Small Spaceship Syntheses

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by I6_I6 » December 6th, 2025, 3:55 pm

ThePlayzr wrote:
August 24th, 2025, 2:48 am
I updated the stamp collection of unsynthesized spaceships:

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x = 199, y = 134, rule = B3/S23
72bo$71bobo$71bobo$71bo$51b2o17b2o10b3o$29b2o4b5o30bobo9bo9b2o$obobo3b
obobo14bo6bo5bo8b2o2bo29bo6b3obo$26bo6bo14bo20b3o13b2o2b2o$4bo3bo17bo
13bo6b2o4b3o13b3o14bo$26b8o14bo4b3o12bo21bo$obobo3bobobo18b2o15b3o15b
2o18b2o3bo$49bo6b3o7bobo16bobob2o$4bo3bo3bo38bo4b3o26bobo2bob2o$27b2o
20b2o14b3o16bo4b2o$obobo3bobobo13b2ob2o18b2o4b2o8bobo16b2o$27b4o20bo3b
2o9bobo15b2o$28b2o27bo7b2o2$66bo$66bobo$66bobo$67bo16$49bo$48bobo14bo
$47b2o14b2o15bo$49bo13b2o13bo2b2o$47b2o16bo10b3o$obobo3bobobo34b3o13b
o11bobo$29b2obo29b3o10bob2o$4bo7bo15bo3bo14bo2bo11bo11bo4bo$28bo18bob
o11b2o10b2o$obobo7bo15b2obo15bo12bo3bo$36bo11bo14bo8bo4b2o$4bo7bo17b2o
bo2b2o10bobo8bobo14bo$32b2ob2obo10bo8b3o12b3o$obobo7bo16bo3bob2obo9b2o
8bo16bo$27bo3bo3b2o20b2o17bo$26bo20bo2bo7bo16b2o$26bo4bo14bo12bo2bo13b
o$26b5o14b2o16bo12b2o$45bobo12b2o11bo2b2o$44b2o14bobo8b2o3bo$59b2o12b
o$45bo14bobo$45bobo13bo$45bobo$46bo10$158bo$157bobo$79bobobobobobobob
obobobobobobo50b2o$48bo2bo14bo2bo7bo29bo50bo$47bo17bo43bo46b2o19b3o14b
3o$47bo3bo13bo3bo6bo2b4o14b4o55b3o18bo16bo$29b2o4b6o6b4o14b4o10bo3bob
o11bo3bobo6bo5b4o2b2o11b4o2b2o35bo16bo$obobo3bobobo14bo6bo6bo34bo2bo5b
2o10bo5b2o11bo3b2o13bo3b2o15bo2bo20b2o15b2o$26bo6bo46bo4b2o11bo4b2o6b
o4bo5bo2bo9bo5bo2bo11bobo20b2o15b2o$4bo3bo3bo13bo14bo34bo8bo17bo13bo7b
o2b2o6bo7bo11bo32b3o$26b8o5bo7b7o9b7o12b9o9b9o3bo6bo2bo5b2o8bo2bo3bo11b
o20bo10bo5bo$obobo3bobobo18b2o14bo6bo8bo6bo5bo5bo8bo8bo8bo11b2o2b3o2b
o9b2o3bo11bobo16bo4bo8bo4bo$47bo15bo18bo17bo11bo7bo7bo10bo4b2o12bo16b
3obobo10bo2bo$4bo3bo3bo35bo5bo9bo5bo5bo6bo7bo9bo7bo8bo4bo13bo4bo3b3o8b
2o15b2ob2o7b3o2b3o2bobo$27b2o60bo22bo4bo18bo10b2o24b2o11bo$obobo3bobo
bo13b2ob2o20b2o2bobo9b2o2bobo2bo8bo2bo14bo3bo9bo4bo13bo4bo14bo2bo14bo
12bo$27b4o19bo7bo7bo7bo9bo17bo9bo4b5o14b5o14bo9b3o21bo3bo$28b2o19b2o3b
2obo7b2o3b2obo3bo6bo3bo13bo4bo46b2o9bo8bo13b2obo$50b5o11b5o13b4o14b5o
4bo43bo10bo2b5o14bo$51bo15bo10bo76b3o10bo18b2o$80bo29bo45bo12b2o16bo$
82bobobobobobobobobobobobobobo49bo29bo$156b2o$156b2o$158bo13$128bo11b
o$84bobobobobo34bobo9bobo$82bo11bo31b2o11bobo$96bo31bo10bo18b2o26b2o$
36b4o9b5o14b5o8bo4b2o18bo2bo16b2o30bobo24b2o$36bo3bo8bo4bo13bo4bo11b4o
8bo7bo20b3o9b2o18bo28bo$obobo3bobobo13b6o3bo13bo18bo12bo2b2ob2o16bo3b
o29bobo13b2obo26b2o$26bo5bob4o2bo9bo3bo14bo3bo11b2o11bo6b4o17bo2bo9b2o
14bo4bo24b2o$4bo3bo3bo13bo5bob2o45bo44bobo11bo14bob2o6b3o$27bo3bo18bo
5bo10bo5bo16bo8bo10bo15bo14bo2bo15b3o4b2o17b2o$obobo3bobobo16bo19bo16b
o14bo8b2ob2o11b3o3b2o13bo17bo15b3obobo16bo$28b2o19bo6bo9bo6bo15bo5bo4b
o4b3obo3bo13bobo12b2o24bo11bo2b5o$4bo7bo14b4o18b7o10b7o8bo7bo14b2o2b2o
4bo13bo13bobo16bobo11b2o2bobo4bobo$26b2ob2o59bo9bo4bo4bo2bo13b2o12b2o
17b2obo11bobobo4bo$obobo3bobobo14b2o52bo9b2obo11bo35bo18bo13bo3bo$53b
o16bo13b4o5b5o2bo9bo3bo11bo2bo13bo2bo12b2obo18b2ob2o$52b3ob4o9b3ob4o4b
o2bo3bo7bo12bo16bo20bo14bo15bo$51b2ob2o12b2ob2o11bo14bo9bo4bo10bo18b2o
14b2o16b2ob2o$52bo5bo10bo5bo5bo3bo2bo20b5o11b3o17bo$53b2obo13b2obo24b
o46b3o$82bo13bo29bobo17bo$84bobobobobobo31b2o20bo$127bo18b2o$127bobo16b
2o$127bobo18bo$128bo!
Circled ones are ones with a new synthesis.
At the rate we are going, we might find a synthesis for 37P4H1V0 this year!
xq4_0b8bzw349aiaazuhg9y16frc already has a synthesis on catagolue:

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#C [[ GRID MAXGRIDSIZE 14 THEME Catagolue ]]
#CSYNTH xq4_0b8bzw349aiaazuhg9y16frc costs 23 gliders (true).
#CLL state-numbering golly
x = 170, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
151bo$152b2o5bo$151b2o5b2o$158bobo2$151bo11bo$151bobo9bobo$151b2o
10b2o$169bo$167b2o$168b2o$147bobo$137bo10b2o3bo$137b2o9bo3bo$10bob
o123bobo13b3o$10b2o81bobo$5bobo3bo82b2o60bo$6b2o86bo3b3o54bobo$6bo
91bo57b2o7bobo$bo97bo65b2o$b2o163bo$obo$53b2o39b2o58b2o$6b3o43bo2b
o37bo2bo56bo2bo$6bo38bo6bobo38bobo57bobo$7bo35bobo7bo32b2o6bo51b2o
6bo$44b2o4b3o33b2o3b3o52b2o3b3o$49bo40bo59bo$44b2o3b2o35b2o2b2o54b
2o2b2o$43bobo40b2o58b2o$45bo5$151bo15b2o$151b2o14bobo$150bobo14bo$
143b3o$145bo$137b2o5bo$132b2o4b2o20b3o$131bobo3bo22bo$133bo27bo!

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#C [[ THEME Golly ]]
x = 27, y = 15, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$A6.A.A$3A4.BA2B.B2D$3.A4.2B.2B2DB$2.2A2.3B.6B2.3B$2.20B$4.19B$4.2B
C10BD4B$4.2B2C10BD4B$4.B2C11B2D3B$4.13B2D4B$5.12BD3B.B2A$6.13B3.BA.A$
6.3B.B3.B10.A$25.2A!
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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by ThePlayzr » December 6th, 2025, 6:22 pm

I6_I6 wrote:
December 6th, 2025, 3:55 pm
xq4_0b8bzw349aiaazuhg9y16frc already has a synthesis on catagolue:

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#C [[ GRID MAXGRIDSIZE 14 THEME Catagolue ]]
#CSYNTH xq4_0b8bzw349aiaazuhg9y16frc costs 23 gliders (true).
#CLL state-numbering golly
x = 170, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
151bo$152b2o5bo$151b2o5b2o$158bobo2$151bo11bo$151bobo9bobo$151b2o
10b2o$169bo$167b2o$168b2o$147bobo$137bo10b2o3bo$137b2o9bo3bo$10bob
o123bobo13b3o$10b2o81bobo$5bobo3bo82b2o60bo$6b2o86bo3b3o54bobo$6bo
91bo57b2o7bobo$bo97bo65b2o$b2o163bo$obo$53b2o39b2o58b2o$6b3o43bo2b
o37bo2bo56bo2bo$6bo38bo6bobo38bobo57bobo$7bo35bobo7bo32b2o6bo51b2o
6bo$44b2o4b3o33b2o3b3o52b2o3b3o$49bo40bo59bo$44b2o3b2o35b2o2b2o54b
2o2b2o$43bobo40b2o58b2o$45bo5$151bo15b2o$151b2o14bobo$150bobo14bo$
143b3o$145bo$137b2o5bo$132b2o4b2o20b3o$131bobo3bo22bo$133bo27bo!
That is why it is circled...
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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by I6_I6 » December 7th, 2025, 2:14 am

