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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by GUYTU6J » August 23rd, 2022, 12:36 pm

I tried to bent the glider loop in an IMG. How to reorganize the reflectors and reduce bounding box of this period-4635 (45×103) glider gun?

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x = 125, y = 78, rule = LifeHistory
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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by dvgrn » August 23rd, 2022, 1:33 pm

GUYTU6J wrote:
August 23rd, 2022, 12:36 pm
I tried to bent the glider loop in an IMG. How to reorganize the reflectors and reduce bounding box of this period-4635 (45×103) glider gun?
Looks like a non-180-reflected quinti-Snark makes a very marginal improvement. Can the drive gun be moved southeast, or does that start causing unwanted interference with the stream going in the other direction?

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x = 127, y = 73, rule = LifeHistory
14.2A5.2B13.2A23.A$14.A.A2.4B12.A.A22.BAB$15.A8B5.2A4.A24.3B$10.A6.7B
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A$9.3B4.6B8.A.ABABAB20.7B7.6B21.A4.2A$8.5B3.7B7.A.AB2AB21.2B3A2B5.10B
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12.A.A$10.3AB12.2A!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by GUYTU6J » August 23rd, 2022, 3:14 pm

dvgrn wrote:
August 23rd, 2022, 1:33 pm
GUYTU6J wrote:
August 23rd, 2022, 12:36 pm
I tried to bent the glider loop in an IMG. How to reorganize the reflectors and reduce bounding box of this period-4635 (45×103) glider gun?
Looks like a non-180-reflected quinti-Snark makes a very marginal improvement. Can the drive gun be moved southeast, or does that start causing unwanted interference with the stream going in the other direction?
...
Moving southeast is possible with another 2-glider collision, but this does not make an improvement:

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x = 125, y = 76, rule = LifeHistory
12.2A5.2B13.2A$12.A.A2.4B12.A.A$13.A8B5.2A4.A$8.A6.7B3.A2.A2.2A.4A57.
2A$7.BAB5.6B4.2A.A.A.A.A2.A57.A.A$7.3A4.3BA2B8.A.ABABAB61.A4.2A$6.5B
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9B7.2A$5.6B3.7B.B5.3A7.A3B16.3A8.5B7.A.A8.9B4.8B8.A$3.10B.8B6.A10.A3B
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A5.4B4.A$15.A.2B2A4.4B17.4B8.A3B10.3B5.2B2.4B14.2A5.4B5.5A$14.A.A2.B
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4B17.6B22.4B21.BA2B$13.2B16.2BAB17.2A2B22.4B21.2A2B$11.6B15.2B2A15.B
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4B10.4B8.4B21.4B$13.2B24.4B.4B12.4B6.4B21.4B$13.2B25.7B14.4B4.4B21.4B
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6BA17.2B2A2B21.B3A$5.A4.3B2A3B4.A16.4B.3AB10.A6.ABAB21.4B$5.A.AB.8B.B
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15B10.ABAB7.4B$12.8B5.2A4.4B12.14B12.4B5.4B$11.5B.4B4.9B13.13B4.A9.4B
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3B10.A8.6BA$6.B2.3BA3B4.15B9.A6.B2A3B9.2A9.5B$4.7BABA2B5.14B8.2A6.4B
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9.BA.3BA.2BA2BA4B$3.11B.B2A7.3B2AB3.BA.A14.B2ABA.A9.B2A2BA4BABA3B$4.
9B2.BA.A6.3B2AB6.A13.BABABA.A10.A3.A4.BA3B$4.7B7.A8.4B6.2A10.A2.A.A.A
.A.2A7.BA4B5.5B$5.6B7.2A7.3B19.4A.2A2.A2.A8.AB2ABA7.2A$6.4B14.AB.2B
24.A4.2A13.BAB7.A$7.4B12.A.AB2AB21.A.A20.A9.3A$8.4B11.A.ABABAB20.2A
33.A$9.4B7.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$10.4B6.A2.A2.2A.4A$11.3BA7.2A4.A$12.3BA12.A.
A$13.3A13.2A!
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Well, of course, none of these can beat the existing p515 gun plus two tremi-Snarks. But having many gliders circulate has much more fun.
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EDIT: Period-5715 (45×127) gun

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x = 141, y = 76, rule = LifeHistory
110.2A$110.A.A$12.2A5.2B91.A4.2A$12.A.A2.4B87.4A.2A2.A2.A$13.A8B86.A
2.A.A.A.A.2A$8.B6.7B23.2A63.BABABA.A$7.3B5.6B23.A.A64.B2ABA.A$7.3B4.
6B18.2A4.A42.A24.2B.BA$6.2BA2B3.7B15.A2.A2.2A.4A37.ABA22.3B$6.2BA2B3.
7B15.2A.A.A.A.A2.A37.3B13.2A6.4B$5.2BABA2B2.2BA3B2.B16.A.ABABAB38.5B
13.A6.B2A3B$5.3BA3B2.2B2A2B.B2A15.A.AB2AB27.2B10.B3AB13.A.AB3.B2A3B
14.A$4.4BA8B2A3B2A16.AB.2B26.6B7.2B3A2B13.2AB.10B10.3A$4.4BA7B2A2B.2B
20.3B23.10B5.3BA3B15.13B8.A$5.3BA3B.3BA3B23.4B6.2A12.BA2BAB2ABA2BAB2.
9B14.14B7.2A$5.2BABA11B20.3B2AB6.A12.B2A2BA4BA2B2AB.9B14.15B3.5B$6.2B
A2B.9B20.3B2AB3.BA.A13.BA2BAB2ABA2BAB3.3BA3B17.8B2.4B2.3B$6.2BA2B3.6B
19.10B.B2A16.10B5.2B3A2B17.6B5.9B7.2A$7.3B4.6B18.13B20.6B8.B3AB17.9B
4.8B8.A$7.3B4.7B16.14B12.2A8.2B.2B7.5B16.4B4.2A5.10B3.B.A.2A$8.B6.6B
15.15B12.A.A7.5B8.3B16.4B5.A6.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$14.6B15.4B2.8B15.AB2.13B.
B.2BABA4.2A9.4B7.3A3.7B2A3BAB2.2A$7.2B6.5B14.4B5.6B16.4B4AB4A9BA4.A2.
A7.4B10.A3.12B4A$5.6B3.7B12.4B4.8BA15.3B2A2BABA2B2A10B.AB.A.A6.4B11.A
.2AB.7B3.2B.A$3.2B6A2B.5BABA10.4B5.2A4.B2AB13.3B2A2BA3BA2B2A8B.BA2B.A
6.4B10.2A.A.AB.7B2.B3A$.3BA6BA8B2AB8.4B7.A5.ABAB12.4BA2BA3BA2BA8B3.A.
B7.4B11.A2.A5.4B4.A$3BA8BA5B2.A3B6.4B5.3A7.4B10.6B2A5B2A9B4.2BA5.4B
14.2A5.4B5.5A$.3BA6BA3B.B4.4B4.4B6.A10.4B9.5B.2B2.B2.2B2.2B2.4B3.2A5.
4B21.4B10.A$3.2B6A2B4.A4.4B2.4B19.4B10.2B5.3B10.4B8.4B21.4B9.A$5.6B5.
BAB4.5BA2B21.4B15.B2AB11.3BA6.4B21.4B10.2A$7.2B7.2A.AB3.2B2A2B23.4B
15.2A13.ABAB4.4B21.4B$15.A.2B2A4.2B2A25.4B30.2A2B2.4B21.4B6.2B$14.A.A
2.B4.6B25.4B30.8B21.4B5.6B$9.A4.A2.A5.8B25.4B30.6B21.4B4.10B$9.3A3.2A
5.4B2.4B25.4B30.2B2A21.4B3.2A3BA2BA3B2A$12.A8.4B4.3BA25.4B27.4B2AB19.
4B3.B5A4B5AB$11.2A7.4B6.ABAB25.4B26.8B17.4B5.2A3BA2BA3B2A$11.5B3.4B8.
2A2B25.4B24.4B2.4B15.4B8.10B$13.3B2.4B10.4B25.4B22.4B4.4B13.4B11.6B$
3.2A7.9B12.4B25.4B20.4B6.4B11.4B14.2B$3.A8.8B14.4B9.A15.4B18.2A2B8.4B
9.4B15.2B$2A.A.B3.10B16.4B6.3A16.4B16.ABAB10.4B7.4B16.B$A2.3AB.2B2A7B
17.4B4.A20.4B14.3BA12.4B5.4B16.B2A$.2A2.BA3B2A7B18.4B3.2A20.4B12.4B
14.4B3.4B9.2A5.BA2BA6.2A$3.4A12B19.8B21.4B10.4B16.4B.4B11.A4.3B2A3B4.
A$3.A.2B3.7B.B2A15.8B24.4B8.4B18.7B12.A.AB.8B.BA.A$4.3AB2.7B.BA.A2.2A
9.7BAB25.2B2A6.4B20.5B14.2AB.8B.B2A$7.A4.4B5.A2.A9.9B2A25.2A2B4.4B21.
5B16.12B$2.5A5.4B5.3A2.A6.4B2.3B2A2B25.BA2B2.4B21.7B15.12B$2.A10.4B7.
3A5.4B2.3B2.4B25.8B21.4B.4B10.A3.12B$4.A9.4B5.A7.4B3.B2AB2.4B25.6B21.
4B3.4B7.3A3.10B$3.2A10.BABA4.2A5.4B5.2A4.4B25.A3B21.4B5.4B5.A7.7B$16.
B2A6B4.4B13.4B23.B2A3B19.4B7.4B4.2A5.8B$17.A5B5.4B15.4B21.BABA4B6.A
10.4B9.9B4.4B.5B$17.8B2.4B17.4B19.4B2.4B5.3A7.4B11.6B5.4B.6B$15.15B
19.4B17.4B4.4B7.A5.4B12.8B2.4B3.6B$15.14B21.4B15.4B6.4B5.2A4.4B11.15B
4.3BA3B2.B$15.13B23.3BA13.4B8.4B4.9B12.14B5.2BABA7B$13.2AB.10B25.3BA
11.4B10.4B5.2BABAB13.13B6.2BABA7B$12.A.AB3.B2A3B28.3AB9.4B12.4B2.4B2A
2B11.2AB.10B7.3BA9B$12.A6.B2A3B29.4B7.4B14.10BA4B8.A.AB3.B2A3B7.2AB.
11B$11.2A6.4B32.4B5.4B16.14B8.A6.B2A3B6.A.AB2.9B$20.3B33.4B3.4B9.A8.
13B7.2A6.4B8.A7.7B$21.2B.BA31.4B.4B8.3A9.10B.B2A14.3B7.2A7.6B$20.B2AB
A.A31.7B8.A14.3B2AB3.BA.A14.2B.BA14.4B$19.BABABA.A32.5B9.2A13.3B2AB6.
A13.B2ABA.A12.4B$17.A2.A.A.A.A.2A28.6B7.B2AB15.4B6.2A11.BABABA.A11.4B
$17.4A.2A2.A2.A27.4B2A4B2.B.2A17.3B18.A2.A.A.A.A.2A7.4B$21.A4.2A28.4B
A2BA2B.BA2B.AB13.AB.2B19.4A.2A2.A2.A6.4B$19.A.A35.3BABA3B3AB3A13.A.AB
2AB22.A4.2A7.4B$19.2A37.3BAB4.B3.A14.A.ABABAB19.A.A12.4B$56.5B5.6A11.
2A.A.A.A.A2.A17.2A12.4B$56.2A7.B2ABAB12.A2.A2.2A.4A30.4B$57.A7.2AB17.
2A4.A33.A3B$54.3A9.B24.A.A30.A3B$54.A37.2A29.B3A!
How to filter 6 out of 7 outputs to complete a period-7605 (45×13^2) gun?

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x = 140, y = 76, rule = LifeHistory
110.2A$110.A.A$12.2A5.2B91.A4.2A$12.A.A2.4B87.4A.2A2.A2.A$13.A8B86.A
2.A.A.A.A.2A$8.B6.7B23.2A63.BABABA.A$7.BAB5.6B23.A.A64.B2ABA.A$7.3A4.
6B18.2A4.A67.2B.BA$6.ABABA3.3BA3B15.A2.A2.2A.4A62.3B$6.ABABA3.2B3A2B
15.2A.A.A.A.A2.A53.2A6.4B$5.2B3A2B2.B2ABAB2.B16.A.ABABAB56.A6.B2A3B$
5.3BA3B2.6B.B2A15.A.AB2AB37.B19.A.AB3.B2A3B14.A$4.19BA16.AB.2B37.3B
19.2AB.10B10.3A$4.16B.BA20.3B36.3A21.13B8.A$5.3BA3B.2B2ABAB23.4B6.2A
26.A3BA20.14B7.2A$5.2B3A6B3A2B20.3B2AB6.A15.2A10.A3BA20.15B3.5B$6.ABA
BA.5BA3B20.3B2AB3.BA.A13.A4BA7.2B3A2B21.B2A5B2.4B2.3B$6.ABABA3.6B19.
10B.B2A12.BA6BAB5.7B21.2B2A2B5.9B7.2A$7.3A4.6B18.13B12.2BA8BA2B2.9B
19.2BA6B4.8B8.A$7.BAB4.7B16.14B11.3BA8BA3B.9B18.4B4.2A5.8BAB3.B.A.2A$
8.B6.6B15.15B12.2BA8BA2B3.7B18.4B5.A6.7BA3B.2B2A2.A$14.6B15.4B2.8B16.
BA6BAB5.2B3A2B17.4B7.3A3.7B2A3B2A2.2A$7.2B6.5B14.4B5.6B18.A4BA8.A3BA
17.4B10.A3.12B2ABA$5.6B3.7B12.4B4.9B9.2A8.2A.2B7.A3BA16.4B11.A.2AB.7B
3.2B.A$3.10B.8B10.4B5.2A4.4B8.A.A7.5B8.3A16.4B10.2A.A.AB.7B2.B3A$.BA
2BA4BA2BA8BA8.4B7.A5.4B8.AB2.2A4B2A5B.B.5B4.2A9.4B11.A2.A5.4B4.A$3A2B
6A2B3A2B2.3BA6.4B5.3A7.4B8.5B2ABAB2A11B4.A2.A7.4B14.2A5.ABAB5.5A$.BA
2BA4BA2BAB.B4.3AB4.4B6.A10.4B7.7BAB2A4BA2BA5B.BA.A.A6.4B21.B2AB10.A$
3.10B4.B4.4B2.4B19.4B5.9BA6BA3BA3B.B3A.A6.4B21.3BA9.A$5.6B5.BAB4.8B
21.4B4.18B3A2B3.B.A7.4B21.4B10.2A$7.2B7.2A.2A3.6B23.4B2.24B4.2AB5.4B
21.4B$15.A.4A4.4B25.4B.5B.2B2.B2.2B2.2B2.4B3.2A5.4B21.4B$14.A.A2.B4.
6B25.4B2.2B5.3B10.4B8.4B21.4B$9.A4.A2.A5.8B25.2B2A7.B2AB11.4B6.4B21.
4B$9.3A3.2A5.4B2.4B25.2A2B7.2A13.4B4.4B21.4B$12.A8.4B4.4B25.BA2B22.4B
2.4B21.4B$11.2A7.4B6.4B25.4B22.8B21.4B$11.5B3.4B8.BABA25.4B22.6B21.4B
$13.3B2.4B10.B2AB25.4B22.2B2A21.4B$3.2A7.9B12.A3B25.4B19.4B2AB19.4B$
3.A8.8B14.4B9.A15.4B18.8B17.4B$2A.A.B3.10B16.4B6.3A16.4B16.4B2.4B15.
4B$A2.3AB.2B2A7B17.4B4.A20.4B14.4B4.4B13.4B$.2A2.BA3B2A7B18.4B3.2A20.
4B12.4B6.4B11.4B$3.4A12B19.8B21.4B10.4B8.4B9.4B$3.A.2B3.7B.B2A15.8B
24.4B8.4B10.4B7.4B$4.3AB2.7B.BA.A2.2A9.9B25.4B6.4B12.4B5.4B$7.A4.4B5.
A2.A9.11B25.4B4.4B14.4B3.4B$2.5A5.4B5.3A2.A6.4B2.6BA25.4B2.4B16.4B.4B
$2.A10.4B7.3A5.4B2.3B2.ABAB25.8B18.7B$4.A9.4B5.A7.4B3.B2AB2.2A2B25.2B
3AB20.3BAB$3.2A10.4B4.2A5.4B5.2A4.4B25.3BA21.BABAB$16.9B4.A3B13.4B23.
3BA2B19.3B2AB$17.6B5.B2AB15.4B21.8B6.A10.4B2.B2A$17.8B2.BABA17.4B19.
4B2.4B5.3A7.4B3.BA.A$15.15B19.4B17.4B4.4B7.A5.4B7.A$15.14B21.4B15.4B
6.4B5.2A4.4B8.2A$15.13B23.4B13.4B8.4B4.9B$13.2AB.10B25.4B11.4B10.4B5.
6B$12.A.AB3.B2A3B28.2BAB9.4B12.4B2.8B$12.A6.B2A3B29.2B2A7.4B14.15B$
11.2A6.4B32.2A2B5.2A2B16.14B$20.3B33.4B3.2B2A9.A8.13B$21.2B.BA31.4B.
2BAB8.3A9.10B.B2A$20.B2ABA.A31.7B8.A14.3B2AB3.BA.A$19.BABABA.A32.5B9.
BA13.3B2AB6.A$17.A2.A.A.A.A.2A28.6B7.A2BA15.4B6.2A$17.4A.2A2.A2.A27.
10B2.B.AB17.3B$21.A4.2A28.5B3A2B.B3A.BA13.AB.2B$19.A.A35.4BA5B4ABA13.
A.AB2AB$19.2A37.3BAB4.B3.B14.A.ABABAB$56.5B5.A2BABA11.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$
56.2A7.4BAB12.A2.A2.2A.4A$57.A7.3A17.2A4.A$54.3A9.B24.A.A$54.A37.2A!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by iNoMed » August 25th, 2022, 5:58 am

p129 gun reduced from 64x47 to 64x43 using an incredibly-awkward p3 R-to-G mechanism:

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x = 64, y = 43, rule = B3/S23
26bo$24b3o$23bo$23b2o$2o48b2o$bo48bo2b2o$bobo47b2ob3o$2b2o53bo$51b2ob
3o$20b2o29b2obo$19b2o$20bo2$57b2o$57b2o3$44bo$44b2o$43b2o3$62bo$61bobo
$62b2o$40b2o$41bo15b2o$38b3o15bobo$38bo18bo$60b2o$59bo2bo$57bo2bobo$
39bo4b2o10bo4bo$38b2o4bobo9bo$33b2o11bo11b3o$33bo2bobo6b2obo$35b2obob
3ob2o7bo$36bobo6b2o7b2o$36bobo2bo4b2o5b2o$35b2ob2obo$38bo3bob2o$38bobo
bobobo$37b2ob2o3b2o!

