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texansky
New Veteran
3 years ago

The Walking Dead - Has anyone else encountered this issue?


I have run across three Sims so far who died quite a while ago, but they are walking around in the flesh in my game. Here is Autumn Hamlin who had two children with a member of my 6th generation. My game currently has 9th-generation teenagers.
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c4e74b_9a63bb16c3714b85ad50385bf356aba4~mv2.jpg

Below is a screenshot of the personal status of Autumn Hamlin, one of the walking dead.
https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c4e74b_e655fb0e14494bc0993e1674e05dd4a1~mv2.jpg

These Sims do not show in either the living Sims or the dead Sims in NRAAS, so I can only reset them by using the console command RESETSIM or by clicking on them and using NRAAS > MC > Advanced > Reset Sim.

I am almost positive I went into NRAAS to reset her about a week ago. However, my game has crashed a few times while working on my blog, so it is possible that it crashed after resetting her without having saved my game.

I just reset her under NRAAS and checked the area. There was no tombstone in the park. I sent Regan to check the mausoleum. Autumn doesn't have a tombstone there, either. She does, however, show up in NRAAS under the dead now.

When I ran Bury the Dead, it recovered 11 tombstones, including Autumn's, so I was finally able to place her in the family cemetery.

Several questions:

1. What is causing the Sims to die but not pass on?
2. What can I do to fix this issue?
  • NikkeiSimmer's avatar
    NikkeiSimmer
    Rising Vanguard
    3 years ago
    I think that the Sims 3 missed a great little moodlet trigger with getting a call from "dead people". Perfect place to use a "creeped out" moodlet :lol:
  • samol-nivek's avatar
    samol-nivek
    3 years ago
    No I have not noticed that. But my sims do often get texts and phonecalls from people who are dead, and look it (grey!) Spooky!
  • polrbear420's avatar
    polrbear420
    New Spectator
    3 years ago
    I wish there was a 'wow' react just for this thread. That is creepy, like a ghost, but I do like ghost/haunting stories... :lol: So I'll just call it awesome.
  • texansky's avatar
    texansky
    New Veteran
    3 years ago

    @Mantejackal
    I would have had an interesting story if I hadn't reset her and did bury the dead. She now has a headstone, which I placed in the family cemetery on the Legacy House lot. She has made a ghostly appearance at least once.
  • karritz's avatar
    karritz
    Seasoned Rookie
    3 years ago
    I discovered a glitch in my Big Game.

    A year or so ago, real time, Gobias Koffi died of old age. I had his ghost, and the ghost of his father, in my boarding school. Then Gobias's ghost vanished and I couldn't find him anywhere. I was worried about losing connections between his children and the only sim I still had was Gaylord Koffi's ghost. So I made Gaylord eat Ambrosia and he became an Adult. This preserved the link between his grandchildren (Gobias's children).

    Then earlier this year I was trying to sort out my spreadsheet where I record where all of the sims in this Big Game are currently living. They are spread across 13+ worlds.

    I sent a sim exploring through each of the worlds. I needed to move sims around as some worlds were over populated. I found Gobias's grave in Cake Island graveyard.

    I was happy. I'd found him.

    Then I continued with my quest of trying to work out where everyone was living. Then I found Gobias again in another player made world. He had managed to become a father again. While he was dead or something. I'm not sure what happened. I all occurred in the background without me knowing anything about it. The sims in worlds that hare not being played in my game are supposed to be dormant.
  • karritz's avatar
    karritz
    Seasoned Rookie
    3 years ago
    "MantleJackal;c-18189530" wrote:
    @Karritz

    If I didn't know any better I would almost say your Sims are starting to gain sentience.


    They sure keep me interested. I never know what's happening with them. I can't remember now if I actually found Gobias in that world with his new daughter or not. I think the mother of the child was a sim from Dragon Valley.

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