ThePlayzr wrote:
December 6th, 2025, 6:22 pm
I6_I6 wrote:
December 6th, 2025, 3:55 pm
xq4_0b8bzw349aiaazuhg9y16frc already has a synthesis on catagolue:

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#C [[ GRID MAXGRIDSIZE 14 THEME Catagolue ]]
#CSYNTH xq4_0b8bzw349aiaazuhg9y16frc costs 23 gliders (true).
#CLL state-numbering golly
x = 170, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
151bo$152b2o5bo$151b2o5b2o$158bobo2$151bo11bo$151bobo9bobo$151b2o
10b2o$169bo$167b2o$168b2o$147bobo$137bo10b2o3bo$137b2o9bo3bo$10bob
o123bobo13b3o$10b2o81bobo$5bobo3bo82b2o60bo$6b2o86bo3b3o54bobo$6bo
91bo57b2o7bobo$bo97bo65b2o$b2o163bo$obo$53b2o39b2o58b2o$6b3o43bo2b
o37bo2bo56bo2bo$6bo38bo6bobo38bobo57bobo$7bo35bobo7bo32b2o6bo51b2o
6bo$44b2o4b3o33b2o3b3o52b2o3b3o$49bo40bo59bo$44b2o3b2o35b2o2b2o54b
2o2b2o$43bobo40b2o58b2o$45bo5$151bo15b2o$151b2o14bobo$150bobo14bo$
143b3o$145bo$137b2o5bo$132b2o4b2o20b3o$131bobo3bo22bo$133bo27bo!
That is why it is circled...
Ohhhhhhhhh
I misread your original post :roll:

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#C [[ THEME Golly ]]
x = 27, y = 15, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$A6.A.A$3A4.BA2B.B2D$3.A4.2B.2B2DB$2.2A2.3B.6B2.3B$2.20B$4.19B$4.2B
C10BD4B$4.2B2C10BD4B$4.B2C11B2D3B$4.13B2D4B$5.12BD3B.B2A$6.13B3.BA.A$
6.3B.B3.B10.A$25.2A!
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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by ElijahKen » January 16th, 2026, 3:06 pm

Can this fireship pair be synthesized? It looks like the existing fireship synthesizes (at least the ones mentioned on the wiki) don't work.

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x = 27, y = 28, rule = B3/S23
21b2o$20b4o2$19b6o$20b4o2$19b2o2b2o$17b2obo2bob2o$4b2o14bo2bo$3b4o2$2b
6o13b2o$3b4o14b2o2$2b2o2b2o10bobo2bobo$2obo2bob2o7bo2bo2bo2bo$3bo2bo
10bo8bo$17bo8bo$17b2o6b2o$4b2o13b6o$4b2o2$bobo2bobo$o2bo2bo2bo$o8bo$o
8bo$2o6b2o$2b6o!
This old synthesis seems the closest to working.

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x = 45, y = 52, rule = B3/S23
4bobo32bobo$5b2o32b2o$5bo34bo4$41bo$2bobo35bo$3b2o35b3o$3bo2$20b2o2b2o
$20b2o2b2o3$19b2o4b2o$19bobo2bobo$21bo2bo$20bo4bo$20bo4bo$20bo4bo$22b
2o6$b2o19b2o$obo19b2o16b2o$2bo37bobo$19b2o4b2o13bo$4bo13bo2bo2bo2bo$4b
2o13b2o4b2o$3bobo$8bo13b2o13bo$8b2o12b2o12b2o$7bobo26bobo3b3o$42bo$43b
o11$6b2o30b2o$7b2o28b2o$6bo32bo!
If possible, it should result in a roughly 50% reduction to the current unidimensional spaceship synthesis.
EDIT: Fixed mistake.
Engineering macro-spaceships is hard.

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by vilc » January 16th, 2026, 3:22 pm

ElijahKen wrote:
January 16th, 2026, 3:06 pm
If possible, it should result in a roughly 50% reduction to the current unidimensional spaceship synthesis.
If the goal is to make blinkers using one glider on average, it would be far easier to use an XWSS for the flyby reaction.

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x = 12, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
10bo$9bo$9b3o4$3o$o2bo$o$o3bo$o$bobo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by ElijahKen » January 16th, 2026, 6:37 pm

vilc wrote:
January 16th, 2026, 3:22 pm
ElijahKen wrote:
January 16th, 2026, 3:06 pm
If possible, it should result in a roughly 50% reduction to the current unidimensional spaceship synthesis.
If the goal is to make blinkers using one glider on average, it would be far easier to use an XWSS for the flyby reaction.

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x = 12, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
10bo$9bo$9b3o4$3o$o2bo$o$o3bo$o$bobo!
Thanks! Unfortunately, this fails when I want to make two blinkers close together:

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x = 14, y = 18, rule = LifeHistory
12.D$11.D$11.3D$4.D$4.D$4.D$10.A$4.D4.A$4.D4.3A$4.D3$3A$A2.A$A$A3.A$A
$.A.A!
I found this reaction with an lwss and fireship which works, but I have not found a synthesizable way to use fireships to convert gliders into lwss.

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x = 111, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
103bo2bo$b2o100bo2bo$4o98bo4bo$2ob2o97bo4bo$2b2o98bo4bo$102bo4bo$101b
3o2b3o$27b2o72bob4obo$25b2ob2o72bo4bo$25b4o$26b2o$47b2o55b2o$45b2ob2o
54b2o$45b4o55b2o$46b2o54bo4bo$100b3o4b3o$99b3o6b3o$77b2o20b2o8b2o$75b
2ob2o20b10o$75b4o22b8o$76b2o25b4o$97b2o$95b2ob2o$95b4o$96b2o!
Engineering macro-spaceships is hard.

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by vilc » January 17th, 2026, 9:38 am

ElijahKen wrote:
January 16th, 2026, 6:37 pm
Thanks! Unfortunately, this fails when I want to make two blinkers close together:

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x = 14, y = 18, rule = LifeHistory
12.D$11.D$11.3D$4.D$4.D$4.D$10.A$4.D4.A$4.D4.3A$4.D3$3A$A2.A$A$A3.A$A
$.A.A!
As far as I can see, there is only a small segment of the unidimensionnal spaceship that has blinkers this close (about 150,000 blinkers, in the leftmost region). A good compromise would be to stick to the original 2G-per-blinker method for those blinkers and to use an XWSS for the rest of the spaceship.
This would result in a ~2.25M gliders synthesis.
3G collisions like the following may also be useful :

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
$bo$bobo2bobo$b2o3b2o$7bo5$4bo$3b2o$3bobo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by I6_I6 » January 18th, 2026, 3:02 am

vilc wrote:
January 16th, 2026, 3:22 pm
ElijahKen wrote:
January 16th, 2026, 3:06 pm
If possible, it should result in a roughly 50% reduction to the current unidimensional spaceship synthesis.
If the goal is to make blinkers using one glider on average, it would be far easier to use an XWSS for the flyby reaction.

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x = 12, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
10bo$9bo$9b3o4$3o$o2bo$o$o3bo$o$bobo!
Just pointing it out:
How would we even make the reduced synthesis? I mean, a theoretical one is obviously possible, but since unidimensional spaceship 1 is so big, it's likely going to be hard to actually make a working example. I'm not the best at programming, so there might be a way around this that I don't know of, but Golly's API doesn't really let you do anything outside the +/- 10^9 boundary. Unidimensional spaceship 2 does fit inside this boundary, however.
Edit: Also, not that it matters, but the unidimensional spaceships aren't exactly 'small'.

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#C [[ THEME Golly ]]
x = 27, y = 15, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$A6.A.A$3A4.BA2B.B2D$3.A4.2B.2B2DB$2.2A2.3B.6B2.3B$2.20B$4.19B$4.2B
C10BD4B$4.2B2C10BD4B$4.B2C11B2D3B$4.13B2D4B$5.12BD3B.B2A$6.13B3.BA.A$
6.3B.B3.B10.A$25.2A!
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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by ElijahKen » January 20th, 2026, 10:03 pm

vilc wrote:
January 17th, 2026, 9:38 am
ElijahKen wrote:
January 16th, 2026, 6:37 pm
Thanks! Unfortunately, this fails when I want to make two blinkers close together:

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x = 14, y = 18, rule = LifeHistory
12.D$11.D$11.3D$4.D$4.D$4.D$10.A$4.D4.A$4.D4.3A$4.D3$3A$A2.A$A$A3.A$A
$.A.A!
As far as I can see, there is only a small segment of the unidimensionnal spaceship that has blinkers this close (about 150,000 blinkers, in the leftmost region). A good compromise would be to stick to the original 2G-per-blinker method for those blinkers and to use an XWSS for the rest of the spaceship.
This would result in a ~2.25M gliders synthesis.
3G collisions like the following may also be useful :

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
$bo$bobo2bobo$b2o3b2o$7bo5$4bo$3b2o$3bobo!
Good point. I wrote a script to analyze the spaceship blinker spacings (measured as empty cells in the unidimensional state). Here is the result:

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Number list length: 4072033
Finding last indices for gaps
Last index of a gap of 1: 151319
Last index of a gap of 2: 151313
Last index of a gap of 3: 151307
Last index of a gap of 4: 103950
Last index of a gap of 5: 151311
Last index of a gap of 7: 151271
Last index of a gap of 8: 103961
Last index of a gap of 149: 103958
Last index of a gap of 189: 4072011
Last index of a gap of 381: 4072031
Last index of a gap of 573: 4072027
Last index of a gap of 765: 4072019
Last index of a gap of 957: 4071959
I will work on a script to translate this into a synthesis.
I6_I6 wrote:
January 18th, 2026, 3:02 am
Just pointing it out:
How would we even make the reduced synthesis? I mean, a theoretical one is obviously possible, but since unidimensional spaceship 1 is so big, it's likely going to be hard to actually make a working example. I'm not the best at programming, so there might be a way around this that I don't know of, but Golly's API doesn't really let you do anything outside the +/- 10^9 boundary. Unidimensional spaceship 2 does fit inside this boundary, however.
Edit: Also, not that it matters, but the unidimensional spaceships aren't exactly 'small'.
Lifelib does not seem to complain about things like this. It handled your second synthesis quite well, loading and measuring the population of the entire file in about half a second. (I haven't tried the first, but I suspect it would be fine.)
Engineering macro-spaceships is hard.

