Before 0.4.0, there was a bug (and yes, it was a bug) where with some pre-generated families (like the ‘Collins’ in Bliss Bay), you could have more than 8 family member, by just birthing more children. I managed 12 family members in one save and 10 in 2 others.
Now this was super fun, but part of the bug was where the family bar typically on the right side of the screen would not exceed 8 member. It did not auto-stretch or shrink to reflect the members present in the family.
So just remove the limit of 8 per household, and maybe program the UI on the right to register how many members you have and auto-adjust the size of said bar.
Maybe an option in the menu for “maximum family size” could be added with a number going from say, 2 to 32 and the next being “Unlimited” after said 32 number.
Obviously a large family would make it harder on the player’s PC, but let us worry about that.
This change would be perfect for large families, of course, but also for multi-generational families (Grand-Parents residing with their 4 kids, who each have 4 kids of their own or something like that. Or 2 couples living together as one large family unit.
I don’t see this change being hard to implement, hardest part is the variable size of the UI family bar.
If the bar goes over 16 members, just enlarge by an extra column, and ditto each time you exceed another 16, to keep it from stretching below the screen.
Thank you.