I would like a deeper understand of how the CK2 DNA mechanics work.
I understand the basics:
Each character has an 11-digit DNA code. 5 digits are acquired from the father, 5 from the mother, and 1 is random.
Reading older threads about it, I also understand that most of the DNA digits actually correspond to a physical feature in terms of appearance. Ethnicity may disallow certain appearance combinations (such as hair/eye color). And there are one or two digits that currently do not map to anything.
So here are some questions to try and better understand how the DNA system works:
1. Different ethnicities may result in appearance phenotypes. But does that mean that a given ethnicity still has same access to the same character digits but they are simply mapped differently (e.g. for a Norse character maybe "a" is blond hair and "b" is black hair, but for a Mongol, either "a" or "b" both map to black hair)? Or does it mean that certain character digits are not found within that ethnicity ("a" is always blond and "b" is always black, Norse can have "a" or "b", but Mongols do NOT normally have access to "a")?
2. How randomized are DNA sequences for a random courtier and for characters of different cultures? For example, statistically, would a random courtier (of your culture) be as genetically similar/dis-similar to your character as a random courtier of a foreign culture? In theory, one might think that breeding with completely different genetic pools (all the way across the world) *should* result in greater diversity. So theoretically, a game where you constantly marry random people from diverse cultures, should have more diverse DNA than a game where you constantly marry randomly generated courtiers who are all of the same culture. Does the game work that way?
3. How does DNA interact with genetic traits? Are they determined separately? So the game calculates DNA, and then separately determines if given genetic traits are passed down (through a separate check)? Or are the genetic traits somehow correlated to particular DNA digits? And of special note, how does the Inbred trait determined? Is there an actual sort of check (some sort of threshold based on DNA, or comparing the DNA of parents) or is it just some sort of % check done independent of the DNA determination?
I understand the basics:
Each character has an 11-digit DNA code. 5 digits are acquired from the father, 5 from the mother, and 1 is random.
Reading older threads about it, I also understand that most of the DNA digits actually correspond to a physical feature in terms of appearance. Ethnicity may disallow certain appearance combinations (such as hair/eye color). And there are one or two digits that currently do not map to anything.
So here are some questions to try and better understand how the DNA system works:
1. Different ethnicities may result in appearance phenotypes. But does that mean that a given ethnicity still has same access to the same character digits but they are simply mapped differently (e.g. for a Norse character maybe "a" is blond hair and "b" is black hair, but for a Mongol, either "a" or "b" both map to black hair)? Or does it mean that certain character digits are not found within that ethnicity ("a" is always blond and "b" is always black, Norse can have "a" or "b", but Mongols do NOT normally have access to "a")?
2. How randomized are DNA sequences for a random courtier and for characters of different cultures? For example, statistically, would a random courtier (of your culture) be as genetically similar/dis-similar to your character as a random courtier of a foreign culture? In theory, one might think that breeding with completely different genetic pools (all the way across the world) *should* result in greater diversity. So theoretically, a game where you constantly marry random people from diverse cultures, should have more diverse DNA than a game where you constantly marry randomly generated courtiers who are all of the same culture. Does the game work that way?
3. How does DNA interact with genetic traits? Are they determined separately? So the game calculates DNA, and then separately determines if given genetic traits are passed down (through a separate check)? Or are the genetic traits somehow correlated to particular DNA digits? And of special note, how does the Inbred trait determined? Is there an actual sort of check (some sort of threshold based on DNA, or comparing the DNA of parents) or is it just some sort of % check done independent of the DNA determination?
