A new “Dev Drop In” just happened at The Sims official Discord Channel. This time, producers shared more information about Dynasties, the highlighted feature from the upcoming Royalty & Legacy Expansion Pack on today’s trailer.
Here is what producers Nat, Azure, and Xènia shared on Discord.
Q: Can kids join a dynasty?
A: Yes! They can be invited to any Dynasty started by their direct family members (parents, grandparents, etc)Is there a cap on dynasty members? There’s no cap on Dynasty members. You can have as many members as you’d like. (The UI will show you 8 but you can add more members beyond that.)
Yes, the Head of a Dynasty can change the skills and ideals at any point. Although, some Sims may not be happy if you make a change that doesn’t align with their traits.
Q: Can you have a dynasty without being royal?
A: Yes! Any family can become a Dynasty.[Q was about inviting other households into your dynasty]
Yeah! They have to be related either by family ties or by marriage. If there’s a Sim you really want to be part of your family, you can always propose or adopt them 🙂The Scandal System is not limited to Dynasties. The features are separate. Your Sims who aren’t in Dynasties can still have secrets/Scandals and extorts Sims etc.
As your Dynasty members follow the values and do aligned actions, the Dynasty will increase in Prestige Level. Each Prestige level gained grants points that you can spend on Dynasty Perks.
Q: Will there be any cross-pach dynastic ideals?
A 1: Yeah! All of the ideals cover all of base game and all the x-play that was eligible. The list is *thorough*
A 2: Yes! The Ideals include encouraged and discouraged careers, activities and extracurriculars from past packs. Skills as well.No dynasty outfits </3, but you could always set up an additional outfit for them in CAS for all categories. Pandas everywhere!
We have a dynasty value entirely dedicated to occults! I’m a huge fan of occults myself, we always try to honor them 🙂 It’s called mysterious, and it’s perfect for supernatural families
There are lots of options for Scandals. If your Sims discover another Sims secret they can expose it to the world (causing a Scandal) you can also extort for money, headship of the dynasty, or if the Sim is a Noble you can force them to abdicate.
When a new baby is born to parents from different Dynasties, you’ll be able to choose which Dynasty you want them to join at birth.
You can merge Dynasties when two members get married, creating a new Dynasty with a starting boost to Prestige based on the original Dynasties.
Yeah! if your politician Sim is in a Dynasty with the Diplomatic Value, they will gain more prestige for the family each time they go to work and rank faster within the Dynasty positions.
They will be eligible. We have a soft spot for occults and always root for them ❤️ We’ve made the Vampire Offspring ‘relationship’ eligible for dynasty members
Q: Will this all be retroactive to current saves or will we have to start new saves to have full play.
A: Retroactive! I playtested this with my 10 year old save file 🙂We can’t modify your existing saves, but if you like the values we chose you can recreate their Dynasties in your older saves.
Your Sims can only add other Sims who are related to them (by blood or by marriage) to their Dynasties. They can invite family members who live in other households to join their Dynasty.
Q: Can a sim be part of more than one dynasties?
A: No, just the one! But your dynasty can form alliances with any other dynasties that you consider a good match for your Sims 🙂Just influential. You can have dynasts only, royals only or a combination of both. Play however you want 🙂
Yes! Dynasty membership is only restricted to family (not world, household or career) – so if you have family members who rule in different neighborhoods, they can all be in the same Dynasty.
The Head of the Dynasty can edit the Dynasty Values (Skills and Ideals) at any time!
The family trees look definitely larger. We visualize more Sims in the screen (both vertically and horizontally), and you have many new family ties categories. There will also be new frames for the portraits depending on their royal rank (if any), and special icons on top of the portraits reflecting their power dynamic within the family (leader, heir, outcast…)
[Q about designating heirs]
Yes, it has to be manually chosen by players in the Heir slot. It’s not permanent, you can change it whenever you wantExtortion will only happen to Sims you’re playing (either through your Sims extorting others, or your Sims being extorted) but you can reveal the Scandals of Sims outside of your Household and see the effects happening to them.
