Ghosts?

I don't like Ghosts in my game. I always sent them away. I also avoid going out to "Ghost - Nights" in bars.
Same with Aliens.

can't stand them. try to intercept as many as possible at the bar during their particular night. Then, add them to my family and proceed to delete them on manage worlds.

It depends on the story/challenge ect. I've played with ghosts with various stories for long periods of time in this game and enjoyed it. Sometimes I release them to the spirit world if I don't want to deal with them in a particular save game though. I've even done a save game where I try to get one of each death type of ghost in my game.. it's not complete though.

I've played a household of ghosts on a few of my games. (If my avatar wasn't a giveaway.) In my plot, the ghosts' attitudes are usually that the afterlife is pretty fun and they'll go out of their way to "help" the living join them. (Usually by trying to talk them into wishing on the Wishing Well when it's in a deadly mood... though my comedian ghost who died by laughter likes to take out Sims the same way she went.)

I wrapped the Goths' story up with the ghosts once as well. Basically, they are the ghosts' guardians, assigned to keep them out of trouble. Cassandra Goth got a ghost boyfriend and child from the Wishing Well, too. She decided she was perfectly happy with this arrangement.

At one point, I went extra creepy and rather than give the ghosts beds, they each got a coffin to sleep in outside in front of their gravestones.

I do tend to cheat enough aspiration points to take away their need to eat, shower, and use the bathroom, because those just seem silly. I can see ghosts wanting to rest, though, even if they don't get physically tired.

If I only have three supernatural states to play, I'm going to use each one as much as I can. ^_^

The last ghost I ever played with in my game was Johnny Zest. He married the sim I was playing, they finally got married on Christmas Day and also the same day he died on. He was just to darn happy; new wife, new toddler, and the holidays were just too much. A short time later his ghost called up his widow and asked her out on a date. I was thinking great, maybe I can get a playable ghost to add back into the family, and work on resurrecting him. But the problem happened when he decided to carry on romantically with another woman. My sim at the time was a vampire, and she witnessed the betrayal, and after that, it was a real mess, because she was attacking everyone around her. I was just glad her child was still a toddler, which kept him safe from her rage. After that, I just sent Johnny off to the great beyond to never be heard from again, well that was until I started a new game save.

When I got the chance to play with one it was pretty fun, especially when you have a ghost that died by fire and you can just RANDOMLY make fires anywhere and cause all sorts of havoc with it. It was great. Just going to certain sims homes causing a fire and then I have my ghost promptly leave. :p Ghost that died of poison can also poison other sims around them.

I have an old haunted library where ghosts will tend to linger.

I've only added one ghost to a household. It was my Sim First Artist's boyfriend in the Time Lord Challenge. He accidentally died from overexertion after woo hoo with Second Artist when he was an elder before I knew that was a thing. He's Third Artist's companion now. I only keep ghosts around if the challenge I'm playing doesn't allow for releasing their spirit or moving them somewhere else.

Most ghosts otherwise get to stay around if they're helpful instead of mischievous. Once they start breaking stuff? Out they go to the deep forest. Some I've had taken to a cemetery I downloaded, and one 'lives' in Sylvan Glades by request. Her husband visits sometimes, but not as much now that he has a new love interest. It's too hard for him because he feels guilty, like he's cheating on both of them somehow. If that makes sense? He loved his wife very much, but needs to move on.

My Sims rarely go out to bars, so they've only been there for Ghost night a couple times. Any ghosts that get generated for that, or from campfire stories, I remove using manage households. I don't want a bunch of ghosts wandering around willy nilly in my game acting like they're still alive. It annoys me so much too when ghosts call my Sims about anything. They're supposed to be dead, how do they even have a phone? lol It's especially weird when they call to convey their condolences for losing a loved one and they're calling about themselves! o.O

Personally, I wish ghosts were more like they were in TS2. They seemed more like 'real' ghosts that could scare the bejeezus out of Sims, make them wet themselves or even die. Oh well, to each their own. I don't hate the ghosts, I just wish they were a bit more like, well, ghosts! lol

@katrinasforest. Not sure if it's a mean or mischief interaction then again it might work of you have the poisoned ghost sim belch. As that's what Buzz Grunt's wife did and it made him pass out. Next time she did it he was poisoned. :#

"Chazzzy;c-17013655" wrote:
I keep the urn/tombstones but I let the ghosts fade away on their own time. I used to force it and send them away because I didn’t like having ghosts in my relationship pane. But now I just let it happen organically.

I think in my new game I will just do this. I always feel bad sending them away early. :D

"Hermitgirl;c-17014042" wrote:
Okay this poisoning thing did it for me. Thanks @LadyKyn!
Now I want to go in and play my ghosts of every type save again. When I was playing them I stuck to playing the ones that I didn't find irritating .. those that died by electrocution were my favorite.
Now I want to go in and see them all in their glory... warts and all. I think I might move the ones I have to Strangerville and start a new ghost story playing in rotation. I just wanted to see the other types.
Ohhh plans! Uggh this also always makes me want to start over... hmm.

Have a ghost for each death and put there graves on a community lot that could be haunted and watch the chaos :naughty: