The Hunting of the Periodic Herschel Conduits

[dvgrn]

This thread is a collection point for non-stable Herschel signal technology, as mentioned here among other places.

Related links:

• 1599: Thread for posting stable Herschel conduits, excluding Herschel-to-glider converters
• 1682: Thread for posting stable Herschel-to-glider converters
• 1849: Thread for posting stable elementary conduits
• 4790 (this thread): Thread for posting periodic Herschel conduits
• 4996: Thread for posting periodic elementary conduits
• 4993: Thread for posting speculative elementary conduits using common active reactions (known signals)
• 4809: Thread for posting speculative conduits with uncommon active reactions
• 4891: Thread for posting speculative reactions that might allow for future conduits
• 4868: Thread for collecting speculative chaos-edgeshooting reactions
• 4879: Thread for collecting speculative conduit-yielding reactions, e.g., from soup search results
• 4994: Thread for posting dirty conduits that recover but leave extra junk
• 4971: Thread for collecting bottlenecks (low-population active configurations in known conduits)

[wwei23]

I wasn't able to stabilize one of MathAndCode's partial conduits with only stable catalysts, but I did manage to find a stabilization with a V-sparker. A pentadecathalon, Tanner's P46, or P64 thunderbird hassler can support the reaction. It is worth noting that the golden eaters are there to keep the outputs from blowing up the whole display, and that the periodic portion of the conduit is only there for cleanup.

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[MathAndCode]

I wasn't able to stabilize one of MathAndCode's partial conduits with only stable catalysts, but I did manage to find a stabilization with a V-sparker. A pentadecathalon, Tanner's P46, or P64 thunderbird hassler can support the reaction. It is worth noting that the golden eaters are there to keep the outputs from blowing up the whole display, and that the periodic portion of the conduit is only there for cleanup.

The golden eater converts the R-pentomino into a phi spark, which means that this would theoretically work with two synchronized R-pentominos. Is there a way to use some smoke from a previous conduit or converter that outputs an R?

[Jormungant]

I see I see, someone opened a can of worms...

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Not sure how to structure theses, that wont be trivial.

[MathAndCode]

I see I see, someone opened a can of worms...

This isn't that bad. If nothing else, periodic conduits are partials for stable conduits that could be completed.

[wwei23]

I see I see, someone opened a can of worms...

This isn't that bad. If nothing else, periodic conduits are partials for stable conduits that could be completed.

I would also like to add:
A periodic stabilization is better than no stabilization at all.

[MathAndCode]

I see I see, someone opened a can of worms...

This isn't that bad. If nothing else, periodic conduits are partials for stable conduits that could be completed.

I would also like to add:
A periodic stabilization is better than no stabilization at all.

I agree with that, but that's the part that appeared to worry Jormungant.

[dvgrn]

This isn't that bad. If nothing else, periodic conduits are partials for stable conduits that could be completed.

I would also like to add:
A periodic stabilization is better than no stabilization at all.

I agree with that, but that's the part that appeared to worry Jormungant.

The "can of worms" is just that there are so incredibly many of these periodic conduits, that it's likely to be a real challenge to keep them all organized.

If someone wants to tackle this in an organized way, I'd suggest adapting the stamp-collection-maker script from the Elementary Conduits Collection, and start making separate small files for each periodic conduit, with standardized names applied in the comments for each file. Unless some kind of centralized repository is kept up to date, after about ten pages of this thread it will get really hard to remember or figure out if a "new" conduit discovery is really just an old one that everyone has forgotten about.

[MathAndCode]

The "can of worms" is just that there are so incredibly many of these periodic conduits, that it's likely to be a real challenge to keep them all organized.

If someone wants to tackle this in an organized way, I'd suggest adapting the stamp-collection-maker script from the Elementary Conduits Collection, and start making separate small files for each periodic conduit, with standardized names applied in the comments for each file. Unless some kind of centralized repository is kept up to date, after about ten pages of this thread it will get really hard to remember or figure out if a "new" conduit discovery is really just an old one that everyone has forgotten about.

I see what you mean; this could get out of hand easily, For example, maybe the conduits should be sorted by period in order to make it easier for people trying to build something. However, conduits that work at a certain period will also be useful for multiples of that period, so maybe they should also be listed for multiples of that period. However, even if periodic conduits are not listed under multiples of their periods, there is still the question of what to do with conduits that can be stabilized by sparkers of multiple periods. And if periodic conduits are listed under multiples of their periods, what if one sparker can be replaced by a larger sparker with a factor of the first sparker's period? In addition, some oscillators throw sparks in multiple directions, which raises the question of whether or not composite conduits based on that should be categorized…
Maybe instead of having humans deal with this nightmare (which is similar to the knapsack problem), someone should create a computer program to handle this.

[dvgrn]

Maybe instead of having humans deal with this nightmare (which is similar to the knapsack problem), someone should create a computer program to handle this.

Just collecting all the data -- repeat time, period, input and output signals, etc. -- as comments in separate pattern files for each conduit, would be a very good start. Then in the future we can easily add a little code to the stamp-collection maker script, to do things like filter out all conduits with a repeat time over X, or show only conduits compatible with period P, or only conduits with an R-pentomino input.

[MathAndCode]

wwei23 found a periodic R→L based off a stable near-convertor that I found.

This is frustratingly close but does not appear to be completabe.

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x = 13, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo$2b2o2$11b2o$10b2o$2b2o7bo$bobo$bo$2o!
#C [[ RLE dot o! ]]
#C [[ PASTET 18 ]]
#C [[ PASTE dot 9 2 ]]

A figure 8 will do. Now to remove the block somehow.

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x = 14, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
2b2o2$o3bo$o4bo$2bobobo$3bobobo$4bo4bo$5bo3bo2$6b2o4$12b2o$11b2o$3b2o
7bo$2bobo$2bo$b2o!

Here's a way to remove the block.

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x = 23, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$16bo2bobo$o3bo9b2obob3o$o4bo9bo6bo$2bobobo7b2o5bo$3bobobo$4bo4bo5bo5b2o$5bo3bo4bo6bo$15b3obob2o$6b2o7bobo2bo4$12b2o$11b2o$3b2o7bo$2bobo$2bo$b2o!

[dvgrn]

wwei23 found a periodic R→L based off a stable near-convertor that I found...
Here's a way to remove the block.

Do you have a known X-to-R conduit that can put the R-pentomino in that position?

This has always been the big problem with attempted contributions to the Elementary Conduits collection. People new to conduit-making start out with a pi, R, B, or whatever, add catalysts and find a nice conversion -- but they end up putting catalysts right in the way of all the likely directions that a signal could travel to get to the input point.

This one seems less unlikely than some candidate conduits, but it might be tough to find an X-to-R that still lets the LWSS escape.

[MathAndCode]

Do you have a known X-to-R conduit that can put the R-pentomino in that position?

This has always been the big problem with attempted contributions to the Elementary Conduits collection. People new to conduit-making start out with a pi, R, B, or whatever, add catalysts and find a nice conversion -- but they end up putting catalysts right in the way of all the likely directions that a signal could travel to get to the input point.

This one seems less unlikely than some candidate conduits, but it might be tough to find an X-to-R that still lets the LWSS escape.

I didn't worry about it at the time because Rs, unlike Bs and Hs, tend to not only form in a single orientation relative to the reaction that created them; however, after I saw your post, I looked at a few R conduits, and none of them seemed to work (although I haven't gone through the full list). My inspiration for creating the partial was observing a shape that appeared to resemble a LWSS in generations 23 and 24 of an R-pentomino without any catalysts, so it's possible (but not likely) that an alternative catalyst could be used that could provide more clearance if necessary.

