Last name didn't change after getting married.

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

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.

"mlnov39;12666619" wrote:
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

I had to wait until the baby became a child to go in and change it. But the baby doesn't do much but eat, poop, lay there, sleep, and cry just as your Sim parents are trying to get some much needed sleep. Of course, interacting with the baby does bring the relationship scores up faster than when they are children.

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.

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.

Marriage last names changing is a known bug.

However when using the CAS Cheat, I'd recommend saving a game twice - one cheated, 1 non-cheated. CAS Cheats have also been known to cause issues as well, such as Load Errors. So use it with caution, taking steps to avoid any game loss.

I had this problem, read this, andi can enable cheats but when i type cas.fulleditmode and shift right click on the sims nothing happens? help? i am so confused as to whats suppose to happen i just want to change the last name lol

> @fozzybear98 said:
> Maclimes wrote: »
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> Here's how you do it:
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> 1. Ctrl+Shift+C to bring up the cheat menu.
> 2. Type "testingcheats true" and hit enter.
> 3. Type "cas.fulleditmode" and hit enter.
> 4. Shift+Click your Sim and choose edit in CAS.
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> These steps worked for me. Thank you!

I did this and I didnt get the options to edit in Cas.... confusion

Do you have a list of all of the cheats?

> @Asuka7794 said:
> Sims team: We could not implement last name change due to engine "limitations" and emotions.

LOL! on the serious note, the more I play this game, the more I see that this game has been rushed. Seriously the Sims 3 took three years to make, why Rush The Sims 4 in slightly more than a years time? This game surely shows that it was made in less than half of the time of the Sims 3. You would think with testing and the Devs playing this game that they would notice stuff like this? So do they even test their own product. I mean most of the issues are truly simple issues like, Not being able to delete one floor tile. No last name change after marriage, Adding foundation to your house even raise the foundation to rooms not connected to your house, and many more issues... This game is very disappointing...