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CrystalWB's avatar
4 years ago
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Can't put urn in sims inventory anymore

I had a sim, named Arielle, die from laughter while I was present. It very unexpected and sad. I have the Mortem (by Sim Realist) mod installed, have for a year or so. I did a funeral for Arielle and got the Urn after. I was able to put it in her father's inventory. The family brought it home and I placed the urn in her room. I engraved the epitaph before placing it. Her parents autonomously take turns mourning there every day.

I had originally planed to move Arielle and her sister Andromeda out together after Winterfest, but Arielle sadly died on in the last hours of Winterfest. They were going to be roommates since they are very close. I figured they could still be roommates if Andromeda moves out with the urn and later adds the ghost of Arielle to the household (I can't add her now since the household is full). However I discovered today that I no longer have the option to put the urn in anyone's inventory.

Is this by design? I generally place tombstones in a shared graveyard rather than keep urns in the house. This is my first time trying to move an urn when it's not the day of the funeral so I'm not sure if this is a game thing, a mod thing or what. I can try to move Andromeda out, then see if I can add Arielle to the household, then move her out to live with Andromeda. At least then she would meet her youngest sibling (whom was born after her death, it's been wild).

Is there a workaround for adding a ghost to the household?

Note: I also have Scumbumbo's packing creates mod (updated by Basemental on Sep 10th 2021). I'm using this for moving Andromeda out with her things plus some of Arielle's things. This is the most recent mod I've added.

  • @CrystalWB I'm fairly certain that it's a mod related thing as urns should be able to go into anyone's inventory, even if it's been in someone elses inventory and/or engraved.
    There are many workarounds for adding a ghost to the house but if you come across the ghost, if you right click on them, it should have an option for you to add them to the household or if you have the Spellcaster pack, if one of your sims knows the deathdify spell, they can summon the ghost by clicking on the urn/gravestone

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  • @CrystalWB I'm fairly certain that it's a mod related thing as urns should be able to go into anyone's inventory, even if it's been in someone elses inventory and/or engraved.
    There are many workarounds for adding a ghost to the house but if you come across the ghost, if you right click on them, it should have an option for you to add them to the household or if you have the Spellcaster pack, if one of your sims knows the deathdify spell, they can summon the ghost by clicking on the urn/gravestone
  • CrystalWB's avatar
    CrystalWB
    4 years ago

    Unfortunately all options to add the ghost to the household where not available. I thought it was because the house was full. So I moved Andromeda (the sister out) and then tried to add Arielle to her household but the option never showed. I used a cheat to add her. I also used a mod to get another urn for Arielle. So there is the one at the parents house and one at Andromeda's house. I'll have to take some time to figure out which mod is causing the issue with the urn as well as the missing option to add ghosts to the household.

    I noted paying today that death by emotion seems more common. Andromeda died from being mortified today and her dad died from laughter. I escaped without saving in hopes they will be okay when I play again. Unfortunately it had been a long time since I saved so I lost about a sims week worth of progress. I don't feel like trying to play again today, that was stressful. I've been playing this family for over a year. I'll try again another day.

  • Idiosyncratic53's avatar
    Idiosyncratic53
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago
    @CrystalWB There's a mod called Better Eceptions by TwistedMexi which writes a report on your mods and can tell you which ones are causing issues that I reccomend if your having mod issues and there are multiple things such as the MCCC mod which allows you to disable death by emotions: as a person who lost a sim I'd had for literal years from death by laughter, I understand how much it sucks to suddenly lose sims so I hope this helps any
  • CrystalWB's avatar
    CrystalWB
    4 years ago
    @Idiosyncratic53 The weird bit is I'm not getting last exceptions for the most part. I got one yesterday but it was for Carl's Gameplay Overhaul. I didn't get any today and I still can't put the urn in inventory. I will try the Twisted Mexi better exceptions mod to see if it gives more insight. MCC seems overwhelming to me and I don't want to check if it conflicts with anything I already have. Thank you for the recommendations though.

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