Weird question, I know, but bear with me.For some reason, I've always felt weirdly guilty about changing a Sim's inherited traits, even if they look like a monster. For instance, my current Sim's parents are both gorgeous. However, their genes didn't really mix well, and both of their children are, well, not as fortunate. The daughter isn't as bad - it's just that her lips are bigger than most of her face. I've edited her in CAS to just marginally change her top lip, which actually makes a huge difference, but for some reason, I've always been reluctant to save the changes. As for the son... well, he'd require a lot more than just a lip job. (I'd show pictures, but I'm at work, currently working very hard, as you can see.)Anyway, am I the only one who feels this way? Is anyone else simply unable to change their Sim's unfortunate visage?

Me!I never touch their genetics. In my legacy save my Sims hips got wider and wider through the generations but I don't have the heart to change them. I guess that's my way of keeping it a little bit like reality. You get what you are given so I just roll with it!I just ended up with pretty, skinny Sims with very large hips! :D

I often change mine. I don't necessarily make them attractive, which is subjective, but sometimes I do. I give makeovers to the townies too. I figure it's my game, I'm going to make it the way I want it. I don't play a legacy game, though, so maybe that makes a difference. I suspect if I did I would probably still edit them if I thought they were hideous. Maybe you can think of it as plastic surgery rather than altering genetics. That would be realistic and really not all that uncommon.

I feel bad about it, so I don’t usually end up changing the genetics at all. I like having the diversity, even if it does take everything in me to not change them.

same here, i almost never tinker with genetics. well, almost... do you recall that male physique, where they have very narrow shoulders, wide hips and big bellies? this i almost always slightly adjust. or i hate it, when female sims get those huge bellies. they can be slim alltogether, but only that belly stands out. no matter how hard they exercise it won't go away. only then i tend to change it. nonetheless i do feel guilty.

Me! But if I do,i just make some tiny little tweaks;usually on male body adjustment or mouth (cause mouth can sometime looks ridiculous) and thats it. Most of the time, i just put cc skin and makeup.

Anyone Else Feel Guilty About Changing a Sim's Genetics?

Anna-Banna
7 years ago
Me!

I never touch their genetics. In my legacy save my Sims hips got wider and wider through the generations but I don't have the heart to change them. I guess that's my way of keeping it a little bit like reality. You get what you are given so I just roll with it!

I just ended up with pretty, skinny Sims with very large hips! :D
ClassicalSim1
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
I often change mine. I don't necessarily make them attractive, which is subjective, but sometimes I do. I give makeovers to the townies too. I figure it's my game, I'm going to make it the way I want it.

I don't play a legacy game, though, so maybe that makes a difference. I suspect if I did I would probably still edit them if I thought they were hideous. Maybe you can think of it as plastic surgery rather than altering genetics. That would be realistic and really not all that uncommon.
butterflyxgirl
7 years ago
I feel bad about it, so I don’t usually end up changing the genetics at all. I like having the diversity, even if it does take everything in me to not change them.
minimalcanary
7 years ago
same here, i almost never tinker with genetics. well, almost... do you recall that male physique, where they have very narrow shoulders, wide hips and big bellies? this i almost always slightly adjust. or i hate it, when female sims get those huge bellies. they can be slim alltogether, but only that belly stands out. no matter how hard they exercise it won't go away. only then i tend to change it. nonetheless i do feel guilty.
kirumagu
7 years ago
Me! But if I do,i just make some tiny little tweaks;usually on male body adjustment or mouth (cause mouth can sometime looks ridiculous) and thats it. Most of the time, i just put cc skin and makeup.
Nindigo79
Seasoned Novice
7 years ago
I have no qualms adjusting Sims in CAS. I have to look at the Sims for many hours, and I want something fairly decent to look at. Usually, I'm successful in preserving their overall dominant features only without the inherent distortion. The genetics in The Sims 4 don't make much sense to me. Often the parents' worst features are passed down and the effect doubled instead of settling somewhere in between or even just towards one or the other parent. Why offspring's features are so painfully out of proportion, I have no clue :/
kaeyresky
7 years ago
Nope, if I feel like changing something I do it and don't feel sorry about it. At the end of the day no one else is going to enjoy my game except for me... so I do as I please without regret. I don't have much experience with the genetics in this game but from what I've seen, sometimes children end up with completely unrealistic features, even if the parents looked normal.
pebblesrcks
New Spectator
7 years ago
I seem to have the misfortune of getting chinless wonders for my sim's offspring and that irritates me. Oftentimes, I go through all the households in my save just tweaking that one annoying feature. Other than that, I mostly leave my sims the way they are.
ck213
Seasoned Scout
7 years ago
Not at all.
I will edit them in a heartbeat.
Cmehnt
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
I do, that's why I only change newly spawned townies and never their kids or heirs.

One of my sims has a pretty big honker from his dad and a prominent chin from his mom, but luckily for him, he's a dude so he looks great with a beard. It hides most of everything odd about his face when it's bare, and his beard looks fuller because of his giant chin.

Unfortunately out of his triplet children, his eldest daughter is the girl version of him. Honestly, if only her lips weren't so close to her nose, she'd look better-- but I also resist it because I think that'd sort of change things too much.
Also, she's closest with her dad and I think changing her "practically a clone of her dad's face" sorta face, even just a little, kinda breaks my own heart :sob: