I'll get around to that shortly -- shouldn't take too long to find a construction for three blocks.codeholic wrote:Dave, have you tried to feed this seed to the compiler you wrote for the replicator?
62 cells is too far apart for the 2H climber reaction to work. Any spacing from 54 to 59 will work fine -- but odd spacings turn out to cause trouble for the kickback reaction that suppresses output gliders at the edges. It's perfectly possible to mix odd and even spacings, but there doesn't seem to be any particularly good reason to do that.dvgrn wrote:At some point I might attempt a set of forward and backward rakes with 62 cells between the pairs. This one is ten cells too narrow -- 54:92:54:104:54.
So I went back to the original spacing of 58, but kept the block trails aligned. The simplest design I could come up with is a set of six trails with 585858 spacing. Here's the rephaser:
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#C 58:100:58:100:58 31c/240 +9 (or -22) rephaser
x = 384, y = 427, rule = B3/S23
4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$
4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o22$327b
3o$328bo$326b3o6$9b3o42b3o105b2o56b2o148b3o$10b2o41bo2bo105b2o56b2o
147bo2bo$8bo3b2o39b2obo312b2obo$2b2o4bobob2o50b2o252b2o60b2o$2b2o3b2o
3b2o50b2o252b2o8b2o50b2o$8b2o318b2o3$64bo315bo$62bobo313bobo$63b2o252b
o61b2o$316bobo$315bo3bo$13b2o300bo3bo$2o64b2o251bo62b2o$2o64b2o248b3o
63b2o$366b2o$365bobo$367bo3$21b2o$4b2o14b2o40b2o256b2o56b2o$4b2o16bo
39b2o256b2o56b2o8$164b3o$161b2o2b4o50bobo$161b5obobo48bo2bob2o$160bo6b
2o49bo2bob2o$12b2o40b2o104b3o2b6o51b2obo102b2o40b2o$12b2o40b2o104bob2o
bobob2o45bo5b4o102b2o40b2o$167bo2bo43b2o$162b2o2b4o44bo6b2o$214b3obob
2o3bo$178b2o40b5o$178bo2bo39bo$153b2o23b3o$149bob2o2b2o15b2o$148bo2bo
5b2o$148bo4b2o69b2o80b2o$149b3obo4bo4bo60b2o79bobo$151bob2o4bo147bo$
111bo41b2o2bo2bo2bo$112b2o43bo$81b2o28b2o44bobo$80b2o76bo$82bo57bo$4b
2o56b2o75bo22b2o56b2o44bo53b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o75b3o20b2o56b2o44bobo51b
2o56b2o$266b2o2$247bo$248b2o$247b2o7$170b2o40b2o$170b2o40b2o10$191bo$
192b2o$191b2o3$186bo$186bobo$4b2o56b2o98b2o22b2o32b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o12$170b2o40b2o$170b2o40b2o17$4b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o!
There are a lot of ways for output gliders from these backward rakes to interact with each other, and also with fading debris from the Herschel climbers and from block annihilations in each trail. Can anyone see a way to put together a forward rake with less than twelve block trails?
If the LWSSes are constructed with slow salvos, the spaceship only needs one forward rake on each side, I think -- and it may be possible to avoid forward rakes altogether, with the right helix design. Wouldn't it be possible to set up a stream of LWSSes that keeps a glider, or several gliders, bouncing back and forth at the front of the spaceship? That reaction could produce both the initial target blocks for later slow-salvo synthesis of the LWSSes, and a forward glider to be split and reflected into more forward gliders to build the block trails.
