The Moving Racetrack

[Extrementhusiast]

I'm thinking of making a moving c/2-speed racetrack. (See p30-racetrack.rle and p46racetrack.rle) It will be one-way, (because it's moving at the maximum speed possible in Life) but that doesn't matter all that much to me. Could I have a list of components?

[calcyman]

It will be one-way

Not necessarily. There are ways of propagating signals forward at speeds faster than c/2:

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x = 115, y = 73, rule = S23/B3
76boo$75boob4o$76b6o$77b4o$64b3o$63b5o$62boob3o$52boo9boo$51boob4o$52b
6o$53b4o3$44boo$43booboo26boo$44b4o24bo4bo$45boo24bo$24b6o41bo5bo$24bo
5bo40b6o$24bo$25bo4bo$27boo$$54b4o$53b6o$52boob4o$3bo49boo$bo3bo$o$o4b
o103boo$5o103boob4o$109b6o$110b4o$72boo$boo62boobobb3o$oob3o58bobob5o$
b4o3b3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3obo$bboo60bobob5o$65boobo
bb3o$5boo65boo$3bo4bo101b4o$bbo106b6o$bbo5bo99boob4o$bb6o101boo3$53boo
$52boob4o$53b6o$54b4o$$27boo$25bo4bo$24bo$24bo5bo40b6o$24b6o41bo5bo$
45boo24bo$44b4o24bo4bo$43booboo26boo$44boo3$53b4o$52b6o$51boob4o$52boo
9boo$62boob3o$63b5o$64b3o$77b4o$76b6o$75boob4o$76boo!

[Axaj]

I'd recommend c/5, as spiders make great reflectors.

[Sokwe]

Could I have a list of components?

If you're looking for c/2 glider turners you should see the 'turner' patterns in Jason Summers' jslife pattern collection (under 'velocity-c2'). The jslife pattern collection can be found here.

[Extrementhusiast]

Well, although the turners would be useful, I was thinking more like converters.

Edit: What I have so far:

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x = 107, y = 35, rule = B3/S23
43b2o$39b4ob2o$39b6o$40b4o7$91b3o$90b5o$90b3ob2o$93b2o3$104bobo$104b2o
$105bo4$97b2o$95bo4bo$101bo$95bo5bo$96b6o$88b2o$16bo58b4o7bo4bo$14bo3b
o55b6o12bo$2b2o15bo54b4ob2o5bo5bo$o4bo8bo4bo58b2o7b6o$6bo8b5o$o5bo$b6o
!

[calcyman]

I'd also recommend c/5, but 2c/5 is even better. Forward gliders, backward gliders and LWSSes are all easily interchangeable.


For c/2, I have the following accelerator component (based on a dirty reaction by David Bell, 1993). Here it is showcased in a perpetual loop:

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x = 457, y = 159, rule = B3/S23
199boo$198boob4o$199b6o$200b4o11$207boo$206boob4o$207b6o$208b4o63$42bo
bbo$41bo$41bo3bo$41b4o7$374bo$372bo3bo$371bo$371bo4bo$371b5o$$434b3o$
433b5o$307bobo122boob3o$307boo9boo113boo$12boo41b3o250bo8b4o$11boob3o
37b5o257booboo$12b5o36boob3o258boo$13b3o38boo$$10b3o$bboobob4obo$bo$oo
boo$b3oboobo$bbo4bo6bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo$9bo4bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$bbo4bo6bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$b3oboobo$ooboo448b
oo$bo449bo4bo$bboobob4obo437bo$10b3o437bo5bo$450b6o$13b3o38boo$12b5o
36boob3o365boo$11boob3o37b5o364boob3o$12boo41b3o366b5o$327boo69b3o24b
3o$326b4o67b5o$325booboo66boob3o$326boo69boo$$384b5o$344b4o36bo4bo$
343b6o35bo$342boob4o36bo3bo$343boo42bo7$41b4o$41bo3bo$41bo$42bobbo13$
134b4o$134bo3bo$134bo$135bobbo!

An extra glider can be extracted by removing the lowermost LWSS.


The purpose of the accelerator is to allow a glider to be propagated forwards faster than c/2, so it can move forward relative to the c/2 mechanism.

[Extrementhusiast]

Well, what would the 2c/5 components be? I probably would need a forward rake, a backward rake, and others.

[Sokwe]

Paul Tooke's 2c/5 puffer collection contains a lot of 2c/5 technology. It can be downloaded from Jason Summers' life page.

[Extrementhusiast]

And what would a good side-sparker be? (I've found a back-sparker in the r100 file.)

EDIT: Ironically, I'm being OVERLOADED with spaceships!