7 years ago

Vampire help

I just got the vampire pack yesterday since it's on sale. I think the decor is amazing and I had fun exploring the new, but small map. It's very cool and I love the look of everything. However, today Vlad came to visit my Sims at like 3 am. One spoke to him outside and they had a pleasant conversation and ended up playing chess in the backyard. However, my Sim got distracted and ran in the house while Vlad continued to sit at the table...and sit until the sun came up and embers started to float from him. He continued to sit until he finally burst into flames and collapsed on the ground dead. Ugh! At this time the gardener came to do her job and my other Sim in the household went outside and both started freaking out at the dead vampire on the ground. No Reaper to be seen. I let the game continue to run and no reaper and Sims continued freaking ugh again! I did what I usually do and shut the game off figured it was a dumb glitch (as my game seems to be full of them lately). and started over. Vlad came back at the same time, but instead of me inviting him to play chess I talked to him on the porch. As like before my Sim got distracted and ran in the house. Vlad got annoyed and kicked over my trash bin. Now he stood there and stood there until 8am, but no embers this time. I thought ok enough is enough dude let's get you back home to Forgotten Hollow. I traveled back to there with him and the sun was out there and shining quite brightly and here comes the process again of poor Vlad getting burned alive thanks to the sun.

Ok what in freaking heck is that all about??? I wouldn't think an NPC would be THAT stupid first of all...secondly WHY was the sun out and bright at Forgotten Hollow??? I thought it was dark there all the time???

Can those with the pack please give me some insight on what might be going on and how I can fix this if it's a glitch? I don't want this poor main Vampire apparently to bite the dust simply because my game is being dumb.

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12 Replies

BadCowboy1969
7 years ago
Oh man lol well thanks for the info about the sun being there later. What I did to help remedy the endless cycle my game seemed to be stuck on with Vlad not going home was to befriend him immediately when he came to the door. I then traveled back to his house in Forgotten Hollow. He's happy now and went inside and started playing the pipe organ. My Sim went fishing. It's still dark, Vlad is home and safe, and that's that lol This is a super cute pack I think and I can't wait to make my own vampires and play there as one. I guess they can walk around everywhere as long as it's night, but how are they in the rain and snow? lol I can't wait to continue to explore the pack more and hopefully no one else will venture into Oasis Springs and fry pfft lol I just wonder why the Reaper didn't come? Is that typical or was that a goof too?
BadCowboy1969
7 years ago
lol oh man this sounds like it's going to be a fun and funny addition to my game! I found the Sixam flytrap and it's so cool, but I couldn't get a harvest thing from it to take back to Oasis Springs with me :( Does that mean it can't be harvested or does that mean it can't grow outside of Forgotten Hollow? I keep a collection of all the possible garden items growing at the museum my Sims own and would like to add the new additions this pack adds. Oh that reminds me there's no cowplant at the museum lol Oh man Sunshowers and sunsnow? That sounds awful especially for vampires then :( Man I hope they won't be burning up all over the place. I'd feel horrible.
BadCowboy1969
7 years ago
Oh man lots of helpful stuff, but does this mean my non vampires can't take those plants out of Forgotten Hollow and plant them nor have them checked off on the collection? Does reading about the Lore turn them into vampires? or do they simply have to get bit?
x4m1r4
7 years ago
Never thought that Vlad can be so unlucky... perhaps he is meant to die on that day? :# Never experienced the unplayed vampires died because of the sun.. yet... But, I would suggest if you could repair the game & see if it is still happening? Normally, I will repair the game whenever I bought a new pack.. just in case..

About the plant, you can plant it anywhere..one of my Sims plant a Plasma tree in a greenhouse... and reading the book will not turn you into vampires.. but it will give you tips on how to deal with the undead... you'll become a vampire only if you asked the vampires to turn you into... but, always lock your doors... because, in my game.. whenever my non-vampires Sims read the book, sometimes, vampires will come & visit them.. by breaking in when they are sleeping... and of course, to drink the plasma...

And this pack comes with new lot traits... and one of the lot traits that I like to use is on the dark ley line... my normal Sims couple gave birth to a twin.. one of them is a vampire! :D
BadCowboy1969
7 years ago
That's a good point about repairing the game. This is the first pack I bought since Seasons and granted the game was acting a bit goony before this, but now it seems worse with the odd stuff. Before I bought this I turned on the game and one of my Sims was in New Crest standing in front of a house. It was raining so he had a black umbrella wha.....I never left the house with him first of all. He also never leaves anywhere without his husband so that was odd thing number two. The third thing was that his umbrella was black when I had him with a watermelon patterned one. Just weird all the way around. Thanks for the repair idea. I'll try that before I start up the game again!
x4m1r4
7 years ago
Cool! Hope it helps! :)
osiazul
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago

Vlad also die at my main save infront of my alien scientist :D But she took the urn to her home and wait for a few days...
https://i.imgur.com/x7YVngU.png

Vlad was one of my fav ghost I ever played. He can be really creepy. Vampires ghost keep all his powers, are still thirsty and their energy goes down with sun (if they are not daywalkers), but they can not die again <3
https://i.imgur.com/2pSMIfb.png

Now he is resurrected (as a vampire can be). I used the well of wishes, the Ambrosia is not working with ghost vampires :| Poor Vlad, he is trying to recover his kingdom but there is a lot of competition in my game :p
OldeSimsFan
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Different vampire & problem, but still needing help. I've a vampire that is constantly having the garlic reaction, as in a new one pops up as soon as the old one expires. Doesn't matter what lot the vampire is on, either. There is no garlic in inventory. Vamp needs a drink, but all attempts fail. Have stopped that save pending advice.
paradiseplanet27
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"Oldeseadogge;c-16788859" wrote:
Different vampire & problem, but still needing help. I've a vampire that is constantly having the garlic reaction, as in a new one pops up as soon as the old one expires. Doesn't matter what lot the vampire is on, either. There is no garlic in inventory. Vamp needs a drink, but all attempts fail. Have stopped that save pending advice.

Uh, could you try exporting the sim to a brand new save and testing? @Oldeseadogge
OldeSimsFan
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Provided it doesn't cause problems. I think in TS2 terms, where moving sims from one world/save to another tends to corrupt things. Am presuming it would be by however one sends sims back to the gallery.