hotdogPi wrote: ↑December 1st, 2021, 1:48 pm
(deleted — turns out to be harder than I thought)
Yeah, it's hard to know exactly what to suggest as a next step. There aren't many larger spaceships that need an LWSS as a component, and I'm pretty sure none of those allow for a synthesis to be repeated at period 30.
So... to build a gun for something like a
xq4_9ghuzg808065w4ozvgg83w1223, which does need a stream of LWSSes coming from somewhere -- you'll need to take a few more steps:
1) replace your p30 guns with something higher period -- a
period-690 glider gun should be safe, for example.
2) learn a little bit about
edge shooters. You'll need them to create some of the salvos of gliders near each other coming from the same direction. An
NW31 edge shooter should be good enough for most purposes, so you can save
Fx119 inserters for emergencies.
The construction recipe on Catagolue is shown in three parts, but it's really pretty similar to a single-stage synthesis like this:
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x = 78, y = 67, rule = B3/S23
77bo$75b2o$76b2o9$64bo$63bo$63b3o4$38bobo$39b2o$39bo11$62b3o$62bo$b4o
58bo$o3bo$4bo$o2bo$39bobo$40b2o$40bo2$48b2o$47b2o$49bo2$51b3o$51bo$52b
o12$23bo$23b2o$22bobo49bo$73b2o$73bobo2$26b3o$28bo$27bo!
Here's a sample p690 edge shooter based on NW31, or you can build your own out of a gun of whatever period you choose, a
Snark, a
syringe, and an edge shooter (plus maybe some connecting
Herschel conduits).
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x = 200, y = 55, rule = LifeHistory
15.2A5.2A$15.2A5.2A14.2A$38.A.A140.4B$40.A4.2A74.2A5.2A52.4B$36.4A.2A
2.A2.A70.2B2AB3.B2A2B12.2A37.4B$36.A2.A.A.A.A.2A70.4B5.4B12.A.A37.4B$
39.A.A.A.A73.6B.6B14.A4.2A32.4B$40.2A.A.A73.6B.6B10.4A.2A2.A2.A31.4B$
15.3A3.3A20.A76.4B.4B12.A2.A.A.A.A.2A32.4B$15.A2.A.A2.A96.5B.5B13.BAB
ABA.A36.4B$14.A3.A.A3.A5.2A88.5B.5B14.B2ABA.A36.4B$14.4A3.4A6.A7.2A
78.2B3AB.B3A2B14.2B.BA37.5B$15.A7.A7.A.A5.2A79.BA2BA.A2BAB14.3B39.9B$
32.2A85.BA3BA.A3BAB4.2A6.4B39.9B$69.2A48.B4AB.B4AB5.A6.B2A3B37.9B$70.
A48.2BA3B.3BA2B5.A.AB3.B2A3B36.10B$70.A.A46.6B.6B6.2AB.10B33.12B$60.A
10.2A46.6B.6B8.13B22.2A8.13B$58.3A58.6B.6B8.14B22.A9.11B$22.A34.A61.
6B.6B8.15B21.A.AB4.12B$21.3A18.2A13.2A60.6B.6B10.8B2.4B10.A10.2AB.15B
$20.A3.A17.A49.2A25.6B.6B10.6B5.4B7.3A12.17B$20.2A.2A18.3A46.2A26.5B.
2BA2B10.9B4.4B5.A15.17B$20.2A.2A21.A72.8B3A2B8.4B4.2A5.4B4.2A15.17B.B
$30.3A10.2A2.A72.6BA3BAB7.4B5.A7.9B14.19B2A$20.2A.2A7.A9.A2.2A73.6B2A
B2AB6.4B7.3A5.6B14.19B.B2A$20.2A.2A6.A10.2A16.2A59.4B.2AB2A6.4B11.A5.
6B3.B2.2B2.20B4.B$15.2A3.A3.A35.2A57.13B4.3A10.2A2.A4.36B$15.2A4.3A
95.6B.2AB2A4.3BA9.A2.2AB3.27B.9B$22.A96.4B2.B2AB2AB2.3BA10.2A2.14B2A
16B2.7B$119.2B2AB.BA3BAB.4B16.13B2A16B2.7B$69.A3.2A46.2A2.2B3A6B18.
29B4.6B$8.A59.A.A3.A52.BAB.4B19.17B.B.2B10.7B$6.4A57.A.A3.A53.7B21.
15B4.3B10.6B$5.A.A.2A52.2A.A.A3.A55.5B22.15B5.A2B.2A6.7B$4.A2.A.3A51.
2A.A2.4A.A39.A5B7.5B24.13B5.A.A2B.A6.6B$4.2A.A.2A56.A.A3.A.A6.2A28.4A
6B4.5B27.13B2.A.AB2.A7.5B$2.3A.4A10.3A40.2A.2A2.A2.A.A6.2A27.ABAB2A7B
.5B27.8B4.2A.A.A3.A7.6B$.A.A4.A55.A.A2.2A3.A35.A2BAB3A11B28.6B6.2ABA
2.4A.A5.4B$.A18.A.A29.2A10.A.A43.2ABAB2A13B27.5B8.B2.A.A3.A.A4.2B2AB$
2A17.5A28.2A11.A42.3A.4A10B3AB27.B.B9.2A.2A2.A2.A.A6.2A$18.2A3.2A82.A
.AB3.A5B4.7B27.3B9.A.A2.2A3.A$18.2A3.2A82.A16.2BABA2B26.B2AB9.A.A$
106.2A16.B5AB27.2A11.A$124.2A3B2A$21.A102.2A3B2A$22.2A100.7B$125.5B$
24.A100.2BA2B$126.2B2A$20.A2.A102.4B$20.2A105.3BA$126.4B$125.BA2BA$
126.2A!
Using this probably means learning about LifeHistory in Golly, too -- at least learning how to get rid of the blue cells (Alt+J in Golly 4.0) or switch a two-state pattern back to LifeHistory again (Alt+H).