Sims can discover another Dynasties secrets by asking a Sim they both know if they know any secrets about the target Sim. You can also dig through trash, hack for secrets, exploring the secret passageway, asking the enchanted mirror, or buying secrets from the Info Brokers website.
Q: Can the “secret” children in dynasties be made in CAS or generated in-game like the long lost family members from Growing Together?
A: Not in CAS, it has to be in-game only! The ‘secrecy’ is generated upon birth, when you choose from a drop down menu who the ‘baby daddy’ will be 🙂Regency is gain by working hard <:Crown:1156715118990725230> so not in CAS, but playing through the career. (you can always use cheats though)
Q: If you’re a royal on the throne, can you hire a royal advisor? And if so can the advisor be a family member?
A: yes! (and yes)No, the Dynasty Head has to choose which family members to add to the Dynasty.
Q: Are Thebes and Capps related as in The Sims 2?
A: Yes.[About rejecting to be an heir]
There are a series of criteria taken into consideration for this outcome. I won’t say which, but it is not random 🙂If the child is a member of the Dynasty, they can be set as the heir.
Q: Is a child only considered worthy of being an heir if the parents are married, or can a child born out of wedlock still become the heir? (Royality)
A: out of wedlock counts! they’re the heir… by BLOOD!Only Dynasty Heads can forge Alliances with other Dynasty Heads. No other titles are required to become the Head as we wanted Dynasties and Nobility to work independently, depending on how you want to play.
Replying to the polyamory question (I’ve lost track of where it was, sorry!). Scandals take into consideration relationship boundaries, so if your Sim is in a polyamorous relationship, engaging romantically with others will /not/ be scandalous. Fun fact: we actually had to put Cordelia in a monogamous relationship so she could have a Scandal going on <:Heartbreak:1156715287547224135> She and Thiago were originally poly!
Dynasty members can be “Encouraged to Court” a specific Sim if your Dynasty Head is feeling like playing matchmaker. But it may not always go to plan!
Q: Do you see past heads of the dynasty in the dynasty “family tree”?
A: No, only the current head, heir and outcast.Q: Can ghosts be the head of a dynasty?
A: of course, occult loooove! all occults welcomeSorry I lost the question, but there are reward traits for the dynasty. You can buy reward traits that allow your progeny to inherit mental, physical, social, creative boosts.
Q: Can famous sims interact with royal sims without causing scandal?
A: Meaning a celebrity chatting with a queen? They can, talking is not scandalous 😄An NPC may call your Sim and threaten to extort them. If you don’t pay up or find another way to silence the extortionist, then that Sim’s Scandal will be revealed. (This can be turned off in settings)
No. Neighborhood Stories will not create Dynasties on it’s own.
It’s only a Scandal if the pregnant Sim lies about the parenthood of the baby. Otherwise, a baby out of wedlock is not considered scandalous, and in the other case it would be the affair itself which is the scandal.
If a Sim is pregnant from another Sim who does not match with the spouse is, there will be a dropwdown upon birth to ‘choose’ who the cannon baby daddy will be. There will be a series of interactions to deal (or not!) with that later, and it will potentially trigger a scandal as well
Q: Do the new families have scandals we can discover outside of Cordelia?
A: yes! pay attention to their notebooks. we curated their personalities as much as we could ❤️ we love loreInfluential. Dynasty and the Noble Career are separate (Dynasty gameplay does pair nicely with a family of Nobles though).
There’s also an Information Broker that you can pay via the computer to ‘bury’ Sim secrets… And that Sim might be in the neighborhood as well, who knows 👀
Scandals are for everyone! Bring on the drama
There’s a dotted line to the fake dad and one to the real dad if you access the UI from the sim who gave birth. If you access from either of the other SIms, you will only see their parenthood. Meaning, sims who know the truth will see it all, others sims will only see what they ‘know’
The baby would join the household of the parent who gives birth to them, but you can choose which Dynasty they will join.
for those asking if the adopted sims will appear as adopted in the fam tree: it’s a setting! You can choose how you want it to display
Q: Can sims paint their dynasty crest and hang it on the all?
