Replacing children?

I did this once when my legacy family had twins. I aged them up in cas when they became toddlers to see what they would look like- it turns out that they were identical twins and had the exact features of their dad. I wasn't having that, so I played with genetics until I found a sim that looked like a balanced mix of the parents, played with genetics to make an identical twin of his, and then aged them back into toddlers. I felt kinda weird and oddly guilty, but I ended up a lot happier. Here's a pic of the family:



But recently I've been really strict with myself in not changing the genetics of sims at all. I used to micromanage how my sims looked and it kinda made them end up all looking the same, which makes the game less fun for me. The heir for my decades legacy ended up with a kinda awkward mix of her parents genetics which I didn't like at first, but I've come to love her and I think she's so uniquely adorable!!
Here's some pics:

https://i.imgur.com/acneytm.png?4 https://i.imgur.com/6DCDU3O.png?4
Paolo Rocca's genes are pretty strong in that brow bone, and that tiny nose kinda makes her look like she just walked off set of the live action grinch o.o but I love her nonetheless *swoon*

HDJSBJA I DO SOMETHING SIMILAR
I turn on CAS.fulleditmode and edit them however I want, from scratch.
But at least they conserve all their skills/relationship/jobs etc.

"JasonPogo;d-958520" wrote:
So I have fallen into the habit of checking what my sims kids will look like as adults once they become toddlers. As many of you know the often get an unfortunate mix of traits from their parents.

So now I will just use cas to randomize a good looking kid and replace the toddler with the new one.

Dose anyone else do this? I kinda feel bad about it but at the same time like not having a bunch of scary looking sims around....

I also do exactly that. I also feel kind of bad, but I prefer it to using plastic surgery on babies. I want to see a couple's actual offspring and, when you try enough, some of them look interesting and like actual people, with characteristics from both parents meshed harmoniously, rather than random mismatched features in vague sim shape.

It's a shame these rare gems don't show up more often in the game genetic lottery.

"DevilNDisguise;c-17039375" wrote:
Nah. I’m very strict with myself on keeping the genetics going in my game. When it comes to my own Sims, I don’t really edit their appearances.

This is me all the way. :lol: I have a bit of a rule in my game: "Whatever happens, happens" for most legacies. Now for random expansion testing, I might tweak townies..but not as much.

I tend to age my toddlers up to young adults and tweak their genetics until they look acceptable enough to me, and age them back down, but this alters in some of my saves:

-My 100 Baby Challenge: No changing at all until they're YA and ready to age up and leave their home. The matriarch then gives them a full makeover via new clothes and a haircut to try and make them look as good as can be before venturing out into the world of adulthood. As a mum with a multitude of children to take care of at all times, she simply doesn't have time to worry about the kids hairdos, weird makeup experiments or clothing choices.

-Lovelace Legacy: No changing genetics at all, hair and clothes may be customised at any time. Since I'm more connected to the sims personally in this playthrough, I value seeing the genetics be carried through the generations etc. (Minus the current grandma who threw 150,000 simoleans away in return for some plastic surgery in an attempt to find a younger man since her late husband's passing)

-My remodelling save: I have a save where I briefly edit any sim or building that my sim visits that is dire need of help, whether through questionable fashion choices or sims that are begging for plastic surgery or just silly floorplans and interior/exterior design.

Nope. I can't bring myself to mess with a families genetics. Especially when i'm doing a legacy.

Not really, I might change hair and eye colour. Or give them buck teeth (incidentally, we need buck teeth with a gap and less exaggerated uneven teeth in the game). Never do anything else, even if they have an unfortunate nose or chin.

No. I really love to see results of genetics and even if it is an unfortunate mix I just let them be. Unless! It's a huge deformity like no chin for instance. Then when they grow up they will avail themselves of the newest technological advantage in cosmetic surgery, but I don't usually bother with anything else. Big noses, little noses, weird noses gets to stay, eyes that are maybe too close together or even too far apart get to stay, ears are left alone (yes even the dumbo ones), disporportionate faces are left alone and etc.

I might (read: will) trim eyebrows (and maybe even make them bushier) or maybe get rid of unibrows (and now that I think about it, does the game HAVE unibrows?) and definatly change hairstyles to ones that better suits their faces and/or makes them more attractive/cute and even change haircolor but that is it.

"Dreamie209;c-17039995" wrote:

"DevilNDisguise;c-17039375" wrote:
Nah. I’m very strict with myself on keeping the genetics going in my game. When it comes to my own Sims, I don’t really edit their appearances.

This is me all the way. :lol: I have a bit of a rule in my game: "Whatever happens, happens" for most legacies. Now for random expansion testing, I might tweak townies..but not as much.

I guess it's different if you do an "Official" legacy. I never play anything like that, I just want good looking happy Sims.