Elasticising Gene now stays elastic, does not decay

Source/Genes/Damage/Gene_Elasticity.cs

@@ -1,25 +1,36 @@
 using LicentiaLabs;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Verse;
 
 namespace RJW_Genes
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// This Gene adds Licentia-Labs Elasticised Hediff to a Pawn. 
-    /// Important: I had a HarmonyPatch first, similar to skipping cumflation, but the Stretching Logic is called quite a lot and for both pawns actually.
+    /// Note: I had a HarmonyPatch first, similar to skipping cumflation, but the Stretching Logic is called quite a lot and for both pawns actually.
     /// Hence, I think choosing the Elasticiced Hediff was good as then everything is covered by "Licentia-Logic". 
     /// </summary>
     public class Gene_Elasticity : Gene
     {
+        
+        private int ticksToReset = RESET_INTERVAL; 
+        private const int RESET_INTERVAL = 60000; // 60k should be 1 day 
 
         public override void PostAdd()
         {
             base.PostAdd();
-            this.pawn.health.AddHediff(Licentia.HediffDefs.Elasticised);
+            // Doing it like this will add the hediff with a severity of ~0.5, but it will decay.
+            // Hence we check with the Ticks to update.
+            this.pawn.health.AddHediff(Licentia.HediffDefs.Elasticised); 
+            ResetSeverity();
+        }
+
+        public override void Tick()
+        {
+            base.Tick();
+            --this.ticksToReset;
+            if (this.ticksToReset > 0)
+                return;
+            this.ticksToReset = RESET_INTERVAL;
+            ResetSeverity();
         }
 
         public override void PostRemove()
@@ -31,5 +42,15 @@ namespace RJW_Genes
             }
             base.PostRemove();
         }
+
+
+        private void ResetSeverity(float severity = 0.7f)
+        {
+            Hediff candidate = pawn.health.hediffSet.GetFirstHediffOfDef(Licentia.HediffDefs.Elasticised);
+            if (candidate != null)
+            {
+                candidate.Severity = severity;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }