Are the sims freezing only on one household or with any household you play? You could try reseting all sims. Open the cheats bar and type in resetSim * this will reset all sims back to their homes, no harm will be done.
I never had that option appear to me, I've always used other ways to make avoid the grim from taking my sims away.
This is what iI found about ghost sims. http://www.gameyum.com/sims-3/55282-the-death-and-ghosts-guide/
Only the sims in my active household freeze and disappear. I will try that but what do I do about the ghost sim who doesn't appear after supposedly being "restored"? Will "resetsim" fix that too? Thanks for helping. :D
Oh! New info. My original sims, Hiro and Sam, are over 450 days old. Their first son Eric died recently so they tried to bring him back. The freeze thing happens every time I try to bring Eric back. But the more recent sims in the storyline (Eric's spouse and children & Hiro + Sam's 2nd and 3rd child and their spouses) come back as ghosts just fine without any problems. It is only Eric's restoration that causes these problems. I am really confused now! Any ideas?
It looks like there is a corrupted file in your saved game and looks like it might be related with Eric. Like I said before, I never had the option of bringing a sim back to life as a ghost appear to me, so I'm not sure how that works, but we can try to solve this together. How exactly does that work? Eric's remains are in someone's personal inventory and you just have to take them to the lab and he'll come back as a ghost or did that appear as an opportunity?
Do you have any saved games from before Eric died?
Normally when you figure out that a specific sim is causing issues, you just kick them out of the household and then when you bring him back everything is ok. But Eric can't move to another lot alone because he's dead. There is an option to move the person that has Eric in their inventory to another lot, then move them back to the household where your family is. After doing so, try to get him to the lab again and bring him back as a ghost. Just for precaution, before doing this, make a backup of your current game. You can do so by clicking ''save as'' and giving your save the same name as your current save and today's date or anything you want just to differentiate from the other save. ex: hiro&sam060613 or hiro&sambackup.
@Gardin, you get a call sometimes after the sim has died, giving you the opportunity to do it. If I'm not mistaken, once you've done it for the first time, you can do it as many times as you want afterwards. Basically, the opportunity becomes a option. Long time no see too. 😕mileyvery-happy:
@OP, what happens if you copy the family to the library and try in a different save?
