https://image.ibb.co/mQCChb/Screen_Shot_2017_11_08_at_11_46_05_PM_2.pngI've been getting dozens of notifications all of the sudden, saying that random Sims' spirits are fading away. Some of them are old family members, but some are random people I've never seen or heard of. I keep googling this and I can't find any mention of this anywhere.It seems related to the recent patch that changed how culling works, but I can't be sure, as I haven't played the game in 6+ months. It's also worth noting that I have my culling limit set to 150, and it says I only have 62 Sims so far, so I have no idea what's going on.If this is the game's way of clearing all the ghosts, I'm fine with it, because my world is currently overrun.Thanks!

Interesting. I haven't seen anything like this in my game. My guess would be they're giving you a chance to save the ghostly version of a Sim, prior to culling. If that's the case, I think it's a great thing to implement. Gives the player a bit more power over what's happening in their game. I will bookmark this thread, as I am quite curious, too, to learn the answer.

You can now click on graves with ghosts and select "strenghten connection to physical world" and it will make that ghost not be culled. I don't know for how much longer, but it seems this patch made ghost culling more intense.

"Chazzzy;c-16144517" wrote:I've gotten this 3 times now. I don't like ghosts so I would never interact with them, I like them being deleted. But if you wanted to interact with them, how would one even find their grave if they're townies? For example, I evict all of my elder sims and make them unplayed townies then I set aging for unplayed only. So only my elder sims and regular townies die.I don't mind the ghosts— I just don't like how they behave now. I much prefer the ghosts from Sims 2. They could actually scare a Sim to death. These ghosts from Sims3 & now 4, are way too cartoony and silly.

Yeah I got those notifications too. So many at once, I had to click the x button about 3904303 times ugh. I have played the same family for a very long while and have only ever had 1 one of my own Sims die. So all these ghosts in my game must be deceased townies, then. I really, really don't like them. Like @GalacticGal states, I also prefer Sims 2 ghosts. They were at least confined to the lot that stored their tombstones. Hope they'll all get culled soon.https://i.imgur.com/uFacoQE.pngThey do make for colorful gameplay. :lol:

Do you guys also get spammed with these messages? It's always at least 5 of them, and now I got 16. 16 messages of some unknown ghost sim doing whatever it pleases :weary:

"_____'s Spirit is Fading Away" Message. What is this?

flaviavp
8 years ago
I hate the ghosts, I play a legacy and almost everyone is a ghost now, I'm glad now they will leave my sims word
Lustianicia
8 years ago
Ugh... the ghosts in this game are honestly very annoying... this kind of thing doesn't surprise me either. This is why we absolutely NEED cemeteries in The Sims 4 (just like how we had them in Sims 3). I'm honestly really getting annoyed whenever I see ghosts dancing at clubs and visiting other kinds of community lots... and being treated like normal Sims.

This post brings up another good reason we need cemeteries... this ghost is completely random... and the part that really irritates me is that if a Sim dies off a lot that you aren't currently playing, then their urn/tombstone is impossible to find... so you can't even create custom cemeteries by making a simple park or whatever. It's disappointing. I'd like to be able to keep the urns/tombstones of my families and see how big my legacy becomes over time. They need to create a cemetery lot type, where Sims' gravestones will appear when they die (just like in Sims 3 at the mausoleum).

Sorry for kinda changing the direction of this post... it's just that every time I see something about ghosts being mentioned on the forums, I feel the need to express my disappointment and annoyance with how they were developed for this game... and how we have a huge lack of cemeteries.
Goth583
New Traveler
8 years ago
I keep getting this message in my game and I just keep clicking it away. I'm good with the regular sims, I don't need the ghosts. They are worse than the vampires, IMO.
--Asiram900--
8 years ago
Being a legacy player, ghosts are important to me, but to avoid culling I just delete all the old townies, and families consisting of old townies.
IronHeadhammer
8 years ago
i can confirm it is the patch for oct-nov and it does spam you especially at the first night of it happening. To make that message less spammy they should however put the setting only on the focus of current households more.
ladybreid
New Spectator
8 years ago
I greatly dislike the ghosts in TS4. I release them.

I much rather have the older ghosts back where how they died made a difference in what sort of ghost they would be and if they would be helpful or not.
EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
You could also improve ghosts relationship to the point where you can ask them to move in. Then move them out and make sure the household the ghost is in is in My Household section.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
I tend to play on Long. So far I haven't been deluged with these messages. :open_mouth:
icemanfresh
Seasoned Newcomer
8 years ago
"NeonHighways;c-16144503" wrote:
You can now click on graves with ghosts and select "strenghten connection to physical world" and it will make that ghost not be culled. I don't know for how much longer, but it seems this patch made ghost culling more intense.

Yep, this appeared after the patch. I killed off a sim after the ghost patch in 2014 to test it out. :D I guessed as much it had to do with culling
CaliDeb26
8 years ago
"Chazzzy;c-16144517" wrote:
I've gotten this 3 times now. I don't like ghosts so I would never interact with them, I like them being deleted.

But if you wanted to interact with them, how would one even find their grave if they're townies? For example, I evict all of my elder sims and make them unplayed townies then I set aging for unplayed only. So only my elder sims and regular townies die.

Following to find out where to find Townie graves also. I did 100 Baby Challenge and I'm being absolutely bombarded with these messages for every Baby Daddy and child from 2nd generation since 3rd gen aged up to elder yesterday.