Yet Another Breeding-Related Question
Kyna:
The reason sim siblings tend to be similar in looks is due to the way genetics works in the game.
- Some hair colours and eye colours are dominant. If you have a CAS couple, one with black or brown hair, and one with red or blonde hair, then their offspring will always inherit the same hair colour as their dark-haired parent.
- It's the same deal with eyes, some colours are dominant over other colours.
- Then there's the dominant facial regions. Most sims normally have some dominant facial regions (e.g. brow, nose, mouth, cheek, jaw, eye shape, ears). If one parent has a dominant nose, and the other parent doesn't, then the offspring will always inherit the dominant nose.
So, while the appearances are very rarely 100% identical, the offspring will tend to inherit at least some of the same physical characteristics from their parents.
Appearance is not subject to the "first born" effect, so is not affected by re-randomising the sim generator on the lot debugger. Personality is affected by the "first born" effect, and is why Pescado added the re-randomise option to the lot debugger.
maxon:
Quote from: Kyna on 2008 August 10, 09:09:35
So, while the appearances are very rarely 100% identical, the offspring will tend to inherit at least some of the same physical characteristics from their parents.
Appearance is not subject to the "first born" effect, so is not affected by re-randomising the sim generator on the lot debugger. Personality is affected by the "first born" effect, and is why Pescado added the re-randomise option to the lot debugger.
Exactly, which is why all of Mercer Vaughan's kid look like him but only the ones where I forgot to randomise have the same personalities (or did until I changed them) and hence are clones.
rampancy:
So I basically get the whole first-born thing, but I'm not sure: I don't have to do anything special for the first kid born in a family?
Also, I've heard that, instead of the Lot Debugger, you can just hit the random button in CAS a few dozen times? Or am I completely false?
Another breeding-related question: are all aliens related, given that they all share the same parent? I remember some discussion about it, but couldnt find a definate answer...
Count Four:
You don't have to do anything special for the first child of a family, just for rest of the spawn.
You can randomize by hitting the random button in CAS, but that means you must enter CAS every time you start the game. The Lot Debugger gives you another option in case you forget to do that when you start and then somebody gets pregnant. You have to randomize before the baby is born.
I think all aliens are related.
rampancy:
Quote from: Count Four on 2008 August 12, 04:16:06
The Lot Debugger gives you another option in case you forget to do that when you start and then somebody gets pregnant. You have to randomize before the baby is born.
I tend towards a save-before-everything-major style of play, so there's no risk of someone accidentally getting pregnant in my games. Same reason why they never start fires, burn their meal, get robbed, fail a chance card, etc. :)
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page