[wwei23]

Come on. Another near miss, this time with a blinker:

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x = 13, y = 42, rule = B3/S23
3b2o5b2o$3b2o5b2o12$4bo5bo$3b3o3b3o$2bo3bobo3bo$2bo9bo$3b3o3b3o5$5b2ob
2o$6bobo$2b2ob2ob2ob2o$2bo2bo3bobo$2bo7bo$2bo2bo$3b2o2$9bobo$10bo4$11b
2o$10b2o$11bo$2b2o$3bo$3o$o!

EDIT: This probably doesn't do any better, because the sparker is too wide. I still think it's a bit better.

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x = 21, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
10bo$9b3o$3b2o4b3o4b2o$3bobo3b3o3bobo$5bo9bo$5b2o7b2o$8b5o$3b15o$2bo6b
3o6bo$2bo2b4obob4o2bo$b2obo3b2ob2o3bob2o$o3b2o2bo3bo2b2o3bo$3o6b3o6b3o
$3b5o5b5o$2bo4b2obob2o4bo$2b2o2b3obob3o2b2o$10bo2$2o6bo3bo$bo8bo$bobo$
2b2o2$12b2o$11b2o$12bo!

Edit 2: Better than the last one:

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x = 17, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
10bo2bo$8b3o2b3o$7bo3b2o3bo$6bo2bobo2bobo$6bob2o2b4o$5b2o4bo$4bo2bobob
5o$4bobo7bobo$3b2ob2obob2o3bo$3bo9b3o$4b3o4bobo$6bo4b2o$7b5o$2o$bo$bob
o$2b2o2$11b2o$10b2o$11bo!

[MathAndCode]

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x = 17, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
10bo2bo$8b3o2b3o$7bo3b2o3bo$6bo2bobo2bobo$6bob2o2b4o$5b2o4bo$4bo2bobob
5o$4bobo7bobo$3b2ob2obob2o3bo$3bo9b3o$4b3o4bobo$6bo4b2o$7b5o$2o$bo$bob
o$2b2o2$11b2o$10b2o$11bo!

I removed one cell in a way that I knew would create a blockade just for fun.

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x = 14, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
7bo2bo$5b3o2b3o$4bo3b2o3bo$3bo2bobo2bobo$3bob2o3b3o$2b2o2bo$bo2bo2b6o$bobo3bo3bobo$2ob2o2b3o3bo$o5bo3b3o$b3ob2obobo$3b2o2bobo7$5b2o$4bo2$8bo$9bo$5bo3bo$6b3o!

As for active regions to search catalysts for, perhaps one half of a LoM explosion. It tends to split apart around generation 20.

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x = 35, y = 34, rule = B3/S23
25bo2bo$23b3o2b3o$22bo3b2o3bo$21bo2bobo2bobo$21bob2o3b3o$20b2o2bo$19bo2bo2b6o$19bobo3bo3bobo$18b2ob2o2b3o3bo$18bo5bo3b3o$19b3ob2obobo$21b2o2bobo3$2b2o3b2o$bo2bobo2bo$bob2ob2obo$2o2bobo2b2o22b2o$2bobobobo3bo20b2o$2b5o2b2obo$2o4bo2bo2b2o$bob3o5b3o12bo$bo2bo6b3o13bo$2bo3bob2o2bo10bo3bo$3b3ob2ob2o12b3o$5bo4bo$6b3obo$8b2o5$25b2o$25b2o!

[Sphenocorona]

wwei23 found a periodic R→L based off a stable near-convertor that I found.

I remember seeing (either by finding it myself or seeing others mention it) this general spark-assisted LWSS production method a few years back, though I'm not sure if a truly usable periodic conduit based on it was ever made at the time.

