xs26_o86pibq23146z023 in 139G, down from 149G.
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x = 206, y = 211, rule = B3/S23
68bo$69b2o$68b2o2$76bo$75bo$75b3o2$64b2o$65b2o$64bo44$11bo$12b2o$11b2o
2$143bo$143bobo$143b2o2$2bo$obo$b2o133bo$135bo$135b3o4$136bo$16bo79bo
bo35b2o$14bobo79b2o37b2o$15b2o80bo2$37bo$38bo$36b3o90bo$128bo$41bo86b
3o$39bobo43bo9bo$40b2o42bo8b2o$84b3o7b2o3$40bobo$41b2o$41bo7$38bo49bo
$39bo48bobo$37b3o48b2o3$54bobo$55b2o$55bo2$58bo32bobo$59b2o30b2o$58b2o
32bo2$51bo$52bo31bo$50b3o29b2o$83b2o3$84bo$84bobo$84b2o3$197bo$90bo106b
obo$89bo107b2o$89b3o2$202bo$200b2o$201b2o3$64b2o$60bobo2bo119bobo2bo5b
2o$59bob3o120bob5o4b2o$59bo124bo12bo$57b2obob2o118b2obob2o$57bo2b2obo
118bo2b2obo$59bo124bo19b2o$58b2o14bo108b2o13b2o3b2o$74bobo120b2o6bo$74b
2o123bo2$71b2o$71bobo7b2o$71bo9bobo$81bo$67bo$67b2o$66bobo4$60b3o$62b
o2b3o21b2o$61bo3bo23bobo$66bo22bo2$93b3o$67b3o23bo$67bo26bo$68bo24$135b
o$134b2o$134bobo16$123bo$122b2o$122bobo7$150bo$149b2o$149bobo!
Silly previous steps that spent 10 unnecessary gliders shuffling a block around.
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x = 437, y = 211, rule = B3/S23
109bo$110b2o$109b2o2$117bo$116bo$116b3o2$105b2o$106b2o$105bo44$52bo$53b
2o$52b2o2$184bo$184bobo$184b2o2$43bo$41bobo$42b2o133bo$176bo$176b3o4$
177bo$57bo79bobo35b2o$55bobo79b2o37b2o$56b2o80bo2$78bo$79bo$77b3o90bo
$169bo$82bo86b3o$80bobo43bo9bo$81b2o42bo8b2o$125b3o7b2o3$81bobo$82b2o
$82bo7$79bo49bo$80bo48bobo$78b3o48b2o3$95bobo$96b2o$96bo2$99bo32bobo$
100b2o30b2o$99b2o32bo2$92bo$93bo31bo$91b3o29b2o$124b2o3$125bo$125bobo
$125b2o4$131bo$130bo$130b3o$378bo$367bo10bobo$368bo9b2o$366b3o3$7b2o96b
2o324bo$3bobo2bo92bobo2bo119bobo2bo36bobo2bo40bobo2bo6bo34bobo2bo47bo
bo2bob2o7bo$2bob3o93bob3o120bob5o35bob5o39bob5o5bo34bob5o4b2o40bob5ob
2o7b3o$2bo97bo124bo41bo45bo11b3o32bo10b2o3bo36bo$2obob2o91b2obob2o118b
2obob2o35b2obob2o39b2obob2o40b2obob2o10b2o34b2obob2o10bo5b3o$o2b2obo91b
o2b2obo118bo2b2obo35bo2b2obo39bo2b2obo40bo2b2obo10bobo33bo2b2obo9b2o5b
o$2bo97bo124bo41bo45bo8b2o36bo52bo13bobo5bo$b2o96b2o14bo108b2o40b2o6b
2o36b2o8b2o35b2o51b2o5bo$115bobo115bo40b2o2bobo138b2o$103b2o10b2o111b
2o2b2o44b2o138bobo$4b2o97b2o123b2o2bobo44bo43b2o102b2o$3bobo106b2o210b
2o100b2o$5bo106bobo7b2o199bo104bo$8b3o101bo9bobo$8bo113bo108b3o$9bo98b
o122bo$108b2o122bo$107bobo4$101b3o$103bo2b3o21b2o$102bo3bo23bobo$107b
o22bo2$134b3o$108b3o23bo$108bo26bo$109bo24$176bo$175b2o$175bobo16$164b
o$163b2o$163bobo7$191bo$190b2o$190bobo!
in 140G, down from 148G, by not changing a carrier motif to a snake and then back again several steps later.