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x = 35, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o3bo3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$2o2bobo3bo2bobobobobobobobobobo$obobo2bo2bob
o2bobo2bo2bobo3bobo$2bobo3bobobobo2bo5bobo3bobob2o$b2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o3b
2ob2o3b2ob2o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by iNoMed » September 1st, 2022, 6:46 am

gun_17 reduced from 215x186 (39990-cell BB) to 140x191 (26740-cell BB) using the new p85 gun engine:

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x = 140, y = 191, rule = B3/S23
57bo25b2o4b2o$52b2o3bo25bobo2bobo$52bo4bo27bo2bo$53b2o29bo4bo$84b2o2b
2o35b2o$55b2ob2o26b2o37bo$55b2obobo2b2o46b2o10bobo$57b3o3b2o41bo4b2o
10b2o$54b2obo19bo26b3o$54b2ob2o16b2obo24bo$9b2o44b3o17b2obo24b2o$10bo
43bo17b3o2bo$10bobo10b2o28bobo16bo$11b2o10b2o29bo17bobo$73b2o18b2o21b
3o$93bobo19bo2bo$95bo19bo3bo$90bo2b3o22b2o$52b2o35bob2o23bobo$53bo2b2o
31bob2o20b2ob2o$53bobobo32bo22bo2bo15b2o$52b2obo47b2o9b2o12b3o2bo$51bo
3bo47b2o26b2o$50bob3o25b2o45bo$50bobo25b2o2b2o43bo$18bobo30bo5bo7b2o
11bo4bo47b2o$2b2o13bo2bo36bobo5bo13bo2bo22b2o21b3o2bo$2bo2b2o7b2o2bob
2o35b2o7b3o8bobo2bobo20bo2b3o21b2o$3b2obo6b3o4b2o46bo8b2o4b2o21b2o$7bo
5b2o5bo90bo$7bo5b2o4bo15b2o74bo$3b2obo28b2o69b2o$2bo2b2o22b2o74bo2b3o
12b2o$2b2o22b2o2bo74b2o15bo2bo$26bob2o91b2ob2o$13bo4b2o5bo19b2o8b2o63b
obo$12bo5b2o5bo20bo8bobo61b2o$11b2o4b3o6bob2o15bo11bo61bo3bo$11b2obo2b
2o7b2o2bo16bo9b2o61bo2bo$12bo2bo13b2o15b2o72b3o$12bobo32bo$38bob2o$36b
3ob2o63b2o$35bo70bo$36b3ob2o64bobo$38b2o2bo64b2o$41bobo82b2o$37bob2obo
bo81b2o$29b2o6b2obo2bo16b2o$29bo10bo19bo$21b2o4bobo10b2o16bobo65b2o$
23bo3b2o9b2o2bobo13b2o64b3obo$8b2o11bo15bo2bo2b2o61bo16b3obo$8b2o14bo
13b2o66bobo4b2o8b2o6b3o$22b3o37bo43b2o6bo12b3o$61bobo47b3o7bo3bobob2o$
8bo52bobo47bo8bobo2b3obobo$7bobo50b2ob3o55bo8bobo$7b3obo54bo64b2o$2b3o
4b4o8b2o37b2ob3o$7b2o3bo8bo34b2o3bobo26bo$7b2ob3obo7b3o31b2o30b3o$5bo
4b2obobo8bo33bo8b2o18bo$3bobo8bo32b2o6b4o8bo18bobo42b2o$3b2o22b2o17bob
o4b3o2bo6bobo18bobo42bo$27b2o17bo5b2o2b2o7b2o20bo29b2o10bobo$45b2o5b2o
63b2o10b2o$54b2o$31bo$16b2o12b2o$15bo12b3o40b2o$16b3o11bo6b2o32b2o$28b
2o6b4o$12b2o21bo4bo45bo$12b2o9b2o3bo5b3ob2o3bobo10bo27b2o$23b2o2bobo4b
o2b2o5b2o9bobo27b2o4b2o$27bobob3o3bo6bo10bobo33bobo$28bobo3bobo19bo36b
o23b3o3bo$35bo24b2o22b2o7b2o27b3o$40b2o18bobo21b2o35b3obo12b2o$39bobo
20bo57b3o2bo9b2o2bo$39bo22b2o10bob2o43b6o7b2ob2o$38b2o12bo19b3ob2o44b
2o10b2o$53b2o16bo54b2o6b2o$52b2o18b3ob2o56b2ob2o$32b2o40b2o2bo32b2o22b
2o2bo$32bo44bobo6b2o23bo2b2o22b2o$33b3o37bob2obobo16bo14b2ob2o$35bo37b
2obo2bo6b2o7b3o17b2o6b2o$76bo17bo20b2o10b2o$76b2o6bobo7b2o16b2ob2o7b6o
$60bobo11b2o2bobo4bo25bo2b2o9bo2b3o$16b2o43b2o7b2obo2bo2b2o4bo25b2o12b
ob3o$15bobo23bo19bo9bob3o50b3o$15bo6b3o14b3o28bo56bo3b3o$14b2o5bo2bo
13bo27bo4b3o$26bo5bobo3b2o24bobo7bo$20bo5bo4bo3bo29b2o6b2o$21bo4bo2bob
2o3bo90bo$23bo4bobobobob2o89b2o$27bo6bobo89bobo$28bo2b2o78b2o$32bo14b
2o49b2o12bo$30bobo14bobo3bo4bo15bo23b2o12bobo$31bo16bobobobo2bobo8bo6b
o37b2o7b2o$54bo3bo7b3o4b3o28bo16bo2bo7b2o$47b2obob2obo9bo17b2o19b3o14b
2obo7b2o$41b2o4bo4b3obo8b2o16b2o22bo14b2o$36b2o2bo2bo3bo4bo24bobo8b2o
16b2o$21b2o13bobo2b2o8bo4bo21b2o7bobo43bo$20bobo16b2o11b2o4bo19bo8bo
43b2obo$20bo19bo16b3o26b2o7b2ob2o29b2o3bo3bo$19b2o16bo2bob2o12bo2b2o
22bo11b2obo20b2o8bo8bo$36bobob2obo8b3ob2ob2o20bobo14bo21bo13bo3bo$37bo
bo12b6o24b2o14b3o4b2o10b3o7bo3bob3o$38bo2b2o13b2obo11b2o23b2o3bo3b2o
10bo8bobo2b2o2bobo$39b2ob3o12bo2bo10bobo12bo8bo2b4o25bo8bobo$45bo11bo
15bo13b2o6b2obo15b2o21b2o$39b2ob3o13bobo12b2o11b2o8bo2b3o12bobo$39b2ob
o16bo36bo5bo13bo$33bo63b5o14b2o$31b2o66bo11bo$22b2o8bo76bobo$23bo8bobo
75b2o$23bobo31b2o$b2o21b2o7b3o20b3o35bobo$bobo3bo4bo44b2o36b2o33bo$2b
2o4bo2bobo8bo37bo9bo2b2o20bo32b3o$b2o3bob2o2bo7b3o37b3o7b2o2bo52bo$b2o
2b2o2bo9bo24b2o23b5o26bo26b2o$2o6b2o9b2o23b2o52bobo$5b2o2bo89b2o$5bobo
15bo45b5o61b2o$6bo16b2o21b2o2bo19b2o2bo28bo32bo$22bobo21bo2b2o19bo2b2o
29b2o30bob2o$29bo17b5o51b2o23b2o4b3o2bo$6b2o20bobo97b2o3bo3b2o$6b2o20b
obo77bo24b4o$25b2ob2o17b5o57bo9b2o15bo$25bobo18bo2b2o7b3o46b3o8bobo12b
3o$27bo18b2o2bo9bo57bo13bo$27b2o33b2o53b2o6bo7b5o$62b3o58b2o10bo2bo$
62b2o60b2o11b2o$105bobo$83b2o11bo8b2obo$83b2o10bobo10bo8bo$95bobo2b2o
3b2obobo4bobo$11bo49bo32b2ob2o2bo2bobo2b2o5b2o$10bobo47bobo35bobo3bobo
$10bob2o10b2ob2o34bo30b2obo2b4obo14bo$11bo16bo31bo2bo30b2obobo3bo17b2o
$23bo2b2o33bob2o33bobo3bo15b2o$24b3o28b2o6b6o30bobo3bo$24b3o27bobo3b2o
b2ob3o21b3obo5bo3b2o19bo$23bo2b2o26bo5b2o2bo24bob4o31bo$2ob2o23bo24b2o
6b3o24bo25bo9b3o$o23b2ob2o33bo26b2o22b3o3b2o$b2o2bo106bo2b2o2b2o$2b3o
107b3o13bobo$2b3o71b2o46bo4b2o$b2o2bo69bo2bo43b3o4bo$o16bo38b2o4b2o8bo
2b3o38bo4bo$2ob2o10b2obo37bobo2bobo8b3o41b2o3b2o11bo$16bobo39bo2bo13bo
40bo15bobo$17bo39bo4bo11b2o12b2o19bo6b3o14b2o$57b6o25bo20bo3b2o3bo$58b
4o27b3o21bo3bo19bo$36b2o39b2o6b2o4bo10b2o10b3o21b2o$36b2o40b2o5bo15bob
o33b2o$74bo2bo5bobo15bo$53bo21bo7b2o15b2o$50bo2bo6bo54b2o$49bo3bo5bo2b
o52b2o$50bo8bo$50bo11bo$9b2o10b2o28bo10bo$8bobo10b2o28bo11bo22bo$8bo
45bo8bo21bobo$7b2o42bo2bo5bo3bo21bo$36b2o15bo6bo2bo18b2o$37bo22bo21bo$
34b3o44bo3b2o$34bo41b2o3bo4bo$76b2o2bo4bo$52b4o25b2ob2o$51b6o28b2o$51b
o4bo30bo$52bo2bo30bobo$50bobo2bobo24b3o2b2o$50b2o4b2o!
Edit: reduced to 140x190 by using an obscure p5 inserter to get the job done instead of a syringe-based assembly:

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x = 187, y = 140, rule = B3/S23
126bo25b2o4b2o$121b2o3bo25bobo2bobo$22b2o4b2o91bo4bo27bo2bo$22bobo2bob
o24b3o2b2o61b2o29bo4bo$24bo2bo30bobo92b2o2b2o$23bo4bo30bo64b2ob2o26b2o
$23b6o28b2o65b2obobo2b2o$24b4o25b2ob2o68b3o3b2o41bo$48b2o2bo4bo65b2obo
46b3o$6bo41b2o3bo4bo64b2ob2o18bo25bo$6b3o44bo3b2o65b3o18b3o24b2o$9bo
44bo68bo20bob2o$8b2o23bobo18b2o13b2o51bobo18b2o2b2o$34b2o22bo10b2o52bo
20b4o$35bo21bobo31bo53b3o10b3o$58bo30b3o66b4o$88bo68b2o2b2o$66b2o20b2o
68b2obo$22bo135b3o$22b2o84bo16b2o32bo$22bobo81b3o15bobo$55b2o32b2o14bo
18bo47b2o$55bobo29b2ob2o13b2o11bo4b2o47b2o$8b2o41bo5bo12b2o15bo2bo27b
3o28b2o$8b2o42bo4b2o11b2o15bo2bo30bo5bobo17b2o2b2o$30b4o16b3o35b2o30b
2o5b2o5b2o11bo4bo$29b6o33b2o58bo5bo13bo2bo$29bo4bo11b2o12b2o6b2o2b3o
20bo39b3o8bobo2bobo$30bo2bo13bo12b2o5bo27bo36b3o2bo8b2o4b2o$28bobo2bob
o8b3o18bo2bo62bo2bo$28b2o4b2o8bo19bo3bobo46bo14b2o$66b2o2bo3bo40b2ob2o
$73bobo5b2o11bo20bo2bo$73bobo5bobo10bo21b2o$83bo11bo24b2o56b2o$26b2o
55b2o10b2o23b2o56bo$26b2o66bo9b2o3bo54b2o10bobo$68b2o25b2o7bo3bobo53b
2o10b2o$67b2o9bo12b2o12bo3bobo$66bo4bo4b3o11bobo13bo3bobob2o$67bo2b2o
3bo14bo13bob4o2bob2o$68b4o3b2o12b2o12bobo3bobo$103bobo2bo2b2ob2o$104bo
3b2o2bobo$112bobo10b2o$48bo2b2o5bo12bobo39bo11b2o$34bo13b4obo3bobo12b
2o29bo25b2o4b2o$32b5o9b2o5bo4bo13bo25b2ob3o25bobo2bobo$31bo5bo3bo3bo3b
2obo45bob3o28b4o$31bob2obo3bobobob3obob2o45b2o28bo2b2o2bo32bo$29b2obob
ob5obobo3bobobo76bo2b2o2bo31b3o14b2o$28bobo3bo6bobob3ob4o5b2o42bob2o
25bo2bo35bo10b3o2bo$27bo2bo2b4o2bobobo3bo5bo4b2o8b2o31b2obobo2b2o73b2o
$26bo3b2obo3bob5o6b2o15bo2bo9bo18bo5bo3b2o41bo27bo$26b4o3bo3bo2b2obo4b
4o16b2o11b2o17b2obo46b3o27bo$30b4o6b2o2bo6bo2bo3b3o19b2o19b4o16b2o26bo
34b2o$28bo2bo3bo5b2obo4bo2bo7bo52bo6b3o26b2o7b2o21b3o2bo$28b2o3bobobob
obo3bo2bob2o7bo11b2o27bo9bob4o5b2o35bo2b3o21b2o$32b2o2bob2obob2o3bobo
20bo27bobo7bob2o2b2o16b3o23b2o$31bo2bobo5bo2b3o2bo21b3o25bo7b2ob2ob2o
17bo2bo27bo$31b2o2b2o7bo2bobo24bo49b2o8b2o14b2o12bo$43b2o3bo74bo2bo17b
2ob2o3b3o4b2o$88bobo33b3o16b2o2b2o5bo3bo2b3o10bo$89b2o46b2o5b4obo8b2o
14b3o$22b2o4b2o8bo18b2obob2o6b2o17bo47b3o6bo4bobo21bo$22bobo2bobo8b3o
14b3obobob3o3bobo30b2o33b2o13bo$24bo2bo13bo12bo11bo2bo24bo6bobo$23bo4b
o11b2o12bob3obob4obob2o21bobo6bo47b2o$23bo4bo26bo3b3o5bo25b2o5b2o47b2o
$23bo4bo28bobobob5o57bo2bo$2b2o10bo10b2o24b2o3b2obobobo24bobo32bo2b2o
2bo$2b2o10bo36bo5bobo2bo3b2o11bo8b2obo19b2o10bo2b2o2bo$14bo9bo24bobo5b
o2b2o4b2o10bobo10bo19bo13b4o29b2o$23bobo23b2o5b2o20bobo2b2o3b2obobo18b
3o8bobo2bobo28bo$16b3o8bo49b2ob2o2bo2bobo2b2o8bo11bo8b2o4b2o28bobo$22b
3o6bo9b2o38bobo3bobo13bo53b2ob2o$16bobo7bo3bo11b2o33b2obo2b4obo12b3o
52bobo20b2o$17bo8b4o10bobo34b2obobo3bo69bobo20b2o$38bo3bo38bobo3bo69bo
6bo$16b4o8bo7b2o3bo10bo29bobo3bo16bobo54b2o$15bo3bo7bobo6b2obo11bobo
29bo3b2o17b2o55b2o14b2o$14bo6b3o28bo53bo70b3obo$2b2o14bo8b3o18b2o21bo
2bo101b3obo$3bo16bobo24b3o20bo14bo2bo13b2o7bo29b2o23b2o8b2o6b3o$3o18bo
9bo15b2o2b2o17bo4bo9bo3bo12b2o5bobo29b2o24bo12b3o$o30bo10b2o2b2o4bo3b
2o12b2o3bo8bo4bo20b2o52b3o7bo3bobob2o$19b2o10bo10b2o2bobob3o3bo2b2o23b
o4bo17bo56bo8bobo2b3obobo$17bo4bo24bo2bo6b2o2bo11b2o9bo3bo16b3o6bo59bo
8bobo$17bo4bo27b3o7bo24bobo16bo10b2o34b2o8b2o21b2o$17bo4bo28bobo3b3o
44b2o8b2o36bo8bobo$18bo2bo27bo2bobo2bo94bo10bo$16bobo2bobo25bo3b2o16b
2o80bo9b2o$16b2o4b2o25bo21bo80b3o$72b3o77b2o$74bo10b2o57bob2o$84bobo
20b2o3b2o28b3ob2o$84bo22b2o2bob3o6bobo16bo$83b2o26bo4bo6b2o17b3ob2o$
98b2o7b4ob2o2bo6bo20b2o2bo$98b2o7bo2bobobob2o29bobo$110bobobobo11bo14b
ob2obobo16bo$111b2obobo9bobo14b2obo2bo15b3o$115bo11b2o17bo17bo$146b2o
16b2o$50b2o49b2o28bo12b2o2bobo$22b2o4b2o8bo10bobo50bo7b2o20b2o6b2obo2b
o2b2o$22bobo2bobo8b3o10bo50bobo5b2o19b2o8bob3o$24bo2bo13bo61b2o35bo$
23b2o2b2o11b2o94bo4b3o$22b3o2b3o107bo6bo$24bo2bo107b3o5b2o$2b2o11bo35b
2o28b2o4b2o8bo22bo41b2o$2b2o10bob2o33bo29bobo2bobo8b3o18bobo30b2o2bobo
2bo4bo$13b2o3bo30bobo31bo2bo13bo18b2o29b3obo3bobo$9b2o3bo34b2o31bo4bo
11b2o12b2o34b2o7bo$10b2o2bo3bo63bo4bo25bo36bob4obo2b2o6b2o$7b2obo3bo
67bo4bo26b3o34b4o5bo6bobo$7bo6bo46b2o9b3o9b2o24b2o4bo20bo7bo7bo8b2ob4o
$7bobo20bo30b2o9b3o27bo7bo24b3o5bobo7b2o7b3ob2o$8b2o4bobo12bobo4b2o36b
o26b3o4bobo23bo9b2o7b2o$15bo20bobo13bo48bobo4b2o24b2o17b2o$31bo6bo12bo
bo50b2o42bo9b2o$31bo3bob2o13bo52b2o32b2o8b2o6bobo$2b2o23bo3bo2b2o11bob
o25b3o7b3o12bo3b2o34b2o6b2o7bo$3bo27bo3b2o13bo25b2o7bo3bo11bo37bo16b2o
$3o24bo3b2o16bob2o21bo14bo63bo$o27b2obo10b2o2bo2b2o2bo20bo3bo7b2o23bo
42bo$30bo11b2o2bob3obo23b3o7b3o3b2o16bobo11b2o26b3o$18bo2bo25bo44bo2bo
15bo11bobo5b2o$16b3o2b3o26bobo8b2o29b3o12b2o14bo7b2o$17b2o2b2o30bo8bo
31bo11b3o13b2o32bobo$18bo2bo28bobobo4b3o27bo16b2o2b2o45b2o$16bobo2bobo
24b3o2b2o4bo29b3o9b2o2b2o4bo24bo20bo$16b2o4b2o54b2o9b3o9b2o2bobob3o20b
2obobo$76bo4bo24bo2bo21bobobobo24bo$76bo4bo27b3o16bo2bobobob2o21bobo$
76bo4bo28bobo15b4ob2o2bo23b2o$77bo2bo27bo2bobo18bo4bobo$75bobo2bobo25b
o3b2o16bobo5b2o$75b2o4b2o25bo21b2o!

