I love to see the genetics at play in this game. Although fairly limited, in that whole features are inherited rather than blended features, lovely blends are still possible. In my current save I started with Spike (blonde) and Jason (black hair). Although I end up with clones from time to time, I have been lucky in this save and both their kids share features from both dads. They were both born with Spike's blonde hair which I felt was unrealistic so I changed it. Although I don't change the looks of kids born in my saves, I feel changing hair colour is not cheating since the game often assigns arbitrary hair colours in any case (that horrid green/brown is the worst!).
Their first born, Knox:
Their daughter, Briar:
I would love to see how the genetics in other peoples' saves play out. Please feel free to share pics of your sim parents and kids
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Here is a small study on one of my favourite sims Reyto. He has great upturned eyes and nose shape.
He had children with the newspaper delivery girl who I think probably had her sliders set at zero which is a MASSIVE shame now that I'm thinking about it.
Vivienne had kids with Darrick, who I used to think was cute but now I'm looking at it with fresh eyes he looks suspiciously like a zero-slider townie lol.
Quentin. I don't see any of Reyto's features in him.
Amelie definitely got her mother's nose.
If I go far back enough I can pinpoint the origin of that nose to Reyto's mother Julie.
This was fun
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Check this thread.
I see this is your first post on the new forum ... welcome
@kelly324 Welcome to the forum I see that CharityHope has pointed you in the right direction
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I love seeing your new sims. Jason and Spike are very unique looking sims and Knox is just a cutie pie! I actually like Briar's strong features. I'm envious. My sim making abilities are non-existent.
Thanks for the lovely comments I haven't tried custom sliders yet, but I am finding that the EA ones can be worked pretty well with patience.
Edit to add: Just found a pic of Ian in my recent save
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I have some really great sims in my saves.
In my "McIrish Clan" save, the eldest Liam is rather dashing, he's the son of River by Cycl0ne Sw0rd, and I changed nothing on him but his hair cut & beard, he came out naturally gorgeous, I wish I could post pics!
I don't think changing hair color is cheating either, people dye their hair all the time IRL. Although the game puts the "non-birth color" into genetics, which is unrealistic; the game code does have it's limitations.
Enjoy!
Thanks for the lovely comments ... I am especially happy with how Knox turned out
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Lucy
Isabelle & Gabrielle are the twins
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@victoriae350 I don't see sims in terms of ethnicity as, to me, they are all just sims, but I know what you mean. I have made sims based on people including a Korean actor I liked the look of and it was fun to see how his kids turned out in my town. I am sure I will see how your babies will grow up in the chat thread when they have grown
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Dad Davon
And their oldest, they also have a toddler son. Sadly I'm having a brain fart, and I can't think of her name.
And then here are two of the five kids Davon's brother AJ has with his wife. Do they look similar to their cousin?
Their son
Mom and Daughter (this was the most cloney daughter, probably because she was conceived before I had my superior genetics mixing mods)
Another Daughter (teen)
Another Son (teen)
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Thanks for sharing
@GaiaHypothesis Beautiful sims! The pale blue eyes and dark hair on the son is a stunning combination! He is lovely I am also very fond of the teen kids, especially the male as he has eyes like one of my long-time favourite sims. Would you mind telling me what genetics mods you use?
Thanks so much for sharing
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On top of that I also JUST got a hair colour mod for better hair colour blending (because like you said sometimes it just tosses and random out there) THIS ONE
It really seems to be working out well. The mixes are pretty varied and interesting (I check out the babies born in the town as well).
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@GaiaHypothesis Ah, I also use the Nraas ones I had read there was a hair colour mod but I am happy to just fix hair colour when I find it. I also check all babies born in town - I have partners chosen for my sim family usually by toddler or child stage LOL
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Here's mom, Cecily:
And Dad, Billy Caspian of Riverview:
They had 3 kids. Brooke:
Cody:
And Fern:
I think they all turned out lovely
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Her sister kept the awful hair color simply because you can't really tell with her hair style, her name is Philly:
The parents, Charlena and Javes, have completely different hair than their kids. I have no idea why the kids didn't get either of their hair colors, but oh well. Pictures of Charlena and Javes:
You can see their hair colors better here:
I'm excited to see what Philly and Mikel's children look like. I just HOPE their hair won't be that awful color.
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