Regardless, I think this relatively compact form using Karel's p15 should prove that some versions of this reaction *can* be used in periodic conduit circuitry:

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x = 86, y = 54, rule = LifeHistory
26.B$25.BAB5.B$25.3A4.3B$24.ABABA3.BAB$24.ABABA2.BAB2A$23.2B3A2B.BAB
2A$23.3BA3B.3AB$22.9B.3B$22.9B.3B10.2A$23.3BA3B.3AB8.2B2AB8.2A$23.2B
3A2B.BAB2A7.4B9.A$24.ABABA2.BAB2A7.9B.BA.A$24.ABABA3.BAB9.8B.B2A$25.
3A4.3B8.11B$25.BAB4.3B8.12B$26.B5.5B.B.14B$7.4B7.A12.24B$8.4B6.3A8.B.
24B$9.4B8.A6.2C8B2D16B$10.4B6.2A6.2C7B2D18B$11.4B5.6B3.9BD18B$12.4B6.
5B2.3B4.50B$13.4B4.7B7.51B$14.4B2.8B7.51B$15.14B2.2B2.51B$16.22BD47B$
12.2A3.21BDBD4B.9B$13.A4.20B3D4B2.7B5.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D$13.
A.AB.22BD4B2.7B10.A$14.2A28B4.6B5.D3.BAB5.B$15.17B.4B10.7B9.3B4.3A$
17.19B12.6B5.D2.2BA2B3.3B$8.A10.16B13.7B7.BABAB2.A3BA$8.3A8.15B14.6B
5.D.7B.B3AB$11.A7.14B15.5B8.2B3A2B.4B$10.2A3.B3.13B15.6B6.D9B.3B$10.
8B.12B16.4B9.9B.3B$12.18B17.2B2AB7.D.2B3A2B.4B$12.17B20.2A10.7B.B3AB$
11.17B31.D2.BABAB2.A3BA$9.18B35.2BA2B3.3B$7.19B33.D3.3B4.3A$7.2BC15B
38.BAB4.3B$6.3BCBC4B.9B33.D4.A5.5B.B$7.2B3C4B2.7B44.9B$6.5BC4B4.5B34.
D7.B.10B$5.10B3.5B43.2C8B2CB$4.4B10.2A39.D6.2C7B2C2B$4.3B12.A47.9BC2B
$2.4B10.3A40.D7.3B4.12B$2.2A12.A56.13B$3.A55.D13.13B$3A71.12B$A58.D
14.12B!

I don't know if other conduit combinations can precede this as well, this is just the first that worked. Even still, most other R outputs either collide with the sparker or block the output lane, as seems to keep happening to working L outputs for some reason. Fortunately, the existence of a compatible backwards turn conduit for the initial input means this one doesn't end up too painful.

[MathAndCode]

I remember seeing (either by finding it myself or seeing others mention it) this general spark-assisted LWSS production method a few years back, though I'm not sure if a truly usable periodic conduit based on it was ever made at the time.

Regardless, I think this relatively compact form using Karel's p15 should prove that some versions of this reaction *can* be used in periodic conduit circuitry:

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x = 86, y = 54, rule = LifeHistory
26.B$25.BAB5.B$25.3A4.3B$24.ABABA3.BAB$24.ABABA2.BAB2A$23.2B3A2B.BAB
2A$23.3BA3B.3AB$22.9B.3B$22.9B.3B10.2A$23.3BA3B.3AB8.2B2AB8.2A$23.2B
3A2B.BAB2A7.4B9.A$24.ABABA2.BAB2A7.9B.BA.A$24.ABABA3.BAB9.8B.B2A$25.
3A4.3B8.11B$25.BAB4.3B8.12B$26.B5.5B.B.14B$7.4B7.A12.24B$8.4B6.3A8.B.
24B$9.4B8.A6.2C8B2D16B$10.4B6.2A6.2C7B2D18B$11.4B5.6B3.9BD18B$12.4B6.
5B2.3B4.50B$13.4B4.7B7.51B$14.4B2.8B7.51B$15.14B2.2B2.51B$16.22BD47B$
12.2A3.21BDBD4B.9B$13.A4.20B3D4B2.7B5.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D.D$13.
A.AB.22BD4B2.7B10.A$14.2A28B4.6B5.D3.BAB5.B$15.17B.4B10.7B9.3B4.3A$
17.19B12.6B5.D2.2BA2B3.3B$8.A10.16B13.7B7.BABAB2.A3BA$8.3A8.15B14.6B
5.D.7B.B3AB$11.A7.14B15.5B8.2B3A2B.4B$10.2A3.B3.13B15.6B6.D9B.3B$10.
8B.12B16.4B9.9B.3B$12.18B17.2B2AB7.D.2B3A2B.4B$12.17B20.2A10.7B.B3AB$
11.17B31.D2.BABAB2.A3BA$9.18B35.2BA2B3.3B$7.19B33.D3.3B4.3A$7.2BC15B
38.BAB4.3B$6.3BCBC4B.9B33.D4.A5.5B.B$7.2B3C4B2.7B44.9B$6.5BC4B4.5B34.
D7.B.10B$5.10B3.5B43.2C8B2CB$4.4B10.2A39.D6.2C7B2C2B$4.3B12.A47.9BC2B
$2.4B10.3A40.D7.3B4.12B$2.2A12.A56.13B$3.A55.D13.13B$3A71.12B$A58.D
14.12B!

