@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 🙂
