Recognize as Family
Adds an interaction to recognize other Sims as family.
🔽 Download: CurseForge / SFS
Requires: Lot 51 Core Library
Supported Languages: All 🌍
Patch Resilience: High ℹ️
This mod introduces a new interaction in the debug/cheat pie menu: "Recognize as Family"
Selecting this interaction will add a generic "Family" relationship bit between the active Sim and the target Sim. The relationship bit will appear in the sim info panel, prevent Sims from romancing one another, and unlock family-specific interactions. To find the interaction, enable testingcheats and then shift + click on another Sim. To remove the Family relationship, shift + click the Sim you previously recognized and select "Unrecognize as Family."
For those with MC Command Center, you can also add the "Family" relationship bit via the Relationship Bits menu.
Any two Sims can recognize each other as family, provided they aren't already related. Recognizing a Sim as family will not alter the family tree in any way. The interaction won't add a Sim to the Family filter group in the relationship panel, but this is something I'd like to explore in the future.
Compatibility
This mod does not directly overwrite any files so it won't conflict with other mods.
This mod is base game compatible.
This mod was made possible by Sims 4 Studio, Tuning Builder, and STBL Studio.
Comments (17)
Hi! The mod is very good but I have had an issue. It works very well when I am in the game, however when I leave the game and then rejoin, the romance option is available again and they no longer recognize each other as family until I shift click press Recognize as Family again. And it’s kinda tedious to constantly shift click for one specific sim so that the sims don’t romance one another.
I will investigate
well! I found that the game crashed recently. After testing, it was a problem with this feature file. I really like this mod, does it mean it needs to be updated?
Do you have a last exception file you can send me? My discord is @tyjokr
Hi! Do you know if this mod will prevent sims from being paired together in neighborhood stories as romantic partners via the relationship changes feature?
I’m not sure. It might!
is this updated for royalty and legacy? :}
yes!
Hi, do you know if there could be some problem with this mod after the next update? They talk in Laudry List about it affecting complex family relationships. They published some info for the modders, I don't know if you've seen it: https://forums.ea.com/blog/the-sims-game-info-hub-en/the-sims-4-code-changes-for-modders---feb-3rd-base-game-update/13120743.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. It might. I won't know for sure until the patch arrives.
Hi, do you know if these added family members would be recognised as a family member with your Parenting Discipline Extended mod? Love all your work, thank you!!
Yes, any added family members with this mod will be recognized by my other mod.
Thank you so much for this mod !! It's amazing for legacy challenges ! Making it add the recognized sim to the family filter is a great idea too I hope you'll be able to make it function soon
Hi, I would love to use this but it won't work. It worked for a while but now it decides to not show up anymore which is really annoying when my heir tries to romance her third cousin ... I have testingcheats one. I have the Lot51 thing. I have the mods enabled etc. ... I tried with sims that I want to recognize as family as well as others ... but the option is not there ...
You’re holding down shift while clicking? Sometimes you have to go through multiple pages of interactions to see it. Nothing in the mod has changed so not sure why it would’ve stopped working for you.
Will this work on pets? I have a weird bug where it acts like there is no relationship immediately after my dogs have puppies. No family tree anymore, nothing. I'd like to be able to still keep track of which are related, though
I’m not optimistic that it’d work on pets with the way it’s currently coded, but it wouldn’t hurt to try.