I don't know if other conduit combinations can precede this as well, this is just the first that worked. Even still, most other R outputs either collide with the sparker or block the output lane, as seems to keep happening to working L outputs for some reason. Fortunately, the existence of a compatible backwards turn conduit for the initial input means this one doesn't end up too painful.

That's a clever find. I thought of the pentadecathlon but not Karel's p15.
Also, I'm sorry for accidentally stealing your discovery (or whoever's discovery that was).

[Hunting]

I'm joining the fun. Modifying Kittyst.

This is frustratingly close but does not appear to be completabe.

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x = 13, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo$2b2o2$11b2o$10b2o$2b2o7bo$bobo$bo$2o!
#C [[ RLE dot o! ]]
#C [[ PASTET 18 ]]
#C [[ PASTE dot 9 2 ]]

A figure 8 will do. Now to remove the block somehow.

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x = 14, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
2b2o2$o3bo$o4bo$2bobobo$3bobobo$4bo4bo$5bo3bo2$6b2o4$12b2o$11b2o$3b2o
7bo$2bobo$2bo$b2o!

Judging from this post, not all R+catalyst+spark reactions are enumerated?

[Sphenocorona]

Also, I'm sorry for accidentally stealing your discovery (or whoever's discovery that was).

Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about it. These sorts of simple reactions (in this case R + dot spark + [one of several simple catalyst placements]) are often re-discoveries of older (sometimes very old) findings, but every so often there's the exception anybody could've easily found, but that nobody's heard of before. If you look on the forums and can't find any mention of one of these sorts of useful but simple reactions, it can't hurt to mention it in an appropriate thread. If it's known, at least the forums will get a bit more documentation on it, but if not, you may be the lucky one to have found it! In this case, the fact that you and wwei23 brought it up means that we now have an example of a working conduit with it in a place where it hopefully won't end up getting lost

On the matter of the conduit itself, for periods up to 20, the only other oscillator choice I could find that's compatible with the input method above produces a p14 version of the conduit:

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x = 24, y = 26, rule = LifeHistory
5.B3.B$4.5BAB$.2B.4B3A.2B$2A4B2A3BAB2A$2AB.2BA2B2A.B2A$.B.3BAB2A2B.B$
4.3B.3B2$4.3B.3B$.B.3BAB2A2B.B$2AB.2BA2B2A.B2A$2A4B2A3BAB2A$.2B.4B3A.
2B$4.5BAB$5.B2.3B$8.5B.B$7.9B$5.B.10B$4.2C8B2CB$4.2C7B2C2B$5.9BC2B$5.
3B4.12B$11.13B$11.13B$12.12B$12.12B!

