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New spaceships

Post by EvinZL » November 8th, 2018, 4:29 pm

I've been experimenting with the following pattern:

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#N bullethead
x=3, y=3, rule=B3/S23
bob$ooo$obo!
If you run it, you will notice that generation 3 reproduces itself, but then is destroyed by debris destroy it. Can anyone find a way to stabilize the debris?

P.S. I would like it to be called Bulletship 1

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Re: New spaceships

Post by dvgrn » November 8th, 2018, 5:37 pm

EvinZL wrote:I've been experimenting with the following pattern:

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[pi heptomino predecessor][/viewer ]
If you run it, you will notice that generation 3 reproduces itself, but then is destroyed by debris destroy it. Can anyone find a way to stabilize the debris?[/quote]
See [wiki]pi-heptomino[/wiki] and [wiki]Caterpillar[/wiki], and maybe [wiki]Pi ship 1[/wiki]. The reappearance of the leading pi-heptomino shape is a very common rediscovery.

The Sandbox seems like a good place for this kind of thing, so I removed the copy on the Patterns thread.

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Re: New spaceships

Post by EvinZL » November 8th, 2018, 7:06 pm

Thanks! I'm wondering if anyone can find new ones.

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Re: New spaceships

Post by EvinZL » November 8th, 2018, 7:15 pm

I think rule B31/S3 will make the shape a glider.

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x=3, y=3, rule=B31/S3
bob$ooo$obo!

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Re: New spaceships

Post by EvinZL » November 8th, 2018, 7:15 pm

Whoops

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Re: New spaceships

Post by dvgrn » November 8th, 2018, 8:29 pm

You might not need quite so many posts, or quite so many viewers in a row -- or at least use the THUMBNAIL command so they don't take up so much space:

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#N p56, speed 9c/28 spaceship
#O Dean Hickerson, 12 Oct 1998
x = 160, y = 41, rule = B37/S23
4b3o7b3o126b3o7b3o$4bo2bo5bo2bo126bo2bo5bo2bo$3bo3bo5bo3bo6b3o7b3o86b
3o7b3o6bo3bo5bo3bo$4bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo86bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo$
4bobo7bobo6bo3bo5bo3bo6b3o7b3o46b3o7b3o6bo3bo5bo3bo6bobo7bobo$24bo2bo
5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo46bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo$24bobo7bobo6bo3bo5bo3bo6b
3o7b3o6b3o7b3o6bo3bo5bo3bo6bobo7bobo$44bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo6bo2bo5b
o2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo$44bobo7bobo6bo3bo5bo3bo4bo3bo5bo3bo6bobo7bobo$64bo2bo
5bo2bo6bo2bo5bo2bo$4b3o7b3o2b3o42bobo7bobo6bobo7bobo42b3o2b3o7b3o$6bo
7bo130bo7bo$4bobo7bobo2bobo2b3o7b3o2b3o76b3o2b3o7b3o2bobo2bobo7bobo$
20bo5bo7bo44b2o44bo7bo5bo$24bobo7bobo2bobo2b3o7b3o2b3o16bo2bo16b3o2b3o
7b3o2bobo2bobo7bobo$21bo18bo5bo7bo22b2o2b2o22bo7bo5bo18bo$21bo22bobo7b
obo2bobo2b3o7b2ob2o2b2ob2o7b3o2bobo2bobo7bobo22bo$21bo19bo18bo5bo7bo3b
4o3bo7bo5bo18bo19bo$5b2o34bo22bobo7bobo6bobo7bobo22bo34b2o$4bo2bo33bo
19bo36bo19bo33bo2bo$4bo2bo53bo36bo53bo2bo$5b2o54bo36bo54b2o$9bo140bo$
8b2o140b2o$8bobo18bo100bo18bobo$28b2o100b2o$28bobo18bo60bo18bobo$48b2o
60b2o$15bo32bobo58bobo32bo$2b3o9b2o128b2o9b3o$14bobo18bo88bo18bobo$34b
2o88b2o$8bo25bobo86bobo25bo$8bo142bo$bo3bo15bo116bo15bo3bo$3o17b2o116b
2o17b3o$7bo12bobo114bobo12bo$5b2obo142bob2o$3bo2bobo142bobo2bo$bo2bo
150bo2bo$2b3o150b3o!
#C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 WIDTH 656 HEIGHT 320 ZOOM 4 AUTOSTART GPS 28 TRACK 0 -9/28 ]]
It tends to make people (or me, at least) less likely to look at what you post, when there's so much vertical space with so little content.