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by B468S02357 » January 31st, 2026, 7:48 pm

What's the LWSS synthesis of a glider? It's for an engineered spaceship idea i have where it converts gliders into lightweights into gliders.
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#C [[ ZOOM 4 THEME MONO GPS 30 WIDTH 937 HEIGHT 600 RANDOMIZE ]]
x = 64, y = 64, rule = R5,C28,S12-19,25-33,55,113-120,B12,29-43,Nm
b!
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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by Chris857 » January 31st, 2026, 9:29 pm

B468S02357 wrote:
January 31st, 2026, 7:48 pm
What's the LWSS synthesis of a glider? It's for an engineered spaceship idea i have where it converts gliders into lightweights into gliders.
I have three that turn 2 LWSSes into 2 gliders. I expect more things exist.

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x = 26, y = 89, rule = B3/S23
3bo2bo13bo2bo$7bo11bo$3bo3bo11bo3bo$4b4o11b4o42$5bo2bo$9bo$5bo3bo$6b4o
2$21b4o$21bo3bo$21bo$22bo2bo31$16b4o$o2bo12bo3bo$4bo11bo$o3bo12bo2bo$
b4o!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by I6_I6 » January 31st, 2026, 9:42 pm

Is there an enumeration of 2-LWSS collisions? I'm sure one exists, but I haven't found any.

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#C [[ THEME Golly ]]
x = 27, y = 15, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$A6.A.A$3A4.BA2B.B2D$3.A4.2B.2B2DB$2.2A2.3B.6B2.3B$2.20B$4.19B$4.2B
C10BD4B$4.2B2C10BD4B$4.B2C11B2D3B$4.13B2D4B$5.12BD3B.B2A$6.13B3.BA.A$
6.3B.B3.B10.A$25.2A!
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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by dvgrn » February 1st, 2026, 3:31 pm

I6_I6 wrote:
January 31st, 2026, 9:42 pm
Is there an enumeration of 2-LWSS collisions? I'm sure one exists, but I haven't found any.
See this discussion thread.

That thread would be a good place to put a nice LifeHistory annotated collection for each of the xWSS-xWSS collision types. It'd be nice to do an independent enumeration and confirm that 27818281828 didn't end up with any duplicates and didn't miss any options.

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by vilc » May 8th, 2026, 4:28 am

xq3_g2lexc2sz123e2sw29rozy22221, an asymmetric p3 spaceship with 36 cells and a unusual shape, in 98G (mostly unoptimised).

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x = 3548, y = 166, rule = B3/S23
3398bo$3396bobo$3397b2o56$3462bobo$3463b2o$3463bo2$3479bo$3450bo26b2o$
3448bobo27b2o$3449b2o32bo$3433bo9bo37b2o$3434bo9bo37b2o$3432b3o7b3o$
3437bo36bo$3430bo7bo34bo$745bo2685bo4b3o34b3o$743bobo2683b3o$744b2o21b
o1966bobo$766bo1967b2o9bobo$766b3o1966bo9b2o$2746bo$315bo$148bobo20bo
144bo2708bo149bo149bo149bo15bobo$149b2o19bo143b3o2565bo141bobo147bobo
147bobo103bo43bobo14b2o$149bo11bo8b3o146bo1480bo1069b2o9bo138b2o2b2o
144b2o2b2o144b2o2b2o105bo38b2o2b2o16bo$bo158b2o156bo434bo580bobo462bo
1069bobo5b2o2b3o135bobo147bobo147bobo107b3o37bobo$2bo153bo3bobo155b3o
430bobo581b2o462b3o1067b2o5b2o141b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o$3o153b2o594b2o
3bo577bo1542bo$155bobo440bo157bo1977b3o$465b2o132b2o5bobo6b2o139b3o6b
2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o
148b2o148b2o17bo130b2o3b2o8b3o132b2o3b2o143b2o3b2o143b2o3b2o143b2o3b2o
$315b2o148bo132b2o6b2o7bo149bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo
140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo140bo8bo19bo
120bo8bo4b2o8bo125bo8bo4b2o134bo8bo4b2o134bo8bo4b2o134bo8bo4b2o$8bo
307bo149bo140bo8bo149bo138bobo8bo138bobo8bo138bobo8bo138bobo8bo138bobo
8bo138bobo8bo138bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo129b
2o7bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo14bo114b2o7bobo8bo
129b2o7bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo129b2o7bobo8bo$9bo303b3o7bo139b3o147b3o
138bo8b3o138bobo6b3o3bo134bobo6b3o138bobo6b3o138bobo6b3o138bobo6b3o
131bo6bobo6b3o138bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bo
bo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo
6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o129bo2bo5bobo6b3o115bo13bo2bo5bo
bo6b3o$7b3o303bo8b2o139bo134b2o13bo139bobo7bo139bobo7bo4bo134bobo7bo
139bobo7bo139bobo7bo139bobo7bo134bo4bobo7bo139bobo7bo119bo11bobo5bobo
7bo131bobo5bobo7bo131bobo5bobo7bo131bobo5bobo7bo131bobo5bobo7bo131bobo
5bobo7bo131bobo5bobo7bo131bobo5bobo7bo131bobo5bobo7bo131bobo5bobo7bo
118bo12bobo5bobo7bo$159b2o148b2o11bobo134b2o138b2o8b2o142b2o4b2o142b2o
4b2o7b3o132b2o4b2o142b2o4b2o142b2o4b2o142b2o4b2o135b3o4b2o4b2o142b2o4b
2o123bo11bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b
2o135bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b2o135bo6b2o4b2o
119b3o13bo6b2o4b2o$158bobo147bobo141bo5bobo137bo9bobo147bobo147bobo12b
o134bobo147bobo147bobo147bobo147bobo130b2o6b2o7bobo121b3o4bobo7b2o7bob
o138b2o7bobo138b2o7bobo138b2o7bobo138b2o7bobo138b2o7bobo27bo110b2o7bob
o138b2o7bobo138b2o7bobo138b2o7bobo138b2o7bobo$158bo2b2obo143bo2b2obo
138bo4bo2b2obo138b2o3bo2b2obo138b2o3bo2b2obo138b2o3bo2b2obo8bobo127b2o
3bo2b2ob2o137b2o3bo2b2ob2o122bo14b2o3bo2b2ob2o137b2o3bo2b2ob2o137b2o3b
o2b2ob2o124bobo6b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o124b2o7b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o133b2o2b2o3bo
2b2ob2o133b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o133b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o133b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o
133b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o21b2o110b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o133b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o133b
2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o133b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o133b2o2b2o3bo2b2ob2o$6b2o151bobob
2o144bobob2o136b3o5bobob2o138bobo3bobob2o138bobo3bobob2o138bobo3bobob
2o8b2o128bobo3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo121bo13bobo3bobob2o2bo135bob
o3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo124bo10bobo3bobob2o2bo122bo12bobo3bobob
2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bob
ob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo19bobo113bobo3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo
135bobo3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo135bobo3bobob2o2bo$7b2o151bo149bo
137bo11bo143b2o4bo143b2o4bo143b2o4bo16b2o125b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o
119b3o14b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o
136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o5bo130b2o4bo5b2o
136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o136b2o4bo5b2o$6bo
442bo477bobo713b3o926bo913b3o$b3o443b3o471bo5bo279bo149bo142b2o5bo137b
o4b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo14b3o
125b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo142b2o5bo28bo$3bo916b2o
283b3o147b3o141bobo3b3o136bo4bobo3b3o141bobo3b3o141bobo3b3o138b2obobo
3b3o138b2obobo3b3o138b2obobo3b3o138b2obobo3b3o138b2obobo3b3o12bo125b2o
bobo3b3o12bo125b2obobo3b3o12bo125b2obobo3b3o12bo125b2obobo3b3o12bo125b
2obobo3b3o12bo16bo$2bo448bo468bobo281bo133b2o14bo144bo4bo144bo4bo144bo
4bo144bo4bo142bobo4bo142bobo4bo142bobo4bo142bobo4bo142bobo4bo14bobo
125bobo4bo14bobo125bobo4bo14bobo125bobo4bo14bobo125bobo4bo14bobo125bob
o4bo14bobo$9bo441b2o751b2o133b2o13b2o4bob2o134b2o4b2o4bob2o134b2o4b2o
4bob2o134b2o4b2o4bob2o134b2o4b2o4bob2o133bo2bo3b2o4bob2o133bo2bo3b2o4b
ob2o133bo2bo3b2o4bob2o133bo2bo3b2o4bob2o133bo2bo3b2o4bob2o5bobo125bo2b
o3b2o4bob2o5bobo125bo2bo3b2o4bob2o5bobo125bo2bo3b2o4bob2o5bobo125bo2bo
3b2o4bob2o5bobo125bo2bo3b2o4bob2o5bobo$8b2o440bobo885bo21b2obo146b2obo
146b2obo146b2obo121b3o22b2obo134b2o10b2obo134b2o10b2obo134b2o10b2obo
134b2o10b2obo134b2o10b2obo6bo127b2o10b2obo6bo127b2o10b2obo6bo127b2o10b
2obo6bo127b2o10b2obo6bo127b2o10b2obo6bo$8bobo1926bo480bo$1214b3o719bo
315bo149bo14bo134bo22b3o124bo149bo142bo6bo139bo9bo149bo149bo30b3o$
1214bo445b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o140bo7b2o140bo7b2o5b3o132bo7b2o13bo126bo
7b2o140bo7b2o131bobo6bo7b2o131bo8bo7b2o140bo7b2o140bo7b2o21bo$1210b2o
3bo443bobo147bobo137bo9bobo147bobo140bo6bobo140bo6bobo140bo6bobo3b2o9b
o125bo6bobo3b2o135bo6bobo3b2o127b2o6bo6bobo3b2o124b3o8bo6bobo3b2o135bo
6bobo3b2o135bo6bobo3b2o17bo$1051b3o155bobo447bo149bo138b2o9bo149bo149b
o149bo149bo5b2o142bo5b2o142bo5b2o142bo5b2o142bo5b2o127b2o13bo5b2o127b
2o13bo5b2o$1053bo147bo9bo446b2o148b2o127b3o8bobo7b2o148b2o148b2o6bo
141b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o134b2o12b2o134b2o12b2o$1052bo148b
2o18b2o295bo420bo325bo882b2o148b2o148b2o$1200bobo17b2o104b2o189bo420bo
326b3o152b3o725b2o2b2o140b2o2b2o2b2o125bo14b2o2b2o2b2o33b2o$1056b2o7b
2o155bo102bobo189b3o575b2o323bo731b2o140b2o6b2o125b2o13b2o6b2o27b2o3b
2o$1051bo3b2o8bobo259bo184bo581bobo324bo719b3o284bobo49b2o6bo$1051b2o
4bo7bo446bobo581bo314b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o148b2o130bo17b2o148b2o148b2o
19bo$1050bobo459b2o590b3o305bo149bo149bo149bo134b3o12bo129bo19bo149bo
149bo$1214bo889bo304b3o147b3o147b3o147b3o137bo9b3o147b3o147b3o147b3o$
1047b2o164b2o890bo158bo144bo149bo149bo149bo138bo10bo149bo149bo149bo$
1048b2o163bobo296b2o5b3o741b2o1222b2o$1047bo463b2o6bo743bobo1221bobo$
1513bo6bo1966bo$1205b3o$1067b3o137bo2245b2o$1067bo138bo2246bobo$1068bo
2384bo24b3o$3478bo$3479bo2$3469bo$3468b2o$3468bobo2$3506b2o$3505b2o$
3507bo32$3546b2o$3545b2o$3547bo!
Continuous recipe:

