I understand, but it’s a 21 year old game and no one in the custom content community ever successfully (to my knowledge) made a patch for this, therefore I don’t think it’s possible. I would suggest just to develop a habit of rolling the pacifier anytime you run the game. I know it can be annoying but once it’s a habit it’s not to bad.
You really shouldn't be making uneducated guesses over things you (very clearly) don't understand.
First of all, a community-made patch for the First Born Syndrome has been around for a couple of years by now. Just look it up and you'll very quickly find it for yourself. There's even a version compatible with the latest Legacy Collection.
Secondly, EA is not a modder. They own and have access to the source code of the game. If they wanted, they could torn down the game and build it back up for all it matters. Point being: fixing a bug that modders couldn't otherwise fix is completely in the scope of what they can do, and the game being a certain age certainly doesn't prevent them from doing it. Not the first time I've seen people use the game's age as an argument of some sort, but that's just not how games and code work. Sure, some limitations are hard to workaround, this one isn't that.
I also think the Legacy Team should be looking into this. It's a long standing bug that got overlooked at the time, but one that impacts not only the genetic sequencing, but also other stuff that relies on that same sequencing formula for randomness.
The games age is reasonable. We should be happy they re-released it. I doubt they are going to completely rebuild a 21 year old game hahahahahhaha
Point being is we should be grateful for what we have. It’s not a game breaking bug…there are ways around it and far more other issues that can be addressed.
"We should be grateful for what we have" like we didn't just pay $30 for this game (or $40 for the bundle) is an absolutely wild take. We don't have to be grateful for bugs in a game we paid for.
A bug that has existed since the base game was released in 2001. If you’re that unhappy refund the game.
I understand that you may be grateful, but I can't be. I paid $29.99 for this game, and with the exchange rate of 1 dollar being 36 Turkish Lira, it’s a significant amount of money. This bug becomes really frustrating, especially if you're playing legacy or want multiple children in the game (and it's a life simulation game based on families). Given that there are mods available even for the Legacy Edition, I don't think this is a bug that can't be easily patched or fixed. I hope they can fix it.
