Family tree prevents adding family members

[Zasszz]

I can add any character as a child or adopted child but after some adding to the list, other chars cant be added as anything but as children or adopted children. A system that prevents players from building their own family tree as they wish can only be a bug.

[Lednew]

I can add any character as a child or adopted child but after some adding to the list, other chars cant be added as anything but as children or adopted children. A system that prevents players from building their own family tree as they wish can only be a bug.

 

There is a limit to the number of relationship types a given character can have in the tree. This is because the connection only go in three directions; left, right, or down. Sibling, Spouse, Rival, and Ally always go to the sides, while Children and Adopted Children always go 'down'.

 

For example, a character can only have 2 total of any combination of siblings, spouse, rivals, or allies (you can only have one spouse connection), because the first one will be put directly right, and the second directly left. Children and Adopted Children are placed below, and that line can stretch indefinitely.

 

There are some tweaks you can do, like say you want to indicate four brothers; Add Character 2 as Sibling to Character 1, then add Character 3 as Sibling to Character 2, and finally add Character 4 as Sibling to Character 3. Unfortunately, in that scenario Characters 2 and 3 can have no spouse, rival, or ally added.

 

It's not a bug, it's just not very well designed.

[GelstonJ]

Family Tree was the start of something that could have been great, but they just gave up on it almost from the start.