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x = 410, y = 424, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo$b2o56$66bobo$67b2o$67bo2$341bo$54bo284b2o$52bobo285b2o$53b2o
290bo$37bo9bo295b2o$38bo9bo295b2o$36b3o7b3o$41bo294bo$34bo7bo292bo$35b
o4b3o292b3o$33b3o6$353bobo$34bo318b2o$35bo318bo$33b3o306bo$342bobo$
342b2o5$35bo$36bo$34b3o7$41bo$42bo$40b3o3bo274bo$47bo271b2o11bo$45b3o
272b2o8b2o$50bo280b2o$51bo$49b3o4bobo229bobo$57b2o229b2o$57bo231bo7$
91bo$92bo222bo$90b3o222bobo$286bo28b2o$286bobo$286b2o25bo$312bo$312b3o
$84bo$82bobo$83b2o14bo211bo$100bo209bo$98b3o209b3o$276bo$276bobo$276b
2o7$102bobo164bo$93bobo7b2o162b2o$94b2o7bo164b2o$94bo204bo$298bo$132bo
165b3o$130bobo160bo$131b2o160bobo$268bo7bobo14b2o$268bobo5b2o$268b2o7b
o4bo$280b2o$97bo23bobo140bo16b2o$98bo23b2o139bo$96b3o23bo140b3o11$125b
o8bo$123bobo9bo$124b2o7b3o$121bo$119bobo$120b2o$141bo$142bo$140b3o101$
254bo$253b2o$129bo123bobo$129b2o8b2o$128bobo9b2o$139bo$134b3o$136bo$
135bo$242bo$241b2o$241bobo4$272b2o$271b2o$273bo2$123b2o$124b2o$123bo$
127b2o$128b2o$127bo2$246b2o8bo$103bo142bobo6b2o$103b2o21b3o117bo8bobo$
102bobo23bo156b2o$127bo156b2o$123b2o153b2o6bo$97b2o23bobo153bobo$98b2o
24bo153bo$97bo2$258b2o$257b2o13b3o$259bo12bo$118b2o153bo$117bobo$109bo
9bo$85b2o22b2o168b2o$84bobo21bobo167b2o$86bo193bo2$320b2o$320bobo$272b
o47bo$271b2o$271bobo$80b2o$79bobo$81bo31b3o$115bo207b2o$114bo207b2o$
324bo$68b2o$69b2o$68bo9$338bo$337b2o$337bobo$318b2o$318bobo20b2o$293b
2o5b3o15bo22bobo$292b2o6bo40bo$294bo6bo$52b3o$54bo$53bo2$298bo16b3o$
297b2o16bo$54b3o240bobo16bo$56bo$55bo292b3o$62b2o284bo$61bobo245bo39bo
$63bo244b2o$303b3o2bobo$303bo$304bo$345b3o$345bo$346bo4$33bo315b2o$33b
2o308b2o3b2o$32bobo307b2o6bo$344bo3$49b2o$40b3o5bobo298b2o$42bo7bo298b
obo$41bo307bo2$315b2o$315bobo$315bo24b3o$340bo$341bo2$331bo$330b2o$
330bobo2$368b2o$367b2o$369bo32$408b2o$407b2o$409bo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by rabbit » May 8th, 2026, 8:06 am

vilc wrote:
May 8th, 2026, 4:28 am
xq3_g2lexc2sz123e2sw29rozy22221, an asymmetric p3 spaceship with 36 cells and a unusual shape, [...]
This spaceship is on the wiki as 36P3H1V0.2
That's the bunny. (she/her)

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by Chris857 » May 8th, 2026, 11:40 am

vilc wrote:
May 8th, 2026, 4:28 am
xq3_g2lexc2sz123e2sw29rozy22221, an asymmetric p3 spaceship with 36 cells and a unusual shape, in 98G (mostly unoptimised).
Don't know who submitted it, but looks like this change lowered the cost to 97G

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x = 108, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
26bo69bobo$24bobo70b2o$25b2o70bo$29bo71b2o$29bobo69bobo$15b2o12b2o46b
2o11b2o9bo$14bo2bo58bo2bo10b2o$15b2o60b2o18b2o$96b2o$20b2o60b2o14bo$9b
2o9bo6bobo41b2o9bo6bobo$9b2o11bo3bob2o41b2o11bo3bob2o$21b2o3bo56b2o3b
o$14b2o5bo3b2o49b2o5bo3b2o$2b2o11bo6bo41b2o11bo6bo$bobo6b2o2bo6b2o40b
obo6b2o2bo6b2o$bo9bo2b2o4bo2b2o38bo9bo2b2o4bo2b2o18b3o$2o6b3o10bo2bo37b
2o6b3o10bo2bo18bo$8bo13b2o46bo13b2o20bo$17b2o8bo51b2o8bo$17bo8bobo50b
o8bobo$15bobo2b2o3bobo49bobo2b2o3bobo$15b2o3bobobobo50b2o3bobobobo$21b
2ob2o57b2ob2o$10b3o59b3o$17b2o60b2o$15bo2bo3b2o53bo2bo3b2o$14bob2o4b2o
52bob2o4b2o$14bo11bo49bo11bo$15b3o7bobo49b3o7bobo$17bo6bo2bo51bo6bo2b
o$25b2o60b2o!
And then improvements by me, should bring it down to 94G

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x = 281, y = 65, rule = B3/S23
40bo$38b2o$39b2o5$280bo$278b2o$24bo254b2o$24bobo130b2o98b2o$24b2o122b
o8bo90bo8bo$147bobo8bo88bobo8bo$146bobo6b3o88bobo6b3o$145bobo7bo89bob
o7bo17bo$145b2o4b2o92b2o4b2o20bobo$150bobo97bobo20b2o$145b2o3bo2b2ob2o
87b2o3bo2b2ob2o$7bobo135bobo3bobob2o2bo85bobo3bobob2o2bo$6bob2o136b2o
4bo5b2o86b2o4bo5b2o$b2o3bo$bo3b2o142bo99bo$2bo144b3o97b3o$b2o143bo99b
o$o2b2o141b2o98b2o6bo$bo2bo249bo$2b2o250bo22$243b3o$245bo$244bo2$182b
o$181b2o$181bobo$129b2o$130b2o$27b3o99bo$27bo$28bo3$28b2o$27b2o$29bo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by ThePlayzr » May 9th, 2026, 3:48 am

vilc wrote:
May 8th, 2026, 4:28 am
xq3_g2lexc2sz123e2sw29rozy22221, an asymmetric p3 spaceship with 36 cells and a unusual shape, in 98G (mostly unoptimised).
Good job! I updated the collection of unsynthesized spaceships with less than 40 cells:

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x = 165, y = 134, rule = B3/S23
50bo$49bobo$49bobo$49bo$48b2o10b3o$29b2o4b5o8bobo9bo9b2o$obobo3bobobo
14bo6bo5bo20bo6b3obo$26bo6bo13b3o13b2o2b2o$4bo3bo17bo13bo6b3o14bo$26b
8o12bo21bo$obobo3bobobo18b2o11b2o18b2o3bo$44bobo16bobob2o$4bo3bo3bo50b
obo2bob2o$27b2o14b3o16bo4b2o$obobo3bobobo13b2ob2o12bobo16b2o$27b4o13b
obo15b2o$28b2o13b2o2$44bo$44bobo$44bobo$45bo16$49bo$48bobo14bo$47b2o14b
2o15bo$49bo13b2o13bo2b2o$47b2o16bo10b3o$obobo3bobobo34b3o13bo11bobo$29b
2obo29b3o10bob2o$4bo7bo15bo3bo14bo2bo11bo11bo4bo$28bo18bobo11b2o10b2o
$obobo7bo15b2obo15bo12bo3bo$36bo11bo14bo8bo4b2o$4bo7bo17b2obo2b2o10bo
bo8bobo14bo$32b2ob2obo10bo8b3o12b3o$obobo7bo16bo3bob2obo9b2o8bo16bo$27b
o3bo3b2o20b2o17bo$26bo20bo2bo7bo16b2o$26bo4bo14bo12bo2bo13bo$26b5o14b
2o16bo12b2o$45bobo12b2o11bo2b2o$44b2o14bobo8b2o3bo$59b2o12bo$45bo14bo
bo$45bobo13bo$45bobo$46bo10$120bo$119bobo$118b2o$48bo2bo14bo2bo50bo$47b
o17bo52b2o19b3o14b3o$47bo3bo13bo3bo48b3o18bo16bo$29b2o4b6o6b4o14b4o9b
4o2b2o11b4o2b2o35bo16bo$obobo3bobobo14bo6bo6bo36bo3b2o13bo3b2o15bo2bo
20b2o15b2o$26bo6bo44bo5bo2bo9bo5bo2bo11bobo20b2o15b2o$4bo3bo3bo13bo14b
o37bo7bo2b2o6bo7bo11bo32b3o$26b8o5bo7b7o9b7o11bo2bo5b2o8bo2bo3bo11bo20b
o10bo5bo$obobo3bobobo18b2o14bo6bo8bo6bo12b2o2b3o2bo9b2o3bo11bobo16bo4b
o8bo4bo$47bo15bo18bo7bo10bo4b2o12bo16b3obobo10bo2bo$4bo3bo3bo35bo5bo9b
o5bo9bo4bo13bo4bo3b3o8b2o15b2ob2o7b3o2b3o2bobo$27b2o50bo18bo10b2o24b2o
11bo$obobo3bobobo13b2ob2o20b2o2bobo9b2o2bobo5bo4bo13bo4bo14bo2bo14bo12b
o$27b4o19bo7bo7bo7bo4b5o14b5o14bo9b3o21bo3bo$28b2o19b2o3b2obo7b2o3b2o
bo42b2o9bo8bo13b2obo$50b5o11b5o46bo10bo2b5o14bo$51bo15bo49b3o10bo18b2o
$118bo12b2o16bo$120bo29bo$118b2o$118b2o$120bo13$104bo11bo$103bobo9bob
o$102b2o11bobo$104bo10bo18b2o26b2o$36b4o9b5o14b5o9bo2bo16b2o30bobo24b
2o$36bo3bo8bo4bo13bo4bo7bo20b3o9b2o18bo28bo$obobo3bobobo13b6o3bo13bo18b
o12bo3bo29bobo13b2obo26b2o$26bo5bob4o2bo9bo3bo14bo3bo7b4o17bo2bo9b2o14b
o4bo24b2o$4bo3bo3bo13bo5bob2o66bobo11bo14bob2o6b3o$27bo3bo18bo5bo10bo
5bo12bo15bo14bo2bo15b3o4b2o17b2o$obobo3bobobo16bo19bo16bo15b3o3b2o13b
o17bo15b3obobo16bo$28b2o19bo6bo9bo6bo7b3obo3bo13bobo12b2o24bo11bo2b5o
$4bo7bo14b4o18b7o10b7o7b2o2b2o4bo13bo13bobo16bobo11b2o2bobo4bobo$26b2o
b2o50bo4bo2bo13b2o12b2o17b2obo11bobobo4bo$obobo3bobobo14b2o53bo35bo18b
o13bo3bo$53bo16bo15bo3bo11bo2bo13bo2bo12b2obo18b2ob2o$52b3ob4o9b3ob4o
8bo16bo20bo14bo15bo$51b2ob2o12b2ob2o12bo4bo10bo18b2o14b2o16b2ob2o$52b
o5bo10bo5bo9b5o11b3o17bo$53b2obo13b2obo47b3o$102bobo17bo$102b2o20bo$103b
o18b2o$103bobo16b2o$103bobo18bo$104bo!
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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by TigerCub414 » May 9th, 2026, 4:02 pm

A partial final step for a lobster synthesis - the parts that I don't have a synthesis for are in yellow (two variants shown here):

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x = 44, y = 44, rule = LifeHistory
18.2A$18.A3.A$17.A4.2A$17.A2.A.2A$17.2A2$5.A.A6.A$6.2A4.A.A15.A$6.A6.
2A6.2C.2C4.A.A$19.C2.C.2C4.2A$19.2C.C$4.3E.E13.C.2C9.A$6.E.E13.C.2C8.
A$9.E9.2C.C11.3A$9.E2.2C5.C2.C$9.E2.C.C5.2C$9.E3.2C$4.3E2.E$6.E11.2C
11.2C.2C$11.2C.C2.C2.C10.2C.2C$11.C.2C2.C.C20.2A$18.C10.7C4.3A$4.2A
22.C6.C$3.A20.C3.C.C2.C6.A$.2A.2A11.2C4.C.C3.2C2.2C8.A$A.A.A2.2C3.2C
2.C2.C2.C2.C13.A2.2A$A3.A2.2C3.C4.C.C3.2C14.3A$.2A.A9.C3.C$2.2A3.2C4.
2C$7.2C6.2C6.2C2.2C6.3A$15.C2.C4.C3.C.C5.A$17.2C5.C3.2C6.A$23.2C2$26.
E.3E.E6.A$14.2C.2C6.E.E4.E5.2A$14.2C.2C8.E6.2E2.A.A$28.E6.E$19.A.A5.
2E$16.4A.A$15.A4.A$15.2A.2A$16.A2.A$17.2A!
There are some bits at the back that have to be synthesized, shown here in purple:

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x = 44, y = 44, rule = LifeSuper
18.2A$18.A3.A$17.A4.2A$7.A9.A2.A.2A$8.2A7.2A$7.2A$14.A$12.A.A15.A$6.
2E5.2A6.2CD2A4.A.A$7.E11.A2.AD2A4.2A$18.DCA.C$8.2E9.D2.A.2A9.A$22.CD
2A8.A$9.E9.2ADC11.3A$9.E2.2A5.AD.AD$5.2E2.E2.A.A5.2A$5.E.2E4.2A3.D2.D
$9.E7.D3.D$8.E7.D.2CD10.2A.2A$11.2A.AD.A2.A10.2A.2A$11.A.2AD.A.A9.D.D
2.2D4.2A$16.D.A10.A2CACAC4.3A$4.2A5.2H13.2DA.D4.C$3.A6.H2.2H2.2D5.AD
2.ADA2.A6.A$.2A.2A9.D.AC4.A.C3.2A.DCA8.A$A.A.A2.2A3.2A2.A2.CD.A2.C.D
5.D5.A2.2A$A3.A2.2A3.G3.DA.AD2.2A.D12.3A$.2A.A9.A.2DA3.D2.D$2.2A3.2A
2.H.GA4.D3.2D$7.2A.2H3.2A3.H2.2A2.2A6.3A$15.G2.A.H2.A3.A.A5.A$17.GA2.
H2.A3.2A6.A$14.2H5.H.2A$14.H5.H$26.E.3E.E6.A$14.2A.2A6.E.E4.E5.2A$14.
2A.2A8.E6.2E2.A.A$28.E6.E$19.A.A5.2E$16.4A.A$15.A4.A$15.2A.2A$16.A2.A
$17.2A!
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I used LLS to find the individual parts of a synthesis. I will write a complete explanation of the search process soon.