[MathAndCode]

Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about it. These sorts of simple reactions (in this case R + dot spark + [one of several simple catalyst placements]) are often re-discoveries of older (sometimes very old) findings, but every so often there's the exception anybody could've easily found, but that nobody's heard of before. If you look on the forums and can't find any mention of one of these sorts of useful but simple reactions, it can't hurt to mention it in an appropriate thread. If it's known, at least the forums will get a bit more documentation on it, but if not, you may be the lucky one to have found it! In this case, the fact that you and wwei23 brought it up means that we now have an example of a working conduit with it in a place where it hopefully won't end up getting lost

On the matter of the conduit itself, for periods up to 20, the only other oscillator choice I could find that's compatible with the input method above produces a p14 version of the conduit:

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x = 24, y = 26, rule = LifeHistory
5.B3.B$4.5BAB$.2B.4B3A.2B$2A4B2A3BAB2A$2AB.2BA2B2A.B2A$.B.3BAB2A2B.B$
4.3B.3B2$4.3B.3B$.B.3BAB2A2B.B$2AB.2BA2B2A.B2A$2A4B2A3BAB2A$.2B.4B3A.
2B$4.5BAB$5.B2.3B$8.5B.B$7.9B$5.B.10B$4.2C8B2CB$4.2C7B2C2B$5.9BC2B$5.
3B4.12B$11.13B$11.13B$12.12B$12.12B!

When I found it, I figured that it couldn't be completed due to the sparks that the R-pentomino throws off right where the ideal catalyst would go, so I didn't think about whether or not it had already been discovered (which, now that I think about it, still displays faulty reasoning), although now that multiple periodic completions have been found, a stable completion seems somewhat more likely (although still not very likely).

[MathAndCode]

I doubt that it would be possible to get a conduit out of this (although that's what I thought last time).

I was wrong.

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x = 36, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo$2b2o2$9bo15b2o$9b3o13bo$10bo15bo$25b2o2$32b2o$32bo$33bo$32b2o2$19bo2bo9b2o$17b2o4b2o6bobo$19bo2bo9bo$22b2ob2o6b3o$24b2ob2o6bo$22bo2bo$20b3o3b3o$22bo$22b2obo$23bo2bo$26bo$23bo2bo$24b2o2b2o$28bobo$30bo$30b2o!

Edit: Here is a demonstration that it can be connected to other conduits (between an intentionally messy RF28B and a Bx222).

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x = 55, y = 53, rule = LifeHistory
19.2A8.2A$20.A8.2A$20.A.A$21.2A2$28.C15.2A$28.3C13.A$29.C15.A$44.2A2$51.2A$11.3D37.A$12.D39.A$10.3D38.2A2$.A36.A2.A9.2A$.3A32.2A4.2A6.A.A$4.A21.3D.D7.A2.A9.A$3.A.A21.3D11.2A.2A6.3A$4.A22.3D13.2A.2A6.A$41.A2.A$2.A36.3A3.3A$.A.A.A35.A$.A2.2A35.2A.A$2A40.A2.A$45.A$42.A2.A$43.2A2.2A$47.A.A$10.2A19.2A16.A$10.2A19.2A16.2A2$.2A.A7.D$.A.2A6.3D18.2A$10.2D.D18.A$33.3A$35.A2$7.2A$6.A.A$6.A13.D.D6.2A.A$5.2A13.D.D6.A.2A$20.3D4$8.A.2A$6.3A.2A$5.A$6.3A.2A6.2A$8.A.A8.A$8.A.A5.3A$9.A6.A!

The BFx1H only needs to have trailing junk behind the B-heptomino if it is not followed by a dependent conduit, but dependent conduits are dependent on the input object being formed in the standard manner (which is not the original meaning of dependent, but I like this one better because it allows the term to be applied to conduits accepting objects besides Herschels), the only dependent conduit that accepts an object that enters the Herschel sequence so late is L122, which doesn't fit in this case, so I will try to find a conduit that can make the R-pentomino (obviously with the Herschel going into a different conduit) or an alternative way to make the B-heptomino. (Does anyone know of conduits that turn an active region into a B-heptomino with some junk just behind it?)



Another edit: I somehow made a Herschel going in the opposite direction (although it's definitely useless unless, at the very least, someone finds a more compact V-sparker).

