FT and super fertility
Faizah:
I've been wondering about the super fertility benefit, may have to carry out my own experiments later, but does the father's benefit affect the twin odds at all, or does the 'mother' have to have it? Also, does giving both parents the benefit increase the odds, or does it only apply once? (If it's just forcing a re-roll at each bump, it may still be using the standard twin odds?)
I have one family sim who I'm planning to let go at it, and see how many kids she gets. She has all the benefits already. Her husband's primary aspiration is wealth, so he doesn't have it. #1 is on the way, single birth, no bump yet. I'll take notes, perhaps report back once she's done having kids.
eevilcat:
I had a quick look in SimPE and the increased chance of twins seems to be handled by the BHAV "FT - Family - More Twins" which is called when the pregnancy state updates. As far as I can make out it checks first if the mother has unlocked the twins 'superpower'. If she doesn't it then checks if the father has the twins 'superpower' unlocked. Either way as long as at least one parent has it, the game rolls a random percentage (0-100%) and checks if it is below a fixed percentage chance (50%). This would certainly fit in with the pattern of twin pregnancies I was getting which was roughly every other.
J. M. Pescado:
Well, it's nice that it WORKS, but it's still USELESS. Either you do, or you do not, want twins. If you do, there's a way which is 100% reliable and does not cost anything. If you don't, this perk would be counterproductive. This "perk" is not a prerequisite for anything USEFUL. In fact, family-3 and family-4 are both entirely useless.
Faizah:
I have precisely one sim with family as the primary aspiration, and I don't really see that changing any time soon. Personally though, I prefer the elevated chance to the 100% chance, I even have a 'fix' for the cheesecake odds. Sims who I want to have single births will have single births, regardless of what they were going to have. But occasionally I like to let a family do what they will, give them a bit of free rein. (Though not free will, I have some standards.)
Mostly I was curious about the odds, and how they're applied. Which I now know.
Zaleth:
Yeah yeah Yeah I am not the best of spellers.....
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