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Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 29th, 2023, 4:10 am
by Rahul Kumar
In life viewer, if i want to make two blocks , one with red color and another with blue color, how do i do it ? Can you give me an example code ?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 29th, 2023, 5:20 am
by qqd
Rahul Kumar wrote: October 29th, 2023, 4:10 am
In life viewer, if i want to make two blocks , one with red color and another with blue color, how do i do it ? Can you give me an example code ?
Just use TripleB3S23:
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x = 6, y = 3, rule = TripleB3S23
2D$2D2.2A$4.2A!
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 29th, 2023, 10:05 am
by Rahul Kumar
qqd wrote: October 29th, 2023, 5:20 am
Rahul Kumar wrote: October 29th, 2023, 4:10 am
In life viewer, if i want to make two blocks , one with red color and another with blue color, how do i do it ? Can you give me an example code ?
Just use TripleB3S23:
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x = 6, y = 3, rule = TripleB3S23
2D$2D2.2A$4.2A!
How to change colors and set it to custom colors ?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 29th, 2023, 10:35 am
by qqd
Rahul Kumar wrote: October 29th, 2023, 10:05 am
qqd wrote: October 29th, 2023, 5:20 am
Rahul Kumar wrote: October 29th, 2023, 4:10 am
In life viewer, if i want to make two blocks , one with red color and another with blue color, how do i do it ? Can you give me an example code ?
Just use TripleB3S23:
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x = 6, y = 3, rule = TripleB3S23
2D$2D2.2A$4.2A!
How to change colors and set it to custom colors ?
https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Tutorials/C ... stom_rules
You create a rule with 3 or more states with the colors (in RGB format) of your choice, program them to simulate Life, and you are done (if you want different colors to interact, program it accordingly with more states.)
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 29th, 2023, 12:56 pm
by confocaloid
In
LifeViewer, one can also override cellstate colors for a specific pattern
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x = 8, y = 5, rule = TripleB3S23
2A.2B.2C$2A.2B.2C2$2F.2E.2D$2F.2E.2D!
#C [[ COLOR 0 240 240 240 ]]
#C [[ COLOR 1 0 0 192 ]]
#C [[ COLOR 2 0 192 0 ]]
#C [[ COLOR 3 0 192 192 ]]
#C [[ COLOR 4 192 0 0 ]]
#C [[ COLOR 5 192 0 192 ]]
#C [[ COLOR 6 192 192 0 ]]
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 29th, 2023, 11:16 pm
by Timelord Missionary
dvgrn wrote: October 19th, 2023, 9:45 pm
Ctrl+C in LifeViewer will copy out the RLE-format version of the current pattern. For devices with no keyboard, there's also a standard-looking Copy icon under the Select menu.
Thanks for the advice, but I can only access my account on a device without a keyboard and the copy functions either can’t work for other lifeviewers or I’m using them incorrectly. If there is any solution besides buying a wireless keyboard for my iPad, that would be greatly appreciated
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 30th, 2023, 2:51 am
by Haycat2009
What is the difference between a 2-engine corderpuffer, an ark and a sakapuffer? And if they are the same, why do different users prefer a specefic term?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 30th, 2023, 3:52 am
by confocaloid
Quoting previous discussion:
dvgrn wrote: May 7th, 2022, 9:56 pm
GUYTU6J wrote: May 6th, 2022, 10:47 pm
dvgrn wrote: May 6th, 2022, 10:53 pm
...
I believe Saka suggested it because it could be constructed with only 7 gliders...
I didn't see the relevant post, can you provide it as well as the background information I mentioned above?
I hadn't tracked it back to its source, but it wasn't too hard to do. It turns out that it was chris_c who
picked out a puffer from Saka's collection of puffers, on the grounds that it was cheap to synthesize. It was first called a "Sakapuffer" due to its source in Saka's collection, lower down on that same forum page (by calcyman).
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 30th, 2023, 5:34 am
by confocaloid
When the 3-pulse dividing pi-to-G was discovered? Here it is attached to a p62 pi factory:
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#C p62 gun https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=151467#p151468
#C pi-to-2G https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=145345#p145345
x = 142, y = 65, rule = LifeHistory
102.2A$92.A9.A.A.2A$92.3A9.A.A$95.A7.2A.A$94.2A5.4B.A.2A$62.A21.2A3.