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x = 32, y = 32, rule = B3aijkr5j/S2aek3-acy4iz6c
8b3o$7bo2bo$7bo2bo$7b3o4$28b3o$28bo2bo$28bo2bo$29b3o11$3o$o2bo$o2bo$b
3o4$22b3o$21bo2bo$21bo2bo$21b3o!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by May13 » May 11th, 2026, 4:55 am

Orion 2 in 31G, down from 54G:

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x = 284, y = 61, rule = B3/S23
276bo$276bobo$276b2o3$281bobo$281b2o$282bo5$238bobo13bo26bo$239b2o11bo
bo24b2o$239bo13b2o25b2o$276b2o$237bo37b2o$109bo128bo3bo5bo28bo$107b2o
127b3o4bo2bobo$108b2o131b3o3b2o4$200bo$199bo$156bo42b3o$156bobo108b2o$
156b2o109b2o$bo192bo69bo$bobo77b2o109bo2bo66bo2bo$b2o78bobo108bo2bo6b
3o57bo2bo$82bo64b3o10b2o31bo8bo60bo$149bo10bobo40bo$76bo71bo4bo6bo32bo
69bo$74bobo76b3o37b3o67b3o$75b2o79bo39bo69bo$3bo149b2obo36b2obo47bo18b
2obo$b2o149bo2bo36bo2bo48b2o16bo2bo$2b2o67bo81b2o38b2o48bobo17b2o$72b
2o81b3o37b3o67b3o$71b2o82bo2bo36bo2bo66bo2bo$156bobo37bobo67bobo$3o76b
2o76bo39bo69bo$o9b2o66bobo11b2o152b2o$bo8bobo67bo11b2o153b2o$10bo235bo
2$68bo$68b2o$67bobo$251bo11b2o$72bo178b2o9b2o$72b2o176bobo11bo13b2o$
71bobo204bobo$278bo2$272bo$271b2o$109bo161bobo$108b2o$108bobo!
Previous synthesis:

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#C [[ GRID MAXGRIDSIZE 14 THEME Catagolue ]]
#CSYNTH xq4_xe3a1zx8e705d4q2cz361 costs 54 gliders (true).
#CLL state-numbering golly
x = 526, y = 151, rule = B3/S23
151bo$151bobo$151b2o$148bo$146bobo$147b2o4$147bo$147b2o$146bobo38$
64bo35bo$63bo37b2o81bobo$63b3o34b2o82b2o4bo$185bo4bobo$190b2o22$
506bobo$44bo452bo8b2o$45b2o450bobo7bo$44b2o5bo419bobo23b2o$50bo
421b2o28bobo13bo$8bo41b3o419bo7bo21b2o7bo6bobo$8bobo467bobo22bo6bo
7b2o$8b2o469b2o29b3o2$476bo31bo15bo$474bobo32bo12b2o$475b2o30b3o
13b2o$54b2o$53bo2bo$54b2o$435bo$434bo81bo$obo431b3o32bo45bo$b2o2bo
bo271bo187bobo45b3o$bo3b2o53b2o216bo189b2o27b2o$6bo36bo16b2o166b2o
41b2o5b3o39b2o45b2o53b2o7b3o55b2o6b2o$41bobo100bo84bo42bo10bo37bo
46bo54bo7bo58bo$42b2o3b2o90b2o2bobo78b2o2bo38b2o2bo10b2o32b2o2bo4b
2o36b2o2bo5bo44b2o2bo5bo3bo52b2o2bo5bo$47bobo89bo2bo2bo78bo2bo39bo
2bo11bobo31bo2bo7bo35bo2bo5b2o44bo2bo5b2o56bo2bo5b2o$47bo92b3obo
80b3obo38b3obo44b3obo2bo5bo33b3obo3b2o45b3obo3b2o57b3obo3b2o$143bo
84bobo40bobo3b3o40bobo2b2o2bo37bobo2bo6bo42bobo2bo61bobo2bo$43b3o
94b2o83b2o2bo3bo34b2o2bo4bo39b2o2bo7b3o32b2o2bo10bobo37b2o2bo62b2o
2bo$43bo96bo84bo7bobo32bo9bo38bo46bo14b2o38bo53bo12bo$44bo93bobo
82bobo7b2o31bobo3bo42bobo3bo40bobo3bo3b2o43bobo3bo3b2o2b2o40b2o9bo
bo3bo3b2o2b2o$138b2o83b2o41b2o3bobo41b2o3bobo3b3o33b2o3bobo2b2o9bo
33b2o3bobo2b2o2bobo38bobo9b2o3bobo2b2o2bobo$230b2o39bobo46bobo3bo
40bobo11b2o39bobo7bo56bobo7bo$230bobo39bo48bo5bo40bo13b2o39bo66bo$
230bo$511b2o$384b2o124b2o$384bobo125bo$384bo112bobo$497b2o$498bo$
470b3o$472bo40b2o$471bo40b2o$479b3o11b3o18bo$481bo11bo$480bo13bo2$
490b3o$490bo$491bo10bo$479bo21b2o$479b2o20bobo$478bobo6$97b2o$96bo
bo$98bo3$523b3o$523bo$524bo3$190b3o$190bo$191bo$102b2o$101bobo$
103bo$189bo$188b2o$188bobo!
I'm pretty sure my version can be used to synthesize Orion as well. Proof of concept:

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x = 39, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
26bobo$26b2o$27bo2$36bobo$21b2o3bo3b2o4b2o$21bob6o2bo5bo$25bo5bo$4bo
16b2ob3o2bobo$2bobo17bo4bobobo2bobo$3b2o22b2o5b2o$2b2o23b3o5bo$2b2o19b
3o2bo2bo$bobo7bo11bo4b2obo$bo2b5o3b2o9bo3bobobo$o2bobo2bo2b2o4b3o4bo2b
5o$bo5b2o7b3o$2b5o$4b2o$10b3o4bo$12bo4b3o$11bo8bo$17b2obo$16bo2bo$17b
2obo$19b2o$16bob3o$16bo$15bob2o$18b2o$16bo3bo$17bobo$9b2ob3o4bo$8bo2b
3o3b2o$9b2o!
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Spaceship databases:
hex-gliders.db (668 gliders, hexagonal grid)
new-gliders.db (29390 gliders, square grid)
My scripts: new-glider.py v0.2, nbsearch2a.py, collector.py v0.3

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by vilc » May 11th, 2026, 5:10 pm

May13 wrote:
May 11th, 2026, 4:55 am
I'm pretty sure my version can be used to synthesize Orion as well. Proof of concept:

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x = 39, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
26bobo$26b2o$27bo2$36bobo$21b2o3bo3b2o4b2o$21bob6o2bo5bo$25bo5bo$4bo
16b2ob3o2bobo$2bobo17bo4bobobo2bobo$3b2o22b2o5b2o$2b2o23b3o5bo$2b2o19b
3o2bo2bo$bobo7bo11bo4b2obo$bo2b5o3b2o9bo3bobobo$o2bobo2bo2b2o4b3o4bo2b
5o$bo5b2o7b3o$2b5o$4b2o$10b3o4bo$12bo4b3o$11bo8bo$17b2obo$16bo2bo$17b
2obo$19b2o$16bob3o$16bo$15bob2o$18b2o$16bo3bo$17bobo$9b2ob3o4bo$8bo2b
3o3b2o$9b2o!
67G synthesis of Orion based on this. No doubt this could be optimised by 20G or so...

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x = 1735, y = 94, rule = B3/S23
1648bo$1646bobo$1647b2o2$1663bo24bobo$1664bo24b2o$1662b3o24bo2$1666bob
o$1667b2o$1667bo4$1653bo$1654b2o19bobo$1653b2o21b2o$1676bo$1667bo17bob
o$1665bobo18b2o$1666b2o18bo$1652bo58bo$1650bobo57bo$1651b2o57b3o$1723b
o$1722bo$1648bobo8bo62b3o$1649b2o2bobo4b2o$1566bo82bo4b2o3b2o$1557bo6b
2o88bo$562bo992bobo7b2o104b3o$563b2o991b2o115bo24b2o$562b2o1108bo24bo
2bo$1697bo2bo24bo$1698b2o24bo$1267bobo454b3o$707bobo557b2o$708b2o415bo
137bo4bo$708bo417bo137bo$573bobo138bo409b3o135b3o$438bo130bo3b2o138bo
415bobo274b2o138b2o138b2o$439bo127bobo4bo138b3o413b2o127b3o6b2o137bobo
16bo120bobo137bobo$170bo266b3o128b2o153bo132b2o138b2o132bo5b2o122bo6bo
bo6b2o129bobo6b2o6bo122bobo6b2o129bobo6b2o$170bobo549bo132bobo137bobo
137bobo121bo9bo5bobo131bo5bobo6b3o122bo5bobo131bo5bobo$170b2o550b3o
130bo139bo139bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo$443bobo272b3o131b
2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o3b2o130b2ob2o3b2o$
438bobo2b2o267bo5bo134bo139bo139bo139bo139bo7b3o129bo6b2o131bo6b2o$
439b2o3bo266bobo5bo131bobo137bobo7bo129bobo137bobo137bobo7bo129bobo
137bobo$290bo148bo271b2o138b2o138b2o8bobo4bo122b2o138b2o138b2o9bo128b
2o138b2o$289bo575bo135b2o4bo$289b3o283b2o138b2o4b3o131b2o7bo130b2o10b
3o125b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o$146b2o136b2o142b3o137b
3o5bo131b3o5bo4bo126b3o5bo7b3o121b3o5bo131b3o5bobo129b3o5bobo129b3o5bo
bo129b3o5bobo129b3o5bobo$146bobo134bobo7b3o131b3o137b3o6bobo128b3o6bob
o3bo124b3o6bobo128b3o6bobo6bo121b3o6bobo128b3o6bobo128b3o6bobo128b3o6b
obo128b3o6bobo$14bo132bo137bo7bo283b2o138b2o138b2o138bobo4b2o131bo139b
o139bo139bo139bo$13bo280bo572b3o128bo5bobo$13b3o272bo139bo12b3o124bo
139bo139bo14bo3bo120bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$288b3o137b3o10bo126b3o
137b3o137b3o11b2o4bo119b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$291bo139bo10b
o128bo139bo139bo10bobo126bo10b2o127bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$142bobo143b
2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo9b2o125b2obo136b2obo136b2o
bo136b2obo136b2obo$143b2o142bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo
2bo12bo123bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$12b2o129bo144b2o138b2o
138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o$12bobo132bo142b
3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$12bo
134b2o141bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo
136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$140bo5bobo142bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo
137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo$2o136bobo151bo139bo139bo
139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$b2o136b2o16b2o1571b3o$o156b2o
1571bo$135b3o1593bo$10b2o125bo$9bobo124bo$11bo$139b3o1514b2o$141bo
1513bobo$140bo1516bo$1733bo$1732b2o$1723b2o7bobo$1722b2o$170b3o1485b3o
63bo$170bo1489bo$171bo1487bo5$1663b2o35b3o$1662bobo35bo$1664bo36bo14b
2o$1715b2o$1717bo2$1709b2o$1709bobo$1709bo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by KtT » May 12th, 2026, 7:45 am

vilc wrote:
May 11th, 2026, 5:10 pm
67G synthesis of Orion based on this. No doubt this could be optimised by 20G or so...

