Marriage won't let you change name.
Product: The Sims 4 Platform:Microsoft XBOX One 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? Most ...
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@crinrict See, I don't have My Wedding Stories. I did the YouTuber thing of just putting an arch on the lot. I don't think I've actually ever done a proper venue wedding event thing. (Even if I had, achievements have been broken for years so I wouldn't know.) I just get them married with the arch and it saves SO much hassle.
@thedirectorlives I'm confused now.
Could you explain more WHERE you had the pop-up ? After clicking on the arch and get married or with a specific interaction on the arch ?
Could you explain more WHERE you had the pop-up ? After clicking on the arch and get married or with a specific interaction on the arch ?
@crinrictAfter getting remarried, there was an unexpected popup (Happened while I was trying to get another Sim to either eat or garden, can't remember) and the game asked if I wanted to change the surname of one of my Sims. I chose to change her surname to the same as the other Sim's. Second time I changed the surname in this way was a first marriage and I changed the name after asked. That was more recent, I think last year. I also decided against doing it with the first Sim's parents, even though the option had appeared.
- @thedirectorlives I've never ever seen that pop-up in Sims 4
Since you're console, it's not mods either (cause they are mods that let you decide), so I really don't know. I recall the "Manage Households" pop-up to move Sims between households when a Sim marries another Sim outside of the household, but I don't recall there ever being a "change Sim's surname" option and I've been playing this game for something like eight years. Maybe it was a limited roll-out test, or just a short-lived console thing like crinrict said? I found a few old videos of TS4 weddings from the timeframe you mention, but they don't show this pop-up (though it is a PC video, so if it was a console-exclusive thing like crinrict suggested then it wouldn't show up anyway). I'll keep looking around, though, I'm curious if anyone else remembers this menu option.
Hi! I'm SimmerStar4 (they/them). I'm not an expert on game issues, so don't take me as one! I'm just a Sims player who wants to try and help fellow players, and who finds game bugs and issues interesting.
@SimmerStar4That's the one I know too. I'm on console. But I played Sims 3 on pc then on Xbox and I think I may
remember a surname box on that.
I know I get it with babies and child/pet adoption in Sims 4.Edit: nope, I'm reliably informed that in Sims 3 the name changed automatically. There's my terrible memory! I can remember that happening now.
@SimmerStar4Yeah, it's happened at least three times in my 6 years of playing The Sims 4. I'd like it to be an actual feature instead of a random bug that probably just spawned out of nowhere. It looks like the baby adopting notification. All blue. (Sidenote, has that been made consistent with the new menus? Last I remember it wasn't.)
