@rostsit I apologize. It's super weird, though...
I think my subject title might have been slightly misleading. They only seem to have children. Fully grown, adult children. I've never seen a husband in the picture, I just assumed... but then, there's no way for a skeleton to get pregnant. The sheer mechanics alone make the brain reel.
So, I suppose it could be related. If they're having romances that produce the children. But both times I witnessed it, I only saw the byproduct of what I assumed was a coupling. Patella Kost had four adult children. That's how I first noticed it. I met one of her sons -- well, my SIM met one of her sons, Zygot Kost. When I asked him to move in, I just noticed that he was from a family of five: Petella (skeleton) was mother to four adult, regular (non skeleton) Sims.
The same was true later. I met another adult named Patella Skeleton. The last name was way too ostentatious to have not been the same as the first. And so, I became friends the the "human" Patella, so I could ask her to move in. When I did, I discovered she had a sister (also Patella), and their mother was Tibia Skeleton -- an actual Skeleton. I specifically remember both Skeletal assistants.
I never witnessed any type of "father" being around, and silly me -- I didn't check their family tree before moving them out. I really should have, because at the very least -- it would have been interesting to see. But what seemed to be happening for me was that the Skeletons just spawned adult children... or rather, the game spawned adult children and assigned them to the Skeletons? I really don't know.
So, it could be that those tired old bones were in the mood for some love... I just never saw that part, if that's how it happened. (if that IS how it happened, I think I'm probably glad I didn't see that part.) Plus, a pregnant skeleton might have given me nightmares. (I'm kidding. Kind of.)
Thank you for posting, and for trying to help put a pinpoint on what might be going on. I don't know much about it, and it could very well be that you are correct. I only noticed the skeltons, and their adult Sim children, though.
Thank you again... I apologize if I offended you before. I know you are trying to help, and it was not my intention to be so contradictory.
I didn't feel offended, everything is ok, we are discussing 😉
And I assure you I saw the same (exactly) bug with skeletons in my game. Children of skeletons etc. More than that, I also saw their actual spouses. The only difference is that I've never met the actual skeleton "in town" - at least in their skeleton form. I think in my game when moved into the family they are switched to their human form you can see in CAS.
I didn't post this bug myself just because I believe it is related to other bugs I've mentioned. But you did, and you even had a save-file to share with developers. Which is perfect, thank you!
@rostsit I didn't meet the skeleton in town either. I just thought the Zygot guy would have made a nice husband for my Legacy Heiress... so, when I invited him to move in, THAT'S when I saw that his mother was a Skeleton. One whose assistance I'd made use of. (if it can be called that... they're not great at assisting, and the tend to have very mischievous personality traits)
I just moved them all in -- that's how I ended up seeing the skeleton in game. And by then she was an elder. Now, when I opened up CAS to see if they were listed as some kind of "other" special type Sim, Patella showed up as an elder woman, not skeleton. But only in CAS. Once back in game, she walked around the house, bones rattling... still doing all the weird skeleton things they do.
And with Tibia Skeleton, it was the same. I never saw her in town either. Only her daughter, and I only moved her in because her last name was Skeleton -- which was way too coincidental not to have been the same as the previous family.
It hasn't seemed to cause any real havoc in game... but something tells me it potentially could if left alone. So, I've been avoiding summoning the skeletal assistant -- hiring a temporary maid gets the job done better anyway.
Weird thing though -- her children had really undesirable character traits as well. So, they were definitely out of the same pod. Now I really wish I'd looked at the family tree, to see who/what their father was.
Part of me would have liked to keep the skeleton around, simply for story telling purposes. But, I was too worried it might mess up my game.
I'm glad you weren't offended... and it's nice to be discussing. 🙂
