I moved two sims in together and when they got married, the female still has the same last name she did before they got married, and their child has her last name.

There's a workaround. I can't remember right now if I had to have Origin online or not -- I think I had it off -- but anyway, here it is:Ctrl-Shift-Ctestingcheats truecas.fulleditmode (edited to add this, left it out before, sorry)Shift-Click on your Sim and choose "Modify in CAS" This takes you to CAS, where you can change the name.You can also change the household name by going to Manage World. There's no cheat involved in this one. Just choose the family and change the household name.I was successful in changing the wife's name, the child's name, and the household name using these methods.

I was watching an LP and that happened. Score 1 for feminism but 0 for you if you want to change the names. IDK who the kids got the last name from.

This happened to me too. You can choose the babies last name upon birth, but either spouse's original last name stays the same as before they were married.

You cannot change the last name in CAS via testing cheats. It tells you that you cannot modify pre-created sims or something along those lines. You can only edit their appearance through that.And this happens to me, too. I reported it last night and posted in the bug thread. Had a sim host a wedding party, after the party ended his new spouse went home along with the other guests and her last name did not change. Nice work, Sims team! How many expansions do we have to wait through for this to be rectified? I enjoy the game but these little things are starting to build up and get to me. They really dropped the ball when it comes to sims relationships with one another. No family trees, no real in-depth relationships between family members, the only relationships you have indicated via the panel are the bare basics: sibling, parent, grandparent. No uncles, no cousins (far as I am aware), no in-laws. The new emotions system is all froth and no substance when features that would tie it them together are missing. I had the parents of a sim die and they didn't even feel sad about because they didn't witness the deaths! Another sim-child's parents got divorced right in front of him and he didn't even react, no sad mood, nothing! Really missing the old aspirations system in TS3 with wants/fears and decent aspirations. If TS3 actually played without stuttering like it's sinking into a swamp, I would go back to it until expansions are released for TS4 but I can't stand even the minimal amount of stutter.

"asphyxiateddoll;776362" wrote:I moved two sims in together and when they got married, the female still has the same last name she did before they got married, and their child has her last name.Because female Sims are liberated in TS4.

Last name didn't change after getting married.

IMTrick
11 years ago
> @J03Y_P4ND4 said:
> I'm curious to know what happened between sims 3 and sims 4 for this not to happen on its own.

It's a new game, that's what happened. Sims 4 isn't an upgrade of Sims 3; it's a different game.
GoodFairy684
11 years ago
My sims couple got married yesterday and I was surprised that the name didn't change. For me this is essential. A common name to me means family. If it is a feminist thing (what I don't think), they should at least have given us the option too choose, which partner wants to take over the name or maybe have a combined name. But in my opinion they just FORGOT to implement this. Really disappointing. This needs to be added. ASAP!
Lockraemono
11 years ago
"MsHoneyluv21;12557828" wrote:
Im going back to sims 2 and 3. Forget this game.

Game-breaking.
Coffeefreak4Lif
11 years ago
"Koach137;12557855" wrote:
Ah, crud. This is not good at all. :( I sure as hell hope they can fix it.

It'll come in an EP dubbed as a "feature "
iRetr0
11 years ago
"BWpunisher;12558726" wrote:
You cannot change the last name in CAS via testing cheats. It tells you that you cannot modify pre-created sims or something along those lines. You can only edit their appearance through that.

False.
You can change the names when you use testing cheats plus the full edit cheat. ;)

"MsPhy;12567176" wrote:
Hmm. I didn't do the #3 one, but maybe this is the sorcery that's needed?

You had to have. Editing Sims' names is impossible without the 'cas.fulleditmode' cheat.
halouja
New Spectator
11 years ago
"GoodFairy;12639354" wrote:
If it is a feminist thing, they should at least have given us the option to choose which partner wants to take over the name or maybe have a combined name. Really disappointing. This needs to be added.

I absolutely agree with you - we should have the option so we can choose. My newly married female sim and her new husband now live in her house but he still has his original surname instead of taking hers, as I wanted, to continue the family line; I am not a happy bunny! :(
mlnov39
Seasoned Spectator
11 years ago
The only easy way to change a baby's name, for now, seems to be when they're born.
But just be sure to remember the last name of the dad. I forgot dad's last name and couldn't
change it! I was so annoyed! :s
Sparkysim2
11 years ago
I'm ole fashioned. I think it should pop up a window when they get married and you can put in what you want it to be. Or ask do you want her name to be _______ or ________ as a choice.
desperatehswf
11 years ago
Ok, it's not just me. I have to manage/merge my households too, and the last names don't change either. I knew the game would be stripped of a lot of features, but this should not have been one of them. I'm almost regretting not waiting for it to go on sale before buying it. At least there would've been an expansion pack and a patch or two by then.
Belasco32
11 years ago
I really think saying this is about feminism or about EA not supporting marriage is giving the issue way more weight than it deserves. It is an issue, maybe even a bug (which, I mean, come on, we bought The Sims X, we KNEW we were getting bugs). They'll either fix it or ignore us, probably the latter since that's their historical take on many issues, depending on how wrapped into a last name other code is. I suspect this isn't an easy fix and was a known issue before launch. There are several sites on the iNet where people who either played prerelease or got leaked information listed issues...some of which have come to pass in the final release, and others that, thankfully, haven't.

Work-arounds via testingcheats are just a part of playing The Sims to me at this point. Perhaps Maxis is a decent company, but EA isn't, and I've yet to play something they touched that wasn't borked horribly in some important way....at the same time, they have amazing titles that are the equivalent of videogame crack, and so I'm here with my $70 copy of The Sims 4 for better or worse.