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MissTexasB's avatar
12 years ago

Grim Reaper not showing up

I looked up this issue and couldn't find any answers so I thought I would ask. My elder sims are dying and The Reaper isn't coming to claim them. They just stand around and everyone is crying. I can't travel, get into build/buy or edit town because someone on the lot is dying. Anyone have a solution?

The only work around I've found is to move the elder sim off the lot and don't play them again until the family gets the message that Old Uncle Bob has died. But I hate kicking them out like that but that's the only solution that I've found.
  • Hey guys! This has happened to me as well and I found a solution,
    Use “ Testingcheatsenabled true” and then “trigger age transition” the headstones can be found in the mausoleums
  • Try searching Grim Reaper won't appear in your search engine. I had this problem and tried many of the solutions but I still had so many problems I had to move my family to a new neighborhood.
    I can't remember exactly all the things I tried (I apologize) that is why I suggested the search. One was testingcheatsenabled true, clicking on the Sim (it may be shift/click) and forcing age transition. This does force the Sim to die but the Grim Reaper still won't come.

    Also testingcheatsenable true shift/click on the mailbox and force the Grim Reaper to come.

    My NPCs would show up a day late (ie. Pizza) or they were greyed out and I couldn't hire them. I do not remember whether this started before or after the Grim Reaper debacle. I tried so many solutions but eventually I moved to a new neighborhood. Perhaps you will have better luck.

    Now I am dealing with the jumping mailbox bug and there seems to be no solution. I may take another 2 year Hiatus from the Sims.

  • No I've never killed the Grim Reaper and didn't know you could quite frankly. I've tried all the solutions listed when I searched before I even tried searching for the solution. I've basically given up on that family and Isla Paradiso because I have had so many problems with that neighborhood and have only been able to get through 2 or 3 generations at the most before it gets too buggy to play.

    Hopefully this error won't follow me into a new neighborhood and a new family.
  • I know what you mean I'm on my 4th generation so far so good only their family tree is messed up and their not altogether lol
  • I was only on my third when I had to move. Then my mailbox began to reset Sims but I have that fixed. Now the adventure sign in WA won't work. I spend more time fixing glitches than playing.
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    EA_Rtas
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    Hey! It's awesome that you want to help but this thread has actually been inactive since 2013 so I'm going to go ahead and close it off. If you have any questions about necroposting you can read this thread here : Necroposting