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Seasoned Rookie

7 years ago

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Sims 4 won't register my ghost sim as a ghost

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.50.67.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Get to Work, Get Together, City Living, Cats and Dogs, Seasons, Get Famous, Dine Out, Jungle Adventure, Outdoor Retreat, Parenthood, Spa Day, StrangerVille, Vampires, Backyard Stuff, Bowling Night Stuff, Cool Kitchen Stuff, Fitness Stuff, Kids Room Stuff, Laundry Day Stuff, Luxury Party Stuff, Movie Hangout Stuff, My First Pet Stuff, Perfect Patio Stuff, Romantic Garden Stuff, Spooky Stuff, Toddler Stuff, Vintage Glamour Stuff, Holiday Celebration Pack, and Grim's Ghoulish Guitar.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? I think it's exclusive to me, so I'm not sure how you can get this bug.
What happens when the bug occurs? I try to use LittleMsSam's Release all the ghosts mod to get one of my ghost sims an urn, the menu opens, but he doesn't show up in the menu when I try to do so, as though the game does not register that particular sim as dead even though he has died of electrocution, it registers every ghost sim as dead but him.
What do you expect to see? Beforehand, when I played as this ghost sim, I was able to use LittleMsSam's Release all the ghosts mod to get him an urn and it worked perfectly, he showed up, I clicked his picture, the urn appeared in the inventory of the sim I was playing as, even if it was a sim my ghost sim didn't know in person. This is what I expect and am supposed to see.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. The most recent game patch, 1.50.67.1020, has been very glitchy for me in general, regardless, but the game not registering one dead sim as dead is my biggest concern due to personal experience with death, I don't blame anyone, this is just how I feel, but my game not registering one ghost sim as dead feels kind of insensitive to me because my Dad passed away two years ago, and the ghost sim I am playing as is a Dad. I know it's silly, I'm just a weirdo with mommy issues who plays the sims 4 all the time to escape, but-oh, wait...

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Hello internet,

How's life?

I'd ask LittleMsSam about this themselves, but my Mom would go ballistic if I got a discord, so I have to ask here: how come after the 1.50.67.1020 patch in The Sims 4, the game does not register my ghost sim as dead? Why does it register the other ghosts in the house as dead? And is anyone else having issues in general with the 1.50.67.1020 patch?

This is the main issue I'm having, but I hear others are complaining of glitches and bugs in general, regardless of CC or no CC. I have provided screenshots so you can see for yourself the bug I am having. I checked all my CC, there are no issues with my custom content or mods, so I'm 110% sure it's the patch that's giving me trouble. If someone could please help me troubleshoot this, I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you,

1kyears.

P.S. This is my first time posting on here, so I'm not really sure what I'm doing. Is this the correct way of reporting a bug to the community?

crinrict
7 years ago
Hi @1kyears

Moving this to tech for troubleshooting

I'm not totally sure I understand you but if you remove LMS mod, how do you know he's not registering as dead ? I mean he looks like a ghost and seems to have the trait for it. Is he not greyed out as a ghost in the family tree ?

So if this is only about the Sim not being showing up on that list for LMS mod, then you really should ask her what the issue is.

I haven't seen any other reports like this.

To be sure it's game issue, you would need to replicate this on a fresh vanilla game.

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crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
Hi @1kyears

Moving this to tech for troubleshooting

I'm not totally sure I understand you but if you remove LMS mod, how do you know he's not registering as dead ? I mean he looks like a ghost and seems to have the trait for it. Is he not greyed out as a ghost in the family tree ?

So if this is only about the Sim not being showing up on that list for LMS mod, then you really should ask her what the issue is.

I haven't seen any other reports like this.

To be sure it's game issue, you would need to replicate this on a fresh vanilla game.
1kyears
Seasoned Rookie
7 years ago
I restarted, got my sim to register as dead. It turned out to be an issue with the sim himself so I used an older version and he worked just fine after that, but random ghosts still don't register as dead. I don't know if I can ask LittleMsSam because my Mom is very overprotective and considers the way to contact LittleMsSam for Q&A, Discord, suspicious. She wouldn't even let me purchase a 5 dollar painting for a struggling artist because they were selling their art online rather than in person. As much as I love her and care about her, I worry for her mental health because of this. I think my sims are just glitching in general. I do have a toddler who passed away for storytelling purposes that won't register now, though the toddler won't work with another mod that lets you age up multiple sims, so I think my sims themselves are just glitching because of the update. Maybe it's my computer, it's supposed to be fast, but it's actually really slow and I paid over 1000 for it, and it used to be fast. I think things are just weird right now. I'll see if I can get my techy stepdad to help, maybe he can figure it out.
crinrict
Hero+
7 years ago
@1kyears I'm a mom myself so I understand how scary the Internet can be. I don't let my daughter use Discord either (not cause I'm suspisous of it but cause she's not old enough and there's a lot of scary people out there).

I'll see if I can get LMS to answer you here :D
LittleMsSam
Seasoned Hotshot
7 years ago
Technically all Sims with a Ghost Trait are Ghosts, i think. There is nothing more to do to register them. This Mods shows all Sims that have one of the Ghost Traits added including trait_ghost_Electrocution. The only thing in the Simfilter in the Mod that excludes "something" is the code is_hidden. Not sure if that is the reason for your Issue though. Is_hidden means that these are culled Sims (but not 100% sure here). And i am also not sure if Ghosts added to Households can be culled by the Game. If you mean a restored Savegame with "I used an older version" than it could also hint to the is culled reason. But hard to say over the internet. I can only say that all Sims with Ghost Traits should show up unless they are "hidden" by the Game. If you still have the save where he does not show up you could attach it in a respond maybe and i could check if i can see more when actually seeing the Sim ingame.
1kyears
Seasoned Rookie
7 years ago
@LittleMsSam None of the ghost sims are culled but they are a part of my household, if that helps. I'm not sure what's going on, but my game has been acting weird in general since the big update. Nothing has been working right.