Following your advice, I made an 8-state table called pentalife8, which models the rule pentalife (B2/S2).
Actually, the neighborhood modeled is a mirror image of the picture I linked to in the first post of this thread, sorry for the inconsistency.
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#Pentalife
#Format: C,N,NE,E,SE,S,SW,W,NW,C'
#0,1,2, and 3 are dead
#4,5,6, and 7 are alive
#All cells are connected orthogonally
#0 and 4 connect to the southwest
#1 and 5 connect to the southeast
#2 and 6 connect to the northeast
#3 and 7 connect to the northwest
#
n_states:8
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:none
var a={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
var b={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
var c={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
var d={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
var e={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
#
var dead={0,1,2,3}
var debd={0,1,2,3}
var decd={0,1,2,3}
var dedd={0,1,2,3}
#
var alive={4,5,6,7}
var blive={4,5,6,7}
var clive={4,5,6,7}
var dlive={4,5,6,7}
#
var notfour={0,1,2,3,5,6,7}
var notfive={0,1,2,3,4,6,7}
var notsix={0,1,2,3,4,5,7}
var notseven={0,1,2,3,4,5,6}
#
#0 in the center
0,alive,a,blive,b,dead,notsix,debd,c,4
0,alive,a,dead,b,blive,notsix,debd,c,4
0,alive,a,dead,b,debd,6,decd,c,4
0,alive,a,dead,b,debd,notsix,blive,c,4
#
0,dead,a,alive,b,blive,notsix,debd,c,4
0,dead,a,alive,b,debd,6,decd,c,4
0,dead,a,alive,b,debd,notsix,blive,c,4
#
0,dead,a,debd,b,alive,6,decd,c,4
0,dead,a,debd,b,alive,notsix,blive,c,4
0,dead,a,debd,b,decd,6,alive,c,4
#
#1 in the center
1,alive,a,blive,notseven,dead,b,debd,c,5
1,alive,a,dead,7,debd,b,decd,c,5
1,alive,a,dead,notseven,blive,b,debd,c,5
1,alive,a,dead,notseven,debd,b,blive,c,5
#
1,dead,a,alive,7,debd,b,decd,c,5
1,dead,a,alive,notseven,blive,b,debd,c,5
1,dead,a,alive,notseven,debd,b,blive,c,5
#
1,dead,a,debd,7,alive,b,decd,c,5
1,dead,a,debd,7,decd,b,alive,c,5
1,dead,a,debd,notseven,alive,b,blive,c,5
#
#2 in the center
2,alive,4,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,6
2,alive,notfour,blive,a,dead,b,debd,c,6
2,alive,notfour,dead,a,blive,b,debd,c,6
2,alive,notfour,dead,a,debd,b,blive,c,6
#
2,dead,4,alive,a,debd,b,decd,c,6
2,dead,4,debd,a,alive,b,decd,c,6
2,dead,4,debd,a,decd,b,alive,c,6
#
2,dead,notfour,alive,a,blive,b,debd,c,6
2,dead,notfour,alive,a,debd,b,blive,c,6
2,dead,notfour,debd,a,alive,b,blive,c,6
#3 in the center
#
3,alive,a,blive,b,dead,c,debd,notfive,7
3,alive,a,dead,b,blive,c,debd,notfive,7
3,alive,a,dead,b,debd,c,blive,notfive,7
3,alive,a,dead,b,debd,c,decd,5,7
#
3,dead,a,alive,b,blive,c,debd,notfive,7
3,dead,a,alive,b,debd,c,blive,notfive,7
3,dead,a,alive,b,debd,c,decd,5,7
#
3,dead,a,debd,b,alive,c,blive,notfive,7
3,dead,a,debd,b,alive,c,decd,5,7
3,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,alive,5,7
#State-specific deaths
#
#
#4 in the center
#isolation
4,alive,a,dead,b,debd,notsix,decd,c,0
4,dead,a,alive,b,debd,notsix,decd,c,0
4,dead,a,debd,b,alive,notsix,decd,c,0
4,dead,a,debd,b,decd,notsix,alive,c,0
#overcrowding
4,alive,a,blive,b,clive,c,d,e,0
4,alive,a,blive,b,c,clive,d,e,0
4,alive,a,blive,b,c,d,clive,e,0
4,alive,a,b,c,blive,clive,d,e,0
4,alive,a,b,c,blive,d,clive,e,0
