Genetics and Legacy
So...does anyone ever hope that certain looks pass down through your sims? Like the shape of the nose or mouth...I have made sims and they always seem to look...the same. What are your thoughts?
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I do, often! I always get most excited for toddler birthdays because I get to find out whose hair/eyes/skin the kid has, and teen birthdays because it reveals more about which facial features they inherited.
I also have difficulty with sims who look the same, partly because I find that Sims 3 genetics are such that it can be difficult to create good-looking male genetics that also look good if inherited by a female child, and vice-versa. So I feel limited when I'm making sims by trying to make ones with genetically "safe" faces.
In the context of a legacy, it can be difficult because I don't want all my heirs to look the same, but obviously they are all related, so I try to introduce genetic diversity through the spouses with facial features and hair/eye/skin colour. As a result, I often find myself hoping that the children favour their non-heir parent so the next heir isn't just a clone of the previous one. Sometimes it works out, often it doesn't lol - my current heir doesn't look a lot like either of his parents, but actually inherited his hair and eyes from his great-grandmother, the legacy founder! Meanwhile his sister looks exactly like their dad, and his brother looks exactly like their mum.
I also have difficulty with sims who look the same, partly because I find that Sims 3 genetics are such that it can be difficult to create good-looking male genetics that also look good if inherited by a female child, and vice-versa. So I feel limited when I'm making sims by trying to make ones with genetically "safe" faces.
In the context of a legacy, it can be difficult because I don't want all my heirs to look the same, but obviously they are all related, so I try to introduce genetic diversity through the spouses with facial features and hair/eye/skin colour. As a result, I often find myself hoping that the children favour their non-heir parent so the next heir isn't just a clone of the previous one. Sometimes it works out, often it doesn't lol - my current heir doesn't look a lot like either of his parents, but actually inherited his hair and eyes from his great-grandmother, the legacy founder! Meanwhile his sister looks exactly like their dad, and his brother looks exactly like their mum.
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