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x = 1735, y = 94, rule = B3/S23
1648bo$1646bobo$1647b2o2$1663bo24bobo$1664bo24b2o$1662b3o24bo2$1666bob
o$1667b2o$1667bo4$1653bo$1654b2o19bobo$1653b2o21b2o$1676bo$1667bo17bob
o$1665bobo18b2o$1666b2o18bo$1652bo58bo$1650bobo57bo$1651b2o57b3o$1723b
o$1722bo$1648bobo8bo62b3o$1649b2o2bobo4b2o$1566bo82bo4b2o3b2o$1557bo6b
2o88bo$562bo992bobo7b2o104b3o$563b2o991b2o115bo24b2o$562b2o1108bo24bo
2bo$1697bo2bo24bo$1698b2o24bo$1267bobo454b3o$707bobo557b2o$708b2o415bo
137bo4bo$708bo417bo137bo$573bobo138bo409b3o135b3o$438bo130bo3b2o138bo
415bobo274b2o138b2o138b2o$439bo127bobo4bo138b3o413b2o127b3o6b2o137bobo
16bo120bobo137bobo$170bo266b3o128b2o153bo132b2o138b2o132bo5b2o122bo6bo
bo6b2o129bobo6b2o6bo122bobo6b2o129bobo6b2o$170bobo549bo132bobo137bobo
137bobo121bo9bo5bobo131bo5bobo6b3o122bo5bobo131bo5bobo$170b2o550b3o
130bo139bo139bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo$443bobo272b3o131b
2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o3b2o130b2ob2o3b2o$
438bobo2b2o267bo5bo134bo139bo139bo139bo139bo7b3o129bo6b2o131bo6b2o$
439b2o3bo266bobo5bo131bobo137bobo7bo129bobo137bobo137bobo7bo129bobo
137bobo$290bo148bo271b2o138b2o138b2o8bobo4bo122b2o138b2o138b2o9bo128b
2o138b2o$289bo575bo135b2o4bo$289b3o283b2o138b2o4b3o131b2o7bo130b2o10b
3o125b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o$146b2o136b2o142b3o137b
3o5bo131b3o5bo4bo126b3o5bo7b3o121b3o5bo131b3o5bobo129b3o5bobo129b3o5bo
bo129b3o5bobo129b3o5bobo$146bobo134bobo7b3o131b3o137b3o6bobo128b3o6bob
o3bo124b3o6bobo128b3o6bobo6bo121b3o6bobo128b3o6bobo128b3o6bobo128b3o6b
obo128b3o6bobo$14bo132bo137bo7bo283b2o138b2o138b2o138bobo4b2o131bo139b
o139bo139bo139bo$13bo280bo572b3o128bo5bobo$13b3o272bo139bo12b3o124bo
139bo139bo14bo3bo120bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$288b3o137b3o10bo126b3o
137b3o137b3o11b2o4bo119b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$291bo139bo10b
o128bo139bo139bo10bobo126bo10b2o127bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$142bobo143b
2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo9b2o125b2obo136b2obo136b2o
bo136b2obo136b2obo$143b2o142bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo
2bo12bo123bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$12b2o129bo144b2o138b2o
138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o$12bobo132bo142b
3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$12bo
134b2o141bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo
136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$140bo5bobo142bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo
137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo$2o136bobo151bo139bo139bo
139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$b2o136b2o16b2o1571b3o$o156b2o
1571bo$135b3o1593bo$10b2o125bo$9bobo124bo$11bo$139b3o1514b2o$141bo
1513bobo$140bo1516bo$1733bo$1732b2o$1723b2o7bobo$1722b2o$170b3o1485b3o
63bo$170bo1489bo$171bo1487bo5$1663b2o35b3o$1662bobo35bo$1664bo36bo14b
2o$1715b2o$1717bo2$1709b2o$1709bobo$1709bo!
Reduced to 63G:

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x = 124, y = 69, rule = B3/S23
50bo$3bo44b2o$bobo45b2o$2b2o5$4bo$5b2o$4b2o2$115bo$114bo$114b3o2$121b
o$111bo9bobo$111bobo7b2o$111b2o6$90b2o$89bobo$89bo$86b2ob2o$87bo$85bo
bo$85b2o3$18b3o61b3o$17b3o61b3o3$18bo63bo$18b3o61b3o$21bo63bo$18b2obo
60b2obo$17bo2bo60bo2bo$2o16b2o62b2o$b2o17b3o61b3o$o19bo2bo60bo2bo$21b
obo61bobo$22bo63bo2$47b2o$46b2o$48bo5$115b3o$110b2o3bo$109b2o5bo$111b
o7$114bo$113b2o$113bobo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by vilc » May 12th, 2026, 8:08 am

KtT wrote:
May 12th, 2026, 7:45 am
Reduced to 63G:
57G thanks to a slightly reworked final step.

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x = 1316, y = 91, rule = B3/S23
1229bo$1230bo12bo$1228b3o13bo$1242b3o2$1246bobo26bo$1247b2o27bo$1247bo
26b3o4$1233bo$1234b2o19bobo$1233b2o21b2o$460bo795bo$413bo44b2o787bo17b
obo$411bobo45b2o784bobo18b2o$412b2o832b2o18bo$1232bo58bo$1230bobo57bo$
1231b2o57b3o$1303bo$414bo887bo$415b2o811bobo8bo62b3o$414b2o813b2o2bobo
4b2o$1146bo82bo4b2o3b2o$1137bo6b2o88bo$1135bobo7b2o104b3o$1136b2o115bo
24b2o$1252bo24bo2bo$1277bo2bo$1278b2o$847bobo$847b2o$705bo137bo4bo448b
o$706bo137bo451bo$704b3o135b3o451b3o$709bobo274b2o138b2o138b2o$709b2o
127b3o6b2o137bobo16bo120bobo137bobo$170bo405b2o132bo5b2o122bo6bobo6b2o
129bobo6b2o6bo122bobo6b2o129bobo6b2o$170bobo402bobo11bo125bobo121bo9bo
5bobo131bo5bobo6b3o122bo5bobo131bo5bobo$170b2o403bo11b2o126bo133b2o4bo
133b2o4bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo$572b2ob2o11b2o122b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o
135b2ob2o3b2o130b2ob2o3b2o$573bo139bo139bo139bo7b3o129bo6b2o131bo6b2o$
571bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo7bo129bobo137bobo$290bo280b2o19bo118b2o
138b2o138b2o9bo128b2o138b2o$289bo301bo$289b3o299b3o$146b2o136b2o142b3o
137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$146bobo134bobo7b3o131b3o137b3o
137b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o$14bo132bo137bo7bo
425bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo$13bo280bo296b2o128bo139bo139bo139b
o139bo$13b3o272bo139bo139bo21b2o116bo12b2o125bo12b2o125bo12b2o125bo12b
2o125bo12b2o$288b3o137b3o137b3o21bo115b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$291b
o139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$142bobo143b2obo136b2obo136b2obo
24b3o109b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo$143b2o142bo2bo136bo2bo
136bo2bo25bo110bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$12b2o129bo144b2o
120b2o16b2o138b2o27bo110b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o$12bobo132bo142b3o
118b2o17b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$12bo134b2o141bo2bo116b
o19bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$140bo5bobo
142bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo$2o136bobo151b
o139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$b2o136b2o16b2o$o156b2o298b2o847bo
$135b3o318b2o847b2o$10b2o125bo320bo846bobo$9bobo124bo$11bo$139b3o1094b
2o$141bo1093bobo$140bo1096bo3$1314b2o$1313b2o$170b3o1065b3o74bo$170bo
1069bo68b3o$171bo1067bo69bo$1310bo4$1243b2o35b3o$1242bobo35bo$1244bo
36bo14b2o$1295b2o$1297bo2$1289b2o$1289bobo$1289bo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by KtT » May 12th, 2026, 10:53 am

vilc wrote:
May 12th, 2026, 8:08 am
57G thanks to a slightly reworked final step.

