b2o43b3o4b2o121b3o4b2o66b2o43b3o4b2o$5b4o28bo15b2o3bo56b4o28bo
15b2o3bo108bo15b2o3bo66b4o28bo15b2o3bo$5b2ob2o27bo77b2ob2o27bo129bo87b
2ob2o27bo$7b2o28bobo77b2o28bobo127bobo87b2o28bobo$38bo20b2o87bo20b2o
107bo20b2o97bo20b2o$38b2o18b4o86b2o18b4o106b2o18b4o96b2o18b4o$58b2ob2o
105b2ob2o125b2ob2o115b2ob2o$43b2o15b2o91b2o15b2o111b2o15b2o101b2o15b2o
$41b2ob2o105b2ob2o125b2ob2o115b2ob2o$41b4o106b4o126b4o116b4o$42b2o108b
2o128b2o118b2o!

Edit:

ill use a NEW notation (X movement per step, Y movement per step) steps for 1 whole movement shows as (X,Y)s to represent movers and chains
an ant is (0.25,0.25)4, a cardinal is (0.25,0)4 and this new chain is (0.333,0.166)6.

anyways, I'm gonna make a gameshow here called find an object like...
Find an object that has these features:
-Is a mover
-moves at (0.2,0)5
-less than 100 cells

After a multi-day width-11 search, claimed!

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x = 23, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
bo19bo$2o19b2o$o2bo4b2o3b2o4bo2bo$4bob2obo3bob2obo$3bo15bo$5b4o5b4o$9b
2ob2o2$10bobo$9bo3bo$5b5o3b5o$4b2o2b2o3b2o2b2o$4bo5bobo5bo$2b4o2bobobo
bo2b4o$9bo3bo!

[HerscheltheHerschel]

Was messing around and found this things:

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x = 16, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$3bo2bo5bo$3bob2o3b5o$2obo5bo5bo$ob2o5b2o2bobo$13b2o!

Can anybody name them?
Weird thing:

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2o2b2o$o2bobo$2b2o$obo2bo$2o2b2o!

Another weird thing:

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x = 11, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
2b2o3b2o$bo2bobo2bo$bob2ob2obo$2o7b2o$2bobobobo$2o7b2o$bob2ob2obo$bo2b
obo2bo$2b2o3b2o!

[Para]

Another weird thing:

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x = 11, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
2b2o3b2o$bo2bobo2bo$bob2ob2obo$2o7b2o$2bobobobo$2o7b2o$bob2ob2obo$bo2b
obo2bo$2b2o3b2o!

Oh, that's cool - a new P4 repeater! It dosen't seem to be in my collection. Should we name it Herschel's P4?

I've been spending the past few weeks creating a search program to find custom preturbers (I completely forgot lk050807's program existed). lk050807's eater searching program appears to explore in narrow paths, continuing the ones that look promising and backtracking when it hits a dead end. Mine takes a completely different approach - It searches in wide sweeps and leaves no corner unexplored. Anyways, enough talk. Here's a backlog from a several-day search for Ant eaters (several, I think, are new).

