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- Installation Notes
-
- You will need to modify the DIR define in defs.h to match
- where you will be installing the xlife pattern libraries. The value
- will be what xlife pops up as the default load path.
-
- Past that, not much needs to be done. Just compile and have
- at some of the more interesting patterns shipped along with the
- program
-
- breeder : the full blown breeder pattern which constructs
- and infinite number of glider guns as it
- moves to the right in the universe. This
- is *big*.
-
- cmu : well, if you didn't know already, CMU's official logo
- is a 14 degree square. Run this to see *why* it is.
- Just kidding ... really >:-)
-
- plus lots and lots of nifty patterns which have been snarfed
- from all over the place. You should see somewhere in there
- just about every interesting little creature you ever heard
- of. If you come up with any more good patterns (hopefully smaller
- than the breeder :-), please send them over to us!
-
- If you feel up to it, the TODO file lists some things we would
- like to add into the game ... if you implement any of these, please send
- us the patches.
-
- About file formats - lifeconv is a filter that will switch life
- file formats for you. If you have the patterns from the initial 1.0
- release, you may want to run lifeconv on all of the patterns. It isn't
- really neccesary since the new loader assumes the old format if none is
- specified in the file (see the man page), but lifeconv will convert
- the image to the smallest representation, and will allow offset loading.
-
-
- Jon (jcrb@cs.cmu.edu)
- Dan (dl2n@andrew.cmu.edu)
- Chuck (cs4n@andrew.cmu.edu)
- Eric (eric@snark.uu.net)
-
-
- NEW PATTERNS (that we particularly remember) :
-
- p[1-9][1-9]* - oscillators of period n
- centinial - *s*entinal (i kin spill weyl :-)
- longsnake - collapsing gliders
- gourmet - interesting new clock pattern
- randomgun - look carefully, then beat your head against
- the wall to clear your brain.
- alu - even worse
- counter - my head hurts ...
- blockpusher* - push da weetle block down the screen ...
- slowship* - *large* spaceships
-
-
- PATTERN ARCHIVING :
-
- If you discover new and interesting life patterns, let us know! Please
- send the xlife savefile to
-
- dl2n+xlife@andrew.cmu.edu
-
- or post to
-
- comp.theory.cell-automata
-
- These will be incorporated into the xlife distribution. Periodically,
- we will also post the latest and greatest discoveries to
- comp.theory.cell-automata.
-