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x = 35, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o3bo3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$2o2bobo3bo2bobobobobobobobobobo$obobo2bo2bob
o2bobo2bo2bobo3bobo$2bobo3bobobobo2bo5bobo3bobob2o$b2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o3b
2ob2o3b2ob2o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by Kazyan » September 7th, 2022, 12:35 pm

NW11T94 reduces the areas of the following gun periods, for a total of 1181 area saved:

345 (3410 -> 3380)
115 (3534 -> 3380)
342 (3102 -> 3050)
171 (4488 -> 3782)
350 (3410 -> 3380)
175 (3410 -> 3380)
395 (3776 -> 3685)
133 (4148 -> 4060)

gun_171's improvement is, by far, the most significant and the most awkward:

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x = 61, y = 62, rule = B3/S23
16bo$13bo2b3o$13b3o3bo12bo$16b3o2b2o7b3o$12bob2obo4bo6bo$12b2obob3obo
7b2o$18b3o$25bo$13bobo2b3o3bobo$13b4obo4bo2bo$13b2o9b2o2$9bo$9b3o$12bo
$11b2o29b2o$43bo$18bo24bobo3b2o$3b2o13bobo23b2o2bobo$3bo14b2o29bo$2obo
$o2b3o4b2o$b2o3bo3b2o$3b4o52b2o$3bo15b2o38bo$4b3o12bobo2b2o31bobo$7bo
13bo2bo32b2o$2b5o14b3o2bo$2bo21b3o$4bo18bo$3b2o18b2o$8b2o$9bo$9bob2o
25bo2bo$10bo2bo21b2obo2b2o$11b2o22b2obo4bo$26b2o7b2o$26b2o9bo4b2o$37b
2ob2o$49b2o$49b2o2b2o$35bo3b2o12bobo$34bobo3bo14bo$33bobo3bo15b2o$12b
2o15b2obobo3bo$12bobo14b2obo2b4obo$12b3o18bobo3bobo$3b2o24b2ob2o2bo2bo
bo$4bo7b2o16bobo2b2o3bo$4bobo4b4o15bobo$5b2o3bo3bo16bo$9bo$9bo2bo$9bo$
5b2o3bo3bo$4bobo4b4o$4bo7b2o$3b2o$12b3o$12bobo20bo$12b2o22bo$34b3o!
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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by iNoMed » September 8th, 2022, 3:27 pm

gun_17 reduced from 190x140 to 164x158 using the new p68-based design:

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x = 164, y = 158, rule = B3/S23
29b2o$29b2o6b2ob2o$38bobo$38bobobo$35b2obobo2bo$29bo5b2obo4bo55b2o$19b
o8b3o8b3o46bo10bo2bo3b2o$18bobo6bob2o57b3o10b2o3b2o$19bo6b2o11b3o49bo$
26bo2bo8bo4bo46bo3bobo2bobo$26bobo9bobo2bo40b2o3bob2o8bo3b2o11bo$26bob
o8b2obobo41bo2b3obo2bob3o5bo2bo9bobo$25bob2o7bo2b2o44b2o7b2o9bobo10bo$
24b3o10bo3bo44bo2b2o6b3o6bo3bob4o$23bo14b3ob2o2b2o31bo6bobobo6b2o10bob
4o$24bo2bo12bo6bo25b2o4b3o5bo20bo2bo6bo$25b3o13bobobo26bobo2b2o3bo26b
2o8bo$26bo18b2o25bobobo2bob2o35bo$14b2o3b2o52bobobo3bo$14b2o2bo2bo19bo
33bo2bo2b2o31b3o$18bobo19bobo12bo18b2o5b2o36b2o$19bo19bo2bo2b2o7bobo
16b3o5b2o8bo22bob2o3bo2b2o$40b2o3b2o8bo17b3o5b3o6bobo2bo19bo2bobo3b2o$
14b2o18bo35b2ob3o5b3o5bo3b2obo22bo$15bob2o14b3o17b5o12b2ob3o5b3o6b2o$
13bo19bo2bo9b2o5bo3bo15b3o5b3o10b3o$13b2o2bo3bo15bo7bo9bo17b3o5b2o$19b
ob2o11b3o11bo5b3o17b2o5b2o9bo27b2o$19bob2o9b2obo10b2o3b2o4bo17bo2bo2b
2o8bo8b2o11bo6b2o$17bobo12bobo15b2o4b2o15bobobo3bo10bo6bo2bo9bobo9bo$
20bo11bobo14bob2o19bobobo2bob2o13b4obo9bo2b3o3b5o$17bob2o10bo2bo13b2ob
2o6b2o11bobo2b2o3bo12b4obo3bo6bobo3bobo$33b2o6bo9b2o6b2o12b2o4b3o10bo
10bobo4b2ob3obobob4o$18bo11b2obo6bobo7bo28bo11bobo9bo2bo2bo2bo4bobo4bo
$16bob2o10b3o8bo6b2o42bo11b2o5bo2bo7bo$15bobo3b2o8bo16b4o57bobo3b2o3b
2o$15bo2b2obo24b2o3bo$14b2o3bo2bo25bo2bo17bo33b2o3b2o$19bo3bo17bo3bo
23b3o7bo23b2o3bo2bo$20b3o19bo3b2o15b2o7bo6bobo28b2o$18bobo19b3o20bobo
5b2o6b2o$18b2o43bo43b2o$30b4o62bo10bo2bo3b2o$24b2ob10ob2o11bo44b3o10b
2o3b2o$23bob14obo9bo3bob2o41bo8b3o$23bo16bo8bo7bo40bobo7bo$22b2obo12bo
b2o8bo6bo34b2o3bob3o2bobobo4b2o11bo$24bo2bo8bo2bo10bo10b2o18b2o4b2o3bo
2b3ob4ob2o6bo2bo9bobo$24bobo10bobo10b2o9bobo10b2o5bobo2bobo4b2o7b2o3bo
5bobo10bo$25bo12bo11bo4bo7bo10b2o7bo2bo7bo2b2o5b2obo6bo$26b12o14bo2bo
7b2o18b3obo6bobobo6bobo$23b3o2b8o2b3o12bo27b2o4b3o5bo$23bo2bo2b6o2bo2b
o29bo9bobo2b2o3bo$24b2o12b2o29bobob2o5bobobo3b3o$31b2o36bobobobo5bobob
2o$31b2o25bo7b2obobobobo2bo4bo4bo30b3o$59bo6bo2bo2b2ob4o2bo2bo3bo2bo
27bobo5bo$57b3o8b2o4bo9bo3bo9b2o19bob2o3bobo3b2o$74bob3o5bo3bo8b2obo5b
o13bo5bob2o2b2o$75b2o2bo4bo3bo3bo5bobo3b2obo19b2o$78b2o4bo3bo3bo6bo5bo
bo$84bo3bo16b3o$84bo3bo$81bo2bo3bo2bo36b2o$37b2o28bo15bo4bo32bo6b2o$
28bo9bo7bo18bobo13bobob2o33bobo9bo$18b2o8b3o7bobo3b3o19b2o12bobobo3b3o
28bo2b3o3b5o$18b2o11bo7b2o2bo36bobo2b2o3bo21bo6bobo3bobo$11b2o12b2o3b
2o12bo7bob2o25b2o4b3o10bo10bobo4b2ob2o2bobo2b3o$10bo2bo2b6o2bo2bo14b2o
6b3obobo30bo11bobo9bo2bo5bo2b2o3b2o2bo$10b3o2b8o2b3o7bo6bo6bo3bo2bo43b
o11b2o5b2o2b2o3b2o$13b12o9bobo11bob2obobo62bo4bo5bo$12bo12bo8bo2bo3b2o
5bobobobo20bo40b3o$11bobo10bobo8b2o4b2o4b2obobo23bo34b2o3b2o$11bo2bo8b
o2bo19bo2bo2b2o20b3o34b2o3bo2bo$9b2obo12bob2o16bobo4bobo63b2o$10bo16bo
16bo2bob2o2b2o14bobo14bo59b2o$10bob14obo16b2o2b3o18b2obo11b2o49b2ob2o
6b2o$11b2ob10ob2o45bo12b2o49bobo$17b4o27bo15b2o3b2obobo61bobo$5b2o21b
3o17b2o9b2o4bo2bobo2b2o58b3o2bob2o$5bobo22bo18b2o7bo2bobo4bobo13bo49b
2o2bob2o5bo$7b3o19bo13bo5b8o2b3ob5obo8bo3bobo51b2o9bo9bo$6bo3bo33b2o
11b2o3bo4bo9bobo3b2o62bo2b3o3bobo$b2o3bo2bo33b2o14bo2bobo3bo7b2ob2o55b
2o12b3o4bo$2bo2b2obo42bo4bob2o3bobo3bo7bo2bo53b2o2bo10bo3bo$2bobo3b2o
7b2o34b2o9bo3b2o8bo2bo51b3o2bo11b3o$3bob2o9b3o9bo48bo2bo55bob2o10b3o$
5bo10b2o2b2o5bobo47b2o57b2o2bo$16bo11bo27bo3b3o15bo4b2o7bo41b2o3bo13bo
$4bob2o9bo37bobo2b5o11bo6b2o8bo35b2o3bob3o13bobo$7bo15bo31bo8b2o25b3o
35bo2b2o2bo15bobo$4bobo16b2o31b3o4b2o23bo42b2o20bo$6bob2o9bobo21b2o13b
2o3bo14bo7b3o41b3o24bo3bo$6bob2o9bo2bobo17bobo32bobo5bo9bobo58bobo3bo$
2o2bo3bo15bo17bo37bo4b2o9b2o58bo5bo$o22b2o16b2o34bo2bo15bo34b5o21b5o$
2bob2o12bo3b2o56bob3o45bo5bo$b2o16bo2bo55b2o2b3o16bo28bo3bobo$20bo6b2o
3b2o13bo2bo48bobo29bo3bo24b3o$6bo19bo2bo2b2o13b4o15b2o32b2o37bo20b2o$
5bobo19bobo35bobo70bobo17b3o2bo$b2o2bo2bo19bo18b2o16bo72bobo13b3o5b2o$
b2o3b2o6bo32b2o15b2o73bo18bo$12bo2bo16b2o45b2o73b2obo$11b2o3bo11bobobo
46b2o59b3o12bob2o$10b2o15bo6bo74bo30b3o13bo$10bo14b3ob2o2b2o75bo28bo3b
o12b2o$10bobo2bo8bo3bo52b2o25b3o24bo4b3o14b2o$13bobo7bo2b2o44bo9bo7bo
43bobo3b3o2bo11b3o$10b2o12b2obobo42b3o7bobo3b3o44bo9bo11b2obo$11bo13bo
bo2bo44bo7b3obo24bobo30bo8b2o3bobo$17bo7bo4bo43b2o9b2obo7bob2o13b2o40b
ob2o2bo$6bo11bo7b3o56bo2bo5b3obobo12bo40bo2bo3b2o$5bobo5b2o2b2o60bo13b
o3bo2bo52bo3bo$6bo9b3o7b3o49bobo11bob2obobo18bo35b3o$16b2o4b2obo4bo47b
o2bo2bo2bo4bobobobo17bobo37bobo$22b2obobo2bo48b2o4b2o4b2obobo20b2o25b
2o11b2o$25bobobo60bo5bo44bo6bo$25bobo61bobobo4bo31bobo4b2o12b2o$16b2o
6b2ob2o59bo2bo5b2o14bobo14b2o4bobo12bobo$16b2o70b2ob2ob2o17b2obo14bo4b
obob10obobo$91b2o23bo18b2o16b2o$43b2o46b2o15b2o3b2obobo7bo10bobo10bobo
$43bo2bo3b2o40bo4b2o4b2o4bo2bobo2b2o8bo9bobo10bobo$45b2o3b2o19b2o12bob
o5b2o5bobo2bobo4bobo10b3o10bo2b8o2bo$70bobo13b2o15b3ob5obo25b2o8b2o$
33b2o3b2o3bobo26bo13bo7bo6b2o3bo4bo24b3o12b3o$32bo7bo2bo5b2o11bo32b6o
2bo2bobo3bo23bo2bobo6bobo2bo$30bo4bobo4bo2bo2bo2bo9bobo11bo26b2o3bobo
3bo8bo14b2o12b2o$30b4obobob3ob2o4bob2o9bo10b3o4b2o26bo3b2o7b3o20b2o$
35bobo3bobo7b2o19bo3b2o2bobo37b2o2bo19b2o$30b5o3b3o2bo7b2o19b2obo2bobo
bo37b2ob2o$30bo9bobo8b2o2bo3bobo11bo3bobobo19b4o18b6o$33b2o6bo10bobobo
4bo10b2o2bo2bo21bo2b2o15bob2ob3o$33b2o15b2obo2bo15b2o5b2o21bo2b2o13bo
2bo$54bo4b2o11b2o5b3o20bo2bo26bo$59bo11b3o5b3o5b2o14b2o15bo2bo6b3o$63b
o7b3o5b3ob2obobo32b2o6bo$63bo7b3o5b3ob2obo42b2o$29b2o4bo27bo7b3o5b3o4b
o33b2ob2o$29b2o4bo36b2o5b3o4b2o35bo$35bo36b2o5b2o38bo5b2o$39bo32b2o2bo
2bo11bo2bo24bo5b2o$38b2o4bo28bo3bobobo9b4o15b2o14bo$42bo2bob2o23b2obo
2bobobo26bobo8bo4bo$37bo4bobobo25bo3b2o2bobo8b2o16bo15b2o$37bobo3bo2b
2o19bo5b3o4b2o9b2o15b2o14b3o$46b2o8b2o6bobobo6bo47bobo$46b2o7b3o6b2o2b
o54b2o$36bo9b2obo9b2o7b2o$35bobo9bo2bo5b3obo2bob3o2bo$36bo11b2o3bo8b2o
bo3b2o$53bobo2bobo3bo$63bo$47b2o3b2o10b3o$47b2o3bo2bo10bo$54b2o!
Yes there's gun_34 in there too, but it's not the star of the show since this gun design is pretty ugly and unoptimised as it currently stands.