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x = 384, y = 84, rule = LifeHistory
6$7.A19.A19.A19.A22.A20.A15.A19.A22.A16.A20.A18.A10.A9.A18.A15.A13.A
5.2C13.A28.A19.A$8.A19.A19.A19.A22.A20.A15.A19.A22.A16.A20.A18.A7.3A
10.A18.A15.A13.A4.C.C13.A9.A2.2A.2A11.A19.A$6.3A17.3A17.3A17.3A20.3A
18.3A13.3A17.3A20.3A14.3A18.3A16.3A6.C11.3A16.3A13.3A11.3A6.C11.3A8.C
.A2.A.2A9.3A17.3A6.CA$53.CA140.CA19.2C14.2C2.C68.C.2A19.C.CA.A41.C$
52.C.A16.2C80.CA35.2C.C2.A14.2C.C2.C2.A10.C2.3C52.CA11.2C.C.A19.2C2.A
.A39.C.C$10.2C41.C17.2C13.2C63.C2.A34.C.C.3C14.C.C.2C.C.A.A8.C.C4.2A
14.2C2.2C12.2C14.C2.A12.C.C.A.A13.2C.C2.C.A.2A38.2C$10.C21.2C.C50.2C
3.C15.2C3.C19.2C2.2C13.3C12.2C3.C14.A2.C.C15.A2.C.C4.C2.A9.C.C.2C.A
12.C3.C2.2C12.C.C13.3C13.C.C2.2A6.2A4.C.C.C.2C.A36.C$11.3C18.2C.C2A
13.3C2A14.C.3C15.C.C14.C3.C.C15.C3.C2.2C10.C17.C3.C.C13.A3C.3C13.A3C.
4C.C10.3C.C.C2.A8.2C2.4C14.C4.C10.C13.C2.C.C.C10.A2.C.C2.C.C4.A15.2C.
2C16.3C$13.A24.A13.C2.A14.2C3.A15.C.C14.C3.C.C14.4C15.4C2A13.C3.2C17.
C3.A16.C4.C10.C3.C.C2.A9.C21.5C11.4C2A8.4C.2C13.2C.C.2C.C.2CA15.C.C.C
.C18.C$32.2C.C2A12.C22.CA18.C15.C4.C38.A14.C19.A.A2.2A12.3A.A.3A11.2A
2.A2.2A11.5C37.A31.C2.C.C.A17.C.C3.2CA11.2A2C.3C$33.A.A14.2A17.A.2A
20.CA11.3C5.CA13.2A19.3A13.A.5C15.2A16.A2.A.A.A16.2A20.A17.2A.A12.3A
9.2A21.3C2.C17.3C.C.C4.A10.A2.2C3.A$33.A.A33.2A.A33.A22.2A19.A15.2A4.
A33.2A2.A38.3A18.A.2A12.A11.2A26.A.A14.A3.C.2C.3A17.CA$34.A134.3A77.A
71.3A3.2A14.2A2.C4.A16.3A$166.2A.A150.A2.A24.3A17.A2.A$166.A.A151.2A
28.2A16.2A6$27.A$28.A$26.3A3$32.2C.C$32.2C.C2A$38.A$32.2C.C2A$33.A.A$
33.A.A$34.A9$27.A$28.A$26.3A2$36.2A$37.A$32.2C.C$32.2C.CA2$32.2C.CA$
33.A.A$33.A.A$34.A8$27.A$28.A$26.3A3$36.2A$32.2C.C.A$32.2C.C$36.A$32.
2C.CA$33.A.A$33.A.A$34.A!

I would also like to introduce the term "gluing", which is combining two things into one while not altering their function. For example, here are two glued fishhooks.

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x = 29, y = 22, rule = LifeHistory
20.A$21.A$19.3A4$3.2A19.2A$3.A13.B6.A$4.3A18.3A$6.A4.B.B.B.B.B8.A$4.A
20.3A$2.3A12.B5.3A$.A20.A$.2A19.2A6$15.3A$17.A$16.A!

[hotcrystal0]

(Sorry for not posting here lately.)
Can this be completed?(the rule is just normal B3/S23 but with “blocker” cells to show the concept.)

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x = 25, y = 11, rule = greycells
17.A$6.3A8.A$2.A5.2B5.2BA3.A$2.A.A6.A.A7.A.A$A4.A3.A3.A5.A4.A$5A.A2.A
8.A.5A$5.A2.A10.A$2.2A5.A11.2A$2.A6.A3.A8.A$4.A6.A.A6.A$3.2A15.2A!

[Para]

(Sorry for not posting here lately.)
Can this be completed?(the rule is just normal B3/S23 but with “blocker” cells to show the concept.)

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rle

After spending some amount of time getting your search program, downloading Python, figuring out how it works, and preforming some searches, I found a solution (your program yielded this after about forty minutes, I had to stabilize it by hand):

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x = 35, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
19b2o$18bobo$10bo5b3o5bo$9bobo3bo3bo3bobo$6bo2bo2bo2b2ob2o2bob2o2bo$6b
3o4bobo3bobobo2b3o$9b3obobo3bobob2o$4b5obob2ob2ob2ob2o3b5o$3bo6bo5bobo
5bobo4bo$bo2bo2bo2b6o3b9o2bo2bo$b2ob4obo3bo7bo5bo2bob2o$4bo2bo3bo11bo
3bo2bo$4bo2bo2b3o9b4ob4o$2bobo2b3o7bo9bo2bobo$2b2o4bobo6bobo4bo6b2o$6b
o2bobo8b2obobobo$6bo3bo9b2o2bo3b2o$5bo14b2o$2bo14bobo10bobo$2b3o12bo
13b2o$29bo$6o24b5o$o28bo4bo$2bobo26bobo$2bo28bo!

[hotcrystal0]

Can this be completed?

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x = 22, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
19b3o$18bobo$bo2bo12b4o$bo2bob2o3b2o2b3o$2o7b3obo$bob2obo4bob2o$bo8bo
2b5o$bob2obo2b3o6bo$2o9bo$bo2bob2o3bo3bo2b2o$bo2bo!

