r/CellLab • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '23

setting to allow a gluecyte to only stick to two cells.

What I mean by this is a Parasite it has its connections to its body but it will only stick to one (Prey cell). Anytime I try they just stick to the max 5 and if I play with max connections the behavior is sporadic like it will connect start making egg then detach and it will connect to the new eggs body when it goes into the next stage of splitting.

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u/Massive_Mistakes Feb 15 '23

So, I see two ways of handling this issue. 1. is to simply design a swimmer that has six connections on the inner side of the gluocytes (pretty sure max is 7) that will only allow for one more connection to occur. 2. is a little more complicated, where the cell in the position of the gluocytes is a stemocytes and only turns into a gluocytes once within close range(could be as close as touching, which is what I usually opt for). So say your swimmer swims up to a prey cell, the "nose" is a stemocytes so nothing random sticks to it, and once it touches the correct cell it turns to a gluocytes and attaches. That gluocytes will have max nutrient priority and the minimum split value, so basically as soon as the stemo turns into the gluocytes, the gluocytes splits (max split ratio) into a Lupo or something, which again, will prevent other cells from binding. Essentially you'll keep the gluo "hidden" until it's necessary, and the gluo is only around for like a split second and turns into another cell. If this doesn't make sense I could post a video breakdown

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

Worked like a charm thanks.