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Nancy9
New Scout
3 years ago

Sibling connections missing on family tree

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.98.158.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Most of them, nearly all expansions except Strangerville.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Open up the family tree on premade or CAS siblings.
What happens when the bug occurs? The siblings picture appears in the family tree but the line between the siblings is missing. Only seems to happen for premade or CAS siblings (those that don't have a parent assigned so have the "mystery parent") see image 1 and 2. Also, on a slightly related note, I have a sim who is half siblings with two other sims, from clicking on their icon they are displayed as full brothers/sister, but from their siblings icon they are correctly displayed as half siblings (see image 3 onwards). Is this a bug?
What do you expect to see? A line connecting the siblings.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. After patch 1.98.127/1.76 which fixed the grandparent lineage issue in the family tree.

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  • From Jake's perspective showing Jane is his half-sibling (they share a mum but don't share a dad)

  • From Jane's perspective, Jake appears as her full brother

  • Nancy9's avatar
    Nancy9
    New Scout
    3 years ago

    From Jane's perspective, Jake is listed as her full brother

  • I noticed this today and thought it was odd. I’m currently playing the Grove family and it says that the father is actually the brother of another sim living in town and when I looked in the family tree to confirm i noticed both of their pictures just sitting there next to each other. 

  • Nozladi's avatar
    Nozladi
    Rising Veteran
    2 years ago

    Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:PlayStation 5
    Which language are you playing the game in? English
    How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
    What is your current game version number? 1.79
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them.
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Just look at family tree
    What happens when the bug occurs? Juniper is not showing as Sienna's Sister-in-Law only as Umber's wife. Grenn (I think) is showing as her nephew. When Sienna had a son, no one from Sienna's family is showing for him at all. It's like Sienna has no one. Also, Juniper and Umber had adopted children. None of them showed as any relation to Sienna at all. It's like they were just random NPCs. I deleted them.
    What do you expect to see? I expect to see the appropriate family tree. It does create a problem for Visiting a Relative Milestone for infants as there aren't any for the infant (and there should be).
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console - never used.
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

    Pretty self-explanatory. Just would be nice for Sienna Grove's family to be listed properly. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    2 years ago
    @Nozladi I merged your post with a more general thread but I believe that's the same issue you're also facing as the sister connection is not showing properly.

    Let me know if you disagree.
  • Nozladi's avatar
    Nozladi
    Rising Veteran
    2 years ago

    @crinrict Seems like they're the same issue. Missing family tree designation seems to be happening to other NPCs as well. Thank you. 

  • Nancy9's avatar
    Nancy9
    New Scout
    2 years ago

    Has anyone heard if EA have acknowledged this? I've not spotted it on any patch notes and it's still continuing

  • Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:PC
    Which language are you playing the game in? English
    How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
    What is your current game version number? 1109.185.1030 DX11
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? make 2 siblings in Cas go into world and check their family tree
    What happens when the bug occurs? Siblings made in Cas dont have a line connecting them on their family tree.
    What do you expect to see? lines connecting siblings on the family trees,
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

    Siblings made in Cas dont have a line connecting them on their family tree and might treat each other as strangers in game. their profiles recognize each other as family. but for instance, i made2 sims and before placing them i seperated them into 2 different households and they didnt know each other and they have no line connecting them on the tree. 

    luckily though this does not appear to be allowing incest.

    This does seem to be only locked to family made in cas as children born in game show their lines properly, and it also seems to only be sims that dont have a parent with them in cas. 
    if you make a parent and their kids in cas the kids show as related to each other and their parents. however if you dont make them a parent they dont show as having any lines connecting them in the tree. I know there is at least one other post about this  but as it is from a full year ago and this issue is brand new for me  i thought it may be okay to post a new thing. i have tried this both with and without mods and it happens every time.

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