rlifesrc "bug" involving spaceship partials and fix

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Disaster16439
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rlifesrc "bug" involving spaceship partials and fix

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First, I don't seem to be able to find a special rlifesrc thread, so I'm making a new one.

This is quite important, as I feel like many people (including past me) have encountered this problem. Moving this thread to one of the general script-related threads is probably bad, since then people wouldn't see it. Moderators still have the final decision, so feel free to move this to where it fits the best.

If you try to extend the partial of a spaceship, rlifesrc will likely output "No more results" before even starting the search. The fix is simple, you must copy the partial so that it has space to move forward in one cycle. This also applies to oscillators, but less severe, since they don't move forward like spaceships. I'll try to add images later.

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x=0,y=0,rule=B34q/S23-k
14b3o$13bo3bo$13b2ob2o9$15bo$15bo$b2o12bo12b2o$obo25bobo$o10b3o3b3o10b
o$obo25bobo$b2o12bo12b2o$15bo$15bo9$13b2ob2o$13bo3bo$14b3o!
[[ LOOP 200 THEME POISON AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 0.3 ]]
I’m sandless :D
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