Re: [OPEN] Release the spirits to the Netherworld is not working properly

No mods. I've tried it with two different families I've never played before.

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 ?

I had. And I have it now, but somehow only with newly created ones.

I'll add as unclear for now.

Need to test with my next ghost

@rostsit Do you still have this issue ? I was not able to duplicate this at all.

Well, nothing has changed for me, despite all the latest patches 🙂 I didn't check all the aspects of this issue, only those with "oldest" ghost-sims, which are able do release themselves, but others still don't even have an option to do so.

You never sent me your save, right ?

If you're willing to hsare, please zip up this folder: documents\electronicarts\thesims4\saves and drop the file to this Mediafire-Link to upload.

Please make sure to name the zip file with your user name.

@rostsit Are you still seeing this ?

That's fine. 

I'd like to see if I can duplicate your issue

At least on all my old saves with playable ghosts, this is still an issue.

Kinda can't remember .. so much has happened since your last post .. did you ever upload your save ?

Not sure what to upload, I asked my friend with the same problem and he sent me some file. Is it enough? 

Today I checked with new "fresh" ghost. It's the same - the option doesn't affect ghost and it (the option) vanishes after trying to use it.

Hi @rostsit

I think I understand now, what you mean.

There's two things that seem off

1. Playable ghost: Other Sims living in the same household don't have the option to release the spirits. Only the Ghost itself does
2. Non-Playable ghost: Releasing them to the netherworld when they're spooking around doesn't work properly as they don't return to their graves and hence don't puff away as they should. It works fine if they are inside the grave when you choose the action.

I'll add this. Let me know if that's what you're seeing

Exactly, thank you!!

Well, the #2 is the real problem, I think. You can at least try to explain logically why Playable ghost can only release itself in #1. Maybe intended. But #2 is definitely off and worked well in earlier versions. 

Also, I can't remember if the option to release Non-Playable ghost if they are inside the grave really works - maybe animation plays well, but they come back later despite being "released". I should check it, but it will take time.

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