I just pushed a bunch of new commits. The new fixed guns I added are as follows:
- those from Kazyan's MunitionsDump
- those from simsim's GliderGunCollection
- p20 and p40 as indicated by Calcyman and Sokwe
- overclocked p74 and p75 syringe based guns
- some random pseudo-period guns of low period by me
Variable guns as follows:
p662 and p973 by simeks (EDIT: Also p879. Nice one!)
p708 and p853 by Dave Greene
EDIT2: Also made a p556 by Kazyan in to an official gun family
Thanks guys! The Hall of Shame is now:
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Hall of Shame (p100 or greater)
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551 (9295, 'p01038_8_p00551') (7 mod 8)
955 (9198, 'p00803_19') (3 mod 8)
947 (9125, 'p00803_18') (3 mod 8)
509 (9086, 'p00954_8_p00509') (5 mod 8)
471 (9045, 'p00870_9_p00471') (7 mod 8)
942 (9045, 'p00870_9') (6 mod 8)
543 (9024, 'p01038_6_p00543') (7 mod 8)
993 (8988, 'p00921_9') (1 mod 8)
931 (8979, 'p00803_16') (3 mod 8)
447 (8932, 'fixed') (7 mod 8)
463 (8911, 'p00870_7_p00463') (7 mod 8)
926 (8911, 'p00870_7') (6 mod 8)
923 (8906, 'p00803_15') (3 mod 8)
985 (8904, 'p00921_8') (1 mod 8)
479 (8904, 'fixed') (7 mod 8)
958 (8904, 'fixed') (6 mod 8)
997 (8840, 'p00973_3') (5 mod 8)
977 (8820, 'p00921_7') (1 mod 8)
533 (8820, 'fixed') (5 mod 8)
501 (8816, 'p00954_6_p00501') (5 mod 8)
dvgrn wrote:That's the most recent hacked Hersrch from a few years ago, right?
Yes it's from your website Hersrch-4Dec2012.zip.
dvgrn wrote:I decided to get a little more organized, and made the beginnings of a table of 90-degree timing adjusters
This is definitely a good idea. The number of times I have though "Wow, this like it's going to be a good gun" only to later realise that I have made an exact duplicate is quite embarrassing!
dvgrn wrote:It would be nice if the top row included more parity-changing turners besides the Snarks-only ones. The lack of those means that I'm mostly only getting even-period guns by modifying small odd-period guns, usually by swapping out three-Snark loops.
Yes, I remember getting this problem myself. In the end I started putting left hand conduits on the end of the syringe to find other colors/parities. The guns set records at the time I made them but I don't know if they have been surpassed since.
dvgrn wrote:The occasional improvement has popped up <a p708>
This one sets some records and also suggests quite a few record guns at sub-periods. The interesting thing is that, because of the asymmetry, the half-period variants in this family look like they will work at the optimal size without any glider collisions. Some work to do to prove that though.
dvgrn wrote: Are there small G-to-2Gs where the extra glider output was the wrong color, where we might try swapping in the two color-changing turners?
This is another frustration I encountered. What I consider to be the three most natural glider duplicators all have a "backwards" glider that is of the same color and parity:
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x = 163, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
2bo69bo49bo$bobo67bobo47bobo$bobo2b2o3bo59bobo2b2o3bo3bo35bobo2b2o3bo$
2ob2o2bo2bobo57b2ob2o2bo2bobo2b3o32b2ob2o2bo2bobo$4bobo3bobo12b2o47bob
o3bobo5bo35bobo3bobo$2obo2b4obo13bo44b2obo2b4obo5b2o31b2obo2b4obo$2obo
bo3bo13bobo44b2obobo3bo40b2obobo3bo$4bobo3bo12b2o49bobo3bo43bobo3bo15b
2o$5bobo3bo63bobo3bo43bobo3bo14bo$6bo3b2o33b2o29bo3b2o44bo3b2o12bobo$
31b2o12b2o93b2o2b2o$32bo107b2o$32bobo$10bo22b2o45bo49bo$8b3o67b3o47b3o
$8bobo67bobo47bobo21b2o$8bo69bo49bo23b2o7b2o$161bo$51b2o46b2o58bobo$
51b2o46b2o58b2o3$22b2o$9b2o11b2o54b2o48b2o$10bo66bobo47bobo$7b3o41bo
25bo49bo$7bo42bobo23b2o48b2o23bo$51bo98bobob2o$148b3obobo$147bo3bo4bo$
147b2o2bob4o$41b2o97b2o10bo$40bobo97b2o12bo$40bo112b2o$39b2o!
EDIT: Added the p879 by simeks and edited the Hall of Shame above. Thanks!