How do I get a family re-union memory?
cwykes:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 November 27, 05:21:17
If you have the old "no reunion spam" hack for older editions of the game, the memory is suppressed, because it used to be that when a family reunion occurred, you'd get like 80 bazillion of them.
I take it that means there's nothing awesome stomping the memories in the current director's cut. I checked for the obsolete no-reunionspam hack and it's not in my game, but I posted on the TSR thread about that just in case it affected others. I didn't want to play without them to find out - mini-resets are annoying.
We know Maxis fixed the family re-union bug so we get fewer memories than before. I haven't seen one since base game. Maybe they tightened the requirements for the memory to appear as well as stomping the bug. I don't really care what they did, but I'd like to figure out how to trigger that memory now! I figure it has to be something simple like a minimum number of some kind (visitors, family, family not resident on the lot....). I'm still wondering if it has to be a party or not though surely they'd have made a special scenario if it was - a family re-union party. We've ruled out min 10 invited family and 3 generations, so I'll check if the secret is to invite sims from 2 different households as in Jolrei's post. My first attempts at getting the memory to show might have been a lot of different sims, but all from 1 household.
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pioupiou:
I don't know the exact requirements for the family reunion memory, but I do know that you need to throw a party. I think any kind of party will do, not only marriage, birthday or golden anniversary.
I'd say the key is in family members from different households.
cwykes:
I finally got re-union memory yesterday having failed to get one for the same family previously. I'm still not clear what the actual triggers are but I suspect there is some minimum size for the party. I'm committing necromancy to see if anyone has any further thoughts on it.
Three households; mum, dad + kid at home, YA in a greek house, 2nd YA in a different greek house
Mum holds a party and invites YAs home, no other guests - no memory.
YA holds a party and invites all the family, no other guests - no memory
Graduation party with all the family and other guests - family re-union memory
I've also discovered that the lot debugger cleanup options delete family re-union memories! Fortunately I'd run the TSR wizard and logged my success before I cleaned up!
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