Rules in which B-Heptominoes are puffers/spaceships

[Extrementhusiast]

This is the thread for rules like B3/S023, even though it isn't a full puffer (because it eventually gets swallowed by its debris). More coming soon!

[Tropylium]

Bumping since I've found a particularly amusing case.

I'm exploring non-totalistic 2-state rules in the vicinity of Life. Take B34/S23, where B4 is limited to the following environments:

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1 1 0   1 1 0
0 0 1   0 0 0
0 1 0   1 0 1

In this rule, a B-heptomino will automagically turn into a 2c/40 diagonal glider!

Relatedly: allow only the 1st environment, and the "Herschel core", ie. this pattern

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
2bo$b3o$o2b2o$2o!

…will turn out a breeder.

[chineseman]

Two B-Heptominoes become a puffer in this rule.

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x = 329, y = 480, rule = B37/S237
161bo5bo$160b3o3b3o$160bob2ob2obo4$160b2o5b2o$160b3o3b3o$162bo3bo2$
161bo5bo$161b2o3b2o$163bobo$162bo3bo$156b3o11b3o$156b2o13b2o$157b2o11b
2o4$157b2o11b2o$157bob2o7b2obo$162bo3bo$156bobobobo3bobobobo$156bo5bo
3bo5bo$158b3o7b3o$158b3o7b3o$152bo23bo$150b2o25b2o$151b2o23b2o6$159bo
9bo$158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo5$150bo27bo$149b3o25b3o$148b5o23b5o3$155b2o
15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$142bo16bo9bo16bo$140b2o45b2o$
141b2o43b2o8$155b2o15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo
10$132bo22b2o15b2o22bo$130b2o23b2o15b2o23b2o$131b2o63b2o6$159bo9bo$
158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo10$155b2o15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo
$122bo36bo9bo36bo$120b2o85b2o$121b2o83b2o8$155b2o15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$
159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo10$112bo42b2o15b2o42bo$110b2o43b2o15b2o
43b2o$111b2o103b2o6$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo10$155b2o15b2o$155b
2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$102bo56bo9bo56bo$100b2o125b2o$101b2o
123b2o8$155b2o15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo10$92bo
62b2o15b2o62bo$90b2o63b2o15b2o63b2o$91b2o143b2o6$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo
$159bo9bo10$155b2o15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$82bo76bo9bo
76bo$80b2o165b2o$81b2o163b2o8$155b2o15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bob
o7bobo$159bo9bo10$72bo82b2o15b2o82bo$70b2o83b2o15b2o83b2o$71b2o183b2o
6$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo10$155b2o15b2o$155b2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$
158bobo7bobo$62bo96bo9bo96bo$60b2o205b2o$61b2o203b2o8$155b2o15b2o$155b
2o15b2o7$159bo9bo$158bobo7bobo$159bo9bo10$52bo102b2o15b2o102bo$50b2o
103b2o15b2o103b2o$51b2o223b2o28$42bo243bo$40b2o245b2o$41b2o243b2o28$
32bo263bo$30b2o265b2o$31b2o263b2o28$22bo283bo$20b2o285b2o$21b2o283b2o
28$12bo303bo$10b2o305b2o$11b2o303b2o28$2bo323bo$2o325b2o$b2o323b2o!

[Tripple26]

With B...7/S...8, highest theoretically reachable state is about 15 (cell state can continue to grow as long as neighbors are held at favorable sum, but as soon as its state exceeds maximum S value they start dying out; they can still support the cell's growth until they fall below lowest B rule).

[BlinkerSpawn]

Two B-Heptominoes become a puffer in this rule.

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 rle

Umm...

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x = 27, y = 3, rule = B37/S237
bo5bo11bo5bo$3o3b3o9b3o3b3o$ob2ob2obo9bob2ob2obo!

[Kiran]

I think that technically is not a puffer because the "puff" explodes.

[gameoflifeboy]

I think that technically is not a puffer because the "puff" explodes.

I agree. To be a puffer, an object's periodic puff has to grow linearly. (Some definitions include quadratically growing objects that grow predictably, such as some line puffers and the switch engine puffer.)