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2022-06-03 14:45 dustin  
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with the restricted possibilities, i'm now confident that there are no more shortcuts or bonus \s :d

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2022-06-04 12:42 nesdori  
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nice fix because even if you saw all the solutions to the previous versions the solution is not trivial :)

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2022-06-04 12:55 Arno  
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Thx for this fix  dustin ! :-D

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2022-06-04 18:11 dustin  
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 nesdori : yes, it's a fix which has even one more cso trick than the original :d  
  
 Arno : you're welcome! thanks in return for the inspiration. when i read your comment under the previous version, i suddenly got the idea for the fix :)

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2022-06-09 10:30 dustin  
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solution free! cso tricks/effects:  
  
1. trapping the amoeba:  
one frame before the amoeba gets trapped, the picture is such:  
ttttt  
ta|.t  
tt.tt  
tt|tt  
tt.tt  
tt|tt  
tt.tt  
tt^tt  
ta.at  
ttatt  
ttttt  
t=titanium wall  
a=amoeba  
.=empty  
now the top-left amoeba is scanned before the top | falls, so this amoeba is trapped. but the top-right amoeba would be scanned after the |, so it would not be trapped - that's why this amoeba had to be destroyed before. all of the three bottom amoebas are scanned after ^, so if ^ moves down, they're all trapped. so the whole amoeba is trapped for that one frame!  
  
2. ^ dodging the | in time:  
this happens only one frame after the picture above:  
ttttt  
ta..t  
tt|tt  
tt.tt  
tt|tt  
tt.tt  
tt|tt  
tt.tt  
ta^at  
ttatt  
ttttt  
the amoeba just got trapped so in the following frame it converts into \\\\. among the three amoebas around ^, the left one is the only one which is scanned before ^, so when ^ is scanned he "sees" a \ to his left but amoebas to his right and bottom. consequently, his only chance to escape the | is moving left into the \!  
  
3. magic wall activation:  
one major point is that when ^ traps the three bottom amoebas, he will never be able to catch the bottom \ before it falls through the slime.   
tt.tt  
ta^at  
ttatt  
ttstt  
tt.tt  
s=slime  
this is because ^ is scanned before the bottom amoeba can convert. then this amoeba converts into \, and then the slime is scanned and immediately swallows the new \

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2022-06-09 10:31 dustin  
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remark: the pictures are not 100% accurate but they show all the relevant aspects of the cso effects :)