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I'm finally back on track with putting together a genetics lesson, and I wanted to touch on the subject of half-lives. It's an interesting concept, especially since all of the half-lives are crammed together in one gene. My biggest issue is whether or not these half-lives are actually half-lives... To be a half-life, the value would describe the time needed for the chemical to reach half of its original value. I though this was the case, but then I came across the aging chemical in C1. It has a half-life of 136, which equates to approximately 10 hours. The lifespan of my Norns usually falls between 8 and 12 hours, which makes me think that these half-lives are, for lack of a better term, full-lives. If this was truly a half-life, then life spans would be exceptionally longer... Closer to 60-70 hours. Does anyone know more about half-lives? I've checked several sources, and most state that these are, indeed, half-lives for each chemical to reach half of its original value. I just want to be sure I'm on the right track before posting anything. It helps me better understand what's going on, too! Thanks for any help! |
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 Sanely Insane RisenAngel Manager |
According to Lis Morris's C3 genetics kit tutorial, half-lives in Creatures don't act exactly like they do in the real world, but it's close enough that the title is a good approximation. I'm not that well-versed as far as C1 goes, but for C3/DS there is support to suggest that the half-life gene does indeed act like a half-life. If one sets the half-life of the Life chemical to 99/15 minutes (the default value for norns), then the standard creature lives for 5 and a half hours (roughly). Setting it to a tenth of that value (1.5 minutes) results in a creature that lives for only a half hour. Again, though, this is C3/DS - it might be a different story for C1 and C2. Risen Angel's Creatures Blog |
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Jessica |
Thanks, Grendel Man! I had a feeling that there might be a different story for C3/DS... Especially since the half-life values are associated with different times for each game. I'll definitely take a look into these differences: Your explanation makes perfect sense for C3/DS. I figured there would be some slight issues with half-lives lining up perfectly, but so long as they're close enough, I'm happy! I also plan on posting some charts for half-lives in each of the games, since they differ so much. I've seen a few spread around some Creatures sites, but hopefully having them altogether will help show the differences and help other understand what's going on! |
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