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x = 45, y = 39, rule = LifeHistory
2A$.A$.A.A$2.2A12.3D$17.D$15.3D8$18.C15.2A$18.3C13.A$19.C15.A$34.2A2$41.2A$41.A$42.A$41.2A2$28.A2.A9.2A$26.2A4.2A6.A.A$16.3D.D7.A2.A9.A$17.3D11.2A.2A6.3A$17.3D13.2A.2A6.A$31.A2.A$29.3A3.3A$31.A$17.2A12.2A.A$17.2A13.A2.A$35.A$32.A2.A$33.2A2.2A$37.A.A$39.A$39.2A!

[Sphenocorona]

(Does anyone know of conduits that turn an active region into a B-heptomino with some junk just behind it?)

Here's one that works:

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x = 45, y = 71, rule = LifeHistory
10.B$9.3D$9.BDB$8.2B3D$8.5B$8.6B$8.6B$8.5B$7.6B$8.6B$7.7B$7.6B15.2A$
7.8B4.B8.A$8.B2A6B.4B3.BA.A$7.2B2A13B.B2A$8.18B13.2A$9.17B13.A$12.13B
11.BA.A$11.12B10.2A.B2A$11.10B11.B2A2B$10.11B12.4B$10.7B.2B11.6B$9.
11B11.9B$10.11B9.11B$10.11B8.12B$10.11B7.13B$8.2AB2.4B3DB4.15B4.A$7.A
.AB3.4BD4BA4BA10B3.3A$7.A6.2B3D3BA6BA3B3A4B.A$6.2A7.8BA4BA4BA6BA.A$
15.7B3.8B3A5B2A$14.9B4.B.8B.2B$15.9B6.7B4.2A$15.9B7.6B5.A$15.8B7.6B5.
A$14.10B.B5.5B5.2A$13.10B.2BA6.2B$12.13BA.A6.2A$13.6BD4B.BA8.A$14.4B
3D3B10.A$15.3BD5B10.2A$15.8B$14.9B$12.11B$12.10B$11.12B$10.14B$10.17B
$11.15B2A$11.15B2A$10.17B$7.16B$6.16B$6.16B$5.16B$4.20B$4.20B$5.20B$
4.22B$2.24B$25B$2BC13B.10B$2BCBC4B.7B2.2B4.2A$2B3C4B2.3B.B4.B4.A$4BC
4B4.2B2A3.2A4.3A$8B4.BA2.A4.A6.A$B12.3A5.A.A$22.2A$13.3A$13.A2.A$15.
2A!

[MathAndCode]

Here's one that works

Thank you. I definitely would not have thought of placing a tub there.
So now we have HLx111R, an intentionally messy RF28B, a dependent p46 BFx1H, then an Fx77. Of course, the right V-sparker would allow us to use a normal RF28B instead of an intentionally messy one (which is why I treat the BFx1H as a separate conduit), but Tanner's p46 is the only V-sparker that I've tried so far that works. However, I believe that wwei23 has been looking for more V-sparkers lately, so maybe that will change soon.



Edit: I found a new V-sparker, but unfortunately, not a new period.

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x = 54, y = 70, rule = LifeHistory
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The twin bees shuttle also requires the RF28B to be messy.

[yujh]

Here's one that works

Thank you. I definitely would not have thought of placing a tub there.
So now we have HLx111R, an intentionally messy RF28B, a dependent p46 BFx1H, then an Fx77. Of course, the right V-sparker would allow us to use a normal RF28B instead of an intentionally messy one (which is why I treat the BFx1H as a separate conduit), but Tanner's p46 is the only V-sparker that I've tried so far that works. However, I believe that wwei23 has been looking for more V-sparkers lately, so maybe that will change soon.



Edit: I found a new V-sparker, but unfortunately, not a new period.

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The twin bees shuttle also requires the RF28B to be messy.

No it’s well known.

[wwei23]

No it’s well known.

I think MathAndCode meant he found another known V-sparker that could support the conduit.