Last name didn't change after getting married.

"emmaning;13511793" wrote:
It's not an issue its part of the game eaxis forgot to tell us about for they were far more excited about EMOTIONS, PROMOTIONAL SIMS and MESSING UP SIMS LIVES as they made a fuss over what they felt was important. It isn't a glitch but I quite like it as my sims get a a frequent divorce. When they have a kid however, a little menu should come up asking "congrats. it's a (boy/girl)! What would you like to call it" then a little thing beneath it with two boxes first one is labelled first and has a random appropriate gender first name in which you can change, it has a dice next to it for full randomisation. The second one is labelled last or surname and contains one of the parents surnames (usually the mom) but this also has a randomisation dice. If you want to change a sim's surname, this can be done by entering Ctrl shift c then putting in the box: testingcheatsenabled true then entering in the same box after it: cas.fulleditmode then shift click the sim you want to change then click the option 'edit in cas' there it'll open the cas menu you used to create them.

The most recent patch made it so you don't need the cheat to change names anymore.

"mariana98g;13510280" wrote:
Well, in many other cultures, the wife doesn't take the husband's last name, for example, this isn't even a thing in Latin America. This has nothing to do with "being too modern" or "a feminist thing", but it is more of an international thing. I have to say that I love that female sims can keep their last names and that I can choose the last names of the kids because it gives you a lot of options! For example, I had Zoe Patel (from the Roomies household) marry a Spanish dude whose name is Pablo Beiroa. He had a kid whose name was Helena Beiroa, and later, Zoe and Pablo had two kids named Marco Patel Beiroa and Aída Patel Beiroa (I put her last name first, since she came first to the sims world). The three kids have different last names, but they don't care at all (Zoe is now stated as Helena's mother) and my five sims family is so happy!

Sorry for the long comment, hehe

Well, to be technical, in the Sims 3, the Sims when the got married didn't automatically take the husband's name. It was whomever initiated the wedding. But I liked the touch that you could change your name at city hall. Just a small thing, but I liked it.

"Dreamie209;13513347" wrote:

"luthienrising;13511806" wrote:

"emmaning;13511793" wrote:
It's not an issue its part of the game eaxis forgot to tell us about for they were far more excited about EMOTIONS, PROMOTIONAL SIMS and MESSING UP SIMS LIVES as they made a fuss over what they felt was important. It isn't a glitch but I quite like it as my sims get a a frequent divorce. When they have a kid however, a little menu should come up asking "congrats. it's a (boy/girl)! What would you like to call it" then a little thing beneath it with two boxes first one is labelled first and has a random appropriate gender first name in which you can change, it has a dice next to it for full randomisation. The second one is labelled last or surname and contains one of the parents surnames (usually the mom) but this also has a randomisation dice. If you want to change a sim's surname, this can be done by entering Ctrl shift c then putting in the box: testingcheatsenabled true then entering in the same box after it: cas.fulleditmode then shift click the sim you want to change then click the option 'edit in cas' there it'll open the cas menu you used to create them.

The most recent patch made it so you don't need the cheat to change names anymore.

Really? is it a auto-change or a renaming?

No - just that you don't need to use the cas.fulleditmode cheat. You can user regular CAS.

I personally am really glad that it doesn't automatically change their last name. More and more women are choosing to not change their last name, and I'm happy that it's reflected in here. (even though I'm pretty sure that the decision had to do more with laziness than making a social statement. )

"maplehollie;13513414" wrote:
I personally and really glad that it doesn't automatically change their last name. More and more women are choosing to not change their last name, and I'm happy that it's reflected in here. (even though I'm pretty sure that the decision had to do more with laziness than making a social statement. )

I'm not convinced it's either laziness *or* a social statement. Where in the world is still even the case that your name automatically changes on marriage anyway? If you have to make a deliberate act of name changing in real life, I don't see why it should be automatically imposed in the game. Sure, it would be nice to have a computer interaction "Fill out name-change forms" -- it would be more real-life-like -- but even having to open CAS to change a name is better than a game-imposed name change that doesn't happen in real life.

"luthienrising;13513482" wrote:
Where in the world is still even the case that your name automatically changes on marriage anyway? If you have to make a deliberate act of name changing in real life, I don't see why it should be automatically imposed in the game. Sure, it would be nice to have a computer interaction "Fill out name-change forms" -- it would be more real-life-like -- but even having to open CAS to change a name is better than a game-imposed name change that doesn't happen in real life.

Yeah, I agree with that. Forcing a name change would just seem kinda controlling and unrealistic IMO.

When I got married, I had to go through so many steps to get my surname legally changed. But it was my choice, nobody forced it upon me. I have a couple of female friends who have recently gotten married (not to each other, not that it matters), and both opted to keep their own surname. I have another friend who is engaged, and she and her fiancé are talking about creating a new surname for themselves once they're married: a blend of their current surnames, which would require both of them to go through all the hoops and paperwork of legally changing names. I even have a female friend whose surname is a lot easier to spell & pronounce than her boyfriend's, and they have actually discussed the possibility that, if they get married one day, he take her surname.

I like that the game doesn't automatically enforce one sim taking the other's name. It was always awkward in TS3 if I wanted my played sim to take her townie fiancé's name, because then I would have to get him to move in first and be the one to initiate the marriage, though at least they did have the option to go to City Hall and change it.

A dialogue box popping up when 2 sims get married, asking if one or both surnames are changing would be nice, but I think just the fact that they've "unlocked" the ability to do it in CAS without cheats is almost as good.

I changed my name last year for reasons unrelated to marriage, and it was a huge hassle to get my records updated everywhere. In fact just today I had to wait on hold with my rental insurance company because they hadn't answered my online inquiries about changing the name on my policy... In any case, I don't think any woman or anyone else should be automatically expected to take their spouse's last name. That's a very outdated concept.

I liked having the option for any Sim to change their name at City Hall in Sims 3. I also like the option now given of changing it through CAS in this version. I think that new ability should be made more clear to players who don't know about it though, and are expecting the spouse's name to change based on who proposed as in previous versions.

Good to know. Thank you for that update! @MarianneSimmer

You can edit their last names now, but that shouldn't be an issue. Spouses should be able to have the same last name if they're not yet married but plan to be. :disappointed: