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#206803 - 08/05/09 06:23 AM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
[Re: Cheron]
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Registered: 06/20/09
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Don't worry! They all get grey hair at the age of 45.  They should have a lot of time left in the game. If you really want to make sure they stay around for a long time, praise them when they exercise, give them vitamins, fruits hand gel and try to keep the fridge full of food for when you close the game. I always try to get their health bars all the way up. In this game, 60 is a long life for them but in the first generation they tend to go in their late 50's since we didn't get to buy them a lot of the things that help. best of luck with them, I love the hairstyles! As for how long a family will last, 7 years go by in the game in 24 hours of our time. They age by one year about every 3 and a half hours. You should have at least 2 more days with her or something if my calculations are correct.  Just remember that no matter how well we treat them, they all have their time to go.. so if she passes before the 2 days I predicted, don't blame yourself!
Edited by Lyssaria (08/05/09 06:27 AM)
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#206849 - 08/05/09 08:00 PM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
[Re: Lewanda]
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That's a beautiful family Cheron! For anyone that wants to know how to determine the children of other couples, I'll put a method for it under a spoiler tag here.  WindowsGo to C:/Program Files/Virtual Families and locate the Images folder. Locate and open the bigheads00.png image, this will be our guide that we call the 'head chart' to find the children. MacThis only works if you did not purchase your game from BigFishGames.Open finder and go to the Virtual Families folder, right click on the application icon and click Show Package Contents. Open the Contents folder, then the Resources folder, and then the Images folder. Locate and open the bigheads00.png image, this will be our guide that we call the 'head chart' to find the children. Finding the ChildrenFirst look at the chart and number the heads vertically from 1-50. The black haired male and female at the top are number 1, and the rainbow and blue spiked hair are number 50. Find out the number that the mother and father are in your game, add those two numbers together and divide it by two. Lets say the number you get is 28, you would count down the chart to 28 and this will likely be the couple's child both male and female. Any children between the parents could be an expected birth but it's usually the ones closest to the middle number. If the mom and dad have the same number, the child will most likely turn out looking like the father or mother.  The child can also come out looking like the head 1 spot above and below the parents. The head chart cannot be used to predict all children because sometimes the game will pick a random head on the chart to be their child which is what I call a rare or random child in the family.
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#206854 - 08/05/09 08:09 PM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
[Re: Lewanda]
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Thanks Lewanda! I wouldn't even have known about all of it myself without your help here in the forum.
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#206863 - 08/05/09 08:58 PM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
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Thanks for your help Lyssaria and Lewanda. Most appreciated. I have been looking at the mods forum and am amazed by the talent of the people who have made such beautiful house decorations. I'm going to try some of the mod upgrades and see what happens.
I do have a question though, who is best to inherit the house on the next generation? The first born, the last born, or does it matter and can go to a favorite child?
Thanks again for all your help.
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#206871 - 08/05/09 09:55 PM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
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Lewanda - Yes the most money is a good idea. Not only talented (I saw your mods), but practical too!
I am dreading the first passing I will go through. Funny how you can get so protective and attached to these little people.
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#206875 - 08/05/09 10:24 PM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
[Re: Cheron]
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I eaither pick the first child ... the adopted or a twin to have more twins  haha ..... yup but it differs each time ....
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#206901 - 08/06/09 12:39 AM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
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My approach was more personal at first, I would choose the child that emailed home the most from college as if they had the most interest in keeping in touch with their family  After a few times of having no kids email home, I let my boyfriend choose who gets to take over the house or I do look for whether they want to have children or not as well as their jobs. In one family however, I always name one little girl after her mother if she looks exactly like her and she takes over the home. 
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#212369 - 11/07/09 08:50 PM
Re: My First Family - Gray Hair at 46!?
[Re: Lyssaria]
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In response to the original question, they age too early and they die way too soon. I'm 58 in real life, and I'm thinking I better start planning my funeral !! It's too bad there isn't a small house on the property where the grandparents could live, instead of killing them off so early in life.
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