If that worked out, the spaceship might only need the above six block trails. If forward rakes turn out to be worth the extra trails, then we'll need twelve trails (unless I'm forgetting something else) -- at least until someone comes up with a better idea than this for a forward rake:
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#C 58:100:58:100:58 : 312 : 58:100:58:100:58 forward rake
x = 1083, y = 1268, rule = B3/S23
4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o30$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o30$4b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o18$55b2o$54b3o$54bo2bo
$54b2ob2o$54b2ob2o$53b2ob2o$54bo273bo$12bo42b3o269b3o$11b3o42bo269bo2b
o$10b2obo312b2o$13b2o312bo$13b2o314b2o$13b2o147b2o56b2o105b4o359b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$10bo151b2o56b2o104bo2bo41b2o317b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o$10b2o316bo40bo2bo$2b2o7bobo50b2o252b2o51bo8b2o$2b2o7bo2bo
39b2o8b2o252b2o7bobo38bo2bo8b2o$12b2o40b2o272b2o38b2o2bo$66bo311bo$65b
obo302b3o3bobo$64bo312b2o$65bo3bo$2bo62bo4bo246bo$2o69bo244bobo$2o314b
obo$66bo250b2o$2bo11b2o53bo246b3o63b2o$2o11b2o367b2o$15bo6$4b2o56b2o
256b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o256b2o56b2o7$161b2o57bo$160b2obo55b4o467b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$161bobo50bo7bo467b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$
158bo5bo48bo3bo3b3o$157bo3bob2o48b5o3b4o$12b2o40b2o101bobob2o51bo6bo3b
o102b2o40b2o$12b2o40b2o158b3o2bobo106b2o40b2o$171bo45bobobob2o$171bo
46bo3bo$171bo2$203b3o$204bo$74b2o128bo$73b2o128b3o$75bo82b2o64b2o$158b
2o64bo2bo2bo194bo$226bo3bo195b2o$226b4o195b2o$229bo$229bo$228bo39bo$
227b2o39bobo$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o46b2o50b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o$118bo125bobo$119b2o124b2o$118b2o125bo2$133bo$132bo$132b3o$690b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o3$170b2o40b
2o$170b2o40b2o3$323b3o$322bo2bo$322bo3bo$321bo2b3o$54b3o265b4o44b3o$
53bo3bo311bo3bo$58bo315bo$326bobo$53b2o3bo268b2o40b2o3bo$55b3o131bo
137bo43b3o$188bo$12bo175b3o$11b3o$10b2o2bo$10bo3bo147b2o34bo21b2o$10bo
bo149b2o35b2o19b2o$198b2o$2b2o7b2ob2o48b2o314b2o$2b2o9bo40b2o8b2o262b
2o40b2o8b2o$54b2o272b2o40b2o3$66bo315bo$3bo61b3o313b3o306b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o$b2o61b2ob2o303b2o6b2ob2o305b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o$2b2o59bo307bobo5bo$62bo4bob2o302bo4bo4bob2o$62bo4bobo100b2o40b2o
164bo4bobo$2o61bo4bo101b2o40b2o165bo4bo$2o13b2o$14b2o$16bo5$4b2o56b2o
256b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o256b2o56b2o7$162b2o$160bo$158bo3bo$158bobo2bo59bo
$162b2o53bo5bo$12b2o40b2o101b2o57bo5b3o103b2o40b2o$12b2o40b2o101bo7bo
2bo47bobo109b2o40b2o$171bo44b2o4b3o$162bo8bo39b3o9bo$158bobobo8bo140b
2o$161b4o3bo142bobo376b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$158bo3bo150bo376b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$159bobo2$75b2o$74b2o82b2o64b2o$76bo81b2o64b
2o7$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o105bo$4b2o56b2o53bo44b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o106b2o$118b2o365b2o$117b2o2$134bo$133bo126bo$133b3o124bobo$260b2o2$
253bo$254b2o$253b2o$170b2o40b2o$170b2o40b2o4$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o11$197bo$4b2o56b2o98b2o34b2o20b
2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o33b2o21b2o98b2o56b2o3$180bo$180bobo$180b2o
7$170b2o40b2o$170b2o40b2o4$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o12$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o17$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o10$545bo$546b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o165b2o$4b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o17$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o12$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o98b2o56b2o17$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o12$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o17$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o8$