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x = 35, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o3bo3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$2o2bobo3bo2bobobobobobobobobobo$obobo2bo2bob
o2bobo2bo2bobo3bobo$2bobo3bobobobo2bo5bobo3bobob2o$b2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o3b
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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by GUYTU6J » September 17th, 2022, 10:13 am

For the following construction, this composite 5× pulse divider is 6 columns smaller than a primitive periodic quinti-Snark design. So the top one is gun_9847 (43×229) at 13983 cells:

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x = 183, y = 175, rule = LifeHistory
74.2A30.2A$74.A31.A.A$62.A12.A32.A4.2A$62.3A7.4A28.4A.2A2.A2.A$65.A6.
A31.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$7.A56.2A8.B3A28.BABABA.A$7.3A54.5B5.BA2.A28.B2ABA.A
$2A8.A55.9B2.2A29.2B.BA$.A7.2A45.2A2.AB3.10B32.3B$.A.AB4.5B25.2A15.A
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A2BA2B3.2A10.2A4.A19.A3.16B21.A.AB3.5AB14.A$4.11BA2B3A.A7.A2.A2.2A.4A
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6.4B10.2A.A.AB.7B2.B3A12.3B$9.5B2A4B2A2.A4.4B2.8B10.4B31.4B4.4B11.A2.
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12B$29.5B3.4B13.4B22.4B20.5B43.12B$30.5B.4B15.4B20.4B21.5B43.10B$31.
8B17.4B18.4B21.7B43.7B$30.8B19.4B16.4B21.4B.4B41.8B$29.8B21.4B14.4B
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2A.A.A4.6B3.4B21.4B6.4B21.4B11.4B31.4B5.2BABA7B$9.A7.A.A.A5.6B5.4B21.
4B4.4B21.4B13.4B29.4B6.2BABA7B$8.A.A5.A2.A.BA4.4B8.4B21.4B2.4B21.4B
15.4B27.4B7.3BA9B$8.BA2B5.2A.B2AB.5B10.4B21.8B21.4B17.4B25.4B6.2AB.
11B$9.2B8.4B2.4B12.4B21.6B21.4B19.4B23.4B6.A.AB2.9B$9.BAB7.4B.BA2B14.
4B21.4B21.4B21.4B21.4B7.A7.7B$9.3AB5.6B2AB5.2A9.4B19.6B19.4B23.4B19.
4B7.2A7.6B$7.BABABA3.7BA2BA5.A11.4B10.A6.8B6.A10.4B25.4B10.A6.4B18.4B
$7.3A2BA10BA4B.BA.A12.4B7.3A5.4B2.4B5.3A7.4B27.4B7.3A5.4B18.4B$7.2BA
3B2A6B2A2B2AB.B2A14.4B5.A7.4B4.4B7.A5.4B29.4B5.A7.4B18.4B$6.3B2A4BA4B
A4B2A3B17.4B4.2A5.4B6.4B5.2A4.4B31.4B4.2A5.4B18.4B$6.3BABA2B3A2B3A2BA
BA3B18.9B4.4B8.4B4.6BA2B33.9B4.4B18.4B$6.3B2A4BA4BA4B2A3B19.6B5.4B10.
2B2A5.2B2A2B35.6B5.4B18.4B$4.2AB.B2A2B2A6B2A3BA2B20.8B2.4B12.BABA2.5B
2AB35.8B2.4B18.4B$3.A.AB.4BA10BA2B3A18.15B14.A14B31.15B18.4B$3.A5.A2B
A7B3.ABABAB18.14B16.14B31.14B18.4B$2.2A5.B2A6B5.B3A20.13B18.13B31.13B
18.4B$8.2BAB.4B7.BAB18.2AB.10B20.10B.B2A27.2AB.10B18.4B$8.3B2.4B8.2B
17.A.AB3.B2A3B24.3B2AB3.BA.A25.A.AB3.B2A3B19.4B$6.4B2.B2AB.2A5.2BAB
16.A6.B2A3B24.3B2AB6.A25.A6.B2A3B18.4B$6.2A5.AB.A2.A5.A.A15.2A6.4B28.
4B6.2A23.2A6.4B19.4B$7.A6.A.A.A7.A25.3B28.3B41.3B18.4B$4.3A5.A.A.2A
35.2B.BA22.AB.2B43.2B.BA14.4B$4.A7.2A38.B2ABA.A20.A.AB2AB41.B2ABA.A
12.4B$51.BABABA.A20.A.ABABAB39.BABABA.A11.4B$49.A2.A.A.A.A.2A14.2A.A.
A.A.A2.A35.A2.A.A.A.A.2A7.4B$49.4A.2A2.A2.A14.A2.A2.2A.4A35.4A.2A2.A
2.A6.4B$53.A4.2A18.2A4.A43.A4.2A7.A3B$51.A.A30.A.A39.A.A12.A3B$51.2A
32.2A39.2A12.B3A!
The same W-shaped framework on the left also gives two other high periods at 10744 cells:.
gun_6579 (43×153)

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x = 136, y = 79, rule = LifeHistory
61.A2.2A40.2A$61.4A.A39.A.A$66.A41.A4.2A$59.7A.2A35.4A.2A2.A2.A$58.A
2.B3.A.A2.A33.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$7.A50.2A2.2A.AB2.2A35.BABABA.A$7.3A51.B2A
B2A40.B2ABA.A$2A8.A51.5B41.2B.BA$.A7.2A52.3B41.3B$.A.AB4.5B25.2A21.5B
31.2A6.4B$2.2AB6.6B21.A.A20.4BAB32.A6.B2A3B$4.3B2.2B3A3B3.BA10.2A4.A
14.2A6.3BABA2B30.A.AB3.B2A3B14.A$4.7B2ABA5BA.A7.A2.A2.2A.4A11.A5.4BAB
A2B31.2AB.10B10.3A$5.5BA3BA6BA8.2A.A.A.A.A2.A11.A.AB3.4BA2B34.13B8.A$
6.4BAB2A5B.B12.A.ABABAB14.2AB.10B33.14B7.2A$2A2.B2.4B3A4B15.A.AB2AB
17.13B32.15B3.5B$A2.2A11B18.AB.2A18.14B33.8B2.4B2.3B$.2ABA11B21.3A17.
15B32.6B5.9B7.2A$4.12B21.4B6.2A10.8B2.4B30.9B4.8B8.A$.3A.12B4.A13.BAB
ABA6.A11.6B5.4B28.4B4.2A5.10B3.B.A.2A$.A2.A2.10B3.A.A12.B2AB2A3.2A.A
10.9B4.4B26.4B5.A6.7B2A2B.B3A2.A$2.A.A3.10B2.A2.A9.B2A5B2A.2BA10.4B4.
2A5.4B24.4B7.3A3.7B2A3BAB2.2A$3.A4.12B.3A8.2AB4A2BA3B11.4B5.A7.4B22.
4B10.A3.12B4A$9.12B10.B5A4BA3B10.4B7.3A5.4B20.4B11.A.2AB.7B3.2B.A$9.
11BAB2A6.3BAB2A2BA4BA9.4B10.A6.4B18.4B10.2A.A.AB.7B2.B3A$9.11B2A2.A4.
4B2.2B3A3B10.4B19.4B16.4B11.A2.A5.4B4.A$7.4B3A4B2.B2.2A3.4B5.4B2A9.4B
21.4B14.4B14.2A5.4B5.5A$4.B.5B2ABA4B8.4B4.9B7.4B23.4B12.4B21.4B10.A$
3.A6BA3BA5B6.4B5.2A4.4B5.4B25.4B10.4B21.4B9.A$2.A.A5BAB2A7B4.4B7.A5.
4B3.4B27.4B8.4B21.4B10.2A$3.AB3.3B3A2B2.4B2.4B5.3A7.4B.4B29.4B6.4B21.
4B$8.6B5.8B6.A10.7B31.4B4.4B21.4B$11.5B4.5B20.5B33.4B2.4B21.4B$14.2A
5.4B20.5B34.8B21.4B$14.A7.4B18.7B34.2B3AB21.4B$15.3A5.4B16.4B.4B34.3B
A21.4B$17.A6.4B14.4B3.4B32.3BA2B19.4B$25.4B12.4B5.4B30.8B17.4B$26.4B
10.4B7.4B28.4B2.4B15.4B$27.4B8.4B9.2B2A26.4B4.4B13.4B$28.4B6.4B11.BAB
A24.4B6.4B11.4B25.B$29.5B3.4B13.A3B22.4B8.4B9.4B25.2A$30.4BA.4B15.4B
20.4B10.4B7.4B25.ABA$31.2B2A4B17.4B18.4B12.4B5.4B25.3BA$30.3BABA2B19.
4B16.4B14.4B3.4B25.4B$29.5BA2B21.4B14.4B16.4B.4B25.4B$29.2B2AB2A2B21.
4B12.4B18.7B25.4B$29.2BA3BA3B21.4B10.4B20.5B25.4B$22.2A5.4B2A.4B21.4B
8.4B21.5B24.4B$18.2A.A.A4.6B3.4B21.4B6.4B21.7B22.4B$9.A7.A.A.A5.6B5.
4B21.2B2A4.4B21.A3B.4B20.4B$8.A.A5.A2.A.BA4.4B8.4B21.2A2B2.4B21.BABA
3.4B18.4B$8.BA2B5.2A.B2AB.5B10.4B21.BA6B21.2B2A5.4B16.4B$9.AB8.4B2.4B
12.4B21.6B21.4B7.4B14.4B$9.BAB7.4B.ABAB14.4B21.4B21.4B9.4B12.4B$9.B2A
B5.5BA2BA5.2A9.3BA19.6B19.4B11.4B10.4B$7.5BA3.7BA3B5.A11.3BA10.A6.8B
6.A10.4B13.4B8.4B$7.4B2A15B.BA.A12.3AB7.3A5.4B2.4B5.3A7.4B15.4B6.4B$
7.B4AB2A6B2A4BA.B2A14.4B5.A7.4B4.4B7.A5.4B17.4B4.4B$6.2B2A2B2A8BABA2B
A2B17.4B4.2A5.4B6.4B5.2A4.4B19.4B2.4B$6.B2ABA2B2AB4AB2A2BAB2AB18.5B3A
B4.4B8.4B4.9B21.8B5.2A$6.2BA2BABA8B2A2B2A2B19.3B3A5.4B10.4B5.2BABAB
23.7B5.A$4.2AB.A4B2A6B2AB4AB20.2B5AB2.4B12.4B2.4B2A2B24.7B.BA.A$3.A.A
B.15B2A4B18.3B2A3B2A5B14.10BA4B20.9B.B2A$3.A5.3BA7B3.A5B18.2B3A3B3A3B
16.14B17.2B.11B$2.2A5.A2BA5B5.B2AB20.3B2A3B2A3B18.13B16.2A13B$8.BABA.
4B7.BAB18.2AB.2B5A3B20.10B.B2A14.2A13B$8.3B2.4B8.BA17.A.AB3.B3A2B24.
3B2AB3.BA.A14.2B2.10B$6.4B2.B2AB.2A5.2BAB16.A6.2BA3B24.3B2AB6.A19.9B.
2B$6.2A5.AB.A2.A5.A.A15.2A6.4B28.4B6.2A18.11B2A$7.A6.A.A.A7.A25.3B28.
3B27.4B2A3B.B2A$4.3A5.A.A.2A35.2B.BA22.AB.2B28.4B2A4B.B$4.A7.2A38.B2A
BA.A20.A.AB2AB27.7B$51.BABABA.A20.A.ABABAB25.A.5B$49.A2.A.A.A.A.2A14.
2A.A.A.A.A2.A22.A.A3.4B$49.4A.2A2.A2.A14.A2.A2.2A.4A23.A6.2A$53.A4.2A
18.2A4.A34.A$51.A.A30.A.A33.3A$51.2A32.2A35.A!
gun_8213 (43×191)

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x = 136, y = 79, rule = LifeHistory
61.A2.2A40.2A$61.4A.A39.A.A$66.A41.A4.2A$59.7A.2A35.4A.2A2.A2.A$58.A
2.B3.A.A2.A33.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$7.A50.2A2.2A.AB2.2A35.BABABA.A$7.3A43.2A
6.B2AB2A40.B2ABA.A$2A8.A42.A8.5B41.2B.BA$.A7.2A44.A7.3B41.3B$.A.AB4.
5B25.2A10.5A6.5B31.2A6.4B$2.2AB6.6B21.A.A10.A9.4BAB32.A6.B2A3B$4.3B2.
2B3A3B3.BA10.2A4.A14.B4A3.3BABA2B30.A.AB3.6B14.A$4.7B2ABA5BA.A7.A2.A
2.2A.4A10.BA2.A2.4BABA2B31.2AB.10B10.3A$5.5BA3BA6BA8.2A.A.A.A.A2.A10.
4B4.4BA2B34.5B2A6B8.A$6.4BAB2A5B.B12.A.ABABAB8.2A3.15B33.5B2ABA5B7.2A
$2A2.B2.4B3A4B15.A.AB2AB9.A2.A.2A14B32.6B2A7B3.5B$A2.2A11B18.AB.2B12.
2A.2A3BA11B33.5BA2B2.4B2.3B$.2ABA11B21.3B15.B.BABA11B32.6B5.9B7.2A$4.
12B21.4B6.2A9.BA7B2.4B30.9B4.8B8.A$.3A.12B4.A13.3B2AB6.A10.7B5.4B28.
4B4.2A5.10B3.B.A.2A$.A2.A2.10B3.A.A12.3B2AB3.BA.A10.9B4.4B26.4B5.A6.
7B2A2B.B3A2.A$2.A.A3.10B2.A2.A9.10B.B2A10.4B4.2A5.4B24.4B7.3A3.7B2A3B
AB2.2A$3.A4.12B.3A8.13B11.4B5.A7.4B22.4B10.A3.12B4A$9.12B10.14B10.4B
7.3A5.4B20.4B11.A.2AB.7B3.2B.A$9.11BAB2A6.15B9.4B10.A6.4B18.4B10.2A.A
.AB.7B2.B3A$9.11B2A2.A4.4B2.8B10.4B19.4B16.4B11.A2.A5.4B4.A$7.4B3A4B
2.B2.2A3.4B5.6B9.4B21.4B14.4B14.2A5.4B5.5A$4.B.5B2ABA4B8.4B4.9B7.4B
23.4B12.4B21.4B10.A$3.A6BA3BA5B6.4B5.2A4.4B5.4B25.4B10.4B21.4B9.A$2.A
.A5BAB2A7B4.4B7.A5.4B3.4B27.4B8.4B21.4B10.2A$3.AB3.3B3A2B2.4B2.4B5.3A
7.4B.4B29.4B6.4B21.4B$8.6B5.8B6.A10.7B31.4B4.4B21.4B$11.5B4.5B20.5B
33.4B2.4B21.4B$14.2A5.4B20.5B34.8B21.4B$14.A7.4B18.7B34.6B21.4B$15.3A
5.4B16.4B.4B34.4B21.4B$17.A6.4B14.4B3.4B32.6B19.4B$25.4B12.4B5.4B30.
8B17.4B$26.4B10.4B7.4B28.4B2.4B15.4B$27.4B8.4B9.2B2A26.4B4.4B13.4B$
28.4B6.4B11.BABA24.4B6.4B11.4B25.B$29.5B3.4B13.A3B22.4B8.4B9.4B25.2A$
30.4BA.4B15.4B20.4B10.4B7.4B25.ABA$31.2B2A4B17.4B18.4B12.4B5.4B25.3BA
$30.3BABA2B19.4B16.A3B14.4B3.4B25.4B$29.5BA2B21.4B14.B2AB16.4B.4B25.
4B$29.2B2AB2A2B21.4B12.BABA18.7B25.4B$29.2BA3BA3B21.4B10.4B20.5B25.4B
$22.2A5.4B2A.4B21.4B8.4B21.5B24.4B$18.2A.A.A4.6B3.4B21.4B6.4B21.7B22.
4B$9.A7.A.A.A5.6B5.4B21.2B2A4.4B21.4B.4B20.4B$8.A.A5.A2.A.BA4.4B8.4B
21.2A2B2.4B21.4B3.4B18.4B$8.BA2B5.2A.B2AB.5B10.4B21.BA6B21.4B5.4B16.
4B$9.AB8.4B2.4B12.4B21.6B21.4B7.4B14.4B$9.BAB7.4B.ABAB14.4B21.4B21.4B
9.4B12.4B$9.B2AB5.5BA2BA5.2A9.4B19.6B19.4B11.4B10.4B$7.5BA3.7BA3B5.A
11.4B10.A6.8B6.A10.4B13.4B8.4B$7.4B2A15B.BA.A12.4B7.3A5.4B2.4B5.3A7.
4B15.4B6.4B$7.B4AB2A6B2A4BA.B2A14.4B5.A7.4B4.4B7.A5.4B17.4B4.4B$6.2B
2A2B2A8BABA2BA2B17.4B4.2A5.4B6.4B5.2A4.4B19.4B2.4B$6.B2ABA2B2AB4AB2A
2BAB2AB18.5B3AB4.4B8.4B4.9B21.8B5.2A$6.2BA2BABA8B2A2B2A2B19.3B3A5.4B
10.4B5.2BABAB23.7B5.A$4.2AB.A4B2A6B2AB4AB20.2B5AB2.4B12.4B2.4B2A2B24.
7B.BA.A$3.A.AB.15B2A4B18.3B2A3B2A5B14.10BA4B20.9B.B2A$3.A5.3BA7B3.A5B
18.2B3A3B3A3B16.14B17.2B.11B$2.2A5.A2BA5B5.B2AB20.3B2A3B2A3B18.13B16.
2A13B$8.BABA.4B7.BAB18.2AB.2B5A3B20.10B.B2A14.2A13B$8.3B2.4B8.BA17.A.
AB3.B3A2B24.3B2AB3.BA.A14.2B2.10B$6.4B2.B2AB.2A5.2BAB16.A6.2BA3B24.3B
2AB6.A19.9B.2B$6.2A5.AB.A2.A5.A.A15.2A6.4B28.4B6.2A18.11B2A$7.A6.A.A.
A7.A25.3B28.3B27.4B2A3B.B2A$4.3A5.A.A.2A35.2B.BA22.AB.2B28.4B2A4B.B$
4.A7.2A38.B2ABA.A20.A.AB2AB27.7B$51.BABABA.A20.A.ABABAB25.A.5B$49.A2.
A.A.A.A.2A14.2A.A.A.A.A2.A22.A.A3.4B$49.4A.2A2.A2.A14.A2.A2.2A.4A23.A
6.2A$53.A4.2A18.2A4.A34.A$51.A.A30.A.A33.3A$51.2A32.2A35.A!
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Answering some questions:
dvgrn wrote:
September 17th, 2022, 8:20 am
GUYTU6J wrote:
September 17th, 2022, 12:15 am
Here is a p9847 (43×229) pseudo-random number generator that releases 10 gliders per period.
...
A gun_9847 may be completed by taking a period-229 glider gun and applying an AND gate:
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Please suggest a stable 5× pulse divider (not periodic period multiplier) to reduce its bounding box.
The "not periodic" limitation is just to produce a true-period p9847 gun, right?...
No. Using p5 quinti-Snark will give a p(9847×5) gun with chaotic outputs (try it out!). Say the smaller p9847 gun above is chopped to this, in which a glider arrives at the marked location at generation 400.

