New Skin Swatch Order Needs Work
This isn't really a technical issue, but it is a huge problem. I've been playing with genetics since the original December update, and I've noticed that certain issues with genetics will never be resolved because the swatch order doesn't make sense. The latest update helped a lot, but there are still glaring issues with genetics. I'm not sure how it works now with all the different categories, but previously the game would select a random swatch between the parents' swatches. I think on a certain level it still works that way especially within the same category.
The swatches were never in a perfect order, but now they're even worse. The colors should flow from light to dark like a rainbow, but they often go from light to medium to dark to medium and back to dark again. Especially in the warm category. That thing is a mess! See for yourselves.
Here are some swatches that are blatantly out of order.
Why is this important? Because of THIS!
These are two parents I used to test genetics and all their babies. The toddlers were born in game (1st 3 from today 12/14 and last 3 after the first December patch), and the children were random rolls in CAS. These are NOT the children I would expect to come from these two parents! But for whatever reason, every single one of these swatches exist in between the parents' swatches which means the game is using the correct logic. But these swatches have no business being in the order they are in! It makes zero sense and messes up the genetics for future sims born in the game. For example, on the neutrals, how is swatch #10 deemed darker than 9? It should be near the beginning! Where did 9 come from? Ten through 12 are all lighten than it. Swatches 21, 23, 28, and 43 don't even look neutral and are a lot more warm than every other swatch. The warm category is a royal mess and I won't even begin to point out the placement errors. Please, gurus. Please revisit!
I know it's difficult to make a perfect rainbow because of the various undertones, but even with the one-offs they're still a mess. Here are some potential orders for your consideration:
Warm:
1, 2, 3, 7, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 18, 28, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 26, 27, 39, 37, 33, 34, 35, 40, 36,41, 43, 42, 45, 44
Neutral:
1, 2 , 10, 4, 5, 3, 11, 6, 12, 8, 19, 14, 15, 21, 23, 17, 28, 18, 24, 30, 43, 38, 37, 33, 32, 35, 39, 40, 34,41, 44, 45, 36
Cool:
2, 1, 3, 10, 11, 4, 12, 14, 6, 5, 19, 7, 20, 16, 21, 15, 9, 8, 22, 28, 24, 31, 29, 39, 25, 31, 38, 30, 33, 41, 42, 43, 44, 34, 35, 36, 45