2A3.B3A5B4A2.A$62.3A19.A5.A5.3A4BAB2.2A$65.A15.BA.A5.A.AB.BA2BA3B.3A
22.2B$64.2A12.B.BA.A7.2AB.3B2A2B4.A16.14B$64.5B8.2A3BA10.9B4.A.A13.B
4A6B4AB$B65.4B7.2AB.3B9.9B5.2A13.BA2BA6BA2BAB$2B63.5B8.B3.2B9.9B17.B.
5BA6BA5B.B$3B60.A.6B10.4B.3B2.B2.A3B2A3B15.2A3BA12BA3B2A$4B58.BA7B3.
21B2A2BA4B14.ABAB4A8B4ABABA$.4B53.B.11B2.16B2A5B3A6B14.4A3BA6BA3B4A$
2.4B51.2A5B2A5B2.16B2A6BA8B13.B6A8B6AB$3.4B50.2A5B2A6B.4BABA27B14.3BA
3B4.3BA3B$4.4B50.B.17BA2BA21B2.4B$5.4B4.2D46.12B2ABA2BA3B2.2B3.5B.B.B
6.4B12.3BA3B4.3BA3B$6.4B2.B2D2B43.13BA2BA3B13.B.2BA2B6.4B9.B6A8B6AB$
7.10B41.16B2A2B17.BABAB7.2B2A8.4A3BA6BA3B4A$8.7B2CB40.16B2AB13.2A3.BA
BAB3.2A3.2A2B6.ABAB4A8B4ABABA$8.7B2C42.19B12.A.BA3BA3BAB.A4.BA2B5.2A
3BA12BA3B2A$8.9B37.2A.AB2A17B13.3AB.3B.B3A6.4B5.B.5BA6BA5B.B$7.10B.B
35.A.2A.2A7B2A2B.3B.B2A13.3B.B.3B9.4B3.2B2.BA2BA6BA2BAB$7.5B3D3B2A40.
6BA3BA6.BA.A8.7AB.B7A6.4B2.2B2.B4A6B4AB$7.5BDBD3B2A42.4BA5B8.A8.A2.B
2.BA.AB2.B2.A7.6BAB2.14B$5.2AB.3BDBD4B44.8B2A7.2A8.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A9.4B
ABAB7.2B$4.A.AB2.9B43.4BA6B18.2A.A5.A.2A11.3BA2BA$4.A5.6B46.2A3B2A2B
2A23.A.A15.5B2A2B$3.2A4.9B23.2A.2A15.13B21.2A.2A13.10B$8.11B23.A.A13.
2B.13B.2B35.4B.6B$8.11B18.2A.A5.A.2A7.21B33.4B3.3B.B2A$9.10B7.2A8.A.A
.2A3.2A.A.A4.25B30.2A2B5.B2.BA.A$8.10B8.A8.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A3.10B2AB
2A10B29.ABAB12.A$6.11B6.BA.A8.7AB.B7A2.11BA3BA11B27.3BA13.2A$A.2A.2A
11B.3B.B2A13.3B.B.3B6.11BA3BA11B26.4B$2A.AB2A17B13.3AB.3B.B3A3.13BABA
13B24.4B$5.19B12.A.BA3BA3BAB.A3.13BA13B24.4B$4.19B13.2A3.BABAB3.2A3.
6B2.11B2.6B23.4B$4.20B17.BABAB7.A3B.B4.10B3.B.3BA21.4B$6.20B13.B.2BA
2B6.BABA9.5B.B7.ABAB19.4B$7.22B2.2B3.5B.B.B6.2B2A9.7B9.2A2B10.A6.4B$
4.B.19BD22B2.4B8.11B8.4B7.3A5.4B$3.2A13B.4BDBD27B8.3B2A3B2A3B8.4B5.A
7.4B$3.2A12B2.4B3D9B2A5B3D7B7.B.2BA2BABA2BA2B.B7.4B4.2A5.4B$4.B.11B2.
