JP21 wrote: March 10th, 2020, 6:20 am
The rule
B2n3-n4k6ak7c/S1c2-i3-kn4y6e8 strictly prohibits the existence of diagonal spaceships.
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x = 20, y = 20, rule = B2n3-n4k6ak7c/S1c2-i3-kn4y6e8
6b2o5b2ob2obo$2b3o2b2ob3o2b2obo$bobo4bob9o$2o2bobo2b2o3bob4o$ob7obo6bo
bo$o2b2obo2b3o3bo2b2o$2b3obo2b2ob2o3b3o$ob3o2b2ob3o3bo2bo$3o2bobo2b2ob
4o$4o2bo2b2ob3o4bo$4bob2o2b5ob3o$4bo2b2ob2ob2o3bo$b3o3b2obobobob3o$3b
4ob2o2bo2b3obo$bob2o2bobobob2o2b3o$2b3ob3o2b5o2bo$bo4bo5bobob2obo$2b4o
2b2obob2o3b2o$3bo2b2o4bob4o$bo2b2o2b4o2b2o2bo!
No common small diagonal spaceship does not mean no diagonal spaceship.
There's hope. Look at the following pattern:
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x = 6, y = 10, rule = B2n3-n4k6ak7c/S1c2-i3-kn4y6e8
bo$2o3bo$ob3o$3bobo$bobobo$2bo2bo$3bo$3b2o$5bo$4bo!
#C [[ STOP 4 ]]
Its front end actually moves one cell diagonally to the upper-left. I'm running a c/4d search.
EDIT: Look, here is what my search have found. Is this "no diagonal spaceship"?
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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B2n3-n4k6ak7c/S1c2-i3-kn4y6e8
2bo3bo$b5obo$bob2o2$bo$o2bo2$b2o!
Nice rule by the way, probably better than half of the rules I have found. Needs investigating. Will investigate!
A summary of the rule:
It has one c/3 pi ship and
two 2c/9 ships:
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x = 4, y = 20, rule = B2n3-n4k6ak7c/S1c2-i3-kn4y6e8
2bo$bo$o$bo5$3o$o$3o5$3o$2bo$o2bo$2bo$3o!
EDIT: As usual, 2Pi collisions:
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x = 54, y = 87, rule = B2n3-n4k6ak7c/S1c2-i3-kn4y6e8
3o8b3o5b3o9b3o4b3o10b3o$2bo8bo9bo9bo8bo10bo$3o8b3o5b3o9b3o4b3o10b3o8$
3o16b3o16b3o$2bo8b3o7bo9b3o6bo10b3o$3o8bo7b3o9bo6b3o10bo$11b3o17b3o17b
3o7$3o16b3o16b3o$2bo18bo18bo$3o8b3o5b3o9b3o4b3o10b3o$11bo19bo19bo$11b
3o17b3o17b3o6$19b3o16b3o$21bo18bo$19b3o16b3o$31b3o17b3o$31bo19bo$31b3o
17b3o$3o$2bo$3o$11b3o$11bo7b3o16b3o$11b3o7bo18bo$19b3o16b3o2$31b3o17b
3o$31bo19bo$31b3o17b3o5$19b3o16b3o$21bo18bo$19b3o16b3o2$3o$2bo28b3o17b
3o$3o28bo19bo$31b3o17b3o$11b3o$11bo$11b3o2$19b3o$21bo$19b3o$3o$2bo$3o$
31b3o$31bo$11b3o17b3o$11bo$11b3o5$3o$2bo$3o4$11b3o$11bo$11b3o!