I tried the following on my playable ghost
He lives alone in a household so I cheated to add a new Sim to his household (the clone of his sister he didn't know).
Anyways, I've then clicked on his urn and had no option to release him to the Netherworld but when I click on it with him, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke but the portrait remained as unclickable. I have then changed to the manager world view and back and he was gone.
I assume that's not what you're seeing ?
I don't have a unplayed ghost atm to try the other thing
Well, my sims deffinately have the option to release a ghost, though it doesn't work normally. I didn't try to release a ghost by itself (I will). It seems you also have a problem with this option, even if it looks a bit different
Maybe it was because they didn't really know each other ? I've never played a ghost before as they usually just disappeared through culling.
I've tried your variant, excpt my sims were'nt strangers, they were a couple from almost the release of the game, i.e. my first playable family. It's the same - wife (a living sim) doesn't have this option at all, the ghost can release itself. It's like another bug, but maybe still connected.
But you had the release option on playable ghosts before ?
