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rickeyrobby
9 months ago
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Inability to 'Add Parent' in Genetics CAS

I have two adult sims that are not related in any way. They are married to each other, and, I would like to 'create a child' for them in CAS so the baby looks the way I want it to.

When I try this feature using (testingcheats on, and then, cas.fulleditmode), the only feature that is available is to have one genetic parent and an 'unknown parent'; the option to select the wife/husband is not possible. This only occurs for two households in my game; the rest of my sims/households this option works as normal.

- Both sims are Young Adults, married to each other

- Both sims are Unrelated

- Both sims' settings are set: can become pregnant/ get others pregnant

- There's enough household slots available (2/8)

- No sims in the household are pregnant

This issue seems to only affect the ability to 'create a child' in CAS using both sims as the parents.

- These sims can still "Try for Baby" together in-game (I would just prefer to create with genetics via CAS for my own gameplay enjoyment).

Hoping this is an easy fix and that I explained my issue without too much confusion ! Thank you !!

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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    9 months ago
    @rickeyrobby Have you tried using the household manager to enter the family and create a child there instead of using the cheat ?

  • rickeyrobby's avatar
    rickeyrobby
    9 months ago

    Trying to 'create a child' via genetics in household manager CAS with and without the cheats still renders the same problem. I've only listed the cheats there so that others know that I've tried using the cheats as well. This issue seems to have nothing to do with the use of cheats.

    I always go through household manager to edit my families and add their children. This issue is not affecting all of my households, it has only affected 2 couples (2 separate households) in my whole game.

    Example (all sims are Adults):

    - a Husband lives with his parents. The Wife moves in with Husband and his parents.

    - I enter CAS via Household Manager and select the Husband, 'add a sim,' 'play with genetics,' the option to add Wife as parent is unavailable

    so, I try

    - select the Wife, 'add a sim,' 'play with genetics,' the option to add Husband is unavailable, however, I can select the Mother-In-Law or the Father-In-Law. (this is not helpful as I want the Wife to have children with the Husband, not his parents/her in-laws).

    so, I try

    - moving couple into their own household so its just Husband and Wife, repeat the steps, and now for either of them the option to select each other is unavailable.

    so, I try

    - creating a new random sim to add to their household (now 3/8, all sims are Unrelated), both husband and wife can select this random sim to create a child with, but the option to select one another is still unavailable.

    I am not using any mods or CC

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    9 months ago
    @rickeyrobby Have you tried them in a new save to see if the issue persists (for testing purposes)

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    9 months ago
    @rickeyrobby I take it that they are fine in a new save since you accepted a solution ?

    Are you fine with just using them in a new save game or do you want to further troubleshoot why it doesn't work in that save ?

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