A: Kind of. There is a new crest wall decor object that you can put your motif onto, and your Sims could paint it from reference, if they wanted that hand-painted touch.Q: If the monarch dies before the heir reaches adulthood, can the heir still take over as monarch king/queen? Considering its a career (royality)
A: They keep their title (almost cosmetically, since they cannot action on it til they are teens), but can claim it when they reach the age! That will let them jump into the career at level 10, effectively making them King, Queen or any custom title you prefer 🙂Sims can have a baby with a Sim that is not their spouse and then lie to their Spouse about the parentage. This will create the Secret Baby relationship.
Q: Is the dynasty heir separate from the throne heir in the noble profession?
A: YesThere is not a Sim who rules all worlds, HOWEVER…. in your case, you could create a Dynasty of Emperors and Empresses, and have each of them live in a different world. This way each of them can rule a region, but all share the same crest ❤️ That’s how I’d try to tell your story at least.
Dynasty members who want to be Heir can ask (or even extort) their Head into choosing them as Heir. Or if they have specific values, they can challenge the Head for their position through a Chess Match, Duel or even a fight. Otherwise, any Dynasty member who is ranked higher than the Head can just Usurp the position!
Q: Can we hear more about the Frog Prince?
A:There is not a single prince or princess! They might not even have that rank. There are many noble frogs, and each have their own rank. Starting from level 4, which is already quite of a shortcut into the nobility career if you were to marry them!Hahaha, yes! We have a new burglar with strong feelings for the ‘Tax the Rich’ motto. Low income Sims love them ❤️
Q: 1. Life & Death crosspack question: Can we have one monarch that constantly occupies the throne in various incarnations of themselves.. A monarch lives and dies and reincarnates right back on their same throne –> Think of it as a Dalai Lama situation
A: This sounds like a really fun story! There’s no direct way to “promise to inherit” to your unborn reincarnation, but if there was a spouse or adult child who could “hold” the title for you and promise it to your incarnation, then this could definitely work.Can we pass headship of a dynasty/titles to a spouse/sibling/parent and declare them our heir if we don’t have children? Answer: You can pass the headship of the Dynasty to any Dynasty member (not just your kids). For Noble Titles you can promise to inherit a Noble Title to your kids or Spouse.
Knight Sims are any Sim in the level 1 of the Noble Career. They can still get a noble advisor (any other Sim), and additionally be noble advisors themselves (to someone else). You don’t have to be a noble to be an advisor, but you can combine it if you want 🙂 I think around level 4 nobles gain the ability to Knight other Sims 🙂
Yes, you can be a Monarch without being in any Dynasty.
Q: Omg! We getting R** H*?!
A: the very same. or at least, or re-imagined version of him. hope you like meeting them!Q: Will stepfamily and halfsiblings have proper relation tags?
A: yesssss 💪Personally I think the Bold and Vicious Dynasty Ideals would work well for a 🏴☠️ Dynasty!
As Sims rise through the Noble Career their Fame will increase throughout the whole process.
Q: Can Pets be in dynasties or royalties?
A: If you have the Cats & Dogs expansion pack, your feline friends can certainly dress the part!Q: How do secret passages work?
A: Passages do many things! Sims gotta inspect them first to find out shortcuts available, and those can be explored for Sims to appear ‘somewhere else’ where there is a Passageway as well. They can also serve as an /intimate spot/ for Sims, and be tampered with…There’s no specific tie between Dynasties or Scandals and heirlooms, but players who have Life and Death can definitely tell some cool stories of items passed down through the Dynasty.
Q: Can you reveal examples of decrees?
A: Yes! For example, we have a decree called The Silver Charter that gives benefits to Elders. They no longer get ‘woohoo exhausted’ and have improved skill gain.Secret Children can be discovered, the secret can be exposed and then everyone will know about them. The child can then be added to the dynasty.
Q: CAn passageways work as elevators?
A: if you mean like Portals, yes![About Secret passages as portals and elevators]
We have a player facing cheat though 🙂 for buildersQ: If you have for rent and this pack can you set up a castle with a butlers quarters and a maids quarters and a knights barracks?
A: I did playtest this with the butler from Vintage Glamour. But yeah you should be able to have staff in quarters with For Rent, what a great idea ❤️
