EA StaffAfter the update, retiring sims has changed. There is a birthday cake that can be clicked that appears above their head. I am concerned that if I click on the birthday cake, it will automatically retire my playable sim without giving me the option to retire or choose later and keep playing.
I retired a sim once before, he became non-playable, and later on a birthday cake appeared above his head. I clicked on it, and he was automatically moved out.
I currently have an adult playable sim, and a birthday cake appeared above her head. I am concerned if I click on it, it will retire her automatically and give me an heirloom. I do not want to retire her. I do not want to accidently click on the floating cake above her head. Will she be retired automatically if I click on the cake above her head? Or will I see an option to retire or choose later and keep playing. What can I do?
Let me put your mind at ease @ksofia3, if you click on that birthday cake now, it won't automatically retire your sim. It'll ask if you're sure you want to retire, and you tell the game "not right now" and that cake won't come up again (in theory). When you're ready to retire her, you can go to the sim character tab and there will be a place you can choose for retirement.
On the off chance that you click on the birthday cake and it does automatically start to retire your sim, here's what you can do. As quick as you can, force-stop the game. Then turn off your internet connection, asap. And for good measure, you can restart your phone. I've accidentally clicked the retire button, and this process saved my sim.
Hope this helps.
Thanks so much for putting my mind at ease 💆♀️. Awesome, good tip to know about saving sim. I have an iPhone. I've tried swiping out of the game and closing it.(That's how u force quit the game right? or is there another way?) But I never tried turning off wifi and restarting the phone. I'll keep that in mind. Thx!
That is how I force stop the game on my phone. If you want to be extra sure, you could go into app settings and click "force stop" (that's how it is on my Samsung Galaxy, it's probably different on the iPhone). Cutting off the internet is the most crucial part, though, as it keeps the game from updating on the server, but you have to be quick cause it's not much of a lag.
