Marriage: Last Name Chooser [UPDATED 2026-08-08]

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This is intended as a further developement of J.M. Pescado's marriage-traditional hack.

When two sims get married/joined, the "marriagee" always get the same last name than the active sim (the "marriager"), who did the proposition.

JMP did a mod which changes this fixed rule, so in opposite-gender marriages the female gets the male's last name, and in same-gender joined unions they retain their original last name instead.

With my mod you may choose what to do in single marriages, indipendently by gender and selectability of sim spouses.
Just after the marriage, a dialog will pop up: you may choose to make no change (both sims will retain their last names), have them both the marriagee (shown in dialog's icon), or marriager one ("other sim").

This mod should work in base game as well as in any combination of EPs, Pets and Seasons included; if you notice any glitch, expecially in dialog strings (even if in other dialogs, not marriage-related) please let me know.

Additional Credits:
Many thanks to J.M. Pescado; studying his mod was essential for me being able to even think of make this.
Plus, I know he hates being thanked, and I couldn't resist ;D.
A HUGE thanks pile to linolino (for his BV update and Spanish/Portuguese translation), SimSanta1992 (for French and German translations), areyoufeelingX for Spanish translation update and Lord Darcy (for Korean translation, compression and general overlook to this mod).
Last but not least, jfade for Compressorizer and general awesomeness.

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UPDATED 2026-08-08
I've checked the files and updated the naming, trying to reflect the general change in TS2 final versions. So, the file with no version specs in its name is now for Ultimate Collection (or original installation with Apartment Life and/or with Mansions as well). It should work with Legacy as well, let me know if there are differences and I'll try to fix it.
The suffix -SNS is for all EPs up to Seasons.
The suffix -BV-FT is for all EPs up to Bon Voyage/FreeTime.

Updated the spanish translation thanks to areyoufeelingX.
Checked and added the translations where they were missing.
Compressorized again everything.

FIXED 2008-10-26
At last, I've installed AL and I was able to understand what's wrong with this hack; witchery really scrambled last names a lot.
The AL updated hack is now fixed: I've tested it in pretty much every combination and it seems ok. Please let me know if I overlooked something, thanks for the patience!

Fixed BV-FT version too: the first time I uploaded the wrong file ; please redownload.

UPDATE 2008-10-16
  • Shrinked filesize I stupidly forgot to do in first package (jfade's Compressorizer rulez!!111)
  • Addeeded updates to FT and AL
  • Included translations:
    • French (by SimSanta1992)
    • German (by SimSanta1992)
    • Spanish (by linolino)
    • Portuguese (by linolino)
    • Korean (by Lord Darcy)
    • Italian (by stupid me)

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In short:
  • marhis-marriage-lastnamedialog.zip -- Ultimate Collection / Apartment Life / Mansions (fixed 2026-08-08)
  • marhis-marriage-lastnamedialog-BV-FT.zip -- Bon Voyage, Free Time (fixed 2026-08-08)
  • marhis-marriage-lastnamedialog-SNS.zip -- base game, NL, Uni, OfB, Pets, Seasons (fixed 2026-08-08)
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