1,000,000+ Generation methusalah

[Axaj]

Problem is, it's pretty big. Can someone figure out the optimal distance for the reflectors and the crystal?

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x = 766, y = 572, rule = B3/S23
764b2o$764b2o216$39bo$38bobo$38bobo$36b3ob2o$35bo$32bo2b4ob2o$32b3o3bo
b2o$35bo$34b2o26b2o$62bo$60bobo$60b2o$16b2o$16b2o3$10b2o52b2obo$10b2o
52bob2o$14b2o$14b2o41b2o$57b2o3$9b2o$9b2o$40b2o3b2o$41bo3bo$38b3o5b3o$
38bo9bo$48bobo$49b2o$28b2o$28b2o2$68bo$30bo35b3o$29bobo33bo$30bo34b2o
20bo$31b3o51b3o$33bo50bo$84b2o3$44b2o$45bo$45bobo$46b2o3$2b2o$3bo$3o$o
3$27bo$26bobo$26bo2bo30b2o$27b2o31b2o5$5b2o$5b2o$9b2o$9b2o$23b2o$23b2o
6$35b2o$35b2o$13b2o$14bo$11b3o$11bo6$20b2o$21bo$18b3o$18bo24$65b2o$65b
obo$65bo152$232bo$230b3o$229bo$229b2o6$239bo$237b3o$236bo$236b2o$214b
2o$214b2o6$226b2o$226b2o$240b2o$240b2o$244b2o$244b2o5$189b2o31b2o$189b
2o30bo2bo$222bobo$223bo9$203b2o$203bobo$205bo$205b2o3$165b2o$166bo50bo
$163b3o51b3o$163bo20b2o34bo$185bo33bobo$182b3o35bo$182bo2$221b2o$221b
2o$200b2o$200bobo$202bo9bo$202b3o5b3o$205bo3bo$204b2o3b2o$240b2o$240b
2o3$192b2o$192b2o41b2o$235b2o$183b2obo52b2o$183bob2o52b2o3$233b2o$233b
2o$189b2o$188bobo$188bo$187b2o26b2o$215bo$209b2obo3b3o$209b2ob4o2bo$
215bo$209b2ob3o$210bobo$210bobo$211bo!

[calcyman]

That's not a methuselah! A methuselah should have a small population and a small bounding box, preferably fewer than 20 cells in a 20 * 20 box.

Anyway, you can optimise it substantially without altering its topology:

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x = 760, y = 572, rule = S23/B3
758bo$758boo263$8bo$7bobo$8bo$$6b5o$5bo4bo$4bobbo$bobboboo$obobo$bobbo
5boo$4boo3boo$9bo9$17bo$17boo8$7boo22bo$8bo22boo$5b3o24bo$5bo6$14boo$
15bo$12b3o$12bo24$59boo$59bobo$59bo152$226bo$224b3o$223bo$223boo6$233b
o$231b3o$230bo$230boo$208bo$208boo6$220bo$220boo$234bo$234boo$238bo$
238boo5$183bo32bo$183boo31boo$217boo10$197boo$197bobo$199bo$199boo4$
211bo$211b3o$178boo34bo$179bo33bobo$176b3o35bo$176bo$$215bo$215boo$
194boo$194bobo$196bo9bo$196b3o5b3o$199bo3bo$198boo3boo$234bo$234boo3$
186bo$186boo41bo$229boo$177boobo52bo$177boboo52boo3$227bo$227boo$183b
oo$182bobo$182bo$181boo26boo$209bo$204bobo3b3o$203boob4obbo$209bo$203b
oob3o$204bobo$204bobo$205bo!

As you can see, I've removed an eater, replaced the upper reflector with my record-breaking rectifier (sorry about the self-promotion) and reduced the still-lifes to their predecessors.

[Axaj]

Man, I can't believe I actually used entirely aperiodic components for this...

I did not know that the Rectifier produced its output glider on the right path to be used for the 90 degree reflector. Thanks for pointing that out!