Townies are not diverse

I find that, since I got City Living, that the majority of generated townies is predominantly Asian, Hispanic or North African with Arabic names. I like to keep a realistic balance of diversity and the Townies represent all the different suburbs and towns of the Sim City so I do alter names, change appearances and get rid of some of them to get it more balanced.

"Simmerville;c-17440258" wrote:
Is this the case no matter world you play? I mean, I like the international feel in San Myshuno, but I'd find it weird in Brindleton Bay...

In my game it happens more if my Sims either live or hang out a lot in San Myshuno (which most of them do).

I have to say though, the names don't really bother me that much. And if the Sims actually looked Asian or Hispanic or whatever it would not bother me either. What bothers me is that the game constantly generates Sims with the combination of any eye shape with an epicanthic fold + bright red/blond hair or very dark skin + bright red/blond hair. But at least combined with tacky and unflattering make-up choices for the ladies and the pear-shaped body type for men, it really distracts from the awful outfits with all the accessories! Most importantly, the eyeball ring that goes with everything and apparently never goes out of style!
Sorry, that was off-topic. Please, carry on.

TBH, I don't know but, I would like to know if there's any relationship between the Sims we created with the townies auto-generated by the game. For example, say, if we created or are playing with the Caucasian Sims, will the game generated Asian Sims just to keep the ratio balance or at least meet the quota, which is also depending on the max limits that we've set for the saved game?

I don't have the answer, but I do understand why would you want to fix it. I never tested my hypothesis, but I do have a pretty much a mix Sims in my game. So, I do have an acceptable ratio of generated Sims in my game.

This mod reduces the number of sims with city living names. http://modthesims.info/d/614664/no-less-city-living-island-living-npc-names-updated-15-11-2019.html

Is this the case no matter world you play? I mean, I like the international feel in San Myshuno, but I'd find it weird in Brindleton Bay...

"xamira99;c-17440140" wrote:
TBH, I don't know but, I would like to know if there's any relationship between the Sims we created with the townies auto-generated by the game. For example, say, if we created or are playing with the Caucasian Sims, will the game generated Asian Sims just to keep the ratio balance or at least meet the quota, which is also depending on the max limits that we've set for the saved game?

I don't have the answer, but I do understand why would you want to fix it. I never tested my hypothesis, but I do have a pretty much a mix Sims in my game. So, I do have an acceptable ratio of generated Sims in my game.

Thanks for your answer. I have a wide variety of different sims in my game, but still no diversity in the townies generated unfortunately.

"Evie0602;c-17440238" wrote:
This mod reduces the number of sims with city living names. http://modthesims.info/d/614664/no-less-city-living-island-living-npc-names-updated-15-11-2019.html

Thank you! Can't believe I didn't find this while googling before. Thanks, I'll download and check it out. :)

"Simmerville;c-17440258" wrote:
Is this the case no matter world you play? I mean, I like the international feel in San Myshuno, but I'd find it weird in Brindleton Bay...

I haven't played much in world lately, but the game generate homeless sims in the unplayed sims list, and it just generates new ones if I delete them.

I got rid of the names with a mod, but I can't find the download link anymore. However, I also got it more with the intention to make townies spawn with English names, because I play the game in German and the vanilla game always spawns townies with really old-school German names. As for the appearance of randomly generated townies, it feels pretty balanced in my game. I didn't notice more Asian or African sims than Caucasian sims, for example.