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AlinaStarshine's avatar
AlinaStarshine
New Rookie
1 month ago

Dislike of the new Family Tree

I'm very disapointed with the family tree updated.  Before the update when you clicked on a sim in the family tree it focused on them and their kids.  Now every one is mixed in together, and it's difficult to tell what sims belongs to which family member.  Also newborn babies are not showing until they get to the Infant (2nd) stage.  

Is there a better way to organize/focus on one particular family line without all the extras added in?  Or could a possible improvement be made so that if you select one sim you only see their direct line and not the other relatives?  

7 Replies

  • NightIris97's avatar
    NightIris97
    Rising Newcomer
    1 month ago

    I would love to see options for viewing the family tree.  I use a website that has that feature and I feel like something similar in the family tree interface would be much neater

  • AlinaStarshine's avatar
    AlinaStarshine
    New Rookie
    1 month ago

    Yeah, the new version limits how many are displayed.  From what I can see it's 9 kids.  Which for a parent who has 11 two aren't showing.  I can see the baby (well he's an infant now) on the tree when accessing it from his menu, but again, I only see 8 of his siblings,  and if I click on their parent it goes back to the 9 oldest siblings.  

  • AlinaStarshine's avatar
    AlinaStarshine
    New Rookie
    1 month ago

    As I said in another comment, it's not a bug, you only see a limited number of children at a time.  My parent currently has had 11 kids but can only see 9 at a time.  I go to their mom and the same thing happens, only seeing 9 at a time.  But I do see different siblings when I click on the different siblings.  

  • AlinaStarshine's avatar
    AlinaStarshine
    New Rookie
    1 month ago

    It's not a bug, it only shows 9 kids at a time, so if you have more than that, some will not show on the list unless you access the family tree from them.  

  • I agree that some trees look a bit messy, and I noticed that when a sim has kids with more than one partner, the game might make one spouse the parent to all that sim's kids. Maybe it gets too much to program with multiple partners - no big deal, as most trees look pretty much correct.

    I've learned hat when watching a messy tree, it ca sometmes be useful t click another sim, to get a slightly different version of the same tree - way more tidy. I never used the in game trees a lot, built my own system, but I love that we can zoom in/out and that the trees are way bigger now. With dynesties and nobles there will be even more info.

  • Not really seing a difference. The family trees can look messy if you have enough generations involved with the old system too. As for the newborn not in your tree, you might want to make a bug report. 

  • I have newborns on my family trees I think u should open bug report for this.

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