Does anyone else get death anxiety?

Update: Said sim just passed away. I let him keep going until the inevitable, which happened on his way home from a birthday party in Brindleton Bay.

Many of sims are fun to play due to their background, so I keep them alive. Sometimes I will let them age, and at the end I age them down with MCCC. Some will die to fit storyline or I will delete save when over. Playing generation after generation after generation feels like repetitive to do list for me.

I had the father of my current Sim hit the ‘make the last of this time’ notification, so I was prepped for the entire household to get sad. Then he ended up living for another week, because he had maxed out fitness :neutral: And then he does on Thanksgiving! Had to wait for the most dramatic moment possible :smiley:

My sims are like family. Fortunately I can keep them alive forever. :)

I too play with aging off. I'm still playing with most of the sims I put in my game back in 2014, though I've aged-out most of EA's 1st-gen NPC parents (Bella & Mort. Goth, etc.) (For a long time I was waiting for a University pack, but eventually gave up & aged the teens to YA. Those teens are adults & seniors now, and still alive.)

@Hermitgirl -- CAS-enabled reincarnation's an awesome idea! I'm going to do that. Thank you so much! :relaxed: :+1: :cookie: :heart:

I use the Sims Info Mod to let me know exactly when they'll die, and I just give them the best day for their last day. I cook them their "favorite" meal, drink their favorite drink. If they are a family sim, they'll spend the day watching movies with their family, swimming with the fam, the whole day just them, their spouse and kids.

If they were more career oriented, I let them tie up any loose ends (finish those novels, paint a painting to pass on to the grandkids, etc). If they were party-goers, I have them hit the bar one last time, have a last meal of bar food, their favorite drink. Maybe hit on a hottie or two. Who doesn't love ol' grandpa telling them they're pretty (yuck LOL).

The last day never bothers me, it's that sometimes I have nothing to do with them leading up to their last day.

"AriaMad2;c-16789083" wrote:

"Hermitgirl;c-16789078" wrote:
You could try playing with aging off... or let them die and then move their ghosts back in. You can toss them in the library or move them into an old sims home (then move those households into the library when it gets full. I think you can reuse the characters later too.. after you move them into a household from the library you can age them down some and use them to populate other saves... you can even change them up this way with new names, physical appearance ect. Sim reincarnation!

Would killing off said sim with cheats be okay or anything like that? I’ve been looking at the same screen for 15 minutes procrastinating pressing the play button-

Here's what may help you. Take the family into cas.fulleditmode and save them to your library. That way, if you find it unbearable you can start where you left off (as your Sims should have all of their skills). But, any relationships in the town will have to be recultivated.

I do. It's worse for me with the pets.

ETA: No advice, sadly but you got some good ones above.

No - I control aging so can't happen unless they die accidentally.

I get more annoyed when a Sim dies. Then everyone is stuck with the sad moodlet for days. Hard to get them to cooperate when they are so depressed!