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Life patterns supplied with the full version of MacroLife
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(The individual catalogues contain more detail.)
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Breeders'
• Breeder - The awesome original.
• PufferLess - A pufferless or 'standing' breeder.
• SmBreeder - The smallest known version of a Breeder.
• SmBreederB - This variation fires its gliders backwards.
• Stifled - A stifled breeder.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Guns'
• 12Barr/136 - p136 12-barrelled glider gun.
• 4Barr/144 - p144 4-barrelled glider gun.
• 4Barr/168 - p168 4-barrelled glider gun.
• 4Barr/500 - p500 4-barrelled glider gun.
• 5sqrt(t/12 - Population in gen. t is asymptotic to 5 sqrt(t/12).
• AK47 - A possible p47 gun, if its debris could be cleaned up.
• Cyclotron - Cyclotron.
• Kickback - An example of the use of the kickback reaction.
• Kickback2 - Another example of the use of the kickback reaction.
• p94Gun(s) - Period 94 gun(s).
• PrimeSieve - A prime number sieve.
• RandomGun - Pseudorandom number generator with p46 logic.
• RandomGun2 - Pseudorandom number generator with p120 logic.
• RandomLWSS - Pseudorandom LWSS generator with p46 logic.
• sqrt(5t/8) - Population in generation t is asymptotic to sqrt(5t/8).
• Thick15 - Pseudo p15 gun.
• Thick23 - Pseudo p23 glider gun.
• Thin120 - Period 120 thin gun.
• Thin92 - Period 92 glider gun.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Oscillatrs'
• 4bitBinary - A 4-bit binary counter.
• BarbrPoles - Barberpoles and how to stabilize the ends.
• BlockMem - The block at the centre of the plane can be shifted.
• Crystal - Crystal&decay 2700.
• Double-X - An ingenious bit of nonsense.
• FourGuns - An oscillator formed by four interacting glider guns.
• Futility - What's the use?
• GliderRace - A race between two gliders.
• Period-2 - A collection of period 2 oscillators.
• Period-3 - A collection of period 3 oscillators.
• Period-4 - A collection of period 4 oscillators.
• Period-n - A collection of period n oscillators.
• Pinball - Glider reflections.
• Quilt - Quilt (or squaredance).
• Quilt2 - Another quilt.
• Relay+ - A version of the pentadecathlon relay with 'rest stops'.
• Relay++ - Another version; this dispenses with the pentadecathlons.
• Roteight - A field of roteightors.
• Round - Round and round.
• ShiftMem - An alternative to blockmem for data storage in Life.
• Track155 - p155 oscillator.
• Venetian - Venetian blinds.
• Venetian2 - Another type of Venetian blinds.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules./2'
• c-Ships - A selection of speed c spaceships.
• Collision - A collision makes a spaceship.
• Diagonal - A Sierpinsky gasket from a diagonal line?
• DoubleRake - A space rake that fires two sets of gliders.
• Pascal - Growing triangles.
• Period-n - A collection of oscillators.
• Puffer - A fast puffer train.
• Puffer2 - Another fast puffer train.
• SatPuff - A puffer that leaves a trail of 'satellites'
• SpaceRake - A /2 universe space rake.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.125/36'
• Box - A boxy moving grid pattern.
• c/3-p3 - A selection of speed c/3 period 3 spaceships.
• c/4-p4 - A selection of speed c/4 period 4 spaceships.
• Fuse - A lit fuse.
• Glider - A c/8 period 8 diagonal spaceship.
• Period-n - A large collection of oscillators.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.3-4 Life'
• Billiard3 - A period-3 billiard table oscillator.
• Glider - 3-4 Life's equivalent of the glider.
• Period-2 - A collection of period-2 oscillators.
• Period-3 - A collection of period-3 oscillators.
• Period-12 - A collection of period-12 oscillators.
• Spaceship - The best-known 3-4 spaceship.
• Spaceship2 - The third of the known 3-4 spaceships.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.45678/35'
• c/13-p26 - A slow, speed c/13 period 26 spaceship.
• Grower - An endlessly extending pole.