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x = 136, y = 79, rule = LifeHistory
106.2A$78.A27.A.A$76.3A29.A4.2A$75.A28.4A.2A2.A2.A$75.2A27.A2.A.A.A.A
.2A$7.A98.BABABA.A$7.3A62.2D33.B2ABA.A$2A8.A62.2D33.2B.BA$.A7.2A61.D
34.3B$.A.AB4.5B25.2A57.2A6.2BAB$2.2AB6.BA4B21.A.A58.A6.B3A2B$4.3B2.2B
A2BA2B3.2A10.2A4.A60.A.AB3.5AB14.A$4.11BA2B3A.A7.A2.A2.2A.4A57.2AB.BA
5BA2B10.3A$5.B2A4BA3B6A8.2A.A.A.A.A2.A59.2B2A2BA2B2A2B8.A$6.BA4BA4B2A
.B12.A.ABABAB61.B3ABABAB3A2B7.2A$2A2.B2.A2BA5BAB15.A.AB2AB62.2B2A2BA
2B2A4B3.5B$A2.2A4B2A5B18.AB.2B43.B21.BA6B2.4B2.3B$.2ABA5BABABAB21.3B
42.2B20.2BA3B5.9B7.2A$4.7BABA2B21.4B6.2A33.3B18.9B4.8B8.A$.3A.12B4.A
13.3B2AB6.A34.4B16.4B4.2A5.10B3.B.A.2A$.A2.A2.4B3A3B3.A.A12.3B2AB3.BA
.A35.4B14.4B5.A6.4B2A2BA2B.B3A2.A$2.A.A3.3B3A4B2.A2.A9.10B.B2A37.4B
12.4B7.3A3.3B3A2BA3BAB2.2A$3.A4.12B.3A8.13B11.4B25.4B10.4B10.A3.2B2A
8B4A$9.2BABA7B10.14B10.4B27.4B8.4B11.A.2AB.2BA4B3.2B.A$9.BABABA5BAB2A
6.15B9.4B29.4B6.4B10.2A.A.AB.7B2.B3A$9.5B2A4B2A2.A4.4B2.8B10.4B31.4B
4.4B11.A2.A5.4B4.A$7.BA5BA2BA2.B2.2A3.4B5.6B9.4B33.4B2.4B14.2A5.4B5.
5A$4.B.2A4BA4BAB8.4B4.9B7.4B35.8B21.4B10.A$3.6A3BA4B2AB6.4B5.2A4.4B5.
4B37.6B21.4B9.A$2.A.3A2BA11B4.4B7.A5.4B3.4B39.4B21.4B10.2A$3.2A3.2BA
2BA2B2.4B2.4B5.3A7.4B.4B39.6B19.4B$8.4BAB5.8B6.A10.7B39.8B17.4B$11.5B
4.5B20.5B39.4B2.4B15.4B$14.2A5.4B20.5B38.4B4.4B13.4B$14.A7.4B18.7B36.
4B6.4B11.4B$15.3A5.4B16.4B.4B34.4B8.4B9.4B$17.A6.4B14.4B3.4B32.4B10.
4B7.4B$25.4B12.4B5.4B30.4B12.4B5.4B$26.4B10.4B7.4B28.4B14.4B3.4B$27.
4B8.4B9.4B26.4B16.4B.4B$28.4B6.4B11.4B24.4B18.7B$29.5B3.4B13.4B22.4B
20.5B$30.5B.4B15.4B20.4B21.5B$31.8B17.4B18.4B21.7B$30.8B19.4B16.4B21.
4B.4B$29.8B21.4B14.4B21.4B3.4B$29.4B2A3B21.4B12.4B21.4B5.4B$29.4B2A4B
21.2B2A10.4B21.4B7.4B$22.2A5.2A4B.4B21.BABA8.4B21.4B9.3B$18.2A.A.A4.
2B2A2B3.4B21.A3B6.4B21.4B$9.A7.A.A.A5.6B5.4B21.4B4.4B21.4B$8.A.A5.A2.
A.BA4.4B8.4B21.4B2.4B21.4B$8.BA2B5.2A.B2AB.B2A2B10.4B21.8B21.4B$9.2B
8.4B2.ABAB12.4B21.6B21.4B$9.3B7.4B.3BA14.4B21.4B21.4B$9.4B5.9B5.2A9.
4B19.6B19.4B$7.2B2A2B3.5B2A4B5.A11.4B10.A6.8B6.A10.4B$7.2B2A7B3A2BA4B
.BA.A12.4B7.3A5.4B2.4B5.3A7.4B$7.9BA5B2A4B.B2A14.4B5.A7.4B4.2B2A7.A5.
4B$6.8B3ABA3B2A6B17.4B4.2A5.4B6.2A2B5.2A4.4B$6.24B18.9B4.4B8.BA2B4.9B
$6.6B2A3BAB3A8B19.6B5.4B10.4B5.6B$4.2AB.4B2A5BA9B20.8B2.4B12.4B2.8B$
3.A.AB.4BA2B3A7B2A2B18.15B14.15B$3.A5.4B2A5B3.2B2A2B18.14B16.14B$2.2A
5.9B5.4B20.13B18.13B$8.A3B.4B7.3B18.2AB.10B20.10B.B2A$8.2BA2.4B8.2B
17.A.AB3.B2A3B24.3B2AB3.BA.A$6.A2BA2.B2AB.2A5.2BAB16.A6.B2A3B24.3B2AB
6.A$6.AB5.AB.A2.A5.A.A15.2A6.4B28.4B6.2A$7.A6.A.A.A7.A25.3B28.3B$4.3A
5.A.A.2A35.2B.BA22.AB.2B$4.A7.2A38.B2ABA.A20.A.AB2AB$51.BABABA.A20.A.
ABABAB$49.A2.A.A.A.A.2A14.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$49.4A.2A2.A2.A14.A2.A2.2A.4A$
53.A4.2A18.2A4.A$51.A.A30.A.A$51.2A32.2A!
Counting from that point, later gliders arrive at generations

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0+9847n
946+9847n
1892+9847n
2838+9847n
3913+9847n
4859+9847n
5805+9847n
6751+9847n
7697+9847n
8901+9847n
9847 is not a multiple of 5, so for each row there must be one and only one of n from {0,1,2,3,4} that makes the generation count divisible by 5. For a period-5 quinti-Snark to work, however, we need a row whose corresponding generation count is always divisible by 5 no matter what n modulo 5 is, so that it can be set as the output timing.
A working but ugly way to solve this is to use a period-43 quinti-Snark, which is shown as the second, larger p9847 gun above. Two guns have their outputs collide and throw a domino spark to support the quinti-Snark. It may be reduced if there is a glider eater that gives the domino spark with adequate clearance, but I know of none.
dvgrn wrote:
September 17th, 2022, 8:20 am
Is there a good way to produce an glider only if two input gliders arrive at exactly the right times? Seems like a p43 gun could maybe be set up as an "anti-filter" for a p229 gun, or vice versa, somehow or other, in a smaller space than that PRNG pattern. But I'm drawing a blank on exactly how that would be done.
One such example from catagolue involves a p104 (4×26) gun and a p44 (4×11) gun:

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#C [[ GRID MAXGRIDSIZE 14 THEME Catagolue ]]
#CSYNTH gun_4576 costs 8091 cells.
#C period 4576 fullperiod 4576 bbox 93 by 87
#CLL state-numbering golly
x = 93, y = 87, rule = LifeHistory
9.2A4.2B4.2A$8.A2.A.6B.A2.A$8.3A2.6B2.3A$11.10A$10.A2.6A2.A$10.2A.
B4AB.2A$13.4B$14.3B$11.7B$10.8B$10.9B$10.9B$11.7B$13.5B11.2A$10.B
2.5B2.B8.A$.3B3.B.5B3A5B.B2.BA.A$.12BA3BA7B.B2A$2A10BA5BA8B$2A10BA
5BA8B4.2A7.A3.2A$.B.9B3AB3A8B3.B2AB4.3A2.B2A2B14.B$4.22B5.3B3.A6.
4B13.4B7.B$6.19B5.B.B4.2A5.BA2B11.4BA4B3.3B6.2A$6.19B5.9B4.BABA12.
3B2A6B.3B6.A$4.33B6.A2BA13.B4A10B2.BA.A$.B.9B3AB3A18B5.A2BA13.B2A
14B.3A$2A10BA5BA5BA13B4.4B13.3A2B2A5B2A2B3A$2A10BA5BA4BABA5B3A7B.A
2BAB12.3A2B2A5B2A2B3A$.12BA3BA4B2A6BA3BA7B2.2A11.3A.14B2AB$.3B3.B.
5B3A5B2A2BA2BA5BA6B14.A.AB2.10B4AB14.2A$10.B2.5B2.B.BAB2A3BA3BA8B
13.A6.3B.6B2A3B13.A$13.5B4.BA3BA3B3A3B3.4B11.2A6.3B3.4BA4B.B.3B4.B
A.A$11.7B4.3BABA9B4.4B19.B7.4B2.9B.B2A$10.9B5.2BAB.6B7.4B28.B2.2B
2A8B$10.9B6.2B2.3B11.4B15.A14.2B2A8B$10.8B11.B2A12.4B12.3A13.13B$
11.7B12.A14.4B10.A13.15B$14.3B14.3A12.4B9.2A8.B3.12B$13.4B16.A13.
4B6.4B7.2AB.12B$10.2A.B4AB.2A6.2A18.4B4.3B9.2A14B$10.A2.6A2.A6.A.A
14.B2.6B.4B10.B.13B$11.10A5.2A3.A10.18B12.10B.B2A$8.3A2.6B2.3A.A2.
2A.A9.19B13.B.7B.BA.A$8.A2.A.6B.A2.A.2A.A.A.2A8.19B13.7B5.A$9.2A4.
2B4.2A3.A.A.A.A5.2B.21B11.8B5.2A$26.A.3A.A4.2A16BABA3B3.2A6.4B2.4B
$27.5A5.2A17B2A2B4.A6.4B4.4B$28.3B7.2B.11B3.BA2B6.A4.4B6.4B$22.2A
3.2B.2B9.10B6.4B3.2A3.4B8.4B$21.A2.A2.5B11.7B9.2A2.A4.4B10.4B$19.B
A.A.A3.3A14.A5B8.A3.A3.4B12.4B$19.BAB.A4.BAB13.B2A5B8.3A3.4B14.4B$
19.A3B6.A13.BABA2.4B5.A.A4.4B16.4B$20.ABA2.4B13.4B4.4B4.2A4.4B18.
4B$23.7B11.4B6.4B8.4B20.4B$24.7B9.4B8.4B6.4B22.4B$23.7B.2B6.4B10.
4B4.4B24.3BA$23.9B2A4.4B12.4B2.4B26.ABA$22.8B.B2A3.4B14.8B5.2A21.
2A$22.8B2.B3.4B16.7B5.A23.B$22.8B5.4B16.B.7B.BA.A$23.7B4.4B16.10B.
B2A$23.7B3.4B14.B.13B$22.14B14.2A14B$22.13B15.2AB.12B$19.AB.12B17.
B3.12B$18.A.A12B.B20.15B$19.A2B.9B.2BA22.13B$20.B.12BA.A22.2B2A8B$
21.ABA9B.BA20.A2.2B2A8B$20.B2A4B3A3B13.B7.A2BA2.9B.B2A$20.2BA4BA2B
A2B4.2A6.BAB3.2BA5BA.B.3B4.BA.A$18.2AB4.3BA3B6.A6.ABA.3BA6BA13.A$
17.A.AB4.7B6.A.AB2.8BA2BA3B14.2A$17.A7.7BA6.2AB.BA2BA3BABA6B$16.2A
4.B2.8B8.3B2A3BABA2B2AB2AB$21.2AB.4B3AB8.B2AB2A2BABA3B2A3B$21.2A9B
9.6BABA3BA2BAB.B2A$22.2B.7B10.3BA2BA8B2.BA.A$24.7B10.A6BA3B.ABA6.A
$25.7B9.A5BA2B3.BAB6.2A$26.4B2.ABA8.A2BA7.B$23.ABA6.3BA8.A$18.B2.B
A3B5.A.BAB$17.2A2BA4BA3.A.A.AB$17.2ABA2BAB2A3.A2.A$18.3B2A2.B5.2A$
18.3B!
(Don't ask why it does not simply double the improved gun_2288)
But 43 and 229 are both prime, thus coprime, so the glider interactions happen at any possible timing, presumably making the result much complex.

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by dvgrn » September 17th, 2022, 11:00 am

GUYTU6J wrote:
September 17th, 2022, 10:13 am
But 43 and 229 are both prime, thus coprime, so the glider interactions happen at any possible timing, presumably making the result much complex.
Possibly it's not as bad as you might think (come to think of it). I haven't tried this yet, because I'm on the road to Chicago for the day... but Jormungant's universal regulator is surprisingly small. I wonder if something along those lines could be adapted for this purpose -- drive the regulator with one of the guns and use the other one as input.

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by nokangaroo » September 26th, 2022, 8:37 am

Slightly smaller gun_98

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x = 64, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory
32.2A$32.A.A$34.A4.2A$30.4A.2A2.A2.A$30.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$32.BABABA.A$33.
B2ABA.A$34.2B.BA$14.A18.3B$13.A.A8.2A6.5B7.A$14.A10.A6.B2A3B6.3A$25.A
.AB3.B2A4B8.A$12.5A9.2AB.10B6.A.A$12.A3.A11.13B5.A.AB$14.A13.14B5.A3B
$4.AB.2B2A2.3A12.15B6.4B$3.A.2AB3AB4.A13.8B2.4B5.6B$3.A.6BA3.AB13.6B
5.4B4.7B$2.2A.2A6B2.A3BAB8.9B4.3BA2.8B.4B.B$2BA.BA2B.A3B4.3BA4B3.4B4.
2A5.3BA13B.B2A$3BAB3.BA3B2.BA3BA10B5.A7.3A15B2A$3BA.2BAB.A2B.2A5B2A7B
7.3A4.16B.2B$6B2A.2A3.4BA4BA5B10.A4.16B$.A6B.A3.A3BABA3BA4B16.15B$.B
3AB2A.A3.A4BA4BA4B14.2AB.12B$2.2A2B.BA5.2A5B2A2B3.AB11.A.AB2.11B$16.A
3BA2B4.B2A11.A5.10B$15.BA3BA3B4.2AB9.2A5.2B2A6B$15.2B3A5B3.BA16.3B2A
6B$16.5B.4B21.10B$17.3B3.4B20.8B.B2A.A$13.4B7.4B18.7B3.B2AB3A$11.5BA
8.4B17.6B6.B4.A$10.2B4ABA8.4B17.6B4.2A.3A$10.2BAB2A.3A7.4B16.BAB2A4.A
2.2A$10.A3B.AB3.A7.4B14.B5A2B.A.A$10.A3BA.3ABA8.4B4.A8.B4A3BA.A.3A$
11.3BA.A3B10.4B3.3A6.6B.2BAB.A2.A$10.AB3A.A3BA10.4B5.A4.3B3AB2.2B2.A.
A.A$10.A3.BA.3BA11.4B3.2A4.3B3AB3.B.2A2.A.A$11.3A.2ABA2B12.4B2.4B.5BA
2B2.A.A2.A.A.A$13.AB4A2B13.4B3.11B2.2A2.2A.2A$14.A5B15.4B.12B$14.4B
18.B3A12B$37.A13B10.A$38.A9B11.3A$37.12B9.A$36.16B6.2A$29.A6.24B$29.
3A3.23B$32.A2.24B$31.A.B.24B$31.2A27B$29.2A2.A22B.4B$28.A2.3A3B3.2B3.
B7.2B3.4B$29.A4.2B3.4B.3B5.BA2B3.4B$30.4A5.B2AB.B2AB4.A.A5.3BA$32.A7.
2A3.2A6.A7.ABA$34.A27.2A$33.2A!
Although it seems that syringe loops are going out of fashion (the current guns often remind me of guns1j, except they are much smaller). The reflector (runtime = snark + 28) is cribbed from the new gun_174 (it also works with p7 but then it does not duplicate the glider).

