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New Spectator

3 years ago

How do you decide how many kids your Sims have?

As the title states, how do you decide how many kids your Sims have?

Do you have an absolute maximum due to the number of Sims you can manage at one time or that your computer can handle?

Do you calculate a specific ideal family size and then work towards that?

Do you go solely based off the wants of your Sims?

For me, I have ACR 2.0 so I can set an ideal family size and then that is used in the mod's calculations for if they try for a baby or not.

If 2 Sims have a different Ideal Family Size the one that has the higher one has to persuade the one with a lower Ideal Family Size to have another baby once they've hit that Sim's number of kids. So if Dad's Ideal is 4 and Mom's Ideal is 2 and they have 2 kids already, Dad has to persuade Mom to try for another baby. Same if the Mom's Ideal is 4 and the Dad's Ideal is 2. Mom has to convince Dad to have another kid.

I have a formula for that as well that factors in the aspiration, number of kids that already exceed the lower Ideal Family Sim amount, among other things.

I posted in detail here as I put it into place for a BACC I'm doing: https://wildwoodheightsbacc.wordpress.com/how-many-babies/

sonicgamer555
2 years ago
It depends on whether the sims roll a want to have a baby; I'm doing a wants based gameplay style which I got inspiration from playthroughs on YouTube.
PlumbobXing
3 years ago
It depends on my sims and what I feel they would want and what would suit their story. I just go with what feels right to me.
CrystalCover
New Spectator
3 years ago
My couples usually have one or two children directed by me, while story progression might add a few more children to their family tree.
CieloSims
3 years ago
I roll a die to decide, unless I have a specific story plot in mind.
Gamer_Cat24
New Traveler
2 years ago
It depends on the Sim couples, and what I want for the couple.
I make a lot of family based Sims, so they tend to roll wanting 6 kids at least, with those families I tend to give them more than 6, not all at once, but over time.
Other Sims it varies, I tend to give them the minimum of 3, and may give them more.
If the Sim is based on a preexisting character, for example the Weasleys from Harry Potter, I give them all of their kids, and have to rely on Ginny being born in-game, they always tend to end up with more than their canon kids to get Ginny.