My comments don’t appear to be working — at least, I get a “Page Not Found” error when I try it out. I’m working on fixing the problem. In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions, feel free to send me a note.

In the comments under my Christmas card post, Lindsey had asked about making Sim babies look different from each other. Since I can’t answer there, I’ll answer here:

Lindsey, if you’re talking about clone children, try this: just before your Sim is about to give birth, save and go back to the Neighborhood view. Go into “Create a Family” and generate a random Sim (I usually click on the “dice” a few times). Give the Sim an aspiration/name/turn-ons, etc. (otherwise it won’t let you save), save him/her, and go back to the Neighborhood. Leave the random sim in the Sim bin for deletion later. Go back into your Legacy house, and proceed with the birth as per usual. Sometimes you still end up with very similar kids (especially if the genetic pool isn’t too deep yet), but it is highly unlikely that they’ll be exact clones.

Some people also create two new Sims and “roll the pacifier” in Create-A-Family a few times to give them a child. This shuffles up the randomizer so that when you go back into your lot, you’re less likely to have a clone of your firstborn.

Also, if you have the two births in the same gaming session, they’re less likely to be clones (which is why Sim twins often look very different from each other).

Since this question comes up quite a bit, I’ve created a FAQ section and posted it there. That’s the only question listed at the moment, but if you have any other questions, or more information that would help fill out the answer, feel free to drop me a note!

Elsewhere in the news, I finally finished taking pics for the Burr update. WOO! This one was a doozy. Anyway, I’m hoping to work on the text tonight, so it should be up within the next couple of days.