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by nokangaroo » September 28th, 2022, 6:56 am

Smaller p77 and p65 using speed tunnels

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x = 79, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory
58.2A$48.A9.A.A.2A$48.3A9.A.A$51.A7.2A.A$18.A31.2A5.4B.A.2A$18.3A24.
2A3.4BA4B4A2.A$21.A22.A.A5.BABA3BAB2.2A$20.2A20.3A.A.AB.2BA2BA2B.3A$
20.4B17.A5.2AB.3B2A2B4.A$22.B2A16.2A6.9B4.A.A$21.2B2A14.4B6.9B5.2A$4.
2A15.5B12.3B8.9B$3.B2A2B12.2BA3B11.4B.3B2.B2.A8B$4.4B12.2BA5B2.12B2A
6BA9B$5.4B10.3BA4BA13BABA7BA9B$3.5B12.7BA13BA20B$.7B13.2BA4B.12B3A19B
$.7B12.38B2.4B$2A7B11.3BA15B2.2B3.5B.B.B6.B3A$2A9B8.2BABA12B13.B.2BA
2B6.A3B$.B.11B2.2B.2BABA10B17.BABAB7.A3B$4.29B13.2A3.BABAB3.2A3.4B$4.
12B3A5B.8B13.A.BA3BA3BAB.A4.4B$4.12BA7B3.8B12.3AB.3B.B3A6.4B$4.12BABA
5B5.B3.2A14.3B.B.3B9.4B$5.12B2A4B10.A11.7AB.B7A5.4B$12.4B.3B.B12.3A.
2A2.A2.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A5.2BA2B$13.4B19.2A.4A3.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A5.4B2A3B
$14.4B29.2A.A5.A.2A6.3B3A3B$15.4B17.2A.2A11.A.A11.9B$16.BABA17.A.A11.
2A.2A9.10B$17.B2AB11.2A.A5.A.2A19.10B2A$18.A3B9.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A3.7A8.
9BA2BA$19.4B7.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A2.A2.A2.A9.10BA$20.4B6.7AB.B7A8.A.AB4.
8BA2BA$21.4B9.3B.B.3B13.2AB.10BA4B$22.4B6.3AB.3B.B3A13.17B$23.4B4.A.B
A3BA3BAB.A12.17B$24.4B3.2A3.BABAB3.2A13.B2A14B.B$25.4B7.BABAB17.2B2A
15B2A$26.4B6.2BA2B.B13.3BA2BA12B.B2A$27.4B6.B.B.5B3.2B2.3BA2BAB2A10B
4.B$28.4B2.21BA2BA14B$29.27BABA4B.9B$30.15B2A16B2.7B$31.14B2A16B2.7B$
32.30B4.6B$33.2BA6B2.B2.3B.4B10.7B$34.2B2A5B8.3B12.6B$27.2A5.9B6.4B
13.7B$27.A.A4.BABA5B6.2A16.5B$29.A4.2A5B.B2A5.A16.6B$29.2AB.BA6B.BA.A
.3A15.9B$27.2A2.3BA2BA2B5.A.A17.2A.7B$26.A2.4A2BABA4B3.2A19.A5.4B$26.
2A.A.2BAB5.2A21.3A7.4B$29.A.2A7.A22.A10.4B$29.A.A9.3A31.3BA$28.2A.A.A
9.A32.ABA$32.2A43.2A!
Very classical, and probably boring. I was probably wrong about the syringe being superseded; the speed tunnel is rather bulky. Here is a p65:

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x = 76, y = 65, rule = LifeHistory
25.2A$21.2A.A.A9.A$22.A.A9.3A$22.A.2A7.A$19.2A.A.2BAB5.2A$19.A2.AB2A
9B3.2A26.A$20.2A2.2A7B5.A.A23.3A$22.2AB.8B.BA.A.3A20.A$22.A4.3B2A2B.B
2A5.A19.2A$20.A.A4.3B2A4B6.2A16.5B$20.2A5.5BA3B6.4B13.4B$27.3B2A4B8.
3B12.5B$26.4B2A3B2.B2.3B.4B10.6B.B$2.2A21.23BABA4B3.7BAB$3.A2.2A16.
14B2A8BABA3BAB2.6B3A2B.B$3.A.A2.A14.15B2A7B2A7B2.6BA2BA2B2A$2.2A.BAB.
A.2A9.26BA7B.7BA3BAB2A$3.A.A.A.2A.A8.4B2.23BABABA10BABAB.B$.A3.3A12.
4B6.B.B.5B3.2B2.BA2BAB3A12BA$A.3A.A.4A7.4B6.2BA2B.B13.A3BA15B$A3.A3BA
3.A5.4B7.BABAB17.20B$.3A.3B.3A5.4B3.2A3.BABAB3.2A13.19B$3.AB3ABA6.4B
4.A.BA3BA3BAB.A12.19B$4.5A6.2A2B6.3AB.3B.B3A13.17B2ABA.2A$4.B3AB5.2B
2A9.3B.B.3B13.2AB.3B.2B2A7B2A.2A.A$6.B6.2BAB6.7AB.B7A8.A.AB6.3BA7B$6.
3B3.4B7.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A8.A8.A2B3A4B$6.3B2.4B9.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A8.2A7.B
AB2A3BAB$6.BA6B11.2A.A5.A.2A18.2ABA2BA2BAB$5.BABA4B17.A.A23.B3A2BA2BA
B$5.A2BA3B17.2A.2A21.3B2A5BA2B$4.2B2A5B39.2B.13B.2B$4.10B37.21B$4.6B.
4B34.25B$2.2AB.3B3.4B33.10B2AB2A10B$.A.AB2.B5.4B31.11BA3BA11B$.A12.4B
30.12B3A12B$2A13.2B2A28.29B$16.2A2B28.27B$17.BA2B27.6B2.11B2.6B$18.4B
25.A3B.B3.8B.B4.B.3BA$19.4B23.BABA7.B.4B10.ABA$20.4B21.2B2A11.3B11.2A
$21.4B19.4B12.4B11.B$22.4B17.4B12.BA3B$23.4B15.4B12.BABAB$24.4B13.4B
13.A.A2.2B2.B$25.4B11.4B12.3A2.3AB.B2A$26.4B9.4B12.A3.2A2.BA2B2A$27.
4B7.4B14.3A2.2A.AB.B$28.4B5.4B17.A.A2.AB$29.4B3.4B19.A.A$20.2A2.A5.4B
.4B21.A$20.A2.A.A5.2B2A3B$21.A.A.A6.BA3B$20.2A.A.2A5.BA2BAB$19.A3.AB.
A2B.4BA2BAB$18.A.3A.BA3B.4BABA3B$18.A.B.2A2BA12B$19.4A.BA3B4.5B$23.AB
.A2B6.5B$17.5A.A.2A11.2A$17.A2.A2.A.A12.A$22.A2.A13.3A$23.2A16.A!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by iNoMed » September 28th, 2022, 7:23 am

Smaller p75 gun (77x43, down from 65x58) via engine-based solution, loads of reduction potential here:

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x = 71, y = 41, rule = B3/S23
9b2o49b2o$9bobo8bo29bo8bobo$11bo4b2obobo27bobob2o4bo$13b2ob3obo29bob3o
b2o$13b2o3bo13b2o3b2o13bo3b2o$8b3o4b4o13b2o3b2o13b4o4b3o$13b3obo35bob
3o$13bobo39bobo$14bo41bo3$9b2o49b2o$10bo49bo$10bobo45bobo$11b2o45b2o$
21b3o23b3o$20bo3bo21bo3bo$19bo5bo19bo5bo$19bo5bo19bo5bo$19b3ob3o19b3ob
3o$2bo4bo55bo4bo$2ob4ob2o51b2ob4ob2o$2bo4bo55bo4bo3$25bo$23bobo$24b2o$
50b4o$19b3o27bo4bo$20bo26b3o4b3o$20bo25bo10bo$19b3o23bob4o2b2obo$45bo
5bo2bob2o$19b3o21bobob3o4bo$19b3o21b2obobo4b2o$46bo$19b3o24b2o$20bo$
20bo$19b3o!
Edit: Decent reduction to 63x43 using half of a known PF30P:

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x = 63, y = 42, rule = B3/S23
5b2o49b2o$5bobo3bo4bo29bo4bo3bobo$6bobobobo2bobo27bobo2bobobobo$12bo3b
o29bo3bo$5b2obob2obo14b2o3b2o14bob2obob2o$5bo4b3obo13b2o3b2o13bob3o4bo
$5bo4bo41bo4bo$9bo4bo33bo4bo$10b2o39b2o4$5b2o49b2o$6bo49bo$6bobo45bobo
$2o5b2o9bo25bo9b2o5b2o$bo15bobo23bobo15bo$bobo12bo3bo21bo3bo12bobo$2b
2o12bo3bo21bo3bo12b2o$6b2o8b2ob2o21b2ob2o8b2o$5bobo47bobo$5b2o49b2o3$
20bo$21bo$19b3o2$15b3o$45b2o2b2o$14bo3bo24b3ob2ob3o$14bo3bo23bo10bo$
41bob2ob2ob2obo$15b3o23bobo2bo3bob2o$39bobo2b3o3bo$39b2obo2bo3b2o$15b
3o24bobo$42b2o$14bo3bo$14bo3bo2$15b3o!

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x = 35, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o3bo3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$2o2bobo3bo2bobobobobobobobobobo$obobo2bo2bob
o2bobo2bo2bobo3bobo$2bobo3bobobobo2bo5bobo3bobob2o$b2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o3b
2ob2o3b2ob2o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by JP21 » September 28th, 2022, 11:25 am

65x39

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x = 65, y = 38, rule = B3/S23
29b2o3b2o$29b2o3b2o2$2bo2bo4bo2bo37bo2bo4bo2bo$3o2b6o2b3o33b3o2b6o2b3o
$2bo2bo4bo2bo37bo2bo4bo2bo6$b2o16bo25bo16b2o$2bo15bobo23bobo15bo$2bobo
12bo3bo21bo3bo12bobo$3b2o12bo3bo21bo3bo12b2o$7b2o8b2ob2o21b2ob2o8b2o$
6bobo47bobo$6b2o49b2o2$6b2o$6bo4b2o8bo30b2o3bobo$8b2obo10bo30bob2ob2o$
7b2o11b3o33bo3b2o$6bo3bo44bo2b2o2bo$6bo4bo4b3o40bobobo$7b5o34b2o2b2o2b
obobo3bo$15bo3bo24b3ob2ob4obobob2o$6bob2o5bo3bo23bo12b2obo$6b2obo32bob
2ob2ob2ob2o4bo$16b3o23bobo2bo3bobo5b2o$40bobo2b3o3bobo$40b2obo2bo5bo$
16b3o24bobo$43b2o$15bo3bo$15bo3bo2$16b3o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by nokangaroo » September 28th, 2022, 12:32 pm

p62 gun using speed tunnel

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x = 89, y = 65, rule = LifeHistory
38.2A$34.2A.A.A9.A$35.A.A9.3A$35.A.2A7.A$32.2A.A.4B5.2A$32.A2.4A5B3AB
3.2A3.2A21.A$33.2A2.BA4B3A5.A5.A19.3A$11.2B22.3A.3BA2BAB.BA.A5.A.AB
15.A$5.14B16.A4.2B2A3B.B2A7.A.AB.B12.2A$4.B4A6B4AB13.A.A4.9B10.A3B2A
8.5B$4.BA2BA6BA2BAB13.2A5.9B9.3B.B2A7.4B$.B.5BA6BA5B.B17.9B9.2B3.B8.
5B$2A3BA12BA3B2A15.3B2A3BA2.B2.3B.4B10.6B.A$ABAB4A8B4ABABA14.4BA2B2A
21B3.7BAB$.4A3BA6BA3B4A14.6B3A5B2A16B2.11B.B$.B6A8B6AB13.8BA6B2A16B2.
5B2A5B2A$3.3BA3B4.3BA3B14.27BABA4B.6B2A5B2A$34.4B2.21BA2BA17B.B$3.3BA
3B4.3BA3B12.4B6.B.B.5B3.2B2.3BA2BAB2A12B$.B6A8B6AB9.4B6.2BA2B.B13.3BA
2BA13B$.4A3BA6BA3B4A8.2A2B7.BABAB17.2B2A16B$ABAB4A8B4ABABA6.2B2A3.2A
3.BABAB3.2A13.B2A16B$2A3BA12BA3B2A5.2BAB4.A.BA3BA3BAB.A12.19B$.B.5BA
6BA5B.B5.4B6.3AB.3B.B3A13.17B2ABA.2A$4.BA2BA6BA2BAB2.2B3.4B9.3B.B.3B
13.2AB.3B.2B2A7B2A.2A.A$4.B4A6B4AB2.2B2.4B6.7AB.B7A8.A.AB6.A3BA6B$5.
14B2.BA6B7.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A8.A8.5BA4B$11.2B7.BABA4B9.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A
8.2A7.2A8B$20.A2BA3B11.2A.A5.A.2A18.6BA4B$19.2B2A5B15.A.A23.2A2B2A3B
2A$19.10B13.2A.2A21.13B$19.6B.4B35.2B.13B.2B$17.2AB.3B3.4B33.21B$16.A
.AB2.B5.2B2A30.25B$16.A12.BABA29.10B2AB2A10B$15.2A13.A3B27.11BA3BA11B
$31.4B26.11BA3BA11B$32.4B24.13BABA13B$33.4B24.13BA13B$34.4B23.6B2.11B
2.6B$35.4B21.A3B.B3.8B.B4.B.3BA$36.4B19.BABA7.B.4B10.ABA$37.4B6.A10.
2B2A11.3B11.2A$38.4B5.3A7.4B12.4B11.B$39.4B7.A5.4B12.BA3B$40.4B5.2A4.
4B12.BABAB$41.4B4.9B13.A.A2.2B2.B$42.4B5.6B12.3A2.3AB.B2A$43.4B2.8B
11.A3.2A2.BA2B2A$44.B3A11B10.3A2.2A.AB.B$45.A13B12.A.A2.AB$46.A12B13.
A.A$47.10B.B2A12.A$49.3B2AB3.BA.A$49.3BA2B6.A$51.4B6.2A$51.3B$48.AB.
2B$47.A.AB2AB$47.A.ABABAB$44.2A.A.A.B.A2.A$44.A2.A2.2A.4A$46.2A4.A$
52.A.A$53.2A!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by ihatecorderships » September 28th, 2022, 12:41 pm

nokangaroo wrote:
September 28th, 2022, 12:32 pm
p62 gun using speed tunnel

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x = 89, y = 65, rule = LifeHistory
38.2A$34.2A.A.A9.A$35.A.A9.3A$35.A.2A7.A$32.2A.A.4B5.2A$32.A2.4A5B3AB
3.2A3.2A21.A$33.2A2.BA4B3A5.A5.A19.3A$11.2B22.3A.3BA2BAB.BA.A5.A.AB
15.A$5.14B16.A4.2B2A3B.B2A7.A.AB.B12.2A$4.B4A6B4AB13.A.A4.9B10.A3B2A
8.5B$4.BA2BA6BA2BAB13.2A5.9B9.3B.B2A7.4B$.B.5BA6BA5B.B17.9B9.2B3.B8.
5B$2A3BA12BA3B2A15.3B2A3BA2.B2.3B.4B10.6B.A$ABAB4A8B4ABABA14.4BA2B2A
21B3.7BAB$.4A3BA6BA3B4A14.6B3A5B2A16B2.11B.B$.B6A8B6AB13.8BA6B2A16B2.
5B2A5B2A$3.3BA3B4.3BA3B14.27BABA4B.6B2A5B2A$34.4B2.21BA2BA17B.B$3.3BA
3B4.3BA3B12.4B6.B.B.5B3.2B2.3BA2BAB2A12B$.B6A8B6AB9.4B6.2BA2B.B13.3BA
2BA13B$.4A3BA6BA3B4A8.2A2B7.BABAB17.2B2A16B$ABAB4A8B4ABABA6.2B2A3.2A
3.BABAB3.2A13.B2A16B$2A3BA12BA3B2A5.2BAB4.A.BA3BA3BAB.A12.19B$.B.5BA
6BA5B.B5.4B6.3AB.3B.B3A13.17B2ABA.2A$4.BA2BA6BA2BAB2.2B3.4B9.3B.B.3B
13.2AB.3B.2B2A7B2A.2A.A$4.B4A6B4AB2.2B2.4B6.7AB.B7A8.A.AB6.A3BA6B$5.
14B2.BA6B7.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A8.A8.5BA4B$11.2B7.BABA4B9.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A
8.2A7.2A8B$20.A2BA3B11.2A.A5.A.2A18.6BA4B$19.2B2A5B15.A.A23.2A2B2A3B
2A$19.10B13.2A.2A21.13B$19.6B.4B35.2B.13B.2B$17.2AB.3B3.4B33.21B$16.A
.AB2.B5.2B2A30.25B$16.A12.BABA29.10B2AB2A10B$15.2A13.A3B27.11BA3BA11B
$31.4B26.11BA3BA11B$32.4B24.13BABA13B$33.4B24.13BA13B$34.4B23.6B2.11B
2.6B$35.4B21.A3B.B3.8B.B4.B.3BA$36.4B19.BABA7.B.4B10.ABA$37.4B6.A10.
2B2A11.3B11.2A$38.4B5.3A7.4B12.4B11.B$39.4B7.A5.4B12.BA3B$40.4B5.2A4.
4B12.BABAB$41.4B4.9B13.A.A2.2B2.B$42.4B5.6B12.3A2.3AB.B2A$43.4B2.8B
11.A3.2A2.BA2B2A$44.B3A11B10.3A2.2A.AB.B$45.A13B12.A.A2.AB$46.A12B13.
A.A$47.10B.B2A12.A$49.3B2AB3.BA.A$49.3BA2B6.A$51.4B6.2A$51.3B$48.AB.
2B$47.A.AB2AB$47.A.ABABAB$44.2A.A.A.B.A2.A$44.A2.A2.2A.4A$46.2A4.A$
52.A.A$53.2A!
You may have forgotten that there is a newer, spartan, pi to 2g

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x = 15, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
13bo$12bobo$13bo4$11bo$10bobo$3o7bobo$o2bo7bo$4bo$o2bo7bo$3o7bobo$10b
obo$11bo4$13bo$12bobo$13bo!
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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by iNoMed » September 28th, 2022, 2:05 pm

p77 gun reduced slightly using meatball SW-2:

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x = 79, y = 60, rule = B3/S23
57b2o$47bo9bobob2o$47b3o9bobo$50bo7b2obo$4bo12bo31b2o10bob2o$3bob4o8b
3o24b2o7bo4b4o2bo$b3ob2obo11bo22bobo6bobo3bo3b2o$o4bo4bo8b2o20b3obobo
4bo2bo3b3o$ob3obo3bo29bo5b2o5b2o6bo$4bobo15b2o16b2o19bobo$o3bob3obo10b
o40b2o$o4bo4bo11b2o$2bob2ob3o12bo$2b4obo13bo19b2o$6bo14bo17b2ob2o$39bo
2bo$39bo2bo$40b2o19b2o$22bo38bobo$22bo29bo8bo$51bobo$15b2o28b2o4bobo4b
2o$14bo2bo27bo2bo3bo3bo2bo$14bo2bo28b3o7b3o$14b2ob2o13b2o$16b2o14bo11b
7o3b7o$33b3obo6bo6bobo6bo$35b2obo6bobob2o3b2obobo10bo$38bo7b2obo5bob2o
11bo$35b2ob2o11bobo15bo$17bo18bobo11b2ob2o$18b2o11b2obo5bob2o5bo2bo21b
o$17b2o11bobob2o3b2obobo4b2o2b2o20bo$29bo6bobo6bo8bo19bo$29b7o3b7o8bob
o$55b2o$31b3o7b3o$30bo2bo3bo3bo2bo$30b2o4bobo4b2o14b2o$36bobo19bo2bo
14b2o$37bo23b2o13b2o$56bo3b2o$55bo4bo$55b3o$44b2o$44b2o3$35b2o$26b2o8b
o$26bobo4bo2bo11b2o$28bo6bo6b2o5bo$28b2o12bobob3o$26b2o7bo8bobo17b2o$
25bo2b3o4bo8b2o19bo$25b2obo4bo5b2o21b3o$28bob2o7bo22bo$28bobo9b3o34bo$
27b2obobo9bo35bo$31b2o43b3o!

