Goldtiger997 wrote: ↑December 9th, 2019, 8:16 am
Fairly dramatic reduction of spider down to 384 gliders (if I counted correctly)...
384 gliders is what remained when I deleted all the non-glider stuff. Wow, what a construction! ... We really need a script that builds and optimizes a G-to-X gun completely automatically from a recipe, though. Building converters by hand at this scale is just too painful, especially when they inevitably get out of date with more improvements to the recipe.
This is a consequence of an alternate version of the final step that I found...
That's a mighty impressive pi inserter. Unfortunately two gliders can be saved by doing the cleanup in the slowest and most horrible possible way:
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x = 134, y = 164, rule = B3/S23
132bo$131bo$131b3o30$17bo$18b2o$17b2o6$23bo$24b2o$13bo9b2o$11bobo$7bo
4b2o60bobo$8b2o64b2o$7b2o66bo7$11bo$12bo$10b3o$41bo40bobo$40bo41b2o$
40b3o40bo$10bo$8bobo$5bo3b2o$3bobo$4b2o$8bobo$9b2o28bo$9bo28bobo$39b2o
16bobo$57b2o9bobo$39b2o17bo9b2o7bo$39b2o6bo13b2o6bo5b2o$34b2o7b2obobo
12bobo12b2o$34bo9bobo2bo11bo$35bo3b2o3bo2bobo$36bo3bo4bob2o$37bo2bob3o
bo$38bobobo3bo$32b2o5bo3b3o$32bobo$33b2o6b5o$38bobo3bobo$38b2ob2o3bo$
41bob3o$41bobo$40b2o$41bobo$41bob3o$38b2ob2o3bo$38bobo3bobo$33b2o6b5o$
32bobo$32b2o5bo3b3o$38bobobo3bo$37bo2bob3obo$36bo3bo4bob2o$35bo3b2o3bo
2bobo$34bo9bobo2bo$34b2o7b2obobo$39b2o6bo$39b2o$11b2o$10bobo26b2o$bo
10bo25bobo$b2o36bo$obo3$9b2o$8bobo$10bo66b2o$40b3o34bobo$40bo36bo$41bo
$10b3o68b2o$12bo68bobo$11bo69bo7$7b2o66bo$8b2o64b2o$7bo4b2o60bobo$11bo
bo$13bo9b2o$24b2o$23bo6$17b2o$18b2o$17bo25$126b3o$126bo$127bo!
Ah, Conweh be praised, there's a 382-glider recipe with at least a somewhat less hideous cleanup:
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x = 85, y = 113, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o5$67bo$66bo$66b3o3$23bo$24b2o$13bo9b2o$11bobo$7bo4b2o60bobo$
8b2o64b2o$7b2o66bo7$11bo$12bo$10b3o$41bo40bobo$40bo41b2o$40b3o40bo$10b
o$8bobo$5bo3b2o$3bobo$4b2o$8bobo$9b2o28bo$9bo28bobo$39b2o16bobo$57b2o
9bobo$39b2o17bo9b2o7bo$39b2o6bo13b2o6bo5b2o$34b2o7b2obobo12bobo12b2o$
34bo9bobo2bo11bo$35bo3b2o3bo2bobo$36bo3bo4bob2o$37bo2bob3obo$38bobobo
3bo$32b2o5bo3b3o$32bobo$33b2o6b5o$38bobo3bobo$38b2ob2o3bo$41bob3o$41bo
bo$40b2o$41bobo$41bob3o$38b2ob2o3bo$38bobo3bobo$33b2o6b5o$32bobo$32b2o
5bo3b3o$38bobobo3bo$37bo2bob3obo$36bo3bo4bob2o$35bo3b2o3bo2bobo$34bo9b
obo2bo$34b2o7b2obobo$39b2o6bo$39b2o$11b2o$10bobo26b2o$bo10bo25bobo$b2o
36bo$obo3$9b2o$8bobo$10bo66b2o$40b3o34bobo$40bo36bo$41bo$10b3o68b2o$
12bo68bobo$11bo69bo7$7b2o66bo$8b2o64b2o$7bo4b2o60bobo$11bobo$13bo9b2o$
24b2o$23bo3$66b3o$66bo$67bo5$3o$2bo$bo!
There might be something faster. There's a fair amount of search space to explore along these lines, and this was just a first result from Seeds of Destruction.
EDIT2: Or there might be something painfully slower and slightly cheaper.
Over on Discord Macbi came up with a three-glider cleanup of the six junk objects, so we're down to 381 gliders:
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x = 256, y = 92, rule = B3/S23
22bobo$12bo10b2o$13bo9bo$11b3o32bo$6bobo35b2o$7b2o36b2o$7bo3$217b2o$
24bo192b2o$23bobo$24b2o180bo$206bo$24b2o180bo$24b2o6bo21bo$10b3o6b2o7b
2obobo18b2o$9b2obo6bo9bobo2bo18b2o$12bo7bo3b2o3bo2bobo14bo$10b2o9bo3bo
4bob2o14bobo149b2o$4bo3b3o11bo2bob3obo15b2ob2o148b2o$5bo17bobobo3bo14b
obobo$3b3o11b2o5bo3b3o14bo3bo170bo$8bo8bobo25bo173bo$9b2o7b2o6b5o15b3o
170b3o$8b2o13bobo3bobo$23b2ob2o3bo$26bob3o$26bobo$25b2o19bobo$26bobo
17b2o$10b3o13bob3o16bo$12bo10b2ob2o3bo$2o9bo11bobo3bobo$b2o15b2o6b5o$o
16bobo$17b2o5bo3b3o$23bobobo3bo$8b3o11bo2bob3obo168b2o$10b2o9bo3bo4bob
2o166b2o$12bo7bo3b2o3bo2bobo12b3o$9b2obo6bo9bobo2bo12bo$10b3o6b2o7b2ob
obo14bo$24b2o6bo$24b2o25b3o152bo$51bo154bo$24b2o26bo153bo$23bobo$24bo
192b2o$217b2o3$7bo$7b2o36b2o$6bobo35b2o$11b3o32bo$13bo9bo$12bo10b2o$
22bobo13$253b3o$253bo$254bo16$155b3o$157bo$156bo!
Looking at the remaining construction steps, it seems likely that more improvements will be coming. Seems like there are conversions in there that can probably be done with fewer gliders nowadays, e.g., with the help of chris_c's spark searcher.
