[IL] Sulani Elementals are elders/ghosts when joining household

@Kerrybubbles Could you please double check your version number ? You can find it in the lower right corner of the main menu. The one you put is very old. If that's your actual number, you should update your game.

Sorry.  It autofilled that number.  I am on the most recent update.

Hi! I had the same issue, but managed to solve it. Actually, the sulani elemental ghosts now have TWO options for joining household. One under friendly menu "Invite to join household", that just makes the ghost playable. The other one "Ask to Move In" isn't under any submenu, and this one actually makes the elemental human again and brings up the "split from household and move" pop up. My sim had a small glitch where she wouldn't ask him to move in when I chose this option (the interaction wouldn't show up in the queue), but I cancelled the "chat" interaction and she immediately asked the elemental to move in. Hope this helps you!

I recently had sims with the child of the island trait summon Sulani Elementals. They appeared but they were all elders. In the past they used to be adults. Ever since the update that allows ghosts to be created in CAS, adult aged sulani elementals are impossible. Others have reported that their default death type is now elder exclusive. Please allow aduld elementals again. The entire point of befriending them is to get children with them to gain the Sulanit Mana trait. With only adult Sulani Elementals, this trait has become unavailable.

@crinrict as far as I can see these are two separate problems.


Sulani elementals still being ghosts after moving in is an old issue. It depends on which action you use to move them in. In the English version at least. I have looked extensively in the Dutch version and there we have only the option to move them in as ghosts. And even if English speaking swimmers accidentally choose the wrong one, they can still rectify this by using ambrosia, the wishing well or the dedeadify spell.


My issue is new. The elder lifestage makes elementals infertile and there is no way to age them down to a fertile age without cheating. I don't mind having to revive them. They will remain infertile even if they are brought back to life because since the life and death patch they are all elders.


Fixing one of these mistakes will not solve the other one.

@atreya33 Thanks for explaining that.

Going to check with a community manager what they want to keep it separate.

It's both an issue with having kids with the Sulani elemental and since either problem is not very popular, I think it would increase chances to get it fixed if it's one thread.

Since @Kerrybubbles  post was made post after the patch, my guess is they also had the elder issue without realizing.

Reason the elder bug happens:

- Prior to the Oct 18 Patch, No death type was restricted by age. 
- Post patch they really cleaned up the system and made death by old age elder exclusive; this is something to be of note.

- Sulani Elementals get pulled from the sim filter. 
- Sulani Elementals ALWAYS have the death by old age ghost type. 

- Therefore Any Elementals in Older Saves do not meet the sim filter, therefore losing their role & a new one is generated.

- Causing All Elementals to be elders

- Which creates the issue of the special trait, and having children with them. 

I see three possible fixes for this issue:

- Change the Death by Old Age trait to NOT be restricted to elder, but restricted in the ghost UI, as previously

- Change the Death Type to An Existing One (E.g Drowning)
- Or make a entire new ghost type 'Sulani Elemental' 

The second issue is them joining as ghosts

There is two interactions:

- 'Invite to join household' under the friendly tab which is default for all ghosts and makes the sulani elementals join as a ghost.

- 'Ask to move in' which isnt categorised anywhere, which brings them in as a human.

Ideally Maxis should just remove the first interaction.

Which could work well with making a new ghost type sulani elemental, which could let them blacklist the interaction for sims with that trait.

Hope this helps QA

@atreya33 @Lakaka99 @Kerrybubbles  hope this is of some help to you too 🙂