Changing Strays' Family Name

[sloppyhousewife]

In my current neighborhood, the strays' family name is the same as one of my playable families'. This is pretty annoying, because every time I want to summon one of said playables (using Inge's cat), I have to click through a bunch of pets.
Now I'm wondering if I can change the strays' name (e.g. to "Strays" ) without messing anything up? And if so, is it enough to just change the Family Information label, or is there something else I have to do?

[rufio]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure if you just find the family information resource in SimPE corresponding to the strays family and change its name to something else it will be fine.  I haven't actually done it with non-playable families yet, but I've heard of people who have changed the names of all of the NPC/townie families to something rational, and nothing blew up.

[Tarlia]

It's safe to change, I do this to townie/NPC families all the time. The only one I've never touched is the 'Default' family, where object NPCs (Grim Reaper etc) and dead sims go.

[J. M. Pescado]

Default isn't actually a fambly and cannot be renamed, so don't even try: It's what happens when a sim is not in a fambly.

[Tarlia]

Yeah, I figured as much. It's one of those off-limits things.

[sloppyhousewife]

It's safe to change, I do this to townie/NPC families all the time. The only one I've never touched is the 'Default' family, where object NPCs (Grim Reaper etc) and dead sims go.

Thanks for the info. I *know* that I've read that it was safe before, but I couldn't find the thread, so I thought I'd better double check.