4,alive,a,b,c,d,blive,clive,e,0
#
4,a,b,alive,c,blive,clive,d,e,0
4,a,b,alive,c,blive,d,clive,e,0
4,a,b,alive,c,d,blive,clive,e,0
#
4,a,b,c,d,alive,blive,clive,e,0
#5 in the center
#isolation
5,alive,a,dead,notseven,debd,b,decd,c,1
5,dead,a,alive,notseven,debd,b,decd,c,1
5,dead,a,debd,7,decd,b,dedd,c,1
5,dead,a,debd,notseven,alive,b,decd,c,1
5,dead,a,debd,notseven,decd,b,alive,c,1
#overcrowding
5,alive,a,blive,7,b,c,d,e,1
5,alive,a,blive,b,clive,c,d,e,1
5,alive,a,blive,b,c,d,clive,e,1
5,alive,a,b,7,blive,c,d,e,1
5,alive,a,b,7,c,d,blive,e,1
5,alive,a,b,c,blive,d,clive,e,1
#
5,a,b,alive,7,blive,c,d,e,1
5,a,b,alive,7,c,d,blive,e,1
5,a,b,alive,c,blive,d,clive,e,1
#
5,a,b,c,7,alive,d,blive,e,1
#6 in the center
#isolation
6,alive,notfour,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,2
6,dead,4,debd,a,decd,b,dedd,c,2
6,dead,notfour,alive,a,debd,b,decd,c,2
6,dead,notfour,debd,a,alive,b,decd,c,2
6,dead,notfour,debd,a,decd,b,alive,c,2
#overcrowding
6,alive,4,blive,a,b,c,d,e,2
6,alive,4,a,b,blive,c,d,e,2
6,alive,4,a,b,c,d,blive,e,2
6,alive,a,blive,b,clive,c,d,e,2
6,alive,a,blive,b,c,d,clive,e,2
6,alive,a,b,c,blive,d,clive,e,2
#
6,a,4,alive,b,blive,c,d,e,2
6,a,4,alive,b,c,d,blive,e,2
6,a,4,b,c,alive,d,blive,e,2
#
6,a,b,alive,c,blive,d,clive,e,2
#7 in the center
#isolation
7,alive,a,dead,b,debd,c,decd,notfive,3
7,dead,a,alive,b,debd,c,decd,notfive,3
7,dead,a,debd,b,alive,c,decd,notfive,3
7,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,alive,notfive,3
#overcrowding
7,alive,a,blive,b,clive,c,d,e,3
7,alive,a,blive,b,c,d,clive,e,3
7,alive,a,blive,b,c,d,e,5,3
7,alive,a,b,c,blive,d,clive,e,3
7,alive,a,b,c,blive,d,e,5,3
7,alive,a,b,c,d,e,blive,5,3
#
7,a,b,alive,c,blive,d,clive,e,3
7,a,b,alive,c,blive,d,e,clive,3
7,a,b,alive,c,d,e,blive,5,3
#
7,a,b,c,d,alive,e,blive,5,3
#
#universal deaths
4,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,dedd,d,0
5,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,dedd,d,1
6,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,dedd,d,2
7,dead,a,debd,b,decd,c,dedd,d,3
I suggest setting states 0-3 as dark colors, and states 4-7 as light colors.
One draw-back to this approach is that you can't just draw anywhere. If you want to try patterns, first fill a sufficiently large area with the pattern:
Then, adjust some cells to their live forms (i.e. 0 becomes 4, 1 becomes 5, ect.). This means that random fill won't give you a valid simulation of pentalife. Additionally, if a pattern expands to the edge of the dead cell grid, then it will come into contact with contiguous state 0 cells--an invalid formation. This could be improved slightly by adding a ninth state that remains dead (and have that be state 0) while shifting states 0-7 up one value (i.e. state 0 becomes state 1, state 1 becomes state 2, ect.). I saved this as pentalife9. This allows you to accurately model any FINITE pattern, but does not allow for infinite growth. If this is not what you had in mind, I would appreciate if you would specify what you meant. As it is, my idea for a 16-state emulation in a VN neighborhood is the best way to accurately model infinite growth in pentalife, assuming that infinite growth exists at all.
As soon as I get Windows working, I'll try.