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#1 Old 19th Jun 2009 at 3:47 PM
Default Found the code, Can't get it to change
So I'm trying to get the game to allow more than 8 sims in a household. It's been requested a lot, and it's a mod I created in Sims 2 because I also like having more. In digging through all the code, I found the only piece that has anything to do with family size, so I figured this is where I needed to be changing things. The problem is that I've tried several different changes and nothing is working. So I figure either this isn't actually what needs to be changed, or I'm just not understanding the structure of EA's tags and how to change them properly. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, and I would be more than happy to create the mod and provide it to the community with all due credit. Here's the snippet (additional line breaks have been added for ease of viewing):

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min></Members_Min>
<Members_Max></Members_Max>
<Utility>-1</Utility>
<Importance></Importance>
<Increase></Increase>
<Decrease></Decrease>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>1</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>2</Members_Max>
<Utility>0.4</Utility>
<Importance>1.5</Importance>
<Increase>Create Household</Increase>
<Decrease>Create Household</Decrease>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>2</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>3</Members_Max>
<Utility>0.55</Utility>
<Increase>Create and Move In</Increase>
<Decrease>Create and Move In</Decrease>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>3</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>4</Members_Max>
<Utility>0.7</Utility>
<Increase>Emigrate Household</Increase>
<Decrease>Emigrate Household</Decrease>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>4</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>5</Members_Max>
<Utility>0.45</Utility>
<Increase>Have Baby</Increase>
<Decrease>Kill Sim</Decrease>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>5</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>6</Members_Max>
<Utility>0.2</Utility>
<Increase>Merge Households</Increase>
<Decrease>Split Household</Decrease>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>6</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>7</Members_Max>
<Utility>0.08</Utility>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>7</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>8</Members_Max>
<Utility>0.05</Utility>
</Family_Size>

<Family_Size>
<Members_Min>8</Members_Min>
<Members_Max>9</Members_Max>
<Utility>0</Utility>
</Family_Size>
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#2 Old 19th Jun 2009 at 4:28 PM
Can you give me the TGI of that please? I would like to look at the original.

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Test Subject
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#3 Old 19th Jun 2009 at 4:56 PM
Sorry for being an amateur; I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for... I found these parameters inside the Demographics file (instance 0xA3C21585B152E7C3) in the GameplayData package. There are a bunch of other controls in the file for lot density, population density, elder careers, etc (there's actually a fair number of interesting tidbits in there)... The family size ones are about the 3rd set down.
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#4 Old 19th Jun 2009 at 6:35 PM
The game has hardcoded limits to not allow more than 8 sims in a household - I know for a fact these are checked on pregnancy and so on, and it wont allow a Sim to get pregnant if there are already 8, so there are probably other checks too. Overriding the XML probably wont do anything becuase it's all in the assemblies.

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#5 Old 19th Jun 2009 at 7:14 PM
That's what I was afraid of... Is it possible to get at the assemblies? Or is it possible that someone will eventually create a tool to do so?
Warrior Gryphon
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#6 Old 19th Jun 2009 at 7:41 PM
There's a thread over on Sims3Tools detailing how to do it, but its not for the faint hearted.

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#7 Old 19th Jun 2009 at 7:48 PM
Bah, just something new to learn =) Thanks!
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