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AGreason & WildMyron's agar A note on attribution - I found the p6 and p8 agars (via SAT solver), and noted both the p6 and this one (the p8 moreso) give the impression of a background with vertically-propagating disturbances, which may be suggestive of a way to make arbitrary even-period phoenix a...

Matthias,

What is the current status of the search? I somehow lost the overview.

I understand that the width 19 search as well as the width 21 gutter search produced no ships, but promising partial results. Correct?

Without taking a closer look, the synthesis for 30P4H2V0.4 might profit from the newly available tools. Did anyone try to improve the synthesis for pushalong 1?

Would it be possible to search for ships with two lines of on cells in the middle? Just added an option for doing that. 3c/7 partial (it didn't get very far): x = 31, y = 12, rule = B3/S23 11bo7bo$10bobo5bobo$9bo3bo3bo3bo$8bo4bo3bo4bo$11b4ob4o$5b2o4bo2bobo2bo 4b2o$3bo2b2o6bobo6b2o2bo$2b2o3bobo3b2ob...

Would it be possible to search for ships with two lines of on cells in the middle?

These would be a good starting point for grey ships.

Congratulations!

This would lead to a dramatic decrease in the p30 PPS as well, I guess!

Congratulations! Great to finally see progress in diagonal c/4 puffers after so many years! By now it should be relatively easy to create a script that simulates an incomplete puffer engine to get useful candidates. I remember that finding the first completion of the engine was quite tedious, so you...

That reaction is one-sided and therefore potentially interesting for a caterpillar LWSS synthesis...

The lifewiki actually shows the block variant as an example for a one-sided glider synthesis.

Given recent progress in slow salvo synthesis (like slmake) and also the progress in machine learning, where a lot is done in Python,wouldn‘t it be a good fit to let the machine learn how to build complex constellations efficiently through shorter slow salvoes? As there are so many paths leading to ...

OK, now I've found it!

Dumb question: Where is the twin? I cannot find it in the mc-file.

Great pattern!!!

how would I go about searching for a component to switch from partial against the grain and partial with the grain to full against the grain Basically a two step approach: 1) Calculate the slope that a boundary consisting of a double DRH signal must have. E.g. for 2c/5, the signal moves 10 steps to...

here is partial result for a 2c/5 agaianst the grain grey ship, making use of the double 2c/3 signal interleaved technique for mixed grain grey ships: x = 130, y = 119, rule = B3/S23 8$29bo$30bo2bo$29b5o$35bo2bo$29b10o3bo$43bo2bo$29b15o2bo$48bob2o$31b 21o$30bo24bo$30b27o$30bobo24bo2bo$30bobo2bob24o$...

Great work!

My impression is that this area is rather unexplored as of now. So I’d like to see more rakes from non c/2 technology producing non c/2 output. How about an analogous 2c/7 rake for loafers based on the weekender distaff? Similar thing based on c/6 technology?

Already contained in jslife-moving-master, c5d: x = 60, y = 92, rule = B3/S23 21$57b2o$55b2o2bo$55b3o$55bobo$51b4o2bo$51b3o3bo$53bob2o$52bo6bo$52b2o 4bo$54b3o$50b2o$50b2o$50b2o$47b3o$41b2o4b3o$41b2ob2o$41b3obo$41bo4bo$ 38b3o2bo2bo$38b2o3bo2bo$37bob4o$37bo7bo$38bo5bo2$39bobo$32b2o5b2o$30b 2o2bo6bo$30...

Really amazing! Status pages have to be adapted...

So what is the next target? Diagonal c/5? I.e. 59P5H1V1.

chickenwire differs from against-the grain! I have some partial results, but nothing too promising. Those parts shown above to increase / decrease the width combine with other standard parts: x = 85, y = 135, rule = B3/S23 14$47b12o$46bo$47b12o$45b2o$44bo2b12o$43b3o$42bo4b12o$41b6o$40bo6b12o$ 39b2ob...

Here is an old example of a2c/4 against the grain spaceship which shows how to flexibly increase and decrease the width of the grey part. This can be used inversly for the crawler. However, it is currently not clear to me how this will give a back corner for a 2c/4 crawler. x = 154, y = 296, rule = ...

This is an unsolved problem! We have all parts except the front-to-side corners. I try to find one on and off for years, but without any success. Something that could be addressed with LLS?

Another against the grain greyship part: x = 104, y = 115, rule = B3/S23 $14b3o2b4o2b3o$13bo3bob4obo3bo$12bo6bo2bo6bo3b3o2b2o$12bo3b2o6b2o3bo2b o2b3o2b2ob4o2b3o$14bo8b5obobo3bo7b4obo3bo$11bobo8bo5bob2o5bo2bob2o2bo 6bo$10b2obob2o3b2o2b3ob3obo3bo6bo4b2o3bo$9bobobob2o3bo3bobo16bo7bo$8b 2o3bo2bo3b3obo5b...

EDIT: Is there any hope for a diagonal PPS? (3c/30.) x = 15, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 13bo$12bo$12b3o$7b2o2$3o3b2o$obo$3o4b2o$6b3o2$6b3o$3o4b2o$obo$3o3b2o2$ 7b2o$2bo$b2o$bobo! #C [[ STOP 30 ]] If we had two edgy p18 pseudo guns, they would produce two p18 glider streams to support this: x = 73, y = 73...

Only slightly relates question: Is there a heurístic for guessing the number of gliders needed for a specific spaceship, e.g. depending on size, velocity and period? What are the major cost drivers (I sound like my budget controller )?

Notably or not: What you‘ve found actually consists of two independent copies of the same short wide (or long narrow) diagonal ship that support the middle part of the crab. Actually, any diagonal c/4 that starts with a glider-like structure can support this part. The base ship can most likely be fo...

A slightly different wave completion x = 90, y = 83, rule = B3/S23 8b3o$7b5o$6b2ob3o$7b2o2$11b2o$13bo$12b2o$11b2o$10bo2bo$10bo$8bobo$6b2o bo$5b2o$4b2ob3o$5bob2ob2obo$6bob2ob2o$8b3o$10bo2$8bob2o$6b3obo$5bo6b2o $4b2obobo2b2o$5b2obo$6b4o$8bo2$9bobo$7b2o2bo$7bo$7bo3b2o2bo$8b6o2bo$ 10b3o2bo$15bo$15b3o$9b...

This thread is meant for the completion of waves. The stabilization could be by rakes, still lifes or whatever else. One starting point could be the waves collection in jslife: x = 566, y = 497, rule = B3/S23 55$399bo33b2o$259bo26bobo47b2o23b5o32b3ob2o12bo3bo3bo8b2o$258bo27bobo 28bobobo13b2o12bobobo...