Based on the polls:
It looks like players largely agree and look forward to a system that allows entering biomes you are not tolerated for, with associated penalties. So if there are no objections to this concept, I can update the related wiki page with the list of penalties I put in the post above this one. @Buckly what are your thoughts on the system. Once finished with the penalty system, we can design the organelles that grant environmental tolerance:
Here is a working list of the adaptations, from the "Differentiating Microbe Biomes" thread:
Temperature
- Heat Resistant Proteins
- Antifreeze Proteins
- Cell Wall (Cellulose, chitin, silicate, etc.)
Pressure
- Higher/Lower Internal Osmotic Pressure
- Contractile Vacuole
- Cell Wall (Cellulose, chitin, silicate, etc.)
Light
- Pigment Proteins
- Cell Wall (Cellulose, chitin, silicate, etc.)
pH
- Acid Neutralizing Proteins
- Alkaline Neutralizing Proteins
- Cell Wall (Cellulose, chitin, silicate, etc.)
Salinity
- Halophilic Proteins
- Cell Wall