Question-How Much Can You Change Fixed Scenario Households?
So, for context, I only play female Sims, but some fixed Households in Scenarios (such as Parenting Predicaments and Family Fortune) have designated male members. If, for example, I made Eddie (the grandson) from Family Fortune into a girl, would that negate the scenario? Or what if I swapped the gender of Pablo and Leonardo Martinez? Am I obligated to play them hetero, or can I change them enough to suit the way I play? The "Start with..." for those uses words like Father, Husband, and Grandson, and I'm concerned if I change their gender I'll fail the criteria and it will cancel the Scenario. I don't care for being forced to choose between playing the Scenario hetero or not play it at all. Except for the Welcome Scenarios, you have complete freedom to make household members whatever you want. Any Lifestate, any gender. Only overall composition matter (number of adults, kids, etc.)
Since no one has replied, I've bucked up the courage to test this myself. I was fully prepared to scrap the Household if changing them broke the Scenario, but I was pleasantly surprised. I tested with the Martinez family and took several incremental steps. First, I engaged FullEditMode, and changed the gender of Pablo and Leonardo. The Scenario remained active. I saved, then went back in and shortened Leonardo's first name to Leona. The Scenario still held and even recognized Leona as counting toward the "Give Sofia and Leonardo a Bath or Shower" objective, even though the wording never changed. I saved and went back into CAS again and changed Pablo's first name to Paulina. The Scenario still remained active. I'm not going to bother changing the last names, as I don't see it as necessary, and is the most likely element to break it, since it's the story of the Martinez family. If this test holds up for the Family Fortune Scenario as well, it should be even simpler since Eddie is an established viable female name, and Eddie is the only male character in the Scenario, so a simple gender swap of the single character should suffice. Seems we have more freedom to manipulate than I initially suspected. I hope this helps others who might have similar playstyles.
Edit: I went through the entire Scenario and completed it without incident, so I can say with a fair degree of confidence that it's safe to make significant changes to the established/provided Sims.
