i don't know if this have been talk about already but i feel like the family tree need a update i thought with the parenthood pack it would of got some love and attention it been needing some updates for a while now i feel like it having a hard time keeping track who is who on the tree or better yet you have to click around to find who your looking for i want the family tree to be more like the sims 3 i like the look of the sims 4 but i like how simple the sims 3 family tree was http://simscommunity.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Tyler.png it was more easy to keep trace of who is who and it had every family member on the tree to see with out having to click around i also feel that it should also keep trace of step parents and step kids better just because the sims parent die doesn't mean that the step parent sim shouldn't just be taken off the family tree hope i didn't miss any points what you guy think or want to see done with the family tree it also be nice to how family tree bio for sims family members like back story on that member also no more blank spaces where it just a empty picture im trying to reach out to the gurus about this

Seconded! I often find myself confused, clicking around in vain in the family, clicking through different household members to try and make sense of things. For legacies it's really bad, cause the longer you play the more complicated it gets. Honestly, I'd love it if I could see sims' family trees in CAS or something too, so I can keep track of townies better too. And I completely agree about step-relations, and I'd also like it if you were told if they were adopted.

Hear, hear. The thing that upsets me the most is that spouses who don't have children will be disconnected on the family tree as soon as one dies. This is especially upsetting for my gay couples since I rarely have them adopt.

I completely agree! The family trees feel so half-baked to me. Like Terra said, I hate that married couples aren't connected if they don't have children. For example, I tried doing a legacy where my heirs brother's wife was infertile, but very family oriented so she often would help with my heir's kids and her own sister's kids, but once she died, she dissapeared from the tree on my heirs side! I know it seems kind of small but that honestly ruined the legacy for me and I ended up starting a new one because of it.This is more of a relationship bad complaint than a family tree one but it also bothers me how the family tree recognizes step parents, but the relationship bar doesn't. Also, extended family. I wish my sims recognized their great aunts and uncles as family. Even if it was under a generic tag, like "family". I don't really care if third cousins a million times removed are labeled as such, but could they at least be labeled as cousins or family so my sims won't be able to flirt with them?

The Family Tree needs to be fixed big time. In one of my games my sim's husband died and then what happened he was removed! They had children so when I clicked on one of them he still showed up but I just hate that he doesn't show up on his wife's family tree. :(

giving this a boost, family tree really needs an update.

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Fanphoria
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
Seconded! I often find myself confused, clicking around in vain in the family, clicking through different household members to try and make sense of things. For legacies it's really bad, cause the longer you play the more complicated it gets. Honestly, I'd love it if I could see sims' family trees in CAS or something too, so I can keep track of townies better too. And I completely agree about step-relations, and I'd also like it if you were told if they were adopted.
Terra575
9 years ago
Hear, hear. The thing that upsets me the most is that spouses who don't have children will be disconnected on the family tree as soon as one dies. This is especially upsetting for my gay couples since I rarely have them adopt.
Lexiebeth
9 years ago
I completely agree! The family trees feel so half-baked to me. Like Terra said, I hate that married couples aren't connected if they don't have children. For example, I tried doing a legacy where my heirs brother's wife was infertile, but very family oriented so she often would help with my heir's kids and her own sister's kids, but once she died, she dissapeared from the tree on my heirs side! I know it seems kind of small but that honestly ruined the legacy for me and I ended up starting a new one because of it.

This is more of a relationship bad complaint than a family tree one but it also bothers me how the family tree recognizes step parents, but the relationship bar doesn't. Also, extended family. I wish my sims recognized their great aunts and uncles as family. Even if it was under a generic tag, like "family". I don't really care if third cousins a million times removed are labeled as such, but could they at least be labeled as cousins or family so my sims won't be able to flirt with them?
xTheLadyHades
9 years ago
Yes! I have been wanting the family tree updated and made better.
applefeather2
9 years ago
!! Yes, give the family tree Some Love !!
SIMMER_RAY
9 years ago
"Terra;c-15815013" wrote:
Hear, hear. The thing that upsets me the most is that spouses who don't have children will be disconnected on the family tree as soon as one dies. This is especially upsetting for my gay couples since I rarely have them adopt.

I had a gay couple and i actually just had to use cheats to fix the family tree cause the one parent wasn't being listen as the father i honestly hope since we only getting one pack this month they really show some attention to the family tree and other features
SIMMER_RAY
9 years ago
@SimGuruDrake is there a way you can get this looked at and some love to the family tree for us
Breetai33
9 years ago
The Family Tree needs to be fixed big time. In one of my games my sim's husband died and then what happened he was removed! They had children so when I clicked on one of them he still showed up but I just hate that he doesn't show up on his wife's family tree. :(
SproutLee
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
Agreed
Fanphoria
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
giving this a boost, family tree really needs an update.