Active reproduction ("No passive reproduction") settings setup and guide

[hhyyrylainen]

This is a really well thought out alternative playstyle for Thrive. Thanks for making this!

I want to comment on one specific thing:

@NimoStar

This is a tricky one. I’d say it has to be from 0.75 to 0.9 tops - we need to move more to get to those compound clouds. We will also be using compound-producing organelles to reproduce, which also cost osmoregulation/ATP/glucose. Also we need more storage, which again has an osmoregulation cost due to the membrane and it makes us bigger and slower. So, do not be shy to turn it down a bit from the default. Around 15-20% discount compared to your auto-reproduce gameplay could be relatively fair. AI cells are apparently also not affected by either this setting OR the reproduction difficulties since they just use population simulation, so take that in mind.

While the storage cost is as you say: you need slightly more. The other part I don’t think is really true. I think that most players play mobile builds, i.e. they want to move around. So most players already play with the movement energy cost being basically always on. Thus I’d say that a purely from balancing to normal gameplay standpoint, I would have set the osmoregulation multiplier not so low.