4BD11B2A4BD2BD6B7.A5B2A3B2A5BA7.9B4.4B$8.9B3.21B2D2BD4B7.A.A2B.9B.2BA
.A7.6B5.4B$9.B.6B10.4B.3B2.B2.BD2B2D3B9.AB3.9B3.BA8.8B2.4B$11.5B8.B3.
2B9.9B15.9B11.11B3AB$12.4B7.2AB.3B9.9B5.2A28.13BA$10.5B8.2A3BA10.9B4.
A.A28.12BA$10.2A12.B.BA.A7.2AB.3B2A2B4.A28.2AB.10B$11.A15.BA.A5.A.AB.
2BA2BA2B.3A27.A.AB3.B2A3B$8.3A19.A5.A5.BABA3BAB2.2A25.A6.2BA3B$8.A21.
2A3.2A3.4BA4B4A2.A23.2A6.4B$40.2A5.4B.A.2A32.3B$41.A7.2A.A36.2B.BA$
38.3A9.A.A35.B2ABA.A$38.A9.A.A.2A33.BABABA.A$48.2A35.A2.A.B.A.A.2A$
85.4A.2A2.A2.A$89.A4.2A$87.A.A$87.2A!
#C [[ MAXGRIDSIZE 9 ]]
dvgrn wrote: June 6th, 2022, 12:06 pm
wwei47 wrote: June 6th, 2022, 11:32 am
If you remove the eater 2 from the doubler, it becomes a tripler.
Yup -- though the tripler has been known for a long time. See the
p1035 gun for example.
So I guess the thing that wasn't known was that adding an eater2 would turn the tripler into a more compact doubler than any other 2H-G that we know about.
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 30th, 2023, 11:34 pm
by Haycat2009
confocaloid wrote: October 30th, 2023, 3:52 am
Quoting previous discussion:
dvgrn wrote: May 7th, 2022, 9:56 pm
GUYTU6J wrote: May 6th, 2022, 10:47 pm
I didn't see the relevant post, can you provide it as well as the background information I mentioned above?
I hadn't tracked it back to its source, but it wasn't too hard to do. It turns out that it was chris_c who
picked out a puffer from Saka's collection of puffers, on the grounds that it was cheap to synthesize. It was first called a "Sakapuffer" due to its source in Saka's collection, lower down on that same forum page (by calcyman).
So what is the difference?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 30th, 2023, 11:56 pm
by confocaloid
Haycat2009 wrote: October 30th, 2023, 11:34 pm
So what is the difference?
Can you clarify what exactly is unclear in the existing definitions of an ark and/or the 2-engine Cordership and/or
the discussion I linked above?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 31st, 2023, 10:26 am
by HerscheltheHerschel
Is there a spark census?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 31st, 2023, 10:37 am
by hotdogPi
It would be a bit hard to do, because different sparks often converge into the same one before dying. However, while time-consuming, looking at one of the octohash databases for each spark you're interested in would help.
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: October 31st, 2023, 11:24 am
by qqd
Is there any way to place a block in the following location from a pi?
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x = 3, y = 4, rule = LifeHistory
3A$A.A$ADC$.2D!
Relatedly, is it a good idea to keep a census of all Pi-to-blocks? I noticed that a lot of block collisions produce a pi near their location. This could allow us to find more transparent blocks, in fact, this is how I found this transparent block:
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x = 10, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
9bo$7b3o$6bo$6b2o6$5b2o$5b2o7$o$obo$3o$2bo5$4b2o$4bo$5b3o$7bo!
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 9:59 am
by HerscheltheHerschel
What is e9jp?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 10:16 am
by C28
an active region that got some attention due to being an intermeddate in
Speed tunnel.
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 10:23 am
by HerscheltheHerschel
C28 wrote: November 1st, 2023, 10:16 am
an active region that got some attention due to being an intermeddate in
Speed tunnel.
RLE?
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 10:24 am
by confocaloid
This can be answered with
a forum search. It is the
extended Wechsler format encoding of [an orientation of] the following pattern:
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x = 4, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
b3o$obo$o$2obo$2b2o!
Here it is on Catagolue (with rulestring replaced to B/S012345678 so it is a still life rather than an unstable active object):
https://catagolue.hatsya.com/object/xs1 ... s012345678
The string "e9jp" is not really a good name, but it is forum-searchable.
