CDR

Chemical Half-Life

Overview

The chemical half-life gene defines the decay rate of all the chemicals inside a norn. Each chemical has a value ranging from 0 through to 255 representing the amount of substance within the norn. The higher the number the more chemical inside the norn.

To prevent the chemical from staying permanently within the norn you can set a decay rate. This sets a period of time over which the chemical amount will slowly drop down towards zero.

Dialog Box

Breakdown

Gene Header

The gene header is the same for all genes.

Half Lives

Chemical

Within this listbox you can select any of the 255 different chemicals that may exist within the Norn. The selected chemical will be the one that the rate of decay can be defined for in the controls below this listbox.

Half Life

This defines the rate at which the selected chemical will decay. It is a number ranging from 0 through to 255. The higher the number the longer it takes for the chemical to drop down to zero. The Genetics Kit only allows certain numbers to be selected and for these numbers it displays an approximate time in seconds. This is the time it will take for the chemical to drop from it's value down to zero. The following table shows the number and approximate rate as listed by the genetics kit:

Half Life	Approximate Time
0	Instantly
8	0.4 seconds
16	1 second
24	3 seconds
32	5 seconds
40	10 seconds
48	20 seconds
56	40 seconds
64	80 seconds
72	2.5 minutes
80	5 minutes
88	10 minutes
96	20 minutes
104	40 minutes
112	80 minutes
120	2.5 hours
128	5 hours
136	10 hours
144	20 hours
152	3 days
160	6 days
168	12 days
176	24 days
184	48 days
192	96 days
200	112 days
208	224 days
216	448 days
224	896 days
232	13 years
240	26 years
248	52 years

Notes

I'm assuming by the name of the gene that the rate represents a half-life. So it defines the time it takes for the chemical to drop to half of its current value. It seems to work in this manner anyway.