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Mootilda
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#1 Old 26th Dec 2010 at 4:09 AM Last edited by Mootilda : 26th Dec 2010 at 4:26 AM.
Default Townie Family Creator Program
Just in case this disappears because it's a request...
from: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=429167
Quote: Originally posted by Phaenoh
You know what I'd really love? A program, or a SimPE plugin that would make my life easier when it comes to organizing my townies. It drives me absolutely bonkers that I've got a zillion townies all with the last name GilsCarbo, but none of them are related. wtf? Seriously, how many different GilsCarbo families would there be in one town?

To this end I've tried to go through and start making 'townie families'. I want all the townies of the same last name to be related to each other (family tree window), know about each other (relationship panel), and answer the phone for each other when they are unavailable (family information). Unfortunately, using SimPE in its current form to do all this is next to impossible, it takes over an hour to properly find and link up a family of 5, and I want at least 30 of these!

I have no idea how to code programs that can read and edit the game files, I'm hoping what I'm after isn't that hard and at least someone else who can do this is also interested in it as well.

Family Information, Family Ties, and Sim Relations are what needs to be edited to make this happen. I'd LOVE a program that listed all the sims in the entire neighborhood by Last Name, and gave me some work space to put together a family tree of all of them, and then they'd all automatically know each other (maybe even 30/30 relationship). Also, having the ability to edit their names would also be super helpful. I'm personally tired of seeing six different Abhijeet and would love to change them to Abe or Andrew or AJ or anything else just to be different.

I'm also extremely willing to help/work with/do grunt work for anyone who is capable of helping me with this. Or, I can do a trade, I've got my skills and I'd love to help you with one of your requests for it. /me crosses her fingers in hopes of piquing someone like CatOfEvilGenius or Mootilda's interests....
I've been thinking about this issue from a different viewpoint: it would be nice if names, once used, were removed from the list of valid townie names. I was thinking about a mod which would just ensure that names weren't reused; I assume that this logic would be moddable. Of course, you'd have to have a large enough names list, or the mod would just give up and start reusing them. Since I have a large names list and I tend to have a small number of townies, I didn't think that would be a problem.

Interestingly, I tried the "everyone with the same name belongs to the same family" solution before (by hand). We can't be the only two people who have considered this a possible solution.

It might also be nice to ensure that there are no two people with exactly the same name. I hate that (in real life, as well as in the game).
 
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