[Para]

I recently came across this reaction:

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x = 12, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
$5b3o$4bo3bo$3bo5bo$3bo5bo$3bo5bo$4bo3bo$5b3o2$3b2o$4bo$b3o5b2o$bo7b2o
!

It produces an ant, while shifting a four-puff thing, but it creates extra junk. I put it into my new custom preturber search program, and out came this:

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x = 13, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
4b2o2b2ob2o$4bobo2bobo$7b2o3bo$8bob2o$bo6bobo$2o3b2obobo$bo3b2ob2o4$3b
2o$3bo$4b3o$6bo!

Therefore:

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x = 42, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
16b2o7bo$8bo7b2o5b3o$8b3o11bo$11bo10b2o$10b2o4$5b2ob2o$4bobob2o$4bobo
26b2o2b2ob2o$3b2obo26bobo2bobo$2bo3b2o28b2o3bo$3bobo2bobo11b3o12bob2o$
2b2ob2o2b2o10bo3bo11bobo$20bo5bo7b2obobo$20bo5bo7b2ob2o$20bo5bo$21bo3b
o$22b3o$32b2o$20b2o10bo$21bo11b3o$18b3o5b2o7bo$18bo7b2o!

[Disaster16439]

I made my own search program, written in Disaster, my own programming language, called RestoreSearch. Basically, you give it some chaos that you would like to transform, and a small repeater/stable thing, such as a square, or a repeater2(fun fact, before I knew the term oscillator, I used repeater). Then, it places perturbers, and trys to restore the square/repeater2. Also, if a perturber gets partially destroyed, but the square/repeater2 gets restored, then it will mark it as NPPARTIAL and put it in a new file. If that destroyed perturber is a square, then it will put a number how likely it is to be restored, along with finding the type of interaction. If that type of interaction has a known replacement perturber, then the program will try if that pertuber works. If that replacement pertuber doesn't work/the type of interaction does not have a known replacement perturber and the number is greater than 5, then it will try to restore that square basically in the same way as it restores the original square/repeater/whatever. Ok, enough about how it works, this is the actual program:
restoresearch.dis - 1.87 GB (download)
WARNING, IT CONSUMES A LOT OF MEMORY AND IS VERY SLOW.
If we remove the square restore/replace part, it gets smaller:
lmrestoresearch.dis - 789 Mb (download)
Note that you will have to install Disaster first.

[hotcrystal0]

Here is the source code for my program, written in C++:
b3s23-repsearch.cpp - 247 KB (download)
Edit: I forgot to put it in the post, but I also wrote a variant in Disaster:
b3s23-repsearch_disaster.dis - 335 KB (download)

Edit 2: Alternatively, run this in any Unix-like command line:
$ git clone httрs://github.com/hotcrystal0/b3s23-repsearch/

[Para]

I suppose, to keep up with the times, my programs, all written in C++. I tidied the interface up, documentation is along with the source code.

movesrc.zip - 105 KB (download)
preturbsrc.zip - 311 KB (download)
custompreturb.zip - 261 KB (download)

And my Life-simulation algorithm that all my programs depend upon:
hashlife.zip - 141 MB (download)

[hotcrystal0]

Can this be completed? I tried everything I know of, but nothing.

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x = 29, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
7bo$6bobo$ob2obobobo12bo$2obobo3bo10b3o$4b2o3b2o8bo$19b2o2$6b2o4b3o$5b
obo2b2o2bo7b2o$5b2o3bo2b2o6bobo$10b3o8b2o2$8b2o$9bo8b2o3b2o$6b3o10bo3b
obob2o$6bo12bobobob2obo$20bobo$21bo!

[hotcrystal0]

Sorry for the doublepost.
A new period-9 repeater, found by running Lk's eater program for a while and then getting lucky:

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x = 12, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$3b2o3bo$bo4bobob2o$6bobo2bo$o3bobob2o$2o4bo$4bob4o$3bo6bo$o2bobo
bo2bo$4obob3o$4bobo$2bobo2bo$2b2o2b2o!

Edit: It has a SPARK, which reduces at least one known repeater:

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x = 19, y = 33, rule = B3/S23
4b2o2b2o$4bo2bobo$5bobo$2b3obob4o$bo2bobobo2bo$bo6bo$2b4obo$5bo4b2o$2b
2obobo3bo$o2bobo$2obobo4bo$3bo3b2o7b2o$3b2o11bo$9bo4bobo$8bobo3b2o$7b
o3bo$7bo3bo$7bo3bo$3b2o3bobo$2bobo4bo$2bo11b2o$b2o7b2o3bo$8bo4bobob2o
$13bobo2bo$7bo3bobob2o$7b2o4bo$11bob4o$10bo6bo$7bo2bobobo2bo$7b4obob3o
$11bobo$9bobo2bo$9b2o2b2o!

