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Title: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 13, 19:12:09 Ever since I installed University I have not had a female baby born into the game. Extra odd because prior to the advent of University the computer had about a 70%/30% bias in favour of daughters and now the neighbourhood is getting out of whack with no girls. The damn thing is as annoying as ever with its bucking-the-odds twins births (at some 16%) but they are ALL boys.
Of course I'm using CAS tp compensate but what on Gods green Earth is going on here? Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Regina on 2006 March 13, 19:17:30 No problem. Just save right before the mom gives birth. If she has a boy, reload and try again for a girl. Normally I prefer to play what I get but sometimes I manipulate gender and this is how I do it.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 13, 19:24:28 Sure and that is useful but has something crept into my core programming that causes this? I know the laws of probability and realise this may just be randomness at work. (In the core game I went 9 biths and ALL female) Stupid computer! And I spent all that money on it.
Why can't Aspyr gust get ON with releasing b;oody Nightlife? Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: J. M. Pescado on 2006 March 13, 19:26:08 I'm noticing a certain female bias in my game also, but so far it's not so outlandish that it can't be explained by chance.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 13, 20:09:18 Are you sure JM?
Isn't 15 out of 15 births (and God help me) 3 of those twin births bucking the odds just a tad? Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: yetyak on 2006 March 13, 20:21:06 Mine runs in streaks like that, too, Avie; with the exception of the twins. Didn't have the first unhacked set until about 2 months ago. I had a huge run of boys and then tried to have one in a family of all girls, so naturally that one started another streak of girls.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: holly on 2006 March 14, 16:40:54 mm i never really thought about it cause i prefere girls, but i havent had any boys for a while either
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Jelenedra on 2006 March 14, 16:54:02 I like boys better because I can think of boy names better. ;D That and they can be big man-whores and not have consequences. As everytime I try to play a female romance sim, my risky whoohoo mod means she ends up having babies with fuglies, I always make her a nice husband that puts up with the fact she was pregnant when he met her. (Preggo Weddings are great) He usually ends up taking care of all her kids though. Poor thing.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 31, 20:11:24 Nope. A few weeks on and the mac is still at it. XY city! Something is amiss. It is all zits beer and raging hormones in my puter. Bucking the odds? I've run a probability study I'm 86% over the odds (discounting the downright annoying twin thing which I have since heard IS commoner on macs...reason unknown)
Will I ever have a girl again? HELP Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Simsbaby on 2006 March 31, 20:17:35 You could try this, make the game have a girl then remove it and see if it will give you girls.
http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=7747 Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Nihale on 2006 March 31, 20:20:47 If you're that desperate, you could always marry the lads off to some townies.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 31, 20:24:12 Runs and hides under the desk! A dreaded global hack. I'm FAR too much of a wuss to use one AND the wretched machine is a mac.
Wraps self in nice downy gauze and hides under uber-computer. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 31, 20:30:02 Townies? Uurgh. They are all eyeball-searingly hideous. I have no wish to breed progeny from the pig-snouted large-nosed and generally foul and disgusting creations of those twisted folk at Maxis,
Get a grip Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Simsbaby on 2006 March 31, 20:40:37 Runs and hides under the desk! A dreaded global hack. I'm FAR too much of a wuss to use one AND the wretched machine is a mac. :P So? I use a mac, I have overloaded this game to the point that it takes a half a hour to boot! The only issue that I have is finding walls and floors that have good texture quality.Wraps self in nice downy gauze and hides under uber-computer. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: MissDoh on 2006 March 31, 21:02:49 I think there is a new mod out at modthesims2 that permits you to choose the gender of the baby upon birth.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 31, 21:27:41 WHAT? Half an hour to boot? Are you mad? No hack is worth that. This is a PowerMac . If it takes more than 3 minutes to load I worry about it. A 30-minute boot-up time is NOT NORMAL for any mac and surely not worth it.
Retires my flabber totally gasted Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: skandelouslala on 2006 March 31, 21:28:08 Townies? Uurgh. They are all eyeball-searingly hideous. I have no wish to breed progeny from the pig-snouted large-nosed and generally foul and disgusting creations of those twisted folk at Maxis, Get a grip What? You mean you DON'T consider this to be a fine breeding specimen? (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/mzskandelouslala/maxistownie.jpg) Anyways I can also only suggest to perhaps try reloading upon births. My game always goes on runs of boys as well, rather than females although not as badly as what you are describing. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: ElfPuddle on 2006 March 31, 21:31:43 I think there is a new mod out at modthesims2 that permits you to choose the gender of the baby upon birth. OOOHHHHThat would make storylines so much easier than the *save*labor*wrong kid*exit*rinse*repeat all day method I've been using. Do you remember where, or will I have to search when I get home? Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 31, 21:42:45 AAARGGGHHHH spare me the sight I beg you
. I confess my sins in the sight of Gates I confess my allegiance to the Anti-Christ Jobs Pray you spare us Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Simsbaby on 2006 March 31, 21:44:36 WHAT? Half an hour to boot? Are you mad? No hack is worth that. This is a PowerMac . If it takes more than 3 minutes to load I worry about it. A 30-minute boot-up time is NOT NORMAL for any mac and surely not worth it. *Slaps head* No no! With all the custom content I have, not just hacks, I have lots of hair, clothing and objects!Retires my flabber totally gasted Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: MissDoh on 2006 March 31, 21:49:41 I think there is a new mod out at modthesims2 that permits you to choose the gender of the baby upon birth. OOOHHHHThat would make storylines so much easier than the *save*labor*wrong kid*exit*rinse*repeat all day method I've been using. Do you remember where, or will I have to search when I get home? Sorry it was not out at Mod the Sims 2 but at the insimenator.com but Squinge removed it since when the Sims age to child, they reverse to their original gender. Anyway here is the link in case you want to read all about it and see if he can find a solution: http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=7747 I espacially love the last post made by Bluesoup. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 March 31, 21:57:01 I also have tons of downloads, Genetics. furnitture, hair etc Good God your mac should NEVER slow down THAT badly
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: spambi on 2006 April 01, 00:33:10 What? You mean you DON'T consider this to be a fine breeding specimen? Too funny. Avie -- I once had a problem like yours except I was getting all twins. It drove me crazy. I finally fixed it (by accident) when I resurrected one of my sims who had died during pregnancy (just after getting pregnant, I think.) After she was resurrected, she gave birth to twins but all the births after that were normal. I think the game got stuck in twins mode when she died. This was before Nightlife, btw. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Ancient Sim on 2006 April 01, 01:48:53 This is happening to me, too, except with girls. Before OFB (or before the patch, not sure), my births always alternated, now I've had 8 girls out of the last 9 babies born, including 3 sets of girl twins. The only boy was the first of another set of twins (born to Sim me as it happens). As you can see, I've also had 4 sets of twins in those 9 births. I have 8 more births to come, only one of them twins, so we'll see what the next 9 babies are.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: BeckerCheez on 2006 April 01, 02:48:38 My game after I started a new neighborhood has given me a 12:6 ratio of boys:girls. The last birth resulted in twins, a boy and a girl. I had made several CAS females to start my neighborhood off, so maybe that was the cause of my dillema. I'm hoping that the inbalance will correct itself soon. ???
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Simlover on 2006 April 01, 03:40:00 Sorry it was not out at Mod the Sims 2 but at the insimenator.com but Squinge removed it since when the Sims age to child, they reverse to their original gender. Could make for an interesting sim story, transvestite sims..Hmmm.... Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: J. M. Pescado on 2006 April 01, 04:20:56 In-game baby-selection at birth is somewhat of a Holy Grail thing, but Maxis seems to have intentionally made it impossible, or so they openly claim. Squinge was the latest one to attempt the quest, but since it was basically the same approach we had initially attempted, it didn't work either.
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Regina on 2006 April 01, 07:09:27 There wouldn't be a problem with ugly Townies if you just make your own! LOL
Okay, so it takes some time and effort, but in the long run the results are so much more pleasing. I don't think you can really think of the gender odds like saying, "86% of the time I end up with one particular gender" because the reality is it's just like flipping a coin. Every time a baby is born, there's a 50/50 chance of gender. My fool-proof gender picker is simply to reload before mom has the baby and if it's not the gender I'm after, I re-load without saving. It works every time. ;) Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: SaraMK on 2006 April 01, 18:36:19 In-game baby-selection at birth is somewhat of a Holy Grail thing, but Maxis seems to have intentionally made it impossible, or so they openly claim. Squinge was the latest one to attempt the quest, but since it was basically the same approach we had initially attempted, it didn't work either. I wonder what Squinge is doing that he can claim it's working 100% for him? Because for me it was nowhere near 100%.... after just three births it was obvious it wasn't working. You only need ONE failure to disprove the validity of something. It even occurred to me that he might be doing something like getting a female sim pregnant with herself and then choosing BOY... well, of course it would be a boy 100% of the time.... Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Skadi on 2006 April 02, 09:13:00 Squinge has a new version up http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=7926 I'm gonna give it a try, stops all the needless births in my game until i get my preferred gender. (The neighbourhood rule is you birth it, you keep it - no reloading).
Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: viromancy on 2006 April 02, 09:30:55 My fool-proof gender picker is simply to reload before mom has the baby and if it's not the gender I'm after, I re-load without saving. It works every time. ;) My own foolproof method is to repeat the birth three times and if I still don't get what I want, I save the game and flip the baby's gender in SimPE. There's only so many times I can sit through that birth cinematic. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: skandelouslala on 2006 April 02, 11:48:03 There's only so many times I can sit through that birth cinematic. Turn off the cinematic :P Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Regina on 2006 April 04, 08:56:44 There's only so many times I can sit through that birth cinematic. Turn off the cinematic :P LOL That was going to be my suggestion, too. Those cinematics were entertaining something like the first 50 times I watched them. Then I realized that even if I did want a picture of something good going on it wasn't going to happen (I don't know--maybe you can do the camera keyboard shortcut but I never think of that), so off it went and for the most part it's stayed off. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: viromancy on 2006 April 04, 18:17:38 There's only so many times I can sit through that birth cinematic. Turn off the cinematic :PI know, I know. But even without the cinematic there's only so many times I can put up with watching my sim give birth over and over. If they haven't produced an appropriate heir after 3 attempts then I reserve the right to invoke godhood and adjust things to my satisfaction. It's either that or import a mountain to expose all these unwanted children on until the social worker takes them away. Title: Re: This is more than usually odd Post by: Avie on 2006 April 22, 21:39:43 This is still ongoing. Apart from the wretched machine givong mr twins AGAIN I have now racked up 19 male births,
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