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x = 35, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o3bo3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$2o2bobo3bo2bobobobobobobobobobo$obobo2bo2bob
o2bobo2bo2bobo3bobo$2bobo3bobobobo2bo5bobo3bobob2o$b2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o3b
2ob2o3b2ob2o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by iNoMed » September 29th, 2022, 6:06 am

Excuse the doublepost, but here's a 61x66 p70 gun (down from 61x69) achieved using a Tumbler:

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x = 61, y = 65, rule = B3/S23
17b2o16bo$16bo2bo13b3o$11bo2bo2bobo12bo$11b5obob2o11b2o$17bo2bo$13b4o
2bo8bo$12bo3b2o2bo6bobo$12bob3o2bo6bo2bo$13bo3bo2bo6b2o$14b2obob2o$15b
obobo$14bo2bobo$14b2o2bo2$22bo$22bobo$22b2o2$38bo$37b2o$37bobo$2o$bo$b
obo$2b2o$6bobo26bo20b2o$5bo2bo25bobo19bo$5bo2bo25bob3o19bo$6b2o25b2o4b
o14b5o$11bo22bob2obo13bo$12b2o18bobobo2bobo12b3o$11b2o17bo3bo2bo2b2o
15bo$30bo4b2o17b4o$32b3o14b2o3bo3b2o$22b2o6bo3bo14b2o4b3o2bo$4b5o14bo
2b2o2bobo9b2o13bob2o$3bo5bo13bobobo3bo11b2o12bo$b3o5b3o12bo17bo13b2o$o
11bo$ob3obob4o$bo3b3o40b2o$3bo5b2obo35bo$2b2obobobob2o36b3o$3bobo2bo
42bo$3bo2b2o$2b2o$18b2o$18b2o8bobo11bo$29b2o12b2o$29bo12b2o2$29b2o$28b
o2bo$29bobo$30bo4$17bob2o20b2o$15b3ob2o13b2o2b2o2b2o$14bo19b2o3b3o$15b
3ob2o6b2o$17b2o2bo5b2o10b3o$20b2o16b2o2b2o$41b2o!

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x = 35, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o3bo3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$2o2bobo3bo2bobobobobobobobobobo$obobo2bo2bob
o2bobo2bo2bobo3bobo$2bobo3bobobobo2bo5bobo3bobob2o$b2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o3b
2ob2o3b2ob2o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by nokangaroo » September 29th, 2022, 4:58 pm

iNoMed wrote:
September 28th, 2022, 2:05 pm
p77 gun reduced slightly using meatball SW-2:
I'm aware of the meatball. But I'm not convinced that reducing the BB at the cost of increasing population makes sense

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x = 77, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory
31.2A$27.2A.A.A9.A$28.A.A9.3A$28.A.2A7.A21.A$25.2A.A.4B5.2A20.3A$25.A
2.4A4BA4B3.2A18.A$26.2A2.BA3BABAB5.A.A16.2A$28.3A.2BA2BA2B.BA.A.3A14.
5B$28.A4.2B2A3B.B2A5.A15.4B$26.A.A4.9B6.2A15.5B$26.2A5.9B6.4B13.6B$
33.9B8.3B12.6B.B$32.9B2.B2.3B.4B10.6B.B2A$31.23BA6B4.7B2A$30.A13B2A5B
5A6B2.6B.2B$29.B2A12BA11BA5B2.6B$28.BABA22B2A6B.6B2AB3.B$27.4B2.20B2A
13BA2BAB.B2A$26.4B6.B.B.5B3.2B2.A15B3A4B2A$25.4B6.2BA2B.B13.21B$24.4B
7.BABAB17.10BABA6B$23.4B3.2A3.BABAB3.2A13.8B2ABA4B$22.4B4.A.BA3BA3BAB
.A12.11BA5B$21.4B6.3AB.3B.B3A13.7BA4BA4B$20.4B9.3B.B.3B13.2AB.3B.A4BA
4B$19.4B6.7AB.B7A8.A.AB5.B4A4B$18.4B7.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A2.A2.A2.A9.8B$
17.4B9.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A3.7A8.9B2.B$16.4B11.2A.A5.A.2A19.6BA2B.B2A$15.4B
17.A.A11.2A.2A9.5B2A3B2A$14.4B17.2A.2A11.A.A11.2BA2B2AB.B$13.4B29.2A.
A5.A.2A5.2BA5B$12.4B19.2A.4A3.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A5.ABA4B$11.4B.3B.B12.3A.
2A2.A2.A2.B2.BA.AB2.B2.A5.4AB$4.6B3A9B10.A11.7AB.B7A5.B3A$3.9BA6B2A2B
5.B3.2A14.3B.B.3B9.2BAB$3.8BA7B2A2B3.3BA4B12.3AB.3B.B3A6.4B$3.20B.6BA
B13.A.BA3BA3BAB.A4.4B$.3B2A17B3A3B2AB13.2A3.BABAB3.2A3.4B$13B2.2B.4B
5A6B17.BABAB7.4B$10B8.3BA3BAB2A6B13.B.2BA2B6.4B$.7B11.3B3A3BA9B2.2B3.
5B.B.B6.4B$3.4B12.4BA33B2.4B$4.2B14.5BAB.34B$3.4B12.6BA10BA7B2A15B$.
2B4A11.19BA6B2A5B3A6B$2BA4BA11.16B3A12BA3BA4B$B2A3B.3A9.11B6.4B.3B2.B
2.A3B2A3B$BABA.2B3.A9.5B2.4B6.3B8.A8B$4BA.2ABAB8.6B3.4B6.4B6.3BA5B5.
2A$.A2BA.A2BA6.2B.7B3.4B7.2A6.9B4.A.A$BAB2A.A4B4.2A6B2AB4.4B6.A5.A2B.
3B2A2B4.A$A3.2B.ABAB4.2AB.3BA2BAB4.4B6.3A.A.2A.A3BA3B.3A$.3A.3B2AB5.B
4.BA2BAB5.4B7.A.A5.3A4BAB2.2A$3.A4BA2B11.B2A8.4B7.2A3.9B4A2.A$4.4A2B
12.2B10.4B11.2A5.4B.A.2A$4.4B27.4B11.A7.2A.A$36.3BA7.3A9.A.A$37.3BA6.
A9.A.A.2A$38.3A16.2A!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by nokangaroo » September 29th, 2022, 5:00 pm

p56 Quetzal with pi version of speed tunnel

Not the smallest p56, I know, just playing around with the speed tunnel.

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x = 152, y = 122, rule = LifeHistory
89.2A$88.A.A$82.2A4.A$52.2A26.A2.A2.2A.4A$52.A.A25.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$54.A
4.2A22.A.ABABAB$50.4A.2A2.A2.A20.A.AB2AB$50.A2.A.A.A.A.2A21.AB.2B$52.
BABABA.A27.3B$53.B2ABA.A27.4B6.2A$54.2B.BA26.3B2AB6.A$53.3B29.3B2AB3.
BA.A$44.2A6.4B27.10B.B2A$45.A6.6B24.13B$45.A.AB3.2BA3B23.14B$46.2AB.
3B3A4B20.15B$48.4B5A4B18.4B2.8B$48.3B2A3B2A4B16.ABAB5.5BA$48.4B5A6B
14.B2AB4.6B2AB$50.3B3A2B2.4B12.3BA5.2A4.ABAB$50.4BAB5.4B10.4B3.A3.A5.
4B$49.9B4.4B8.4B4.4A7.4B$48.4B4.2A5.4B6.4B17.4B$47.4B5.A3.A3.4B4.4B6.
2A11.4B$46.4B7.4A4.4B2.4B3.2A2.A.A11.4B$45.4B17.3B.4B4.A.A.A2.A11.4B$
44.4B9.4A5.8B5.BA.AB2A12.4B$43.A3B10.A3.A3.10B4.2ABA16.4B$42.B2AB14.
2A.12B4.3BA.2A14.4B$41.BABA15.15B.4B.BABA2.A13.4B$40.4B18.3B2AB2A7B2A
2B.BA2.2A14.4B$39.4B18.4BA3BA5B.A2BA2B21.3BA$38.4B19.4BA3BA7B2A2B.BA
2.2A16.B2AB$37.4B21.4BABA6B.4B.BABA2.A17.ABAB$36.4B18.A7.BA8B3.3BA.2A
20.4B$35.4B18.A.A4.5B.7B2.2ABA24.4B$34.4B19.A.A4.2A4.6B3.BA.AB2A22.4B
$33.4B19.2A.2A4.A3.7B2.A.A.A2.A23.4B$32.4B16.2A.A6.3A5.B2A3B2.2A2.A.A
25.4B$31.4B17.2A.4A.2A8.B2A2B7.2A27.4B$30.4B24.2A2.5A2.6B37.4B$29.A3B
19.2A.2A4.A4.A2.6B38.4B$28.B2AB21.A.A.4A.2A5.7B38.4B$27.BABA21.A2.A.A
2.B.A.A5.6B39.4B$26.4B22.4ABA2B2AB.A4.6B41.4B$25.4B21.2A2.BABA3B.A.2A
4.5B42.3BA$24.4B21.A2.2A2.BA2BAB2A.BAB2.6B42.B2AB$2.2B19.4B22.2A.A5.A
B3.AB3A8B43.ABAB$2.BAB17.4B26.A6.4A2.BAB.3B3AB7.2A35.4B$2BABA16.4B27.
2A8.A.2A4.BABA3B6.A37.4B$BA3BA14.4B37.A2.A5.BA2BA2B3.BA.A38.4B$.BA2B.
A12.4B38.2A3.A3.BA2BA3B2.B2A40.4B$3.A.2BAB9.4B43.2A3.2BABA6B43.4B$4.A
3BAB7.4B49.BA2BA6B44.4B$5.ABA3B.B3.4B38.B2A9.2B2A7B45.4B$5.BAB3.4BA3B
39.3A2B2.B5.BA9B45.4B$6.2B.2A4B2AB39.ABA2BA2B2A4.2B.7B47.4B16.2AB$8.A
2BA2BABA40.2A2B2A2B2A3.11B48.4B10.B2.2B3A$8.2B2A5B41.B2.2A3B4.10B50.
4B8.2A2BA2BABA$6.A2B.8B45.3B2.12B51.3BA7.2A2B2A2B2A$5.A.2A3.7B47.13B
53.B2AB7.3B2A2.B$5.A5.2A2B.4B46.16B51.ABAB6.3B$4.2A5.2A4.4B45.17B51.
4B3.3B$18.4B45.2BA14B51.4B2.3B$19.4B44.2A4B.6B3A9.2A.2A4.2A33.6BAB$
20.4B42.2B2A.B4.4B3AB7.A.2A.A4.A35.4BABAB$21.4B40.4B9.2B2A2B7.A4.A.2A
.A36.3BA2BA$22.4B38.4B9.2BA4B5.2A.4A.A.A2.2A33.5B2A2B$23.4B36.4B10.2A
2BAB5.A.A.B2.A.A2.A.A33.10B$24.2B2A34.4B12.A3BAB4.A.B2A2BAB4A2.A31.4B
.6B$25.BABA32.4B13.A2BAB4.2A.A.3BABAB2.2A31.4B3.3B.B2A$26.A3B30.4B13.
2B3AB2.BAB.2ABA2BAB2.2A32.2A2B5.B2.BA.A$27.4B28.4B14.8B3ABA3.BA5.A31.
ABAB12.A$28.4B26.4B6.2A7.7B.BAB2.4A5.A31.3BA13.2A$29.4B24.4B8.A6.7B4.
2A.A8.2A29.4B$30.4B22.4B9.A.AB3.7B5.A.A.2A35.4B$31.4B20.4B11.2AB2.8B
5.A.A.2A34.4B$32.4B18.BA2B14.11B6.A37.4B$33.4B16.2A2B15.11B43.4B$34.
4B14.2B2A16.11B9.3B30.4B$35.4B12.4B16.11B5.A2.2A3B29.4B$36.4B10.4B18.
7B.2B4.A3B2A2B2A27.4B$37.4B8.4B19.11B3.A7B2A26.4B$38.2B2A6.4B21.10B4.
4AB2.B26.4B$39.BABA4.4B22.5B2A5B2.3B30.4B$40.A3B2.4B24.6B2A5B32.2A2B$
41.8B22.3B2A5BA5B31.ABAB$42.6B22.3BA7BA5B30.3BA$42.7B20.4BA6BA5B30.4B
$42.7B21.3BA3B2A.6B29.4B$41.7B2A19.8B4.B.4B27.4B$42.2B2AB.2A19.6B9.4B
25.4B$41.B.ABAB22.7B9.4B23.4B$40.AB.BAB24.6B10.4B21.4B$39.B2A2.4B21.
6B12.4B19.4B$39.2ABAB2.2A22.5B13.4B10.A6.4B$38.A2B3A2.A23.6B13.4B7.3A
5.4B$37.A.ABAB4.3A19.7B8.A5.3BA5.A7.4B$35.BABA.A8.A15.2A2.7B6.3A6.ABA
B4.2A5.4B$34.3A2BA24.A2BAB.3B2A2B4.A10.2A7B4.2A2B$34.BAB2A26.2BAB.2B
2A3B4.2A10.6B5.ABAB$36.2AB26.2BAB.4BA3B.4B10.8B2.3BA$36.BA26.2ABA2.
11B10.15B$64.2A2B2.7B2A3B9.14B$63.4B3.4B2A2BA3B9.13B$63.4B4.3BA2BA4B
7.2AB.10B$63.2B2AB6.B3A3B4.2A.A.AB3.B2A3B$65.2A6.8B5.A.A6.B2A3B$72.8B
6.A.A6.4B$73.8B2.BA.A.2A6.3B$72.10B.B2A11.2B.BA$72.12B12.B2ABA.A$73.
11B11.BABABA.A$71.3B.9B9.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$71.2A2.9B9.4A.2A2.A2.A$72.A2.
10B12.A4.2A$69.3A4.3B3.4B9.A.A$69.A4.7B2.4B8.2A$74.2A.B.2A3.4B$75.A3.
A5.3BA$72.3A5.3A3.3BA$72.A9.A4.3AB!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by dvgrn » September 29th, 2022, 6:08 pm

nokangaroo wrote:
September 29th, 2022, 5:00 pm
p56 Quetzal with pi version of speed tunnel

Not the smallest p56, I know, just playing around with the speed tunnel...
There's room to cut down the size quite a bit, with no cost in complexity on the left side. But yeah, it's hard to beat 34x29.

EDIT: switched to LifeHistory to show actual size, and reduced the boundary a little more.