[Para]

Can this be completed? I tried everything I know of, but nothing.

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rle

I, too, tried everything I knew, and failed. It was a bit of a facepalm moment when I realized custompreturb existed, and it spat out this (fun fact this was actually found by barrister):

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x = 29, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
9b2o$9b2o$22bo$7b4o9b3o$6bo3bo8bo$6b2o11b2o3b2ob2o$25bob2o$b2o3b2o4b3o
10bo$bobobobo2b2o2bo7b2obo$3bob2o3bo2b2o6bobobobo$3bo6b3o8b2o3b2o$2obo
$2ob2o3b2o11b2o$9bo8bo3bo$6b3o9b4o$6bo$18b2o$18b2o!

This was the input file:

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x = 16, y = 19, rule = LifeHistory
14F$14F$14F$14F$14F$14F$14F$9F$9F$9F4.3A$9F2.2A2.A$9F2.A2.2A$9F2.3A$
8F$7F2.2A$6F4.A$5F2.3A$5F2.A!

[hotcrystal0]

An incliner for a cardinal. Interesting because most of the actual inclined part is period 2:

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x = 18, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
3o$o2bo$o7bo$o3bo2b3o$o3bo4b2o$o5b2o2b2o$bobo6bo$10b2o$7b2obob2o$6b2o
2bobo$6bo2bo2bob2o$5b2o5bob2o$13bobo$12b2ob2o$12bo3bo$11bobobobo!

[Para]

RestoreSearch (which I may or may not have transpiled to C++) gave me this:

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x = 23, y = 36, rule = LifeHistory
$20.2A$19.A.A$20.A4$7.C$8.C$8.2C$7.2C$7.C2$9.2E$9.2E8$.2A$.2A7$2.2A$.
A.A$.A$2A!

Which I completed with PreturbSearch, giving us a new transformer HH157:

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x = 39, y = 37, rule = LifeHistory
$21.2A$20.A.A$21.A4$8.C$9.C$9.2C$8.2C$8.C2$10.2E$10.2E2$23.2A$23.2A5$
2.2A$2.2A2$36.D$36.2D$37.2D$37.D$36.D$3.2A$2.A.A$2.A$.2A9.2A$13.A13.A
$10.3A13.A.A$10.A16.A!

[Disaster16439]

RestoreSearch (which I may or may not have transpiled to C++) gave me this:

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x = 23, y = 36, rule = LifeHistory
$20.2A$19.A.A$20.A4$7.C$8.C$8.2C$7.2C$7.C2$9.2E$9.2E8$.2A$.2A7$2.2A$.
A.A$.A$2A!

Which I completed with PreturbSearch, giving us a new transformer HH157:

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x = 39, y = 37, rule = LifeHistory
$21.2A$20.A.A$21.A4$8.C$9.C$9.2C$8.2C$8.C2$10.2E$10.2E2$23.2A$23.2A5$
2.2A$2.2A2$36.D$36.2D$37.2D$37.D$36.D$3.2A$2.A.A$2.A$.2A9.2A$13.A13.A
$10.3A13.A.A$10.A16.A!

Meanwhile, RestoreSearch has found this, which I shoved into my PerturberFind, which prioritizes more likely regions of exploration, so it generally finds results more quickly(1 hour for PerterberFind, 4 hours for CustomPerturb).

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x = 64, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
58bo$47b2o7b3o$46bo2bo5bo$45bob2obo4b2o$7b2o36bo4bo$7b2o37b3obob2o$48b
obo2bo$51b2o2$2o$b2o$2o14b2obo24b2o$o15bob2o25b2o$44b2o14b2obo$9b2o33b
o15bob2o$9b2o$53b2o$53b2o!

It also found this, but I don't know how to use it:

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x = 14, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
9b2o$9bo$7bobo$7b2o$2o$2o7$11b2o$8b2ob3o$4b2ob3ob2o$4b2o2b2ob3o$12b2o!

(Also, this transparent block was found by me. Feel free to explore it as it is not explored that much)

[Para]

Meanwhile, RestoreSearch has found this, which I shoved into my PerturberFind, which prioritizes more likely regions of exploration, so it generally finds results more quickly(1 hour for PerterberFind, 4 hours for CustomPerturb).