• Period-2 - A collection of period 2 oscillators.
• Period-6 - A period 6 oscillator.
• Period-8 - A collection of period 8 oscillators.
• Poles - Pole-shaped oscillators.
• WideGrower - A wider version of Grower.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.5678/35678'
• Amoeba - A strange, amoeboid pattern emerges...
• LineAmoeba - A double line of cells has a similar effect.
• Matrix - A grid of cells evolves into a diamond.
• Period-2 - A collection of period-2 oscillators.
• Period-n - A labelled collection of oscillators.
• Stable? - Another unpredictable group of patterns...
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.HighLife'
• BackRake - A backwards-firing version of SpaceRake.
• Bird - A large, birdlike spaceship.
• Breeder - A HighLife breeder.
• CornerShip - A spaceship.
• FourGun - Fires four streams of gliders.
• GliderLoop - Round and round...
• GliderPuff - A glider-firing puffer train.
• Oscill4 - Period-4 oscillator.
• Period-n - A collection of oscillators.
• Puffer - Puffer with a 'bow wave' of gliders.
• Ship - Another spaceship.
• Sierra - An ever-growing pattern.
• SpaceRake - A diagonally travelling HighLife version.
• TwoGun - Like FourGun but...
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'OtherRules.Various'
• /234Weaver - Beautiful carpet patterns from a simple block.
• 135/3-c/2 - A large collection of speed c/2 spaceships.
• 135/3-c/3 - A collection of speed c/3 spaceships.
• 135/3-Push - Pushing a 2-cell block.
• 2378/38-Pi - The Pi heptomino in a 2378/38 universe.
• 238/357Col - A spaceship collision.
• 238/357Fsh - A swimming spaceship.
• 238/357Osc - A selection of 238/357 oscillators.
• 245/368Fsh - A diagonal spaceship.
• 245/368Puf - An erratic puffer train.
• 4/4-Oscill - A large period-2 oscillator.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Puffers'
• BHeptomino - An extension of the original B-heptomino puffer.
• CaberToss - A caber tosser.
• Hotel - Infinite glider hotel.
• LinePuffer - Line Puffer, with extensible width.
• PiPuffer - A puffer train generates a Pi fuse.
• Pop t³/² - Population in gen. t is asymptotic to t^(3/2)/sqrt(9720).
• SlowPuffer - Moves fast but puffs slowly.
• ThinRake - An example of a thin rake.
• ThueGen - Generates the transcendental number Thue.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Results'
• Carpet - Generated by alternating Conway's and Fredkin's rules.
• LineP20000 - Generation 20000 of a Line Puffer (Width 33).
• Microchip - Generated by alternating Conway's and Fredkin's rules.
• Puffer5533 - Generation 5533 of the puffer train.
• Rabit17331 - Generation 17331 of the 'Rabbit' Lifeform.
• Streets - Generated by alternating Conway's and Fredkin's rules.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Sawtooth'
• CorderPull - A diagonal sawtooth with expansion factor 6.
• Hacksaw - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 9.
• Sawtooth - Orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 6.
• Sawtooth2 - A parabolic sawtooth.
• Sawtooth3 - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 21.
• Sawtooth4 - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 11.
• Sawtooth5 - An orthogonal sawtooth with expansion factor 25.
• Sawtooth6 - A diagonal sawtooth with expansion factor 4.
• Sawtooth7 - A sawtooth with external timing.
Catalogue of Life patterns in 'Spaceships'
• 2c/5-orth - A selection of speed 2c/5 orthogonal spaceships.
• BlinkShip - A blinker ship found by a search program.
• c/2-Barge - A c/2 spaceship extensible in 2 dimensions.
• c/2-p2 - A selection of c/2 period-2 orthogonal spaceships.
• c/2-p4Fl - A selection of c/2 period-4 spaceships that 'flip'.
• c/2-p4Fl-B - A selection of c/2 period-4 spaceships that 'flip'.
• c/2-p4Fl-N - A selection of c/2 period-4 spaceships that 'flip'.
• c/2-p4Sym1 - A selection of symmetrical c/2