Family Relations: Adoption
[i]Want a more accurate relation designator for the non-bio-parent of your same-sex couple that just had a surrogate baby? Want to officially welcome the orphan child you saved from being chased by 72 waster pirates into your colonists' family?
Well, here you go![/i]
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About
After too long of feeling bad for the parent-less eight-year-old orphans living in their own apartments in my colonies, I decided to make this mod.
There are adoptive equivalents for all familial relations except for kin. Adoptive relationships are effectively treated the same as biological relationships, just with different names. Pawns will get sad about their adoptive family members dying or being lost just like their biological family members, and will hold grudges if someone kills their adoptive family member.
When a pawn adopts a child, the child gains all the familial relationships associated with that parent-child relationship (example: the parent's other children become the adopted child's adopted siblings).
Q&A
How do I adopt a child?
While controlling an adult pawn, right-click on a child pawn to see the adopt option.
Who can adopt / be adopted?
Only adult pawns (over 18 years old) can adopt. Only child pawns (under 18 years old) who are members of the colony can be adopted.
A pawn can't adopt a child who is already their biological child, but besides that, a pawn can adopt a child who is blood-related to them.
Can a pawn adopt another pawn as a sibling? Or can you set it in Character Editor?
No, you can only adopt a pawn as a child. In Character Editor, you can only set a pawn as another's adoptive parent. This is due to how the implied relations work that allow the automatic gaining of the adoptive parent's other relations.
For more customizable integration with Character Editor and the option to make pawns adopted siblings without needing a parent involved, check out Lydocia's [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3364083523&tscn=1775850657]Adoptive Relationships[/url] mod.
Do I need the Biotech DLC for this?
Nope!
Can I add this mod to an existing save? Can I remove it?
Yes, you can add it! Probably yes, you can remove it.
Are there any incompatibilities with other mods?
Nothing game-breaking that I have found, but any mod dealing with social relations probably is not going to know what to do with adoptive relations.
With Lydocia's [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3364083523&tscn=1775850657]Adoptive Relationships[/url] mod, the two mods don't conflict but integrate either. (They will define their own adoptive relations individually and in parallel, so a pawn could have one "adoptive parent" relation from each mod).
Do you need a certain approval level between pawns for adoption?
Yes, as of v1.1.0. It defaults to 15 but you can change it in the mod settings.
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If you encounter any bugs or have any requests for potential future features, please let me know!
