My teen Sim has a townie boyfriend but I haven't been able to find him in manage households. I've looked at all unplayed Sims, not in world and otherwise, and there's no family with his last name and I cannot find him. I was hoping to move him into a house and make sure he doesn't get culled and then age them up together so hopefully they can get married. Is there another way to track him down? I've never had this problem before.

Have you tried looking in your sims phone friends? If he is there call him up and invite him over then move him in. If he is gone from there then he may have been culled already

Move him into your household and then to another to be safe. Eventhough he can still be culled then.

> @luthienrising said:> Vilena wrote: »> > I have similar problem altough I can not find my Sim's daughter on household management and on phone. Also I can't call her over because she doesn't exist in his phone. But she does exist in his genealogy. She is still child but her mother died. Now I can't move her into his household. I really can't find her anywhere. Help> > > > > Was she living with the mother only when the mother died, with no other Teen or older in the household? If so, she has been culled from the game in everything but the image in genealogy. You have a couple of things to try:> - If you expect the mother to die if you replay, go back to an earlier save and move the daughter in with her father in advance of that.> - If the death was unexpected, go back to an earlier save, save the mother-daughter household to your library, and then you have a copy of the daughter you can move in with the father. You would need to use cheats or mods to reestablish relationships.Thanks for the reply! So the death of the mother is the problem. She is now alone in that household but still a child. Will she appear when she gets older?

"Vilena;c-16899646" wrote:> @luthienrising said:> Vilena wrote: »> > I have similar problem altough I can not find my Sim's daughter on household management and on phone. Also I can't call her over because she doesn't exist in his phone. But she does exist in his genealogy. She is still child but her mother died. Now I can't move her into his household. I really can't find her anywhere. Help> > > > > Was she living with the mother only when the mother died, with no other Teen or older in the household? If so, she has been culled from the game in everything but the image in genealogy. You have a couple of things to try:> - If you expect the mother to die if you replay, go back to an earlier save and move the daughter in with her father in advance of that.> - If the death was unexpected, go back to an earlier save, save the mother-daughter household to your library, and then you have a copy of the daughter you can move in with the father. You would need to use cheats or mods to reestablish relationships.Thanks for the reply! So the death of the mother is the problem. She is now alone in that household but still a child. Will she appear when she gets older? The game doesn't keep children-only households after a death. It deletes that child from the game. She won't appear again unless you go back to an earlier save to find a way to keep her.

Stupid question, but related.Is it safe to delete those two ghost what came with GT, the ones at the museum mansion? Why I ask is that the male one has made a Club, not the Knight chess one, another, and he will show up at any park at night time and is dressed like Boba Fett. (not that I am against Star Wars ghost parties, but I prefer Vader more than Boba Fett)

Can't find Sim in manage households

27 Replies

Writin_Reg
8 years ago
Have you tried looking in your sims phone friends? If he is there call him up and invite him over then move him in. If he is gone from there then he may have been culled already
zisp
8 years ago
you could have been late. I was in the same situation and the sim had been culled.
glitterwebs
8 years ago
"Writin_Reg;c-15738693" wrote:
Have you tried looking in your sims phone friends? If he is there call him up and invite him over then move him in. If he is gone from there then he may have been culled already

He's in the phone and I can invite him over just fine, but I don't want to move him in yet, I already have a really busy household I struggle to keep up with. I just want to know where he is and I'm curious about his family, who I'll never find if I move him into my household. Might be the only option considering I can't find him though. Thanks.
glitterwebs
8 years ago
"Simpkin;c-15738699" wrote:
you could have been late. I was in the same situation and the sim had been culled.

That's what I was worried about when I couldn't find him a few days ago, but he's still in my Sim's phone and they've been spending a lot of time together so I went into manage households again today to have another look but I still can't find him in there. It's very strange, I don't understand how he can be in my game but not in any of the families.
zisp
8 years ago
Move him into your household and then to another to be safe. Eventhough he can still be culled then.
glitterwebs
8 years ago
"Simpkin;c-15738712" wrote:
Move him into your household and then to another to be safe. Eventhough he can still be culled then.

Yeah, I think that's what I'll have to do. Thanks for the advice.
simsimsere
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
Housed sims don't get culled, but you can make the household played if you want to be safe for sure.
zisp
8 years ago
"luimistelija;c-15738791" wrote:
Housed sims don't get culled, but you can make the household played if you want to be safe for sure.

they do. It has happened in my game.
simsimsere
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
"Simpkin;c-15738795" wrote:
"luimistelija;c-15738791" wrote:
Housed sims don't get culled, but you can make the household played if you want to be safe for sure.

they do. It has happened in my game.

When did it happen? It doesn't seem to be how the code is supposed to work currently (http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/905991/culling-relationship-culling-decay-current-status/p1)
zisp
8 years ago
A while ago. Could have been some time last year. I moved my sims' kids out of the house and one of them got culled. I obviously moved them into a house but still it happened.