[RPO - mostly M4] BETA Update & Feedback / Suggestion Opportunity (Patreon)

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Hello Sun, (Legacy) Superstar and Legacy patrons!

Today I'm sharing a Beta version of the new RPO Collection update. We did some tiny group testing on discord over the last few days, so we're ready for this next step (of slightly bigger testing group).

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GENERAL:

If a pregnant Sim does not reveal the pregnancy to others around, starting at 2nd trimester, if they hug or do other close-proximity interactions, the other Sim will notice the pregnancy.

Some new notifications to clarify some situations

Some text changes

Added back in the setting to disable romance between in-laws, formerly from the discontinued RPO M21

M4 (paternity testing features):

Sims can now do a paternity test for previous children (not just for the latest)

Sims can now reveal having lied about parentage

Sims can steal a hair to do secret paternity tests with

consequently, the "psychic" interaction (which was until now the only way for a Sim  to figure out the truth about revealing it to the suspected partner) could now be made more realistic, ie, it doesn't always find the answer.

new integrations with EP21 secret child system. Now the paternity system from RPOM4 and EP21 secret child system should work hand-in-hand well in the cases where they both trigger. EP21’s system has more narrow contexts than RPOM4, so it's not necessarily abnormal if the latter engages but not the former.

when a child is already born at the time of the test, now their name is on the paternity certificate alongside the parents'

Other, less player-visible changes also occurred, such as streamlining of some elements to maintain better consistency

M9 (adoption):

when adopted Sims ho are aware of it want to look for their bio parents but said parent is dead or culled, now they will be able to find that out, whereas before, they simply didn"t see the interaction to look for bio parents in these case

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This is also your opportunity for sharing feedback and small requests concerning the new changes listed above.

Once you've tried out the update, you can see how you like or don't like it and express opinions and requests.

(There is one thing which has already been requested, and that is the addition of "Ask for Money for Raising Child" available towards Sims who've been made to believe they're the bio parent of a child, and which I will add.)

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March 14: more bug fixes

March 13: bug fixes, Notably preventing the secret child drop down from surrogacies and inseminations

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The type of scenarios possible:

Paternity testing where there's 2 possible impregnators,

where there's 3 (Or even more!),

when paternity testing while pregnant,

when testing for born child,

when testing for the latest pregnancy / child,

when testing for an earlier one,

when testing with the real other parent,

when testing without until truth is discovered by elimination,

when testing alone.... ...

when the EP21 secret child system also triggers (has the right context, which it won't always because RPOM4 covers more possible contexts than it),

when it doesn't

revealing having lied during pregnancy,

lying after,

lying after and revealing after,

lying during and revealing after...

I've tested as I was making things, as always, but due to the sheer amount of possible ordering of steps and approach, which all can impact the result, you can imagine why this is a BETA and needs testers to play with it till I'm more sure there is nothing amiss, and / or have had reports and been able to find and fix stuff that might be!

IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY OUT THE BETA:

delete all your existing RPO files, if any, EXCEPT setting files and other non-package, non script files

install the testing version; stick to saves you don't care too much about in case there is a serious problem

keep in mind: if you encounter an issue or something strange with these features while playing, please report it, making sure to be Precise and detailed about what happened in game and in what order