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?

GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I'm right there with you, OP. I don't touch the genetics, either. I've had some good luck, however at at least pairing my couples. I've yet to have a born ingame Sim that I couldn't stand to look at.
luthienrising
Hero+
7 years ago
Totally! The exception for me is Gallery Sims, or my own created Sims. Other than that, they are what they're born or game-generated as. I do, though, if I'm making a whole family in CAS, often roll a few times for kids before settling on one.
Ernesdo
7 years ago
Oh definitely! I typically never alter sims who have been born in my game, but I had a plan in my head for who would be the next heir in my game before I even reached the generation, and he was born with the wrong hair color. :( I flipped a coin to see if I would allow myself to change it because I was so conflicted lol I did end up changing it, and he just became a young adult a couple days ago
paneziaa
7 years ago
I'm a controlling simmer. I will generally leave most sims alone but the ones that are too ugly for my tastes or don't fit the look I want for them, I will change. Especially townies and premades like Nina who, for some weird reason, looks nothing like her mother or sister. I can't stand it so I always change her. Some of the premades are weirdly skinny so I'll edit them to have more realistic proportions (like Candy).
pinneduphair
New Spectator
7 years ago
I generally don't edit my sims' features, since I try to avoid cheating with families I hope to play for generations. I kind of wish TS4 had the plastic surgery option TS3 has. It would feel a little less like cheating then.
sourgreendolly
7 years ago
I only let myself do small changes (if any) once they're old enough. Anything dramatic and I feel super guilty about it
bsozz
7 years ago
Not at all because I'm not a fan of how the game's genetics work. Unless you opt for one of the conventional preset faces, chances are the kids will look like mutants. Any kind of quirky features do not translate well.
TheDeerLord
7 years ago
Kind of. If something is extremely off or makes no sense genetically, I'll tweak it so that it's less ridiculous while keeping the same general look.
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
7 years ago
I do feel guilty if I do that, but it doesn't last longer than the active session. And I only ever feel guilty when I do it to naturally born sims. Often enough I create my sims's offspring in CAS via play with genetics so that they meet my expectations. In general I do not mind ugly sims, rather it's small things that I edit, like giving all Fyres grandkids red hair, reducing the abs on sims that just grew from child to teen or countering my game's tendency to make children of mixed couples white.
PolluxSims
7 years ago
Lol I get where you're coming from. For me, I feel like I usually make small tweaks that still resemble their original features and aren't too much of a change, but are ones that I like better. I think the biggest thing for me was that when I was playing 100 Baby Challenge on my PS4, all the kids started looking identical as toddlers/children, so I would change them up a bit just so I could tell them apart. They were literally like miniature clones of their mother lol! I haven't attempted it on my PC, but I'd like to soon. I just hope the same thing doesn't happen.