Template:Rule

Maze
x=0, y = 0, rule = B3/S12345 ! #C [[ THEME Inverse ]] #C [[ RANDOMIZE2 RANDSEED 1729 THUMBLAUNCH THUMBNAIL THUMBSIZE 2 GRID ZOOM 6 WIDTH 600 HEIGHT 600 LABEL 90 -20 2 "#G" AUTOSTART PAUSE 2 GPS 8 LOOP 256 ]] LifeViewer-generated pseudorandom soup
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Rulestring	12345/3 B3/S12345
Rule integer	31752
Character	Explosive
Black/white reversal	B0128/S01234678

The rule template is an infobox template for rules for cellular automata. It takes the following parameters:

• name: (optional) the name of the rule. If not specified, the infobox head will be a rulestring.
• imgname: (optional) the name of the image (of a typical pattern) to link in the infobox; .png and .gif are appended automatically for the still and animated versions. Should be set if an image (static or animated) for this rule has been uploaded. The File: prefix should not be specified.
• animated: (optional) should be set to true if an animated image for this rule has been uploaded.
• hideimg (optional): setting this to true disables and hides the looped animation of an evolving random soup.
• b: the rule's birth (B) conditions.
• s: the rule's survival (S) conditions.
  • Note the use of comma in Higher-range outer-totalistic cellular automata.
• f: for BSFKL rules, the rule's forcing (F) conditions.
• k: for BSFKL rules, the rule's killing (K) conditions.
• l: for BSFKL rules, the rule's living (L) conditions.
• c: for Generations rules and Higher-range outer-totalistic cellular automata, the total number of cell states. The parameter may also be specified as g.
• r: for Higher-range outer-totalistic cellular automata, the range.
• n: for Higher-range outer-totalistic cellular automata and weighted rules, the neighbourhood type. It should be one of ABCDFGHLMNWX23*+#@.
  • NM for Moore neighbourhood.
  • NN for von Neumann neighbourhood.
  • NC for Circular neighborhood.
  • N2 for L2/Euclidean neighborhood.
  • NB for Checkerboard neighborhood.
  • N# for Hash neighborhood.
  • N+ for Cross neighborhood.
  • NX for Saltire neighborhood.
  • N* for Star neighborhood.
  • NH for Hexagonal neighborhood.
  • NA for Asterisk neighborhood.
  • N3 for Tripod neighborhood.
  • NL for Triangular neighborhood.
  • ND for Aligned Checkerboard neighborhood.
  • NF for Far Corners/Edges neighborhood. Optionally, override r by specifying C<number> and/or E<number>.
  • N@ for custom neighborhood. @ is followed by hexadecimal digits that defines neighborhood.
  • NW for custom weighted neighborhood. W is followed by hexadecimal digits that defines neighborhood.
  • NG for Gaussian-weighted neighborhood.
• char: the rule's character/behaviour in sufficiently large soups with ~0.5 density. Like Wolfram's classification, the description is not strict. Suggested options:
  • Stable: rules in which patterns tend to stabilize quickly and show little activity.
  • Chaotic: rules in which patterns tend to show complex behavior, but do not generally explode.
  • Explosive: rules in which patterns tend to grow without bound.
• ruleinteger: the rule's rule integer (if any).
• Duals:

• reversal: (optional) the rule's black/white reversal.

The following should only be specified for self-complementary rules. (For others, they are an alternating pair of rules, switching over time and space respectively.)

• strobing: the rule's strobing dual. (Should additionally only be specified for those with S8 and not B0.)
• checkerboard: The rule's checkerboard dual.

Example

An example can been seen to the right; it was generated with the following invocation:

{{Rule
|name        = Maze
|imgname     = maze
|b           = 3
|s           = 12345
|char        = Explosive
|ruleinteger = 31752
|reversal    = B0128/S01234678
|animated    = true
}}