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x = 268, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$2o$13bo12bobo$14bo11b2o$12b3o12bo5$209bo$16bo178bo13bobo$17b2o42b
o131bobo13b2o$16b2o44bo131b2o$60b3o149bo$66bo145bobo$16bo47b2o146b2o$
16b2o47b2o$15bobo$214b3o$21b2o40b2o45b2o36bo7b2o46b2o8bo$21bo2b2o37bo
bob2o40bo2bo36b2o4bo2bo44bo2bo8bo32bo12bobo$22bob2o39bob2o35bo4bob2o35b
2o5bob2o44bob2o40bo12bob2o$21b2o41b2o39bo2b2o44b2o45b3o43b3o8b3o$23b5o
38b5o32b3o4b5o38bo2b5o39bo3b5o48bo3b5o$21b2o3bo2bo34b2o3bo2bo35b2o3bo
2bo36b3o3bo2bo38b3o3bo2bo47b3o3bo2bo$20bo2bo4b2o33bo2bo4b2o34bo2bo4b2o
31b2o6bo4b2o41bo4b2o36bo13bo4b2o$21b2o41b2o42b2o37bobo5b2o46b2o43b2o10b
2o$149bo97b2o$251b3o$7bo143b2o100bo$7b2o141b2o100bo$6bobo94b3o46bo$105b
o$104bo!
Chris857 wrote: July 7th, 2025, 12:53 pm
PK22 wrote: July 7th, 2025, 11:42 am
This 37G component (which converts a carrier to a table) is used in quite a few of the small still lifes with high glider costs. Can someone try to find a cheaper component with the same effect?
Serendipitously, I found a 17G version in the last step of
xs24_9v0c88gz3egr11.
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x = 78, y = 118, rule = B3/S23
30$18bo$19bo$17b3o8$28bobo$29b2o$29bo5$37bobo$38b2o2bobo$38bo3b2o$23b
o19bo$24bo$22b3o15bo$41bo$39b3o4$48bo$35bo10b2o$33bobo11b2o$18b3o13b2o
$20bo$19bo$39bobo$39b2o$40bo$25b2o$26b2o8bo$25bo8bobo6b2o$35b2o6bo2bo
b2o$45b3ob3o$52bo$45b2ob2ob2o$23b2o11b3o7bobo$24b2o10bo9bobo$23bo13bo
9bo9$27b3o$29bo$28bo2$50b2o$50bobo$50bo2$24b2o$25b2o$24bo!
xs26_o86pibq23146z023 down another 20G, to 119G.
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x = 120, y = 134, rule = B3/S23
41$73bo$72bo$72b3o8$61bobo$61b2o$62bo5$52bobo$47bobo2b2o$48b2o3bo$48b
o19bo$67bo$51bo15b3o$50bo$50b3o4$43bo$44b2o10bo$43b2o11bobo$56b2o13b3o
$71bo$72bo$50bobo$51b2o$51bo$65b2o$55bo8b2o$47b2o6bobo8bo$43bobo2bo6b
2o$42bob3o$42bo$40b2obob2o$40bo2b2obo6b3o11b2o$42bo12bo10b2o$41b2o11b
o13bo9$62b3o$62bo$63bo2$40b2o$39bobo$41bo2$66b2o$65b2o$67bo!
Chris857 wrote: July 7th, 2025, 12:53 pm
PK22 wrote: July 7th, 2025, 11:42 am
This 37G component (which converts a carrier to a table) is used in quite a few of the small still lifes with high glider costs. Can someone try to find a cheaper component with the same effect?
Woah, even better,
xs22_8k487p8z9f0321 has a 5G way to do it
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x = 75, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
72bobo$72b2o$73bo5$40bo$38bobo$39b2o12bo$46bobo2b2o$47b2o3b2o$47bo6$3b
o$b2o46bo$2b2o44bobo$48b2o2$2o46b2o$o47bo$2bob2o44bob2o$b2obobo42b2ob
obo$2bo3bo43bo3bo$bo2bob2o41bo2bob2o$2b2obo44b2obo$5bo47bo$5b2o46b2o!
xs26_o86pibq23146z023 in 107G.
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x = 82, y = 37, rule = B3/S23
73bo$72bo$72b3o6$71bo$69b2o$7b2o48b2ob2o8b2o$3bobo2bo44bobo2bobobo$2b
ob3o45bob3o4bo$2bo49bo18bo$2obob2o8bo34b2obob2o13b2o$o2b2obo7b2o34bo2b
2obo13bobo$2bo11bobo35bo$b2o48b2o17$80b2o$79b2o$81bo!
in 132G, down from 144G.
