M. I. Wright wrote:I linked the edge-shooters thread two posts up...
Speaking of which, this p160 gun from the first reply there should do the job.
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EDIT: oops, no it doesn't - the SW-travelling salvo's gliders are too closely spaced. Shouldn't be too hard to go find a better edge-shooter, though.
Actually, I don't see a problem there, if you pick the right order and choose a side of the salvo carefully for each gun. Here's a non-optimized version. The guns should really be moved closer together -- which is a really good thing to practice, if you want to work on building these kinds of patterns!
Figure out how to change the phases of some of the guns as you change their positions, so that the final gliders are still in the same relative locations. I'd recommend using LifeHistory to overwrite one gun phase easily with another, but that's just me.
-- Actually the way I'd do it would be to keep the same phase for the gun you're moving -- basically you select and copy it, then delete the gun pattern out and leave the glider. Then run the rest of the pattern until that glider is in the right place, and paste the gun back in, lining up the output glider so you're sure it will still work.
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#C unoptimized version of SW-traveling salvo shotgun
x = 290, y = 195, rule = B3/S23
146b2o11bo$146b2o10bobo$158bobo2b2o3bo$157b2ob2o2bo2bobo$161bobo3bobo$
157b2obo2b4obo$157b2obobo3bo$161bobo3bo$162bobo3bo3bo6bo$163bo3b2o3b3o
4bobo$175bo2bobo$152b2o20b2o4bo72b2o$151b4o98b2o$150b2obobo$151b3obo$
139b2o12b2o$138bo2bo11bo$137bob2o$137bo$136b2o$151b2o23b2o27b2o47bo$
130b2o19bo24b2o10b2o15b2o45b2ob2o11b2o$131bo20b3o22b3o9bo65b2o11b2o$
129bo24bo11b2o10b3o8bobo59bo3bobo$129b5o14b2o17bo9b5o8bobo$134bo13bo
15b3o9b2o3b2o8bo3b2o55bo$131b3o12bobo15bo12b5o13b2o56b3o$130bo15b2o30b
3o73b2o$130b4o45bo11b2o56b2o$128b2o3bo3b2o31b2o18b2o$127bo2b3o4b2o30bo
bo20bo$127b2obo38bo78bo2bo11b2o$130bo37b2o78bo14b2o$130b2o73b2o42bo$
201bo4b2o38b3o10bo$202b2o3b2o6b2o29bo13b2o3bo$138b2o61b2o3b2o7b2o42b2o
3bobo$139bo61bo4bo58bo$136b3o127b3o$136bo39b2o90bo$177bo16b2o$174b3o
16bobo$174bo18bo$192b2o2$161bo50bo$159b2o50bo51b3o14bo$160b2o49b3o49b
3o12b2o$262bo3bo13b2o$163b2o97bob2o13bo$159b2o2b2o84b2o12b3o2b2o$158bo
bo87bobo17b2o$159bo88bo29b2o$247b2o29bobo$154b3o4b2o117bo$154b3o4bo
118b2o$154b3o5b3o94b2o$151b3o10bo95bo$151b3o103b3o25b2o$151b3o103bo22b
2o2bo2bo$265b2o13bobo2b2o$264bobo16b2o$264bo19bo$232b2o5b2o22b2o16bo2b
ob2o$233bo5b2o39bobob2obo$233bobo8bo36bobo$71b2o11bo149b2o6b2o38bo2b2o
$71b2o10bobo152b2o3b2o38b2ob3o$83bobo2b2o3bo143bobo49bo$82b2ob2o2bo2bo
bo143bo44b2ob3o$86bobo3bobo139bo48b2obo$74bo7b2obo2b4obo$73b3o6b2obobo
3bo140b3obo38b2o$72bo2bo10bobo3bo138bob2o31b2o7b2o$71b5obo9bobo3bo3bo
6bo126b2obo32bo7b2o$72b4ob2o9bo3b2o3b3o4bobo122bob3o33bobo5b2o$100bo2b
obo74bo87b2o4bobo$76bo22b2o4bo73bo51bo44bo$69b2o108b3o83bo$68b3ob3o
188b3o$69b2o191bo25b2o$64b2o110bo85b2o24b2o$63bo2bo108bo$62bob2o109b3o
$62bo$61b2o$76b2o52b2o141bo$55b2o19bo36b2o15b2o140bobo$56bo20b3o25b2o