605bo$606b2o$605b2o2$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
98b2o56b2o17$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o12$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
17$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o12$
4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o17$690b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o156b2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2obo54b2o$1006bo2b2o$
1006bo2b5o$750bo255bobo3bo$749bobo254b3o2bobo52bo$748bo4b2o251b3o2bobo
51b3o$667bo24b2o49bo5bobobobo255bobo6b2o47b3o$668b2o19bo4bo48b2o8bob2o
256bo6b4o34b2o6bo2bobo$667b2o14b2o4bo5bo40bo2bo2bobo10b3o260b2o3b2o28b
o5b2o$682bo2bo3bob2ob2o34b3o3bo3bo14b3o259bob3ob3o21b2o4b2o2bobo12b2o$
678bo4bob2o15b4o30bo2b2o14bo2bo239b2o16b2obo27bo4bo2b4obo11b2o$677bo5b
obo6bo8b2ob2o37b3o8b3ob2o233bo4bo19bo28bo2b3o4b3o12bobo$4b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o98b2o56b2o297b3o2b3o7bo7b2o2bo2bo22bo3bo8b3o8b3ob2o233bo5bo47b7o
3b2obo11b3o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o302bo10bo7bo3b3o23bo2bo2bo4bo
bo10bo2bo234b3ob3ob2o49b2o4b2o12b3o$694b2o6bo2bo2bo24bo3bo4b2o251bob3o
b2o2b2o45b2o5bo11bo$693bo12bobo45b3o8bo229bo4b3o4bo62b2o8bobo$694b2o
10b2o58b2o236bobo74b2o$765b2o234bob3o75bo$1002bo$985bo93b3o$984bo96bo$
690b2o56b2o234b3o19b2o56b2o14bo$690b2o56b2o256b2o56b2o8$848b2o56b2o$
848b2o56b2o3$698b2o40b2o272b2o40b2o$698b2o9bo30b2o272b2o40b2o$710b2o$
709b2o2$1041bo$724bo315bo$724bobo313b3o$724b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o654bo$1035b2o$1034b2o2$1019b3o$
1021bo$1020bo$899bo$690b2o56b2o148bobo105b2o56b2o$690b2o56b2o147bo3bo
104b2o56b2o$898bo2bo$898bo2bo$899bobo3$856bo$855b3o$854bo2b2o$854bo3bo
$855b2obo$846b2o9b2o49b2o$698b2o40b2o104b2o50b2o8b2o104b2o40b2o$698b2o
40b2o156b2o114b2o40b2o4$846bobo61bo$846b2o61b3o$847bo60b2o2bo$907b2o2b
3o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o526b3o3bo$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o464b2o$844b2o64bo$959b3o$961bo$960bo4$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o$690b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o12$856b2o40b2o$856b2o40b2o2$1010bo$
1009b3o$1008bo2b2o$1007b4obo$741bo265bo4bo44bo$740b3o265b2o2bo43b3o$4b
2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o360b4o265b2o45b4o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o$1014bo$740b4o268bobo41b4o$740b4o269b2o41b4o$742bo315bo$697b3o$
696bo2bo$696bo3bo$695b2o2bo148b2o56b2o$697bo150b2o56b2o$698b2o$688b2o
8b3o49b2o314b2o$688b2o8b3o39b2o8b2o262b2o40b2o8b2o$740b2o272b2o40b2o3$
751b3o313b3o$688bo61bo3bo311bo3bo$687bo62b2ob2o303b2o6b2ob2o$687b3o59b
2ob2obo303b2o4b2ob2obo$748b2o5b2o301bo5b2o5b2o$748b2o3bob2o307b2o3bob
2o$686b2o66bo315bo$686b2o12b3o$700bo$701bo5$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o
56b2o310b2o56b2o256b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o
256b2o56b2o8$847b3o$847bo$845bobobo$843b3o2b2o$698b2o40b2o101b2o57bo5b
3o103b2o40b2o$698b2o40b2o101b2o56b2o111b2o40b2o$898bo3b2o4b3o$847bo8b
3o39bo9b3o$898bo99b2o$845bo153b2o$846bo151bo3$760b3o$760bo83b2o64b2o$
761bo82b2o64b2o7$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b
2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b2o56b2o54bo43b2o56b2o98b2o56b
2o$805bo$803b3o3$819bobo125bo$819b2o124b2o$820bo125b2o2$940bo$941bo$
939b3o$856b2o40b2o$856b2o40b2o16$884bo$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o
310b2o56b2o98b2o35bo20b2o98b2o56b2o$4b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o98b2o56b2o310b
2o56b2o98b2o33b3o20b2o98b2o56b2o3$867bo$865b2o$866b2o7$856b2o40b2o$
856b2o40b2o!