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candiecoatediv
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
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What happens to the Children

With neighborhood stories enabled I have had one of my sims have a baby right before they turned into an elder. I do not play with this household anymore I have moved on with the next generation. The...
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    valohim666
    4 years ago

    I ran into this sort of situation in my current save and ended up looking up what happens, and from what I read any sim below the teen life stage will be removed from the game if all older sims in a household die. They also will not be available for adoption, and simply disappear. There are mods that can change how things work, I believe MCCC has options for orphaned sims to be adopted into a random household, but yeah without mods I believe the sims are simply gone for good.

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MzMelonz
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago

I don't think that the scenario changes regarding the new Stories feature. Meaning, that I do believe that they are put into the Sim's system and are simply gone (though I am not sure if they are able to eventually or randomly able to be adopted through the adoption portal). I recommend having them live with a family member if you want them to stick around controllably. I am curious to see of other's response. 

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valohim666
4 years ago

I ran into this sort of situation in my current save and ended up looking up what happens, and from what I read any sim below the teen life stage will be removed from the game if all older sims in a household die. They also will not be available for adoption, and simply disappear. There are mods that can change how things work, I believe MCCC has options for orphaned sims to be adopted into a random household, but yeah without mods I believe the sims are simply gone for good.

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