7bo137b2o18bobo$54bo24bo11b2o11b5o5bobo14bo119bobo5b2o12bo$54b5o14b2o
17bo10b2o2b2o6bobo12b3o118bo7b2o9b3o$59bo13bo15b3o9b2o2bobobo6bo3b2o8b
o2bo116b2o18bo$56b3o12bobo15bo11bo3b2o2bo10b2o10b2o$55bo15b2o34b2o23bo
131bo$55b4o44bob2o153b2obobo$53b2o3bo3b2o31b2o8bo23b3o127bobobobo$52bo
2b3o4b2o30bobo9bo22b2ob2o122bo2bobobobob2o$52b2obo38bo8bo2bo23bob2o
122b4ob2o2bo2bo$55bo37b2o9b2o26b2o126bo4b2o$55b2o72bo128bobo$129bo2bo
125b2o$131bo8b2o$63b2o67bo7b2o$64bo66bo3b2o$61b3o67bo4bo$61bo39b2o29bo
3b2o$102bo16b2o14bo$99b3o16bobo11b2obo$80b2o17bo18bo11b2obo$80bobo34b
2o11bo2bo$19b2o11bo47bo50bobo$19b2o10bobo97b3o$31bobo2b2o3bo102bo$30b
2ob2o2bo2bobo100bo$34bobo3bobo100b3o$21b3o6b2obo2b4obo46b2o$21bobo6b2o
bobo3bo44b2o2b2o$19bo14bobo3bo42bobo54bo$19bo5b2o8bobo3bo3bo7bo26bo3bo
54bo$19bo3bob2o9bo3b2o3b3o3b2o27b2o57b3o$21b5o22bo4b2o24b2obo3b2o$47b
2o3bo25bo2b3o2bo$16bob2obo55bobobo5b3o$16bo4bo54bobobo8bo$16bob2obo52b
3o2bo$12b2o61bob2o$11bo2bo61b2o$10bob2o63bo$10bo$9b2o$24b2o52b2o$3b2o
19bo36b2o15b2o$4bo20b3o24bo9bo15b2o$2bo24bo11b2o10bo4bo5bobo13b3o$2b5o
14b2o17bo9b2o5bo5bobo12bobo$7bo13bo15b3o9b3obobobo6bo3b2o8bo2bo$4b3o
12bobo15bo11b2o2bo3bo10b2o9b3o$3bo15b2o31bo2b2o23b2o$3b4o45b4o22b2o$b
2o3bo3b2o31b2o7b2o23bob2o$o2b3o4b2o30bobo8b2o26bo$2obo38bo9bobo22b2o3b
o$3bo37b2o9b2o25b3o$3b2o75b2o$78bo$79b2o7b2o$11b2o66b2o7b2o$12bo66b2o
2b2o15bo$9b3o67b2o18bo8bo$9bo39b2o32b3o13b3o5bo$50bo16b2o11b4o23b3o$
47b3o16bobo10b3o$28b2o17bo18bo11b2obo$27b2o36b2o11bo2b2o21bo$29bo48b2o
b2o20bo$79bobo21b3o$80bo3$36b2o$32b2o2b2o$31bobo$28b2o2bo2$27bo3bo2b2o
$26bo4bo2bo$25bobobo5b3o$24bobobo8bo$22bo4bo$22bo3bo2$24b2o12$64bo$63b
o8bo$63b3o5bo$71b3o3$68bo$67bo$67b3o$47bobo$47b2o$48bo!
Gustavo6046 wrote:A pattern that makes into a glider and block...
A descendant of that pattern is called "BG", for "block and glider", in the
elementary conduits collection -- though actually it's in the process of being renamed to "wing", just so that it has a less confusing single-letter abbreviation "W".
Gustavo6046 wrote:Okay. Now, to make this even more likely, a easier Loafer synthesis.
Eight synchronized gliders is just about as easy a loafer recipe as you're going to find. You can reduce the number of synchronized gliders to three at a time, but that will greatly increase the total number of gliders you'll need to build the "loafer seed", so it won't really help you:
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x = 107, y = 45, rule = B3/S23
13b2o$14bo$14bobo$15b2o2$3bo23bo$2bobo22bobo$bobo23b2o$b2o$14b2o$13bob
o$13b2o$71bo$72bo$70b3o$20b2o$19bobo$10bo9bo85bo$9bobo4bo87b2o$10b2o3b
obo87b2o$14bobo$14b2o2$45bo$25b2o16b3o36b2o$20b2o3b2o15bo34b2o3b2o$19b
o2bo19b2o32bo2bo$bo17bo2bo53bo2bo$obo17b2o55b2o$b2o4$21b2o48bobo4b2o$
21bobo4b2o42b2o4bobo4b2o$22bo5bobo41bo6bo5bobo$29b2o55b2o$33b2o55b2o$
33b2o55b2o3$22b2o55b2o$21bo2bo53bo2bo$21bo2bo53bo2bo$22b2o55b2o!
There's also a loafer gun in Golly's collection under Patterns/Hashlife, if you want to check that out -- it very slowly builds a loafer seed out of nothing but blocks.
