It seems to be more forgiving. I used some of the extreme of the default sliders for both of the parents, and they are both CAS sims, which often resulted in bad results in Sims 2, if they were highly altered from the templates.

Oh, and off topic... I remember you posted about the Bella-like statute in Belladonna Cove when AL first came out. You also remembered that Bella was linked to witches in Sims 1. Do you have any extra information on that, or maybe a link to the details? I'm using some of that info in an update, and I want a better idea of the canon (and don't want to have to play Sims 1 to find out - though maybe that'd be fun).