This is an age-old issue, but it has annoyed me for quite some time that names can only be 14x2 characters long. This means my sims can't always have hyphenated names or two first names. In real life, having names longer than 14 characters really isn't that uncommon.Olivia Spencer-Kim-Lewis automatically comes to mind, which may mean that they intended to have the names longer at some point.Would it really "plum" up the code to increase the string length of sim names?

It seems to be possible, but why not for us simmers?

I've had this problem in Sims 3 too. I can't hyphenate most names unless they're short.

"icmnfrsh;c-16811748" wrote:I've had this problem in Sims 3 too. I can't hyphenate most names unless they're short.I had a family in Sims 2 where the mom's last name was Boundy and the dad's was Williams, so I changed their kids' names to Boundy-Williams. I think I either used SimPE or some boolprop cheat though, so I don't know what the limit was (and a quick search didn't tell me either).I'm recreating the whole family tree in TS4, and am one letter short on their last name. I could of course skip the hyphen in this case, but it looks weird.

One of my biggest annoyance is every penthouse in the french version of the game is called Appartement-Terrasse so and so, and whenever you try to save these lots you have to change the name because the default one is already too long.So longer lot names would be nice too.

Do you want the ability to have longer sim names?

25 Replies

puderosasims
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
It seems to be possible, but why not for us simmers?
QueenOfMyshuno
7 years ago
And middle names, too!
icemanfresh
Legend
7 years ago
I've had this problem in Sims 3 too. I can't hyphenate most names unless they're short.
Heidrun7
New Vanguard
7 years ago
"icmnfrsh;c-16811748" wrote:
I've had this problem in Sims 3 too. I can't hyphenate most names unless they're short.

I had a family in Sims 2 where the mom's last name was Boundy and the dad's was Williams, so I changed their kids' names to Boundy-Williams. I think I either used SimPE or some boolprop cheat though, so I don't know what the limit was (and a quick search didn't tell me either).
I'm recreating the whole family tree in TS4, and am one letter short on their last name. I could of course skip the hyphen in this case, but it looks weird.
kaeyresky
7 years ago
I've never ran into the issue since I prefer short names, but I see no reason to vote No.
kurimisarang
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
One of my biggest annoyance is every penthouse in the french version of the game is called Appartement-Terrasse so and so, and whenever you try to save these lots you have to change the name because the default one is already too long.

So longer lot names would be nice too.
dianed485
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
As someone that has a long name, it’s not convenient, I can tell you. So I don’t need longer names In the Sims.
Middle names however I wouldn’t mind !
LuckyPunbot
7 years ago
You know what I would also like as a feature? Nicknames. Like Bella 'the Rose' Goth; Bob 'Sketchy' Pancakes; Johnny 'JonJon' Zest.
JC1979Solenegir
7 years ago
Yes, because I sometimes like to hyphenate last names.
Heidrun7
New Vanguard
7 years ago
"Dianesims;c-16812085" wrote:
As someone that has a long name, it’s not convenient, I can tell you. So I don’t need longer names In the Sims.
Middle names however I wouldn’t mind !

I personally don't see the difference between having two first names vs. one first and one middle - but maybe that's just because in my culture a middle name is usually just a second/third first name.
I get however that you might want to have a sim with a name like "John Joseph Johnson" and for the little notifications only get "Yo, John is hungry" instead of "John Joseph is hungry"