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x = 1316, y = 91, rule = B3/S23
1229bo$1230bo12bo$1228b3o13bo$1242b3o2$1246bobo26bo$1247b2o27bo$1247bo
26b3o4$1233bo$1234b2o19bobo$1233b2o21b2o$460bo795bo$413bo44b2o787bo17b
obo$411bobo45b2o784bobo18b2o$412b2o832b2o18bo$1232bo58bo$1230bobo57bo$
1231b2o57b3o$1303bo$414bo887bo$415b2o811bobo8bo62b3o$414b2o813b2o2bobo
4b2o$1146bo82bo4b2o3b2o$1137bo6b2o88bo$1135bobo7b2o104b3o$1136b2o115bo
24b2o$1252bo24bo2bo$1277bo2bo$1278b2o$847bobo$847b2o$705bo137bo4bo448b
o$706bo137bo451bo$704b3o135b3o451b3o$709bobo274b2o138b2o138b2o$709b2o
127b3o6b2o137bobo16bo120bobo137bobo$170bo405b2o132bo5b2o122bo6bobo6b2o
129bobo6b2o6bo122bobo6b2o129bobo6b2o$170bobo402bobo11bo125bobo121bo9bo
5bobo131bo5bobo6b3o122bo5bobo131bo5bobo$170b2o403bo11b2o126bo133b2o4bo
133b2o4bo133b2o4bo133b2o4bo$572b2ob2o11b2o122b2ob2o135b2ob2o135b2ob2o
135b2ob2o3b2o130b2ob2o3b2o$573bo139bo139bo139bo7b3o129bo6b2o131bo6b2o$
571bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo7bo129bobo137bobo$290bo280b2o19bo118b2o
138b2o138b2o9bo128b2o138b2o$289bo301bo$289b3o299b3o$146b2o136b2o142b3o
137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$146bobo134bobo7b3o131b3o137b3o
137b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o126b3o9b2o$14bo132bo137bo7bo
425bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo$13bo280bo296b2o128bo139bo139bo139b
o139bo$13b3o272bo139bo139bo21b2o116bo12b2o125bo12b2o125bo12b2o125bo12b
2o125bo12b2o$288b3o137b3o137b3o21bo115b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$291b
o139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$142bobo143b2obo136b2obo136b2obo
24b3o109b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo136b2obo$143b2o142bo2bo136bo2bo
136bo2bo25bo110bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$12b2o129bo144b2o
120b2o16b2o138b2o27bo110b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o138b2o$12bobo132bo142b3o
118b2o17b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o137b3o$12bo134b2o141bo2bo116b
o19bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo136bo2bo$140bo5bobo
142bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo137bobo$2o136bobo151b
o139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo139bo$b2o136b2o16b2o$o156b2o298b2o847bo
$135b3o318b2o847b2o$10b2o125bo320bo846bobo$9bobo124bo$11bo$139b3o1094b
2o$141bo1093bobo$140bo1096bo3$1314b2o$1313b2o$170b3o1065b3o74bo$170bo
1069bo68b3o$171bo1067bo69bo$1310bo4$1243b2o35b3o$1242bobo35bo$1244bo
36bo14b2o$1295b2o$1297bo2$1289b2o$1289bobo$1289bo!
Reduced to 55G:

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x = 330, y = 115, rule = B3/S23
219bo$220bo12bo$218b3o13bo$232b3o2$236bobo26bo$237b2o27bo$237bo26b3o4$
223bo$224b2o19bobo$223b2o21b2o$246bo$237bo17bobo$235bobo18b2o$236b2o18b
o$222bo82bo$220bobo81bo$221b2o81b3o$187bo129bo$146bo38b2o129bo$144bob
o39b2o30bobo8bo86b3o$145b2o72b2o2bobo4b2o$219bo4b2o3b2o$224bo86bo$310b
o$111bobo196b3o$111b2o$bo73bo36bo$2bo73bo$3o71b3o$37bobo$37b2o$38bo4$
302bo$280b2o20bobo$279bo2bo19b2o$279bo2bo$280b2o6$151b2o115b2o$95b2o54b
obo114bobo$28b2o65bobo6b2o46bobo6b2o78b3o25bobo6b2o$27bobo67bo5bobo48b
o5bobo80bo27bo5bobo$27bo69b2o4bo50b2o4bo81bo28b2o4bo$24b2ob2o71b2ob2o
52b2ob2o112b2ob2o$25bo75bo56bo116bo$23bobo73bobo54bobo114bobo$23b2o74b
2o55b2o115b2o3$20b3o73b3o54b3o114b3o$19b3o73b3o54b3o114b3o3$20bo75bo56b
o116bo$20b3o73b3o54b3o114b3o$23bo46b3o26bo56bo116bo$20b2obo48bo23b2ob
o53b2obo113b2obo$19bo2bo48bo23bo2bo53bo2bo113bo2bo$20b2o74b2o55b2o115b
2o$22b3o73b3o54b3o114b3o$22bo2bo72bo2bo53bo2bo113bo2bo$23bobo73bobo54b
obo114bobo$24bo75bo56bo116bo6$307b3o$307bo$308bo3$298b3o$298bo$299bo9b
o$308b2o10bo$308bobo8b2o$319bobo3$226b2o$225bobo$227bo3$328b2o$327b2o
$228b3o98bo$230bo92b3o$229bo93bo$324bo4$233b2o59b3o$232bobo59bo$234bo
60bo14b2o$309b2o$311bo2$303b2o$303bobo$303bo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by Goldtiger997 » May 15th, 2026, 10:12 am

Small reduction to the Orion final step:

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x = 80, y = 91, rule = B3/S23
7bo$8bo$6b3o4$25bo$26b2o$25b2o52bo$70bobo4b2o$70b2o6b2o$71bo$28bo$29bo
$27b3o$14bobo57bo$15b2o55b2o$15bo57b2o$4bo$2bobo17bo$3b2o18bo$21b3o2$o
bo8bo$b2o2bobo4b2o$bo4b2o3b2o$6bo$71bo$70bo$70b3o10$48b2o$47bobo$40b3o
4bo$44b2ob2o$45bo$43bobo$43b2o3$40b3o$39b3o3$22bo17bo$22b2o16b3o$21bob
o19bo$40b2obo$18bo20bo2bo$18b2o20b2o$17bobo22b3o$42bo2bo$43bobo$44bo5$
68b3o$68bo$8b2o59bo3b2o$7bobo63bobo$9bo63bo5$10b3o$12bo$11bo5$15b2o35b
3o$14bobo35bo$16bo36bo14b2o$67b2o$69bo2$61b2o$61bobo$61bo!

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Re: Small Spaceship Syntheses

Post by I6_I6 » May 15th, 2026, 2:46 pm

Goldtiger997 wrote:
May 15th, 2026, 10:12 am
Small reduction to the Orion final step:

Code: Select all

x = 80, y = 91, rule = B3/S23
7bo$8bo$6b3o4$25bo$26b2o$25b2o52bo$70bobo4b2o$70b2o6b2o$71bo$28bo$29bo
$27b3o$14bobo57bo$15b2o55b2o$15bo57b2o$4bo$2bobo17bo$3b2o18bo$21b3o2$o
bo8bo$b2o2bobo4b2o$bo4b2o3b2o$6bo$71bo$70bo$70b3o10$48b2o$47bobo$40b3o
4bo$44b2ob2o$45bo$43bobo$43b2o3$40b3o$39b3o3$22bo17bo$22b2o16b3o$21bob
o19bo$40b2obo$18bo20bo2bo$18b2o20b2o$17bobo22b3o$42bo2bo$43bobo$44bo5$
68b3o$68bo$8b2o59bo3b2o$7bobo63bobo$9bo63bo5$10b3o$12bo$11bo5$15b2o35b
3o$14bobo35bo$16bo36bo14b2o$67b2o$69bo2$61b2o$61bobo$61bo!
Full 44G synthesis:

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x = 304, y = 64, rule = B3/S23
257bo$258b2o$257b2o4$277bo$275bobo$276b2o16bo6bo$293bo7bobo$293b3o5b2o
2$278bo$279b2o$266bo11b2o$267bo28bo$174bo90b3o28bobo$158bobo13bobo119b
2o$159b2o13b2o77bobo$159bo52bo41b2o16bo$212bobo39bo18b2o$208bo3b2o58b
2o$209bo42bo$207b3o43bo3bo5bo$162bo88b3o4bo2bobo$80bo79bobo56b2o35b3o
3b2o8b3o10b2o$80bobo78b2o55bobo53bo3bo5bobo$80b2o75b2o59bo54bo4bo5bo10b
o$156bobo56b2ob2o58bo2b2ob2o7b2o$158bo57bo51b3o11bo11b2o$214bobo53bo9b
obo$120bo93b2o53bo10b2o$119bo$119b3o38bo11b2o38bo65bo$56b2o56b2o42bo2b
o10bobo35bo2bo62bo2bo$56bobo54bobo7b3o32bo2bo10bo37bo2bo62bo2bo$57bo57b
o7bo35bo51bo65bo$14bo109bo$12b2o104bo40bo51bo65bo14b2o$13b2o103b3o38b
3o49b3o63b3o11b2o$121bo40bo51bo44bo20bo12bo3bo$52bobo63b2obo37b2obo48b
2obo44b2o16b2obo15b2o$12bo40b2o62bo2bo37bo2bo48bo2bo44bobo15bo2bo16bo
bo$11b2o40bo64b2o39b2o50b2o64b2o$11bobo43bo62b3o38b3o49b3o63b3o$57b2o
61bo2bo37bo2bo48bo2bo62bo2bo$b2o47bo5bobo62bobo38bobo49bobo63bobo$obo
45bobo71bo40bo51bo45b2o18bo$2bo46b2o16b2o193b2o$67b2o192bo$11bo33b3o$
11b2o34bo$10bobo33bo2$49b3o214bo9b2o$51bo214b2o7b2o$50bo214bobo9bo13b
2o$291bobo$291bo2$285bo$80b3o201b2o$80bo203bobo$81bo!

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#C [[ THEME Golly ]]
x = 27, y = 15, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$A6.A.A$3A4.BA2B.B2D$3.A4.2B.2B2DB$2.2A2.3B.6B2.3B$2.20B$4.19B$4.2B
C10BD4B$4.2B2C10BD4B$4.B2C11B2D3B$4.13B2D4B$5.12BD3B.B2A$6.13B3.BA.A$
6.3B.B3.B10.A$25.2A!
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