Now that I have Snowy Escape, I can confirm that this issue is now infinitely worse. Dark-haired Japanese Sims are very much the minority. Almost all of them, at any given time, have red or blonde hair, usually blonde. And with Japanese Sims spawning as often as they do if Snowy Escape is installed, it is especially noticeable. Should the title be updated to also include this as a Snowy Escape issue?
I'm really concerned about how this issue, along with this one and this one, has yet to be laundry listed. I don't know how a totally broken townie generator, one that has been broken for years now, is not considered to be a "top concern." The townie generator is important, populating the world, and it needs to be working properly! Given how the pre-set townies die off eventually, spawned townies become particularly important for things like legacy challenges.
I've been doing the 100 baby challenge and have noticed this being the case in my own game. It's so frustrating. Ever since buying SE, pretty much 9 out of 10 townies are spawning with Japanese names and the lightest blonde hair color. Luckily enough I still have some of the premade townies but once they're gone my entire game is going to be taken over like this. How has this been broken for so long and not been acknowledged?
Can anyone who has Snowy Escape, but not City Living, confirm or deny if they are experiencing this problem? I'm curious to know if this really is also an issue with Snowy Escape, not just City Living.
