Are twins ever identical?
Strangel:
Yeah, every time I've gotten bored enough to play Brokehouse, she births a single boy.
Tarlia:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2008 February 29, 16:53:22
Quote from: Simmerqueen on 2008 February 29, 13:58:11
But if anyone hasn't played Brandi Broke yet in their game, I played her recently for the first time and had her eat cheesecake (she has enough cooking skill points to make it) and since she is already pregnant (by herself, as I understand it, so she can have only boys) she will have twin boys who I would imagine can only look identical since they are opposite sex clones of her.
The reason she is pregnant with boys is because EAxis coded it that way, for boys (I believe for twins as well). It's basically the only precoded birth in the game. It has nothing to do with the fact that she is self-inseminated. Logically, if a girl were self-inseminated, she would only have girls as there is no Y chromosome to donate. 'Cause, ya know, that's possible right now.
Sex is always determined at birth, I don't think even EAxis could mess with that in any other way - but if you make a sim pregnant with themselves, they'll have an opposite-sex-clone, so that's how EAxis ensured that Brandi gives birth to a third boy. Skip is still the father in the family tree, but they could have fixed that one easily.
Zazazu:
Normally, yes. Sex is determined at birth. But I recall reading somewhere that Brandi's was somehow scripted. Of course, this was way back when, when it was still widely thought that cookies resulted in twins, and I don't recall who posted that bit. My memory isn't that long. I also never played her myself....I did play Pleasantview for about a month when the game first came out, but with Chuck and Saish Test (based off my family from Sims1).
Dragon Slave:
I've never had a set of identical twins in my game, and I've drawn the conclusion that if anyone has ever had a pair, it's simply coincidential, like having two children that are genetically identical, one after the other.
I think in my game, Taylor and Meredith Burb are Identical, save for skintone and hair. I've studied their faces, trying to find differences, ever since they were toddlers, but I've given up. I only wish they were *real* twins and not the result of first born syndrome.
Can't animals have identical litters? I have never bred my pets, so I don't know. :-\ If that's the case, why on earth can't sims? What's the point of having identical litters anyways, if you're trying to create your own breed. With more diversity, you get where you want to be faster. But animals aside, there's still no reason why sims shouldn't be able to have identical twins, other than laziness on the programers part. :P
Tarlia:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2008 February 29, 22:43:54
Normally, yes. Sex is determined at birth. But I recall reading somewhere that Brandi's was somehow scripted. Of course, this was way back when, when it was still widely thought that cookies resulted in twins, and I don't recall who posted that bit. My memory isn't that long. I also never played her myself....I did play Pleasantview for about a month when the game first came out, but with Chuck and Saish Test (based off my family from Sims1).
Yeah, it'd make sense if it was pre-scripted too but I really think the clone-thing is true, as people have tested this out with other sims, making them pregnant by themselves. Also, the baby boy Brandi has does look exactly like her, and has none of Skip's genetics. I gave her cheesecake a couple of times and she had completely identical boys, both times.
You mean cookies don't work?! ;)
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