Oh bloody hell!

[spambi]

Pssst. It's not a bug, it's the game stupid number generator constantly throwing twins instead of single births. The only things in game that causes twins is cheesecake and the supposed twin token.

If the odds for twins are 1 in 10, then 10 twins in a row would be about 1 in 10 billion? (Apologies if this is English major math.) Or are you saying that because the random number generator is messed up that the odds for twins sometimes get stuck at closer to 100%?

This happened to me before the cheesecake thing. Because the death was a result of bug and it happened close to the conception of twins, it seemed likely that this caused the twins randomizer to get stuck somehow.

[Jelenedra]

It's not caused by a bug. The game uses a sadorandom number generator. As is the case ith sadorandom, sometimes you get streaks of the same number. This stuff is explained in the War Room. USUALLY the only bug that pops up because of sim death while pregnant happens when you resurrect said sim and they are forever stuck as pregnant. At least, I have never heard of a sim death affecting other sim's pregnancies. Unless you are looking for an excuse for the sadorandom generator spewing out twin births. It just happens. I promise.

[Zazazu]

I have, with TJ's mod, quad odds set to either 2% or 1%. A couple of months ago, I had a streak of three quad births in a row. Lately, my results have been what I'd expect...in the last, say, fourteen births I've had twins once with no triplets or quads. This is good, since I'm trying to keep Prospect Beach small for the foreseeable future. Fourth gen had only three spawn, at one point all under the same roof but about to split.

[Shake]

(I'll take the puppy killer comments as read - I'm a cat person, OK?).

It's kitten killer, not puppy killer. Only in the world of a Mac user does Moar RAM = Moar Twins. Use TJ's mod as stated, and just set quads and trips to 1 percent. This continues to show Ayshlyn's lack of intelligence.

[Dea]

If MOAR ram meant more twins I'd stick with my measly 512.  I have enough twins thanx.  BTW, silliest thing I ever heard.

[Ephraim]

It's kitten killer, not puppy killer.

Kitten killer = InTeen.

Puppy killer = InSim.

They are not the same.

I personally use Insim for this, and know it to work (I'll take the puppy killer comments as read - I'm a cat person, OK?).

[jolrei]

It's kitten killer, not puppy killer.

Kitten killer = InTeen.

Puppy killer = InSim.

They are not the same.

I personally use Insim for this, and know it to work (I'll take the puppy killer comments as read - I'm a cat person, OK?).

Thank you.

@ Snake - sometimes other people actually know what they (we) are talking about.  LURK MOAR!

[Nailati]

Only in the world of a Mac user does Moar RAM = Moar Twins.

You're just as stupid as Ayshat if you think she somehow magically represents all Mac users.

[Shake]

Only in the world of a Mac user does Moar RAM = Moar Twins.

You're just as stupid as Ayshat if you think she somehow magically represents all Mac users.

My point proven, unless of course you were trying to call her an asshat or something? Also maybe I misread it?

[ebonyspiral]

Yes, well done there, editing your post after your brain manages to click.

You don't look like a moron at all now...

[Shake]

Fine so I made a mistake.

[Nailati]

Only in the world of a Mac user does Moar RAM = Moar Twins.

You're just as stupid as Ayshat if you think she somehow magically represents all Mac users.

My point proven, unless of course you were trying to call her an asshat or something? Also maybe I misread it?

[Ayslhyn]

Dear me. Such nastiness. I'm not claiming it is the direct fault of the mac. I was just asking.

Surely a more powerful machine might generate random events more often?, A pair of processors with lots of memory? Surely this is plausible cause of randomised events happening more frequently?

[Gwill]

Surely a more powerful machine might generate random events more often?, A pair of processors with lots of memory? Surely this is plausible cause of randomised events happening more frequently?

I hope that was irony.
If not I better go play some on-line poker with my 4GB RAM, since that will give me more straight flushes.

[Ayslhyn]

This thing has 6GB RAM. Surely more memory shifts the odds somewhat?

[Shake]

  Yeah. Add another couple of gigabytes, and go find some online lottery.

[alya]

Ayslhyn, you say moronic things, get snarked at, bitch about it in other threads , get snarked at again, repeatedly, and then keep coming back for more?!

All I have to say is, wow.

[jolrei]

This thing has 6GB RAM. Surely more memory shifts the odds somewhat?

No.  More RAM will help make sure your computer runs the game at all, and will reduce lag.  It will not do anything to change the way the game calculates odds.  My 1Gig will do it in the same way as your 6Gig, maybe just not as fast. 

[MuertoElBarto]

Dear me. Such nastiness. I'm not claiming it is the direct fault of the mac.

No, you were claiming it was the direct fault of thehusband.  It never pays to touch a woman's computer. 

[Ellatrue]

Yes, like my mother's retarded, wannabe boyfriend, who gave my computer an "upgrade" when I was 11 that destroyed the thing. The computer I had built with my dad, mind you.

No, it never pays to touch a woman's computer, because more often than not you're just an ass who knows bullshit and will only FUCK EVERYTHING UP.

[Lorelei]

This thing has 6GB RAM. Surely more memory shifts the odds somewhat?

You really aren't grasping what "random" means, I think.

This makes about as much sense as thinking that spraypainting your computer red and giving it "go fast" detail stickers will improve your bandwidth speeds.

[MuertoElBarto]

This makes about as much sense as thinking that spraypainting your computer red and giving it "go fast" detail stickers will improve your bandwidth speeds.

Now that's just silly.  Everyone knows you need a skull grate over the PSU fan and lots and lots of LEDs to do that.  Blue ones are OK, but the red ones are fastest.

[ebonyspiral]

Dear me. Such nastiness. I'm not claiming it is the direct fault of the mac. I was just asking.

Surely a more powerful machine might generate random events more often?, A pair of processors with lots of memory? Surely this is plausible cause of randomised events happening more frequently?

I think the general consensus is no.
However, I have always had an annoying proportion of twins in my game. I now believe it must be due to the shiny Apple sticker I slapped onto the side of my beat up 'ol Dell. Coincidence? I think not!

[Gwill]

This thing has 6GB RAM. Surely more memory shifts the odds somewhat?

You really aren't grasping what "random" means, I think.

Or how computers work...

[J. M. Pescado]

Surely a more powerful machine might generate random events more often?, A pair of processors with lots of memory? Surely this is plausible cause of randomised events happening more frequently?

No. Random events do not happen more often because your computer is more powerful. They happen disportionately often because your computer hates you. Your computer hates you because ALL computers hate you. That's all there is to it. Have you ever pissed off the DM, then had bad things mysteriously keep happening to your character? Same idea.