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x = 139, y = 73, rule = B3/S23
20$107bo$106bo$106b3o6$105bo$103b2o$31b2o58b2ob2o8b2o$26b2obo2bo53b2o
bo2bobobo$24b3ob3o53b3ob3o4bo$23bo59bo21bo$23b2ob2ob2o8bo43b2ob2ob2o13b
2o$27bobo8b2o47bobo14bobo$27bobo8bobo46bobo$28bo59bo17$114b2o$113b2o$
115bo!
in 106G.
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x = 126, y = 57, rule = B3/S23
14$111bo$110bo$110b3o6$109bo$107b2o$20b2o3b2o63b2o3b2ob2o8b2o$20bo2bo
2bo63bo2bo2bobobo$21bob2o66bob2o4bo$18b4o66b4o17bo$17bo5b2o8bo53bo5b2o
13b2o$18b5obo7b2o54b5obo13bobo$20bo11bobo55bo18$118b2o$117b2o$119bo!
in 58G, down from 78G. Edit: 48G.
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x = 241, y = 127, rule = B3/S23
63bo168bo$64bo166bo$62b3o166b3o6$65bo164bo$66b2o160b2o$8b2o6b2o47b2o8b
2ob2o6b2o58b2o68b2ob2o8b2o$8bo2bo2bo2bo56bobobo2bo2bo2bo50bo2bo2bo2bo
60bo2bo2bo2bobobo$10b6o59bo4b6o52b8o62b8o4bo$65bo164bo$bo8b2o2b2o49b2o
13b2o2b2o54b2o2b2o8bo55b2o2b2o13b2o$b2o7bo2bobo48bobo13bo2bobo54bo2bo
bo7b2o55bo2bobo13bobo$obo8b2o68b2o58b2o10bobo55b2o18$55b2o182b2o$56b2o
180b2o$55bo184bo54$63bo168bo$64bo166bo$62b3o166b3o6$65bo164bo$66b2o160b
2o$8b2o6b2o47b2o8b2ob2o6b2o58b2o68b2ob2o8b2o$8bo2bo2bo2bo56bobobo2bo2b
o2bo50bo2bo2bo2bo60bo2bo2bo2bobobo$10b6o59bo4b6o52b8o62b8o4bo$65bo164b
o$bo8b2o2b2o49b2o13b2o2b2o54b2o2b2o8bo55b2o2b2o13b2o$b2o7bobo2bo48bob
o13bobo2bo54bobo2bo7b2o55bobo2bo13bobo$obo10b2o68b2o58b2o8bobo57b2o18$
55b2o182b2o$56b2o180b2o$55bo184bo!
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x = 300, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
160bo$159bo$159b3o$102bo$o2bo2bo2bo34bo2bo2bo2bo33bo2bo2bo2bo4bo40bo2b
o2bo2bo50bo2bo2bo2bo32bo2bo2bo2bo32bo2bo2bo2bo$10o34b10o33b10o4b3o38b
10o50b10o32b10o32b10o2$2b2o2b2o38b2o2b2o37b2o2b2o49b6o8bobo43b3ob2o36b
2o2b2o36b2o2b2o3bobo$2b2o2b2o38b2o2bobo35bobo2bobo47bo2bo2bo8b2o43bo2b
obobo35bo4bo36bo4bo3b2o$51bo37bo4bo48b2o14bo43b2o4bo37b4o38b4o5bo$163b
o$5bo4b2o30b2o4bo113b2o83b2o40b2o4bo$5b2o2b2o32b2o2b2o113bobo81bo2bo39b
2o3b2o$4bobo4bo30bo4bobo34b2o13b2o110b2o34b2o45bobo$85b2o12bobo99b2o8b
obo$84bo8b2o4bo100bobo8bo76b2o$6b3o36b3o40b2o3bobo41b2o12bo50bo44bo40b
obo$6bo40bo40bobo2bo42bobo6b3o2b2o95b2o3bo35bo$7bo38bo41bo49bo8bo2bob
o55b2o36bobo3bobo$146bo20b2o38b2o43b2o31b2o$97b2o68bobo39bo76b2o$97bo
bo67bo36b2o79bo$97bo105bobo$205bo3$135b2o$134bobo$136bo!
in 33G, down from 60G.
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x = 160, y = 83, rule = B3/S23
29$129bo$128bo$128b3o6$127bo$18b2o88b2o15b2o$18bo4b2o83bo4b2ob2o8b2o$
14b2o3b3o2bo79b2o3b3o2bobobo$15bo5b2o82bo5b2o4bo$15bob3o85bob3o17bo$16b
obob3o8bo74bobob3o13b2o$22bo7b2o80bo13bobo$30bobo18$136b2o$135b2o$137b
o!
