3/3 Good Parent talent questions

[Grandma]

As a Megalosaur, I invested 3/3 points into Good Parent and so did my partner.

We laid two eggs in our nest.

I suicided and respawned as a fresh Megalo with 0/3 Good Parent. I then accepted two players to take our eggs.

Our offspring has since hatched and matured, but they have gotten barely any inherited traits. Is this just bad luck or is Good Parent negated because I respawned?

Basically my question is at which point the Good Parent effects are determined for the offspring:
- Having 3/3 Good Parent when the egg is laid?
- Having 3/3 Good Parent the moment a player is accepted into our egg?
- Having 3/3 Good Parent when the egg hatches?

[Predatoria]

The inherited talents are decided at conception. The egg itself, even while still within the mother, contains the information on the hatchling's inherited talents. If she is stressed or receives a heavy blow while carrying eggs, it will damage them and harm the inherited talents.

You accepting the egg invite on the freshly spawned megalo is actually a bug that needs fixing. It should have only prompted the remaining parent and considered you deceased or missing.

Good Parent increases the likelihood that your offspring will inherit talents from you. Your mate's Good Parent increases the likelihood that your offspring will inherit talents from him or her. Both parents having 3/3 Good Parent is an effective way to maximize the chances of inheriting talents.

It is, however, chance based, and you may have just gotten lousy luck.

[Grandma]

Thanks for the detailed response! That clears up a lot.

I was also wondering how much every point in Good Parent increases the chance of inheriting a talent. Is it a raw percentage increase or is there a formula for it?

[Grandma]

Also as a Para it seems I can't improve on the Good Parent trait through the Stress Resistance. I have 2/3 Stress Resistance but I can't click and improve my 0/3 Good Parent, even tho these talents are next to eachother in the skill tree

[Predatoria]

That sounds like a bug to me. You should be able to traverse this pathway through the tree. I'd rather not disclose the exact algorithm used to determine offspring talent inheritance.

[Grandma]

Yep, definitely a bug because other Para's in my herd couldn't do this either

Originally posted by Predatoria:

I'd rather not disclose the exact algorithm used to determine offspring talent inheritance.

I understand! I'm having fun experimenting with breeding anyways

The game still has trouble understanding family relations it seems. My Para give birth to a bunch of children, some whom produced grandchildren. My Para then died and I respawned as a new Para.

When I mated again with my previous Paras' grandchildren, the game still thought we were related and the offspring got lots of negative inbreeding -- inherits

[Predatoria]

The inbreeding is determined as follows:

If two creatures share a common mother, a common father, if one creature is the child of another, or if one creature's offspring are the mother or father of another creatures, they will produce inbred offspring. Often, the relationship can be seen on the playerlist. If it states one player is your mother, father, grandparent, or sibling, it will generate an inbred child if you mate with them.

[Grandma]

Where on the player list does it show the genetic relationship?

[Predatoria]

It should show up by their name. It may not be working properly. If not, I'll need to look into it.

[Grandma]

It seems to not show family relationships to anyone. Thanks

[Grandma]

I have one last question, is the chance of a talent passing from Parent to Offspring greater when they have 3/3 in a talent?

For example, does a child have a higher chance of inheriting +1 Speed Increase when the parent has 3/3 Speed Increase, or is the chance just as big if the parent has only 1/3 Speed Increase?