Family Funds

[Bain]

Okay I use the no 20k handout hack, and I was wondering how the game figures out who to take and give money from when you do the family funds cheat in the console line when the you have several families with the same last names?

I had a cheating hubby get caught and get kicked out of his home, he left with only 8k, I wanted to give him some more money and take away from the home he left so he could get one of those cheap downtown homes. But I couldn't figure out how to make the game pick one family over another when they had the same last names. Any ideas?

[Arina]

I'd move him into a cheap lot and use money orders. I don't know how that cheat works with several households with the same name, sorry.

[Ellie]

the funds will change for the family that is currently selected

[bimbelina]

the funds will change for the family that is currently selected

I have found that does not always work.  I can't even figure out where the money is going, but it's sure not going into my selected family.  Used to work all the time, but hasn't works since Pets for me.

[Pyromaniac]

For me, it stopped working once I combined households. Anyway, it's too cheaty; I just use the money order now.

[Scratch]

I had a similar problem... I use a hack that allows YA's to live in the hood and still go to college and i needed to give a family more money but the cheat would only give money to the first family with that name... so i thought about it for a while and then (ding) i realized i don't want to give the family money but the household... So i changed the name of the household in SimPe... of course it only works once the sim is moved onto a lot

I have 5 households that are like college dorms... so i renamed the dorms... alpha, beta, delta, etc....  as a side bonus it saved on confusion when i wanted to summon a sim from a household and didn't know which is which...

Hope this helps...good luck   

[kuronue]

This info is also needed when, for instance, I'm working on a story, and I need a sim to be on another lot for a shot- I tend to have him "find own place", then familyfunds him and move him into the other lot, then put him back when I'm done, but of course he has the same last name...

[AnnaM]

So i changed the name of the household in SimPe...

Ohhh, now this is a nice trick that I could use! Is it easy and safe to do in SimPE? I'm nervous of messing with it without detailed instructions, but I might just try...

[syberspunk]

Alternatively... use Family Funds only on the current house (if you figure out the correct syntax, I always have to look that crap up again each and every time ) and then use the Money Order to send a specific amount to a specific sim.  This should work (so I've read ) even if the sim is in the sim bin.  At least then, you wouldn't necessarily have to muck around in SimPE and you could be a tad more precise about your target and the amount.

Ste

[phyllis_p]

So i changed the name of the household in SimPe...

Ohhh, now this is a nice trick that I could use! Is it easy and safe to do in SimPE? I'm nervous of messing with it without detailed instructions, but I might just try...

Instead of changing the family name with SimPE, why not just change the funds with SimPE?  I've done that before.  I mean, if you're going to be in SimPE anyway, why not take care of it in one step instead of two?

[starrling]

What a lot of work!  I'm lazy - I use Monique's computer to have the moving-out sim deposit money.  Then I put the cheap 'puter in his backpack and away he goes.  He can withdraw the money in his new location (after buying the cheapest table and chair to use the comp with).

[Scratch]

So i changed the name of the household in SimPe...

Ohhh, now this is a nice trick that I could use! Is it easy and safe to do in SimPE? I'm nervous of messing with it without detailed instructions, but I might just try...

Instead of changing the family name with SimPE, why not just change the funds with SimPE?  I've done that before.  I mean, if you're going to be in SimPE anyway, why not take care of it in one step instead of two?

For me.... because these aren't family lots but college dorms in a way... they really aren't owned by a family. These lots are just there for the YA's to live in while they go to college. So YA's can come and go, but it's always Alpha House.... So if i'm on the hood screen then it's easier to do a familyfunds cheat.... or if i'm teleporting a sim it's easier to pick the right family...

Open the hood with simpe.... find Family Information in the left column... choose the lot from the right column... change the name in plugin view, then commit

[AnnaM]

Thanks Scratch, that sounds easy enough... I'll try it before I play my next session.

Starrling: unlike the OP, I'm not looking for a way to shift money around -- just a way to rename the household so I won't have a ton of households with the same name just because I had a very prolific couple two or three generations ago... That makes it easier for me to keep them straight, for example when I check the Lot Synch to see if there's a family that needs bringing up to date.