The base template for all microbodies.
name, singular, plural: holds name conventions.
Used in pathogen/controller, QM_supply, and the Pathomatic machine.
Strength: "The strength of the microbody. Used for randomization."
Used frequently in /pathogen.dm for generation.
Thoughts on expanding this var?
Commonness: "An inverse of rarity. A value of 10 means a ten times relative chance to a value of 1."
Used only once in /pathogen.dm.
Probably not necessary.
stages: defines natural maximum number of stages.
activity list():"determines the probability of symptoms manifesting in each stage for a particular microbody."
Looks OK, no real need to alter this idea.
growth_medium: "the reagent whose presence will make pathogens of this microbody grow in petri dishes."
OK. Will likely simplify to 'eggs' or other reagents for integration with ranchers and QM produce crates.
nutrients list(): "A list of reagent IDs, each of which is required for the growth of a pathogen."
OK.
auto_immunize: "If 1, curing also immunizes to re-infection. Should always be 1."
Is this var the simplest solution to stopping reinfection?
amount: "The amount of nutrition of each type required per unit of pathogen to continue cultivation."
OK
maxStats: "The maximum amount of points that can be spread over the various stats."
Used in the html/json for the PathoComp and in the pathology computer.
This will be replaced by the new research point system for artificial pathogen creation.