The idea of a new pi ship crops up every few years, but so far nobody has found one -- and it's not for lack of people trying over the past several decades. Maybe there's one out there, but for various technical reasons the odds of finding it are low enough that people have tended to find it more rewarding to do their spaceship-hunting elsewhere.

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Re: New spaceships

Post by EvinZL » November 9th, 2018, 10:03 pm

What does your code,
#N p56, speed 9c/28 spaceship
#O Dean Hickerson, 12 Oct 1998
x = 160, y = 41, rule = B37/S23
4b3o7b3o126b3o7b3o$4bo2bo5bo2bo126bo2bo5bo2bo$3bo3bo5bo3bo6b3o7b3o86b
3o7b3o6bo3bo5bo3bo$4bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo86bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo$
4bobo7bobo6bo3bo5bo3bo6b3o7b3o46b3o7b3o6bo3bo5bo3bo6bobo7bobo$24bo2bo
5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo46bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo$24bobo7bobo6bo3bo5bo3bo6b
3o7b3o6b3o7b3o6bo3bo5bo3bo6bobo7bobo$44bo2bo5bo2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo6bo2bo5b
o2bo7bo2bo5bo2bo$44bobo7bobo6bo3bo5bo3bo4bo3bo5bo3bo6bobo7bobo$64bo2bo
5bo2bo6bo2bo5bo2bo$4b3o7b3o2b3o42bobo7bobo6bobo7bobo42b3o2b3o7b3o$6bo
7bo130bo7bo$4bobo7bobo2bobo2b3o7b3o2b3o76b3o2b3o7b3o2bobo2bobo7bobo$
20bo5bo7bo44b2o44bo7bo5bo$24bobo7bobo2bobo2b3o7b3o2b3o16bo2bo16b3o2b3o
7b3o2bobo2bobo7bobo$21bo18bo5bo7bo22b2o2b2o22bo7bo5bo18bo$21bo22bobo7b
obo2bobo2b3o7b2ob2o2b2ob2o7b3o2bobo2bobo7bobo22bo$21bo19bo18bo5bo7bo3b
4o3bo7bo5bo18bo19bo$5b2o34bo22bobo7bobo6bobo7bobo22bo34b2o$4bo2bo33bo
19bo36bo19bo33bo2bo$4bo2bo53bo36bo53bo2bo$5b2o54bo36bo54b2o$9bo140bo$
8b2o140b2o$8bobo18bo100bo18bobo$28b2o100b2o$28bobo18bo60bo18bobo$48b2o
60b2o$15bo32bobo58bobo32bo$2b3o9b2o128b2o9b3o$14bobo18bo88bo18bobo$34b
2o88b2o$8bo25bobo86bobo25bo$8bo142bo$bo3bo15bo116bo15bo3bo$3o17b2o116b
2o17b3o$7bo12bobo114bobo12bo$5b2obo142bob2o$3bo2bobo142bobo2bo$bo2bo
150bo2bo$2b3o150b3o!
#C [[ THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 WIDTH 656 HEIGHT 320 ZOOM 4 AUTOSTART GPS 28 TRACK 0 -9/28 ]]
have to do with pi ships?

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Re: New spaceships

Post by Gamedziner » November 10th, 2018, 7:16 am

EvinZL wrote:What does your code,

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(omitted due to length)
have to do with pi ships?
I think the pattern was only there to show how the THUMBNAIL command works.

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x = 81, y = 96, rule = LifeHistory
58.2A$58.2A3$59.2A17.2A$59.2A17.2A3$79.2A$79.2A2$57.A$56.A$56.3A4$27.
A$27.A.A$27.2A21$3.2A$3.2A2.2A$7.2A18$7.2A$7.2A2.2A$11.2A11$2A$2A2.2A
$4.2A18$4.2A$4.2A2.2A$8.2A!

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