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x = 122, y = 122, rule = LifeHistory
75.2A$74.A.A$68.2A4.A$38.2A26.A2.A2.2A.4A$38.A.A25.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$40.A
4.2A22.A.ABABAB$36.4A.2A2.A2.A20.A.AB2AB$36.A2.A.A.A.A.2A21.AB.2B$38.
BABABA.A27.3B$39.B2ABA.A27.4B6.2A$40.2B.BA26.3B2AB6.A$39.3B29.3B2AB3.
BA.A$30.2A6.4B27.10B.B2A$31.A6.6B24.13B$31.A.AB3.2BA3B23.14B$32.2AB.
3B3A4B20.15B$34.4B5A4B18.4B2.8B$34.3B2A3B2A4B16.ABAB5.5BA$34.4B5A6B
14.B2AB4.6B2AB$36.3B3A2B2.4B12.3BA5.2A4.ABAB$36.4BAB5.4B10.4B3.A3.A5.
4B$35.9B4.4B8.4B4.4A7.4B$34.4B4.2A5.4B6.4B17.4B$33.4B5.A3.A3.4B4.4B6.
2A11.4B$32.4B7.4A4.4B2.4B3.2A2.A.A11.4B$31.4B17.3B.4B4.A.A.A2.A11.4B$
30.4B9.4A5.8B5.BA.AB2A12.4B$29.A3B10.A3.A3.10B4.2ABA16.4B$28.B2AB14.
2A.12B4.3BA.2A14.4B$27.BABA15.15B.4B.BABA2.A13.4B$26.4B18.3B2AB2A7B2A
2B.BA2.2A14.4B$25.4B18.4BA3BA5B.A2BA2B21.3BA$24.4B19.4BA3BA7B2A2B.BA
2.2A16.B2AB$2.2B19.4B21.4BABA6B.4B.BABA2.A17.ABAB$2.BAB17.4B18.A7.BA
8B3.3BA.2A20.4B10.2A$2BABA16.4B18.A.A4.5B.7B2.2ABA24.4B9.A$BA3BA14.4B
19.A.A4.2A4.6B3.BA.AB2A22.4B10.A$.BA2B.A12.4B19.2A.2A4.A3.7B2.A.A.A2.
A16.2A5.4B5.5A$3.A.2BAB9.4B16.2A.A6.3A5.B2A3B2.2A2.A.A18.A5.4B4.A$4.A
3BAB7.4B17.2A.4A.2A8.B2A2B7.2A19.A.AB.7B2.B3A$5.ABA3B.B3.4B24.2A2.5A
2.6B29.2AB.7B3.2B.A$5.BAB3.4BA3B19.2A.2A4.A4.A2.6B31.12B4A$6.2B.2A4B
2AB21.A.A.4A.2A5.7B30.7B2A3BAB2.2A$8.A2BA2BABA21.A2.A.A2.B.A.A5.6B30.
7B2A2B.B3A2.A$8.2B2A5B21.4ABA2B2AB.A4.6B6.2A4.3B16.A9B3.B.A.2A$6.A2B.
8B18.2A2.BABA3B.A.2A4.5B7.A4.3B2A2.B10.B2A5B8.A$5.A.2A3.7B16.A2.2A2.B
A2BAB2A.BAB2.6B5.A4.2A2B2A2B2A8.BABA5B7.2A$5.A5.2A2B.4B15.2A.A5.AB3.A
B3A8B5.2A3.2A2BA2BABA7.4B2.3B$4.2A5.2A4.4B17.A6.4A2.BAB.3B3AB7.A3.B2.
2B3A7.4B3.5B$18.4B16.2A8.A.2A4.BABA3B6.A8.2AB6.4B7.2A$19.4B24.A2.A5.B
A2BA2B3.BA.2A9.3B3.4B8.A$20.4B23.2A3.A3.BA2BA3B2.B2A2.A8.3B2.4B10.3A$
21.4B26.2A3.2BABA6B3.2A8.BA6B13.A$22.4B30.BA2BA6B12.BABA4B$23.4B17.B
2A9.2B2A7B12.A2BA3B$24.2B2A16.3A2B2.B5.BA9B10.2B2A5B$25.BABA14.ABA2BA
2B2A4.2B.7B11.8B2A$26.A3B13.2A2B2A2B2A3.11B11.6B.BABA$27.4B13.B2.2A3B
4.10B10.2AB.3B3.A3B$28.4B17.3B2.12B9.A.AB2.B5.4B$29.4B19.13B10.A12.4B
$30.4B18.16B6.2A13.4B$31.4B17.17B21.4B$32.4B17.2BA14B21.4B$33.4B16.2A
4B.6B3A9.2A.2A4.2A3.4B$34.4B14.2B2A.B4.4B3AB7.A.2A.A4.A5.4B$35.4B12.
4B9.2B2A2B7.A4.A.2A.A6.4B$36.4B10.4B9.2BA4B5.2A.4A.A.A2.2A5.4B$37.4B
8.4B10.2A2BAB5.A.A.B2.A.A2.A.A7.4B$38.2B2A6.4B12.A3BAB4.A.B2A2BAB4A2.
A7.4B$39.BABA4.4B13.A2BAB4.2A.A.3BABAB2.2A9.2B2A$40.A3B2.4B13.2B3AB2.
BAB.2ABA2BAB2.2A12.BABA$41.8B14.8B3ABA3.BA5.A13.A3B$42.6B6.2A7.7B.BAB
2.4A5.A15.4B$42.7B6.A6.7B4.2A.A8.2A15.4B$42.7B6.A.AB3.7B5.A.A.2A23.4B
10.2A$41.7B2A6.2AB2.8B5.A.A.2A24.4B9.A$42.2B2AB.2A8.11B6.A29.4B10.A$
41.B.ABAB11.11B30.2A5.4B5.5A$40.AB.BAB12.11B9.3B19.A5.4B4.A$39.B2A2.
4B9.11B5.A2.2A3B19.A.AB.7B2.B3A$39.2ABAB2.2A10.7B.2B4.A3B2A2B2A19.2AB
.7B3.2B.A$38.A2B3A2.A11.11B3.A7B2A21.12B4A$37.A.ABAB4.3A9.10B4.4AB2.B
22.2B2A3B2A3BAB2.2A$35.BABA.A8.A9.5B2A5B2.3B27.BABA3B2A2B.B3A2.A$34.
3A2BA20.6B2A5B30.3BA6B3.B.A.2A$34.BAB2A18.3B2A5BA5B29.8B8.A$36.2AB17.
3BA7BA5B28.9B7.2A$36.BA17.4BA6BA5B28.4B2.3B$56.3BA3B2A.6B27.4B3.5B$
55.8B4.B.4B25.4B7.2A$55.6B9.4B23.4B8.A$55.7B9.4B21.4B10.3A$56.6B10.4B
19.4B13.A$55.6B12.4B10.A6.4B$56.5B13.4B7.3A5.4B$56.6B13.4B5.A7.4B$55.
7B8.A5.3BA4.2A5.2A2B$51.2A2.7B6.3A6.ABA6B4.ABAB$50.A2BAB.3B2A2B4.A10.
2A4B5.3BA$51.2BAB.2B2A3B4.2A9.8B2.4B$51.2BAB.4BA3B.4B7.15B$50.2ABA2.
11B9.14B$50.2A2B2.7B2A3B8.13B$49.4B3.4B2A2BA3B6.2AB.10B$49.4B4.3BA2BA
4B5.A.AB3.B2A3B$49.2B2AB6.B3A3B6.A6.B2A3B$51.2A6.8B5.2A6.4B$58.8B6.A
8.3B$59.8B2.BA.A9.2B.BA$58.10B.B2A9.B2ABA.A$58.12B10.BABABA.A$59.11B
8.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$57.3B.9B8.4A.2A2.A2.A$57.2A2.9B12.A4.2A$58.A2.10B9.A.
A$55.3A4.3B3.4B8.2A$55.A4.7B2.4B$60.2A.B.2A3.4B$61.A3.A5.3BA$58.3A5.
3A3.3BA$58.A9.A4.3AB!
nokangaroo wrote:
September 29th, 2022, 4:58 pm
I'm aware of the meatball. But I'm not convinced that reducing the BB at the cost of increasing population makes sense...
It doesn't have to make sense -- and it doesn't, really. This Pointless Optimization Game is an arbitrary exercise that has been going on since somewhere around the turn of the century -- or is "turn of the millennium" the right phrase?

The rules are simple: if you can fit a glider gun into a smaller area than the current record-holder for a given period, you have a new record-holder -- no matter what hideously convoluted things you have to do to save that last row or column. If you want low population, you have to go in and clean up most of those optimizations -- but there's just no market for lowest-population guns, or any other "reasonable" metric.

-- Don't worry, it really is more fun this way... as thirty-four pages of this thread (and counting) can attest.

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by JP21 » September 30th, 2022, 6:38 am

p77 gun population reduction (same bounding box still):

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x = 77, y = 60, rule = B3/S23
31b2o$30bobo9bo$26b2o2bo9b3o$26bobob2o7bo21bo$28bo10b2o20b3o$28b4o4bo
7b2o18bo$26b2o3bo3bobo6bobo16b2o$25bo2b3o3bo2bo4bobob3o$25b2obo6b2o5b
2o5bo$28bo19b2o$28b2o2$72b2o$54bo17b2o$30bo13b2o5b5o$30b2o12bo11bo$29b
obo22b2o13b2o$53b2o13bo2bo3b2o$52bo15b3o4b2o$37bo$36bobo28bobo$30b2o4b
obo4b2o21b2obo$30bo2bo3bo3bo2bo23bo$31b3o7b3o20bo4bo$55b2o6bo4bo$29b7o
3b7o8bobo7b4o$29bo6bobo6bo8bo$30bobob2o3b2obobo8b2o$31b2obo5bob2o25bo
4b2o$36bo3bo8b2o2b2o14b2o3b2o$35b2o2b2o8bo3bo13bo2b2o$35bo10b2obo5bob
2o7bo$36bo8bobob2o3b2obobo5bobo$33b3o8bo6bobo6bo5b4o$10b3o19bo11b7o3b
7o6b3o$12bo6b2o11b2o34bo$11bo7b2o8bo16b3o7b3o$30bo14bo2bo3bo3bo2bo$4b
2o17b3o3b2o14b2o4bobo4b2o$22b5o24bobo$21bo3bob2o23bo$22b3o3bo$23bo$25b
o$25bo10bo7b2o$3b4o30bo6b2o5b3o$2bo4bo27b3o12bo3bo$b2o4b3o39bo3b2o$bob
o6bo37bo$4bob2obo41bo8b2o$bo2bobo2bo30b2o19bo$bob2obo8b2o6b2o15bo5bo6b
2o6bob2o$o6bobo5b2o5bo2bo15b3obob2obo3bo4b3o2bo$b3o4b2o12bo2bo17bobo5b
3o4bo3b2o$3bo4bo14b2o19b2o12b4o$4b4o41b2o10bo$50bo7b2obobo$39bo7b3o9bo
2b2o$40bo6bo9bobo$38b3o16b2o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by nokangaroo » October 2nd, 2022, 9:39 am

dvgrn wrote:
September 29th, 2022, 6:08 pm

It doesn't have to make sense -- and it doesn't, really. This Pointless Optimization Game is an arbitrary exercise that has been going on since somewhere around the turn of the century -- or is "turn of the millennium" the right phrase?
All right, then:

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x = 121, y = 122, rule = LifeHistory
75.2A$74.A.A$68.2A4.A$38.2A26.A2.A2.2A.4A$38.A.A25.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$40.A
4.2A22.A.ABABAB$36.4A.2A2.A2.A20.A.AB2AB$36.A2.A.A.A.A.2A21.AB.2B$38.
BABABA.A27.3B$39.B2ABA.A27.4B6.2A$40.2B.BA26.3B2AB6.A$39.3B29.3B2AB3.
BA.A$30.2A6.4B27.10B.B2A$31.A6.6B24.13B$31.A.AB3.2BA3B23.14B$32.2AB.
3B3A4B20.15B$34.4B5A4B18.4B2.8B$34.3B2A3B2A4B16.ABAB5.5BA$34.4B5A6B
14.B2AB4.6B2AB$36.3B3A2B2.4B12.3BA5.2A4.ABAB$36.4BAB5.4B10.4B3.A3.A5.
4B$35.9B4.4B8.4B4.4A7.4B$34.4B4.2A5.4B6.4B17.4B$33.4B5.A3.A3.4B4.4B6.
2A11.4B$32.4B7.4A4.4B2.4B3.2A2.A.A11.4B$31.4B17.3B.4B4.A.A.A2.A11.4B$
30.4B9.4A5.8B5.BA.AB2A12.4B$29.A3B10.A3.A3.10B4.2ABA16.4B$28.B2AB14.
2A.12B4.3BA.2A14.4B$27.BABA15.15B.4B.BABA2.A13.4B$26.4B18.3B2AB2A7B2A
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6.4B$58.8B6.A8.3B$59.8B2.BA.A9.2B.BA$58.10B.B2A9.B2ABA.A$58.12B10.BAB
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58.A2.10B9.A.A$55.3A4.3B3.4B8.2A$55.A4.7B2.4B$60.2A.B.2A3.4B$61.A3.A
5.3BA$58.3A5.3A3.3BA$58.A9.A4.3AB!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by Jormungant » October 2nd, 2022, 1:11 pm

dvgrn wrote:
September 29th, 2022, 6:08 pm
It doesn't have to make sense -- and it doesn't, really. This Pointless Optimization Game is an arbitrary exercise that has been going on since somewhere around the turn of the century -- or is "turn of the millennium" the right phrase?

The rules are simple: if you can fit a glider gun into a smaller area than the current record-holder for a given period, you have a new record-holder -- no matter what hideously convoluted things you have to do to save that last row or column. If you want low population, you have to go in and clean up most of those optimizations -- but there's just no market for lowest-population guns, or any other "reasonable" metric.
Well, if you ask me, since I have been using guns to make static constructions of varying size, I do not care about either BB or minimum population. The actual metric that would be best optimize in my view, which relates to BB often though, is the diagonal width of the gun in the direction opposite to the output glider. The reason is simple, many construction with periodic guns needs glider collision in a specific location, and if many gliders are needed, one can lower the number of bouncing around needed if gliders can zip by the side of the gun, so that gun can produce diagonally close glider pairs, and lower the need for reflecting gliders for a given construction, the best case being an edge shooter. The diagonal direction in the direction of the glider would not need to be bounded, but minimized as 2nd lower priority criterion for uniqueness, I would think the aspect ratio of optimal solution would rarely go wild, I would love to see for what gun period that statement is wrong ^^.

Most often than not, I think the best gun according to the metric would still be similar to the BB, except it might be spared from the weird oscillator additions added that plague corners of some guns and increasing needlessly the total population just to remove 1 row/column.

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by iNoMed » October 2nd, 2022, 2:49 pm

Smaller p72 gun (from 38x35 to 39x31) using the new p24 gun engine:

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x = 39, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
15bo2bo$bo13bo$b3o10bo4bo3b2o$4bo8bobo2b2o3bobo$3b2o6b2obo10bo$21b4ob
2o$21bo4bobo$6bo4bo2bo4b2o2bo2bobo9bo$5b3o5b2o3bo2b2o3bobob2o4b3o$5bob
o9bob2o2bob2obobobo2bo$6b2o9bo4bo4bo2bob4ob2o$18b3obob3o3b2o4bobo$20b
5o8b2obo$11b2o17b3ob4o$11bobo15bo2bo5bo$13bo15bob3ob4o$6bo6b2o13b2obob
3o$2bo4b2o18bo3bo5b2o$o2bo2b2o12bo6bo3bobo2bobo$o2bo15b3o5bo3bobob3o$b
o17bo2bo4bo5bo2bo$20b3o4bo2bo2bobo$12bo8bo5bo2bob2ob2o$13b2o13b2obo2bo
$12b2o15bob2obo$29bo2bob2o$30b2o3$19bo$18b2o!

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x = 35, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o3bo3b2ob2o3b2ob2o$2o2bobo3bo2bobobobobobobobobobo$obobo2bo2bob
o2bobo2bo2bobo3bobo$2bobo3bobobobo2bo5bobo3bobob2o$b2ob2o3b2ob2o3b2o3b
2ob2o3b2ob2o!

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Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

Post by vivi » October 2nd, 2022, 3:01 pm

iNoMed wrote:
October 2nd, 2022, 2:49 pm
Smaller p72 gun (from 38x35 to 39x31) using the new p24 gun engine:

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x = 39, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
15bo2bo$bo13bo$b3o10bo4bo3b2o$4bo8bobo2b2o3bobo$3b2o6b2obo10bo$21b4ob
2o$21bo4bobo$6bo4bo2bo4b2o2bo2bobo9bo$5b3o5b2o3bo2b2o3bobob2o4b3o$5bob
o9bob2o2bob2obobobo2bo$6b2o9bo4bo4bo2bob4ob2o$18b3obob3o3b2o4bobo$20b
5o8b2obo$11b2o17b3ob4o$11bobo15bo2bo5bo$13bo15bob3ob4o$6bo6b2o13b2obob
3o$2bo4b2o18bo3bo5b2o$o2bo2b2o12bo6bo3bobo2bobo$o2bo15b3o5bo3bobob3o$b
o17bo2bo4bo5bo2bo$20b3o4bo2bo2bobo$12bo8bo5bo2bob2ob2o$13b2o13b2obo2bo
$12b2o15bob2obo$29bo2bob2o$30b2o3$19bo$18b2o!
and down to 43 x 27

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x = 43, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
13b2o24b2o$12b2o24bo2bo$14bo26bo$41bo$b2o32bo3bobo$2bo23bo7bo3bobo$bo
12bo4b2o5b3o5bo4bo$b2o11bo3b2o9bo5b4o$4b2obob2obo7bo7b2o$b2ob2ob2obo$o
2b2obo4b4o$2o5b2o23b2o$12bobo10b2o3b4o$11b3o10b2o8bo$11b2o12b2o6bo$10b
obo12b3o5bo4b2o$2o8b2o11b2o4b2o7bobo$o24bo14bo$b3o18bo17b2o$3bo19b2o$b
2o3b2o$bo4b2o$2bo$b2o13b2o$16bobo$18bo$18b2o!
edit: 51 x 20

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x = 50, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
o46b2o$3o44b2o$3bo$2b2o44bo$47bobo$26b2o6bo7b2o2bo2bo$15bo9b2o7b3o5b2o
bo$14bobo10bo9bo8b2o$10bob3o3b2o16b2o$10bo2bobo2b2o$10b2o5b3o$18bo13b
2o7b2o$5b2o10b2o12b2o7bob2o$5b2o11bo14bo6bo3bo$41b3o$42bo3b2o$7b2o8b2o
12b2o13bobo$3b2obobo8bobob2o10bo14bo$3bob2obobo4bobob2obo7bo17b2o$9b2o
4b2o14b2o!
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