Are Freckles and Beauty Marks Genetic?

I wish freckles were inherited without mods. They should be.

StoryProgression is the mod that governs genetics. Could be mistaken, but I believe that inheritance of such attributes comes from SP's Advanced Genetics function. It's on by default, but requires the SP Extra and SP Population add-on modules.

Edit: Whoops, now I'm not sure if the Advanced bit is required. But anyway, the option that governs those is here:
NRaas > SP > General Options > Options:Pregnancy > Chance of Part Inheritance > (default is 25).
"Parts include birth marks and freckles."

"lisamwitt;15107267" wrote:
I wish freckles were inherited without mods. They should be.

i think too, freckles & moles should be inheritable without mods

unfortunately i play currently with NRaas SP off & will have two babies with a freckled father, really too bad, i like freckles very much :smile:
i'll have to add them per hand then

If you like custom, non-default skins, and want freckles to be hereditary, you could always get a skin like Kurasoberina's Freckled Fruit Redux.
Thats one of the great things about NRAAS SP to me, is that it does so much better at genetics than EA SP. :)

@HSmith2016 - From what I've seen, some beauty marks (and moles) do get handed down in real life but they don't always land in the same place as the parent or ancestor who had them.

@SimKeats - It takes a lot these days for me to add more CAS related things to my game as I've got so much more to work with than I could possibly use. But that skin -- downloads!

Thanks! I hope it works well alongside other sims with not so High Def skins for everyday play though, my experience in that area has not been great. Some of them really seem best suited for posing and modeling, not so much for everyday play.

I actually have the default Kurasoberina's Freckled Fruit Redux as well as E-skin Fresh default and my sims for five generations has either inherited freckles as the founding Sim had or clear skin. I haven't had any issues with both defaults in the game. I knew before hand that there should only be one but accidentally placed the default freckled skin in and didn't notice until I switched stuff around several generations later. So, if you play like I do then yes, freckles can be hereditary however moles will have to be manually placed.

"HSmith2016;15107581" wrote:
Freckles should definitely be inherited or passed down through the generations, but I'm not so sure about beauty marks. I don't believe that is something that gets passed on IRL, is it? I mean, obviously the game is a game, but I like to think the genetic part of it should emulate reality a bit.

Well, I think you're partly right and partly wrong lol. Having lots of moles is genetic for sure. They run in my family, and my ex-husband's. Both our children have lots of beauty marks, but none of them are in the exact spots ours are. The tendency to have moles is hereditary, the placement is not. In a perfect sims game, the beauty marks would be inheritable, but the placement would be randomized.

"HSmith2016;15107581" wrote:
Freckles should definitely be inherited or passed down through the generations, but I'm not so sure about beauty marks. I don't believe that is something that gets passed on IRL, is it? I mean, obviously the game is a game, but I like to think the genetic part of it should emulate reality a bit.

Most of my mum's beauty marks got passed down to me so yeah, they're genetic :). I think The Sims think otherwise though aha I'll just have to cheat if I want to put a beauty mark on lol

"donnabailey;15107821" wrote:

"HSmith2016;15107581" wrote:
Freckles should definitely be inherited or passed down through the generations, but I'm not so sure about beauty marks. I don't believe that is something that gets passed on IRL, is it? I mean, obviously the game is a game, but I like to think the genetic part of it should emulate reality a bit.

Well, I think you're partly right and partly wrong lol. Having lots of moles is genetic for sure. They run in my family, and my ex-husband's. Both our children have lots of beauty marks, but none of them are in the exact spots ours are. The tendency to have moles is hereditary, the placement is not. In a perfect sims game, the beauty marks would be inheritable, but the placement would be randomized.

It's the opposite for me, I got all of my mum's beauty spots in the same exact places she has it, I'm like a miniature version of her aha :) I think The Sims should have really developed their genetic system

"IreneSwift;15106985" wrote:
NRaas story progression mod will allow children to inherit those things.

"Karritz;15106992" wrote:

"IreneSwift;15106985" wrote:
NRaas story progression mod will allow children to inherit those things.

That may be why my sim inherited his mother's beauty spot as I have NRAAS Story Progression. I was surprised to see him with it as I'd never seen that happen before.

"igazor;15107304" wrote:
StoryProgression is the mod that governs genetics. Could be mistaken, but I believe that inheritance of such attributes comes from SP's Advanced Genetics function. It's on by default, but requires the SP Extra and SP Population add-on modules.

Edit: Whoops, now I'm not sure if the Advanced bit is required. But anyway, the option that governs those is here:
NRaas > SP > General Options > Options:Pregnancy > Chance of Part Inheritance > (default is 25).
"Parts include birth marks and freckles."

Thank youuu, I'll check out the mod! :)