How genes works on childs?

[Fabbero84]

Hi,
can someone explain how genes works on child? I created a custom race with custom trait, skin color and hair color, but when the first child is born he has a baseline trait and none of the race trait. Don't know if a i'm missing something.
Thanks!!

[Daliena]

There's two types of genes. Germline/Endogenes, and Xenogenes. Endogenes can be inherited by children, Xenogenes must be re-implanted via a Xenogerm into each pawn you want them in. You can identify them quickly by endogenes having the gray circle background, while xenogenes have the blue hexagon.

I haven't meddled with creating custom xenotypes, but looking at it now, there's a button at the bottom when you're creating your own custom xenotype at the beginning of a game to set genes to be inheritable. If you don't tick it, then your custom xenotypes' genes are all xenogenes and won't be passed onto their children.

Not sure if you can make new inheritable genes once you've already started the game and are using the gene assembler, at least not without mods.

[Fabbero84]

Originally posted by Daliena:

There's two types of genes. Germline/Endogenes, and Xenogenes. Endogenes can be inherited by children, Xenogenes must be re-implanted via a Xenogerm into each pawn you want them in. You can identify them quickly by endogenes having the gray circle background, while xenogenes have the blue hexagon.

I haven't meddled with creating custom xenotypes, but looking at it now, there's a button at the bottom when you're creating your own custom xenotype at the beginning of a game to set genes to be inheritable. If you don't tick it, then your custom xenotypes' genes are all xenogenes and won't be passed onto their children.

Not sure if you can make new inheritable genes once you've already started the game and are using the gene assembler, at least not without mods.

Thank you!! I didn't see the button. I will try with a new game !!!

[El Chupacabra]

there is at least one mod which make Xenogenes inheritable.

[EvilNecroid]

all genes should be inheritable

[Daliena]

Originally posted by EvilNecroid:

all genes should be inheritable

Probably should be, logically, but damn if it wouldn't break the balance of Archite genes over it's knee if they were.

[MadArtillery]

Since you got your answer already it is possible to manually swap all your genes to germline, one by one. Super tedius but can save resetting over a missed checkbox.

[Red Bat]

Originally posted by EvilNecroid:

all genes should be inheritable

Hybrids ingame are already kind of crazy. Imagine how broken a Highmate - Genie hybrid would be?