Ghosts/Plantsims revamped (Create a ghost/plantsim in CAS) #JusticeForOccults

"fae_brass;c-17770576" wrote:
What time is it getting announced today?

Tomorrow (Jan 12) at 8 AM PST

I don’t know if they will get a CAS overhaul this time around but they certainly should.

I think ghosts will be added to CAS in the pre-pack patch under the occult tab.

I'm defintely hoping that we can create ghosts via CAS with the new pack/pre-pack patch. I mean, I don't want to have to kill Sims just to get a ghost, you know?

I totally agree that ghosts need a revamp. Sims pretty much stick around even after dying, making phone calls and inviting my sims to go out lol I'm not against them being active, but only after I made an effort to bring them back.

Also sims seem very unimpressed with ghosts. I mean they get tense when someone is wearing a bear costume but then don't really react to the presence of a ghost lol

I also wish ghosts had different abilities and that their needs were different from normal sims.

Yes, I hope the life state of ghost get a revamp in the upcoming patch. :)

It’d be great to see my suggestions from last year be implemented in the game!

Perhaps we will be forced to install 200+ new ghost skin tones in a bg patch, whether we want to play ghosts or not.

"CelSims;c-17770713" wrote:
It would be nice if ghosts didn't have to eat or tend to hygiene, that just doesn't make sense.

This right here. I never understood why ghosts still had certain needs as if they were still alive. I mean you're dead, you dont need to eat anymore! Im fine with them still having a Social and Fun need, but a ghost doesnt need to still pee, eat, shower and sleep. That's a little dumb if you ask me. xD

"CelSims;c-17770713" wrote:
It would be nice if ghosts didn't have to eat or tend to hygiene, that just doesn't make sense.
It would also be nice if they did something other than go break the toilet then leave. My vampire hunter has the graves of 7 vampires on his lot and they just queue up to break the loo every night. You'd think they'd want to beat up their killer.

In the Sims 2, ghost couldn't cross running water. It was useful on those cases.

"CelSims;c-17770713" wrote:
It would be nice if ghosts didn't have to eat or tend to hygiene, that just doesn't make sense.
It would also be nice if they did something other than go break the toilet then leave. My vampire hunter has the graves of 7 vampires on his lot and they just queue up to break the loo every night. You'd think they'd want to beat up their killer.

I can suspend belief but I do agree.

World of warcraft really explains it well, when the undead are raised, they still feel the need to breathe, eat, sleep etc even though they do not need to, simply because they are used to doing so in life. Over time they get more used to their undead life.

The way I see suspend my belief is that while a Sim is tied to the earthly plane, they aren't moving on. Playable ghosts are still attached to their mortal desires and needs as long as they are in our world. So even though they don't NEED to eat etc, they still feel like they have to.

Only by letting go and moving onto the netherworld can they truly let go of their "needs."

If I were to redo it though, I would make all ghosts only have the social and fun need. Certain ghosts like starvation would still have a hunger need, murphy bed and over exerted sims would still have an energy need, death by flies would have a hygiene need etc.