You can always switch back to natural colour for the birth (or whenever the genetics get determined) and switch back after.
For conception or birth? I've never been sure when genetics kick in... (Birth would be more convenient for sure!)
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You can always switch back to natural colour for the birth (or whenever the genetics get determined) and switch back after.
For conception or birth? I've never been sure when genetics kick in... (Birth would be more convenient for sure!)
I don't think it's determined at conception (except for gender/number according to mods like Preg Scan) because pregnant sims uploaded to the gallery/saved to library often give birth to different looking babies in different saves. Even babies only have limited visible genetics, so most may happen on age-up.
Genetics used to be confirmed at conception, but now there are ways to influence the gender of the child, aren't there? So I'm not sure when exactly genetics are set.
I think TS2 had the better system for remembering genetics no matter what. The one that annoys me the most is that Sims with grey hair pass on a random hair colour to their children...
When you change a sim's hair color, does it change their genetics?
I believe if you change the hair colour when using the cas.fulleditmode chat it will change the genetics but if you enter Create-a-Sim without the cheat it won't change the genetics.
From my experience, it does seem to change their natural hair color much like it did in The Sims 3. I really miss the genetics system from the Sims 2, it was much better.
I don't believe so, no. I'm really quite happy about this because in 3, this did occur, which I found a bit annoying.
@s33man I believe that in TS3 using the stylist rather than CAS just adds hair dye and doesn't change genetics (but that doesn't take the probability of random mutation into account, which if I remember well is 10%). @igazor Am I right ?
@s33man I believe that in TS3 using the stylist rather than CAS just adds hair dye and doesn't change genetics (but that doesn't take the probability of random mutation into account, which if I remember well is 10%). @igazor Am I right ?
In TS3, I was under the impression that hair color was determined at birth based on the parents' hair color at that time, no matter how it came to be that way, with a 15% chance of random mutation. The random part can be modded out, the blending can be done better with mods also, but I don't believe there is any mechanism to store original vs. dyed hair color.
Oh, except for when a sim falls victim to a pranked shower that sprays them with silly looking dye and then just washes right out. The good old Generations EP.
From my experience, it does seem to change their natural hair color much like it did in The Sims 3. I really miss the genetics system from the Sims 2, it was much better.
I agree. It was more realistic, and produced a great deal of diverse-looking Sims, while still retaining the genetics of the immediate and extended family. It's fun to play around and see a weird nose of a great grandfather be passed down to a new child.
TS3 had the worst of genetics in my personal experience, but TS2 holds number one still.
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Yes. TS4's genetics don't save the natural hair color unlike in TS2's genetics.
For conception or birth? I've never been sure when genetics kick in... (Birth would be more convenient for sure!)
I don't think it's determined at conception (except for gender/number according to mods like Preg Scan) because pregnant sims uploaded to the gallery/saved to library often give birth to different looking babies in different saves. Even babies only have limited visible genetics, so most may happen on age-up.
I think TS2 had the better system for remembering genetics no matter what. The one that annoys me the most is that Sims with grey hair pass on a random hair colour to their children...
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I believe if you change the hair colour when using the cas.fulleditmode chat it will change the genetics but if you enter Create-a-Sim without the cheat it won't change the genetics.
@s33man I believe that in TS3 using the stylist rather than CAS just adds hair dye and doesn't change genetics (but that doesn't take the probability of random mutation into account, which if I remember well is 10%). @igazor Am I right ?
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Oh, except for when a sim falls victim to a pranked shower that sprays them with silly looking dye and then just washes right out. The good old Generations EP.
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I agree. It was more realistic, and produced a great deal of diverse-looking Sims, while still retaining the genetics of the immediate and extended family. It's fun to play around and see a weird nose of a great grandfather be passed down to a new child.
TS3 had the worst of genetics in my personal experience, but TS2 holds number one still.