G-to-pi catalyst (August 2023)

G-to-pi catalyst
#C direct g-to-pi by mvr with no bait objects #C https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=165001#p165001 #C [[G-to-pi catalyst (August 2023)]] x = 13, y = 18, rule = B3/S23 3bo$4bo$2b3o3$11b2o$11b2o2$2o$o2bob2o$b3obo$5bo$b3ob3o$o2b2o3bo$bo4b2o $2b3obo$4bobo$5bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 HEIGHT 400 SUPPRESS ]] #C [[ WIDTH 600 HEIGHT 600 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 24 GPS 20 ]]
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Pattern type	Constellation Catalyst
Number of cells	35
Bounding box	13 × 13
Discovered by	Mitchell Riley
Year of discovery	2023
Rules Outer-totalistic rules B3/S23 – B378/S2378 # of rules 24 = 16 Isotropic rules B3-cky/S23-cy – B34eq5c6-ei78/S234ceitw5-iqy6-ck78
Pattern files Plaintext g2pcatalyst202308.cells RLE g2pcatalyst202308.rle
Identifiers apgcode xs35_g84km1e8gzol5d0f91zy766

A glider-to-pi converter was found by Mitchell Riley in August 2023. The converter involves no bait objects, and consists of a block and a larger catalyst.

In the unmodified form, the output pi-heptomino hits the block only a few generations later, destroying catalysts; there are no known stable conduits that could be appended to move the reaction away. Adding an eater 1 results in a beehive factory that can be used as a compact non-Spartan beehive stopper. An unix or a mold can convert the forming beehive into a glider on the input lane, resulting in a p36 glider/pi hassler.

x = 13, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 6bo$7bo$5b3o3b2o$11b2o2$2o$o2bob2o$b3obo$5bo$b3ob3o$o2b2o3bo$2o4b2o$2b 4o$2bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 600 WIDTH 600 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 24 GPS 8 AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 2 T 18 PAUSE 1 LOOP 19 ]]

A smaller form (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 45, y = 42, rule = B3/S23 29bo$30bo$28b3o2$43bo$41b3o$40bo$40b2o4$43b2o$43b2o2$32b2o$32bo2bob2o$ 33b3obo$37bo$33b3ob3o$32bo2b2o3bo$32b2o4b2o$34b4o$34bo2bo7$10b3o$12bo$ 11bo8$3o$2bo$bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 600 WIDTH 600 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 21 X 14 Y -10 GPS 20 AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 2 T 169 PAUSE 1 LOOP 170 ]]

A compact beehive stopper (click above to open LifeViewer)

x = 16, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 4bo9bo$2b2obo6b3o$bo9bo$obo2bo5b2o$o2bo4bo$b2o3b3o2$14b2o$14b2o2$3b2o$ 3bo2bob2o$4b3obo$8bo$4b3ob3o$3bo2b2o3bo$3b2o4b2o$5b4o$5bo2bo! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ HEIGHT 600 WIDTH 600 THUMBSIZE 3 ZOOM 24 GPS 12 AUTOSTART LOOP 360 ]]

A p36 glider/pi hassler (click above to open LifeViewer) Catagolue: here