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x = 64, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
58bo$47b2o7b3o$46bo2bo5bo$45bob2obo4b2o$7b2o36bo4bo$7b2o37b3obob2o$48b
obo2bo$51b2o2$2o$b2o$2o14b2obo24b2o$o15bob2o25b2o$44b2o14b2obo$9b2o33b
o15bob2o$9b2o$53b2o$53b2o!

Yes, it does seem that PerturberFind is faster than CustomPreturb most of the time, sometimes over 2x (using catalysts found per second as a benchmark) even though it is written in Disaster, which seems, from benchmarks, to be around 3.6x slower than C++. It seems to get its speed from pruning branches of the search tree using heuristics.
This does cause PerturberFind to get stuck sometimes, as it finds hundreds of variants of the same perturber and prunes the rest of the search tree because in its eyes they're not viable, while Custom is guaranteed to search the entire area.
I tried searching for 4-puff preturbers with it, but PerturberFind got stuck on one branch of fishhook variants (I currently don't know how to fix that).

Anyways, to provide something constructive, a 4-puff catalyst found by Custom:

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x = 12, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
7b3o$6bo3bo$5bo5bo$5bo5bo$5bo5bo$6bo3bo$7b3o2$6bo$5bobo$b2obobo$obobob
obo$o4bob2o$b3obo$3bobo$4bo!

It acts as a replacement for this:

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x = 9, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
4b3o$3bo3bo$2bo5bo$2bo5bo$2bo5bo$3bo3bo$4b3o2$2b2o$3bo3b2o$3o3b3o$o5b
2o!

Some reactions with it:

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x = 73, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
12b3o23b3o27b3o$11bo3bo21bo3bo25bo3bo$10bo5bo19bo5bo23bo5bo$10bo5bo19b
o5bo23bo5bo$10bo5bo10b2o7bo5bo23bo5bo$11bo3bo11b2o8bo3bo15b2o8bo3bo$
12b3o23b3o16bo10b3o$2b2o54bo$bobo7bo25bo21bo7bo$bo8bobo23bobo17b3o7bob
o$2o4b2obobo20b2obobo18bo5b2obobo$5bobobobobo17bobobobobo21bobobobobo$
5bo4bob2o17bo4bob2o21bo4bob2o$6b3obo21b3obo25b3obo$8bobo23bobo27bobo$
9bo25bo29bo!

PS: I'm also starting work on a program that will run millions of random patterns in hope to find something (Yes, it's inefficient, but some patterns can only be found this way).

OOC: Also, don't you think an hour/4 hours is a bit much, especially for the R64 catalyst which is only in the 10-20 bit range?

[lk050807]

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PS: I'm also starting work on a program that will run millions of random patterns in hope to find something (Yes, it's inefficient, but some patterns can only be found this way).
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I already have one, but it needed a simulation prorgam to run. Can anyone help me?

[Disaster16439]

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PS: I'm also starting work on a program that will run millions of random patterns in hope to find something (Yes, it's inefficient, but some patterns can only be found this way).
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I already have one, but it needed a simulation prorgam to run. Can anyone help me?

I improved Disaster a bit, so now it is 1.3 times faster than C++. I made one that generates random 24x24 patterns. It uses HASH-576 tech, to upload to a database called Dissearch and confirm it is actually random. I just updated it to get 1x576 and 2x288 symmetries.

Dissearch.dis 3141.59 MB (download)

[Para]

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PS: I'm also starting work on a program that will run millions of random patterns in hope to find something (Yes, it's inefficient, but some patterns can only be found this way).
*snip*

I already have one, but it needed a simulation prorgam to run. Can anyone help me?

I improved Disaster a bit, so now it is 1.3 times faster than C++. I made one that generates random 24x24 patterns. It uses HASH-576 tech, to upload to a database called Dissearch and confirm it is actually random. I just updated it to get 1x576 and 2x288 symmetries.

Dissearch.dis 3141.59 MB (download)

OOC: I'm deciding that this is not inline with our progression. C++ is compiled, with extreme optimization, directly to MACHINE CODE, which Disaster, no matter the interpereter/compiler, cannot really surpass. Also, please be a bit considerate with the search programs; This is meant to be a sort of apgsearch, and will be emulated by real apgsearch; please provide a working stdin soup script so we can actually upload hauls.

I don't mean to come off as rude here, I'm just saying that I expect a soup-searcher to take pretty long to develop, and that we shouldn't be elevating Disaster to above C++, which has decades of optimization in its compilers.

Edit: can you also provide the syntax of Disaster? (I really like making interpereters)