Hey everyone! So first of all, I really apologize for this. This rule change is coming WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too late for many of you, but hopefully those of you that are still planning on playing the challenge until the release of Sims 4 (and beyond) will be able to make use of this. Also, you can rest assured that we will do lots of playtesting with this particular rule in the Sims 4 to make sure we don’t make an incorrect assumption again.
Adoptions.
In the Sims 2 adopted Sims did not show up in the family tree of the founder. We assumed that that was the case in Sims 3 as well. It wasn’t. I only JUST realized this yesterday when I was recording a new episode of Let’s Legacy. I had my founder adopt a Sim and lo and behold, she showed up in his family tree as if she were born into the family. Uh oh. That changes everything!
I also did further testing with a dummy family and realized that if that adopted Sim then turns around and adopts another Sim THAT Sim still shows up as being the grandchild of the original adopting parent. So the adopted children can DEFINITELY trace their lineage to the founder.
If adopted Sims can show up in the family tree, then they can trace their lineage back to the founder. It’s true they aren’t TECHNICALLY blood related, but they can trace their lineage and that is what is important in the Legacy challenge. So, from here on out, adopted Sims CAN count as heirs and spares. This opens up the option of having a homosexual heir without the use of mods to get them pregnant.
Now granted, for those of you that like to have certain genes pass, adoption still isn’t a valid option, but for people that want a homosexual heir, this now becomes a valid way to have them without the use of mods.
Again, we are really sorry that this particular rule change came so late. With us being out of the game for so long to have our own kids and then coming back, it just wasn’t something we got around to playtesting until I started my new Legacy family.
So… from now on, adopted Sims CAN count as heirs/spares. Once the Sims 4 releases we will take a look at how adopted Sims are treated in regards to how they show up on the family tree and plan accordingly.
This rule change shouldn’t step on the toes of the Adoptacy rules either (which is written by someone else) as the base rules for that challenge are still quite different from our 10 Generation Legacy rules.
