Always keep a backup of your saves folder on your desktop. That way, if any sim dies of laughter, (as has happened to me so many times!) you'll always be able to go back on a save and change circumstances to prevent this happening again. One of my sims died on his wedding day! I learned the hard way! He was way too happy and then went for a bubble bath! Never take a bubble bath if you don't use mods or workarounds! (I prefer the word "workaround" to "cheat"). It's horrible when you're all having a lovely time, then grimmy comes along! Backup forever! :D I do not work For EA, but I do like to help people if I canKeep on simming and have fun!Helping to keep The Sims Sim-ple. [title edited for clarity and comments split off as a new discussion on game backups - EA_Leeloo]

Sul sul Simmers! As you can see, I split a few comments form the original discussion here on Sims dying from laughter. This is because the conversation went away from the initial topic to game backups and the more 'techy' aspects. So, here's your own thread for that - enjoy the chat about backups and external hard drives. 🙂 - Leeloo

@Gednaa You could use Disk Utility to format your external hard drives. It's very simple and very fast. And if the connector is incompatible, you could probably find an adapter for £10 or less on Amazon.

@Gednaa What connection is on the external? If it's standard USB or USB-C it should plug into your iMac fine. macOS can read FAT formatted drives no problem so you should be able to see all the data on the drive, unless the drive was pre-formatted with some kind of Windows only proprietary software (I think WD and Seagate do this?) in which case you may have to plug it into a PC and copy everything over to a standard FAT formatted drive.First thing I do when I buy a new external is wipe and reformat it to get rid of unnecessary software installed on it.

Well, @Gednaa I do REAL backups ... hahahaha. Don't give anybody an excuse to put things on the same machine and call it a backup ... LOL. Anyway, I don't even get grimmy. Within like 3 minutes, my Sim was gone and the grim reaper didn't even show up. WHAT was that? Not for the woman or man Sim. Is that a bug? Doesn't grimmy always show up during Sim deaths? And, wait ... what's the cheat for this phenomenon? Here's to learning new things! Hahahahahaha. Don't you find it funny how we take this silly game so seriously? It's like we're offended when a character dies on the scene. Don't know why that struck me as bizarre, but it did.😃😉

@Gednaa I had the exact same thing happen to me! It was my first emotional death after YEARS of playing the game. He moved in after a marriage and immediately died of laughter (I guess he had such a good time at the wedding?). I had tried in the past to get emotional deaths to trigger but never succeeded... go figure lol. I was able to restore a previous save for the unintended death, which is something everyone can do up to a point automatically.You can also, if you notice it, sleep off the emotional effects if you're not able to do the other things to bring them down. BUT you have to catch it before it's too late!!

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KingRayVeteran
Rising Veteran
5 years ago
Well, @Gednaa I do REAL backups ... hahahaha. Don't give anybody an excuse to put things on the same machine and call it a backup ... LOL. Anyway, I don't even get grimmy. Within like 3 minutes, my Sim was gone and the grim reaper didn't even show up. WHAT was that? Not for the woman or man Sim. Is that a bug? Doesn't grimmy always show up during Sim deaths?
And, wait ... what's the cheat for this phenomenon? Here's to learning new things! Hahahahahaha. Don't you find it funny how we take this silly game so seriously? It's like we're offended when a character dies on the scene. Don't know why that struck me as bizarre, but it did.
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Purple_Tragedy
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
@Gednaa I had the exact same thing happen to me! It was my first emotional death after YEARS of playing the game. He moved in after a marriage and immediately died of laughter (I guess he had such a good time at the wedding?). I had tried in the past to get emotional deaths to trigger but never succeeded... go figure lol. I was able to restore a previous save for the unintended death, which is something everyone can do up to a point automatically.

You can also, if you notice it, sleep off the emotional effects if you're not able to do the other things to bring them down. BUT you have to catch it before it's too late!!
Gednaa
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@KingRayVeteran That reminds me I must buy an external Hard Drive. I'm on Mac so all my previous ones won't work! I've never had a death where grimmy didn't come along??? That's a strange one! I wonder if anybody else knows why that its?
KingRayVeteran
Rising Veteran
5 years ago
@Gednaa I have 3!!! Yes, do invest in one or more. I was a bit surprised that the reaper didn't show up twice, so that's why I'm thinking it's a bug now.
Gednaa
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@ValFreya13 I'd been playing my sims for sims years when Constant Died, so was so badly upset to lose him after all that work and time and he's a lovely sim. I was shocked how it affected me. I was telling my fiancé the next day and he was stunned that I was so emotional about (what he calls cartoon characters)! Yes, I knew about sleeping things off and you can do it for elders if they exert themselves too much. (When you get that notification that they could die from whatever activity they're doing!). Yeah, you have to be quick on the draw!
Gednaa
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@KingRayVeteran I had a 3TB USB 3 for my PC, so I'm saving up to get a version that will go with the Mac. I sometimes wish I didn't switch! It's been more expense than it was worth! :D
KingRayVeteran
Rising Veteran
5 years ago
@Gednaa I absolutely have to have them, or I can't function. I'm a computer nerd and learned those lessons long ago. Started out a computer operator in 1978, and have gone through successions of computers & PC's. Some lessons you can never unlearn. I'm even nervous my backup devices are in the same house! Hahahaha

I refuse to buy into the Cloud technology, because there is no guarantee others don't have access to our data AND our machines, and they'd charge too much $$$$ for the storage. Why should I pay another company for my backups? I have a 1.5TB, 8.0TB, and a 4.0TB. One of them is attached to my laptop. All Windows.
Gednaa
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@KingRayVeteran Before I started playing The Sims, I was a musician and my record label told me to get a Mac. I wish I hadn't. I've had so much expense since I bought that, and I'm still trying to get things just right. It's bad enough playing a game (Sims 4) so music is out of the question! Career in tatters, playing a game to give me something else to do during Lockdown! I hate the Clouds too... but I'll get told off for going off at a tangent. Could say more! Nice to meet you, @KingRayVeteran.
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@Gednaa You could use Disk Utility to format your external hard drives. It's very simple and very fast. And if the connector is incompatible, you could probably find an adapter for £10 or less on Amazon.
Gednaa
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@puzzlezaddict Thank so much for your kind info! I'll try that! Ace! My many existing drives are incompatible, so I will look on amazon. Well worth a shot for that price! Yay!