My suggested abbreviation for this object is "JJ" because it is an intermediate in the Jubjub reflector (and several other things).
confocaloid wrote: August 4th, 2023, 8:12 am
erictom333 wrote: August 1st, 2023, 10:00 pmHere are my proposals for methuselah symbols:
I would like to propose JJ for b3o$bo2bo$o2b2o$2o2bo! (the intermediate object that appears in the Jubjub reflector and the speed tunnel).
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 10:30 am
by HerscheltheHerschel
confocaloid wrote: November 1st, 2023, 10:24 am
This can be answered with
a forum search. It is the
extended Wechsler format encoding of [an orientation of] the following pattern:
Code: Select all
x = 4, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
b3o$obo$o$2obo$2b2o!
Here it is on Catagolue (with rulestring replaced to B/S012345678 so it is a still life rather than an unstable active object):
https://catagolue.hatsya.com/object/xs1 ... s012345678
The string "e9jp" is not really a good name, but it is forum-searchable.
My suggested abbreviation for this object is "JJ" because it is an intermediate in the Jubjub reflector (and several other things).
confocaloid wrote: August 4th, 2023, 8:12 am
erictom333 wrote: August 1st, 2023, 10:00 pmHere are my proposals for methuselah symbols:
I would like to propose JJ for b3o$bo2bo$o2b2o$2o2bo! (the intermediate object that appears in the Jubjub reflector and the speed tunnel).
My suggestion for it's abbreviation is LT because you can see it contains both T-tetromino and L-tetromino motifs at generation 0.
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 10:41 am
by confocaloid
When/if this active object becomes an "official" intermediate (with some arbitrary choice of the orientation and the center cell), a consequence of the choice of abbreviation will be whether the second stage of the speed tunnel is described as "JJ?42H", or as "LT?42H", or any other "??42H" (the question mark before '42' would be replaced by the orientation of the output Herschel relative to the input JJ, once that is decided).
HerscheltheHerschel wrote: November 1st, 2023, 10:30 am
confocaloid wrote: November 1st, 2023, 10:24 am
My suggested abbreviation for this object is "JJ" because it is an intermediate in the Jubjub reflector (and several other things).
confocaloid wrote: August 4th, 2023, 8:12 am
I would like to propose JJ for b3o$bo2bo$o2b2o$2o2bo! (the intermediate object that appears in the Jubjub reflector and the speed tunnel).
My suggestion for it's abbreviation is LT because you can see it contains both T-tetromino and L-tetromino motifs at generation 0.
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 10:45 am
by C28
confocaloid wrote: November 1st, 2023, 10:41 am
When/if this active object becomes an "official" intermediate (with some arbitrary choice of the orientation and the center cell), a consequence of the choice of abbreviation will be whether the second stage of the speed tunnel is described as "JJ?42H", or as "LT?42H", or any other "??42H" (the question mark before '42' would be replaced by the orientation of the output Herschel relative to the input JJ, once that is decided).
i think that this would be a good choice for the official orientation and center cell
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x = 4, y = 5, rule = LifeHistory
3A$.A.A$2.DA$A.2A$2A!
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 10:56 am
by hotdogPi
This region is ranked #530 in census.rle, and octo3obj shows that it's ranked properly (67 occurrences, approximately the same as those ranked near it). There are quite a lot of regions that are more common than it. It doesn't really deserve recognition.
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 11:10 am
by C28
hotdogPi wrote: November 1st, 2023, 10:56 am
This region is ranked #530 in census.rle, and octo3obj shows that it's ranked properly (67 occurrences, approximately the same as those ranked near it). There are quite a lot of regions that are more common than it. It doesn't really deserve recognition.
there's more than one way to skin a cat. if other users keep talking about e9jp, then a case could be made that it would deserves recognition (example: it's own article).
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 2:26 pm
by HerscheltheHerschel
What does ponytail mean? I've noticed it in ponytail test tube baby and now I'm wondering what is it.
Is it this thing below?
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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o$bo$bo$b2o!
Re: Thread for basic questions
Posted: November 1st, 2023, 2:27 pm
by hotdogPi
Yes, that's what it means.