SMOS

A SMOS (Spaceships Made Of Spaceships) is a spaceship in a cellular automaton, consisting of multiple other spaceships colliding with each other, causing a reaction to the place on where all of the spaceships are regenerated separately, but with a displacement. Such spaceship conglomerations can be, on rare occasions, meshed together to create a SMOSMOS.

Examples

This t:

x = 3, y = 4, rule = B34enw5q6ae7c/S2ac3-cknq4-aenqt5akqy8 bo$obo2$3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 GPS 4 AUTOSTART THUMBLAUNCH THUMBSIZE 2 TRACKLOOP 5 0 -1/5 ]]

Catagolue: here (click above to open LifeViewer)

can be used to make a SMOS:

x = 8, y = 8, rule = B34enw5q6ae7c/S2ac3-cknq4-aenqt5akqy8 obo$o2bo$obo2$6bo$5bobo2$5b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 GPS 4 AUTOSTART THUMBLAUNCH THUMBSIZE 2 TRACKLOOP 18 -1/-18 -1/18 ]]

Catagolue: here (click above to open LifeViewer)

from which this SMOSMOS is derived:

x = 8, y = 22, rule = B34enw5q6ae7c/S2ac3-cknq4-aenqt5akqy8 5b3o2$5bobo$6bo2$obo$o2bo$obo7$obo$o2bo$obo2$6bo$5bobo2$5b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 GPS 4 AUTOSTART THUMBLAUNCH THUMBSIZE 2 TRACKLOOP 92 -1/-92 -0 ]]

Catagolue: here (click above to open LifeViewer)

External links

• Counterfeit Gliders (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums