I have made a family full of ghosts (Grim was very busy that night) and I noticed that young Casper is still expected to go to school.
If I just have him skip school, will he be taken away despite already being dead?
Okay, so I can confirm that ghost children can be taken away just the same as living children, which is bizarre.
The more we know, though.
@Kompletionist92, that is an excellent question! 🤨 I've never had a ghost child in TS4. But according to Carl's Sims 4 Guide, if a living child stays home from school their grades will decay until they drop to an "F", and then they get an Embarassed moodlet for a at least as long as they are a child (assuming they don't raise their grade by going to school again!). When they become a teen, their grades reset at a "C".
So it doesn't look like the Social Worker will take children away for skipping school. 😉 That must be reserved for if you neglect the child's needs! 😮 But if you neglect a ghost child's "needs", then I would assume they could possibly be taken away, but I couldn't find any information on it😕 . If I find out anything , I'll let you know! 😉
Thanks for the reply. 🙂
I think I will intentionally neglect him and have him skip school, just to see what happens. Y'know, for science!
@Kompletionist92, 😃 yes, I also love to experiment with the Sims.! 🤓 But I hate when the Social Worker takes away Sim children 😢, so I avoid it. But please reply back with your findings... I'm curious but I don't have any ghost children to try it out with right now! 😉
I will certainly post my results here for anyone else curious. I'm going to do it on a seperate save so that I don't lose Casper permanently.
Okay, so I can confirm that ghost children can be taken away just the same as living children, which is bizarre.
The more we know, though.
Good to know. Thank you for this information. I have one family of ghosts on the gallery just for fun.
They certainly are a challenge to style in CAS. And they can never be aged up in game. A perpetual school age child would not be much fun LOL
@Kompletionist92, thanks for the info! ❤️ What caused Casper to be taken away?🤔 It does seem funny since ghosts don't really have bodies, so in my opinion the only neglect a Ghost can have is Social neglect.🤨 But that is just my logic on the matter, and obviously the game developers had other ideas!😃 Thanks for the picture too! 😇
@EuphorialQueen, I might have to download your Ghost family from the Gallery! 😎
Casper was taken away because I refused him food for days, the social services don't seem to mind skipping school, or even non-existent hygiene as long as they get to eat every so often.
I agree though, all needs (except social) should be frozen upon death, not just death by Strangerville plant thing.
@EuphorialQueen Yes, the expectation to maintain grades on a child that will never age up is a bit annoying, though you can age them up by reviving them with Ambrosia, having them blow out candles, then killing them again.
I mostly made this family for the trophy (which didn't pop!) and so my living child Sims could befriend Casper the Friendly Ghost.
