Base Game Update Feb 3rd (Patch Notes Available)

Looking forward to the photo fix as I can't currently play my game.

Me too. It has been a long wait, but at least it has given me a reason to play other games 😅

I'm really curious about the new family tree. 

I need to cross my fingers for an update! 💚💛❤️

Is there anything concerning the for rent corruption of save files issue ? I can no longer read the laundry lists and mods clearances lists it gives me headaches, so as of today i am officially reitred from playing this game actively. It actually feels like a relief, i'll tell after the second week of withdrawal. But it doesnt look like i have time for this shenanigans anymore... 

I find this particularly interesting. It's in the instructions to modders posted yesterday to prepare for next week's update.

From the Royalty & Legacy Expansion Pack Base Game update, it will not be possible to set any family relations in Python other than direct parental relations and partner relations for existing SimInfo objects. Any other (indirect) types of family relations (siblings, grandparents, cousins, in-laws, step-relatives etc) will be automatically deduced and managed by the new Family Tree Service, and can’t be set directly anymore, neither by code nor with tuning (loots, household templates etc).

Family Tree Service keeps a persistent, always growing family tree graph for all sims in the save. It keeps the data about dead sims even after they get purged from the save (unless they were manually deleted in CAS). It replaced the genealogy_cache entirely. Every node in the graph is either lived or living sim, every edge of the graph is either parent/child relation or a marriage.

On every loading, the game synchronizes the state of SimInfos with the family tree graph in the save and family relbits between all related sims.

OMG i started my game up after one week. I am being dead serious when i say this; this game gave me a nervous breakdown.

It is good that i took one week of not starting the game. The last update made my game unplayable, i.e. the nervous break down. Three week of losing sleep, working 20 hours a day on my game, troubleshooting.

All for nothing, and its even gotten worse, when i finally had the energy and the courage to pick it up to see if its worth the time next week to update and move along, but when i went to check my Gallery, all my households were duplicated.... i didnt even check the lots ! I quit the game... and had a panic attack...

I am currently uninstalling the game. As well the EA app.

Godspeed

I'm so sorry your game isn't working 😣 That would be my nightmare. I hope you feel better 💛

Oh my! This sounds like a much needed upgrade, but at the same time quite scary to us playing old saves. I'm so glad I use my own online family tree, so whatever happens to the one in-game, won't affect me total overview.

Ooooh, I'm definitely backing up my game before Feb 3.  I love my legacy sims and I'm afraid relationships will come undone.  Especially my happy Thruple made with no mods.  I hope they have allowed for more than one spouse. They are my happiest couples.  Their romance bars never dip.  

Hang on siblings, grandparents, cousins, in-laws, step-relatives!!  Fingers crossed that the Family Tree Service has relations well defined.   Is anyone else going to screenshot their family trees before the update?   If there is a problem in the family tree and we can't set relations directly anymore - then what?        

Any other (indirect) types of family relations (siblings, grandparents, cousins, in-laws, step-relatives etc) will be automatically deduced and managed by the new Family Tree Service, and can’t be set directly anymore, neither by code nor with tuning (loots, household templates etc).