Lipocyte

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The Lipocyte is a basic cell in Cell Lab unlocked after completing Macrophages III.

Lipocyte
Level Earned	Macrophages III
Ability	Store large amounts of energy
Energy Usage	Almost zero

Description

The Lipocyte is a cell with what looks like fat (lipids) surrounding the nucleus. It has the ability to store large amounts of energy. More specifically, it can store 18.00 ng of energy as fat in addition to its 3.60 ng base capacity.

When a Lipocyte dies, it leaves behind coated nutrients.

Lipocytes consumes very little energy. In fact, they have the lowest energy consumption rates of any cell type, along with Gametes and Ciliocytes. In most cases, its loss of energy is only noticeable by using the cell diagnostics tool or zooming in far enough. Alone in any substrate, even with Salinity at minimum, it will die of age before losing all of its fat.

A Lipocyte's nutrient flow calculations are based on its total mass cap, not its base; this effectively gives the Lipocyte 6× nutrient priority.

Usage

The main use for Lipocytes are to have a reservoir of nutrients in a organism that would be needed afterwards.

The second most common use is in mother eggs in very large and complex organisms that need a very high nutrient start.

In challenges, Lipocytes can also be used in "Lipodropping", in which one "dumps" Lipocytes just to raise substrate cell count.

Lipocyte is the only cell that signal substance can't diffuse through so they can be used for blocking signal substance.

Settings

Settings common to all cell types:

Note: Settings marked with an asterisk (*) can only be used after completing 26: Slippery Slope. Make adhesin Type: Switch If checked, this cell's children will be linked by adhesin. Default: No Prioritize Type: Switch If checked, this cell will gain extra nutrient priority when it is dangerously low on mass. Default: Yes Cell type Type: Cell type selection The type of the cells that are on this mode. Default: Phagocyte Initial Type: Switch Whether or not this mode will be the one placed on the substrate. Default: Yes if M1, otherwise No Child 1: Mode Type: Mode selection The mode of child 1. Default: Current mode Keep adhesin Type: Switch If checked, child 1 will keep the adhesin connections that the parent already has, assuming it ends up on the side where the connection is. Default: Yes Mirror* Type: Switch If checked, this cell will be mirrored with respect to its parent. Default: No Child 2: Mode Type: Mode selection The mode of child 2. Default: Current mode Keep adhesin Type: Switch If checked, child 2 will keep the adhesin connections that the parent already has, assuming it ends up on the side where the connection is. Default: Yes Mirror* Type: Switch If checked, this cell will be mirrored with respect to its parent. Default: No Split mass Type: Slider The minimum amount of mass the cell should have before it can split. Default: 2.538 ng Snap values: Split at age 0.50 h, 0.774 ng, 0.900 ng, 1.026 ng, ... , 3.546 ng, Never split Split ratio* Type: Slider The ratio of mass distribution between the two child cells. Default: 0.50:0.50 Snap values: 0.100:0.900, 0.133:0.867, 0.167:0.833, ... 0.900:0.100 Nutrient priority* Type: Slider The cell mass flow priority of this cell. Default: 1.00 Snap values: $\sqrt[12]{10^{-12}}, \sqrt[12]{10^{-11}}, \sqrt[12]{10^{-10}}, \dots , \sqrt[12]{10^{12}}$ Split angle Type: Slider The split angle relative to the cell's front. Default: 0° Snap values: 0°, 15°, 30°, ... , 360° Child 1 angle Type: Slider The angle of the first child relative to the split angle. Default: 0° Snap values: 0°, 15°, 30°, ... , 360° Child 2 angle Type: Slider The angle of the second child relative to the split angle. Default: 0° Snap values: 0°, 15°, 30°, ... , 360° Red color Type: Slider The amount of red that this cell has. Default: 0.000 Snap options: 0.000, 0.044... , 0.088..., 0.133..., ... , 1.000 Green color Type: Slider The amount of green that this cell has. Default: 0.000 Snap options: 0.000, 0.044... , 0.088..., 0.133..., ... , 1.000 Blue color Type: Slider The amount of blue that this cell has. Default: 0.000 Snap options: 0.000, 0.044... , 0.088..., 0.133..., ... , 1.000 Adhesin stiffness* Type: Slider The amount of resistance to rotations that the adhesin connection should have. Default: 0.000 Snap options: 0.000, 0.044... , 0.088..., 0.133..., ... , 1.000 Cytoskeleton Type: Slider The hardness of the cell. Default: 1.0000 Snap options: 0.5000, 0.5625, 0.6250, ... , 2.0000 Adhesin length* Type: Slider The length of the adhesin connection made when this cell splits. Default: 0.000 Snap options: 0.000, 0.044... , 0.088..., 0.133..., ... , 1.000 Max connections* Type: Selection If the cell is already connected to this many or more cells, it will not split. Default: 20 Options: 1, 2, 3, ... , 20

Trivia

• This cell most of the time looks slightly bigger than any other cell, unless it has very low nutrients inside of it.
• This cell reduces in mass when eaten by Devorocytes, making it technically a kind of protection.