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5 years ago

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How do I find a specific ghost of an unplayed character?

I have read discussion after discussion about finding ghosts and have not been able to find my answer. I have a very unique situation and there may be no way of finding this ghost. I created a fema...

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CGrant56
5 years ago
@savedasims
I'm afraid not. Once a sim is released to the netherworld, I know of no way that you can get them back.
The only thing you might be able to do is reload them if you have an earlier save where they are still alive. then you could save them to your library and reintroduce them back into your current save. Then use MCCC to reset their relationships with their other family members. But you said that you've already looked in earlier saves and couldn't find him.
The name of your dead sim sounds familiar though. I have to check but isn't he a mermaid? If he is who I think he is, you can get him back by searching for Maxis sims in the gallery. I think he is one of the Maxis pre made NPC sims that came with IL which have been uploaded in the gallery. All the NPC mermaids in my game died off and I was able to add them back by doing that.
Hope this helps.

savedasims

5 years ago

@CGrant56 I ran the details report and it does in deed say he was culled. So is there any way to "uncull" someone?

CGrant56

Hero+

5 years ago

@savedasims

I'm afraid not. Once a sim is released to the netherworld, I know of no way that you can get them back.

The only thing you might be able to do is reload them if you have an earlier save where they are still alive. then you could save them to your library and reintroduce them back into your current save. Then use MCCC to reset their relationships with their other family members. But you said that you've already looked in earlier saves and couldn't find him.

The name of your dead sim sounds familiar though. I have to check but isn't he a mermaid? If he is who I think he is, you can get him back by searching for Maxis sims in the gallery. I think he is one of the Maxis pre made NPC sims that came with IL which have been uploaded in the gallery. All the NPC mermaids in my game died off and I was able to add them back by doing that.

Hope this helps.

gwenleah
New Adventurer
5 years ago
@CGrant56 Wow, what a helpful answer! And, you're right, he is a pre made mermaid Sim, shows up in all my games. Friendly fella with pretty eyes.
I hope savedasims reintroduces him into the game like you suggested.
savedasims
5 years ago
Yes! Thank you so much. I couldn’t find him in the gallery, so I started a new game, teleported him to my new sim so that I could upload him “as is” to my gallery. Then I went back into the other game and downloaded him.
- CGrant56
  Hero+
  5 years ago
  @savedasims Great!! I'm glad you found him.
  But just so you know, I was wrong on how I got him back. I hadn't started my game and looked before I answered you but I did look in the gallery later. He and the other 3 mermaids are not in the gallery after all. I started a new game and did the same thing you did to get them back
  That's one of the really nice thing about how the library works. The ability to move sims between games so we can always get the Maxis sims back if we want to.