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cheddinator's avatar
2 years ago
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Dead sims are not greyed out in the relationship panel/Family tree

I have no mods and have never used them on this pc. Dead Sims on the family tree are no longer greyed out, no matter how many reloads, and it is through all of the save files not just one. Half of my sims who have died haven't turned into ghosts on the friendship tab, the friendship tab also does even acknowledge that the sim has died. When I went to check if I was mistaken it showed up on the family tree (not greyed out but said on the text). The ghost issue reverted sims that died before the bug started and it was random because a sim that died today turned into a ghost but the sims that died last night didn't (not game time, real time). Also the sim that died today ( a young adult mother with a child aged child) invited said child out to the spice festival. 

Thanks 

P.S the attachment shows the sim that died last night (Aicha) and the sim that died today (Yvette)

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit bug report at AHQ

48 Comments

  • ALittleBitAlexa's avatar
    ALittleBitAlexa
    Seasoned Traveler
    3 months ago

    crinrict​ sorry to tag you again, I know there are new adventure awaits bug reports to contend with but I've never actually sent a save file to EA, I've looked through the official post with information on how to do so but I realized I don't know who to send it to, is there a particular members of the sims team I should PM it to?
    Thanks again

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 months ago

    Usually it's the person who asked for the saves but EA_Solaire​ is fine (at least as of today, things can always change over the years) :D

  • And i still don't see a possibility to send PM, i can see only my empty inbox. I'll prepare mine and put link here, if it will help

     

  • hwoolf's avatar
    hwoolf
    Seasoned Novice
    2 months ago

    I did some testing, and it seemed to happen when the sim died on the same lot as me.

  • ALittleBitAlexa's avatar
    ALittleBitAlexa
    Seasoned Traveler
    2 months ago

    it happens with plenty of sims i get phone calls about who are not on my lot (which coupled with the phone calls not actually giving you information bug makes it very hard to tell who has died ever lol), I think it's random tbh

  • classybananasala's avatar
    classybananasala
    Seasoned Hotshot
    2 months ago

    I've had this happen with sims who I created as ghosts in CAS, so not just dying on the same lot. In this instance it was sims who didn't die of old age. But who knows if that's just a correlation rather than a cause of the bug.

    I created my sim's family as ghosts in CAS. The 2x ghost sims who didn't die from old age (death by pufferfish & overheating) showed as alive in the family tree.

     

  • I decided to do more testing while i had a mod free fresh save running

    I drowned 4 sims in a pool all at the same time and not a single one of them shows as a ghost in my relationship panel (that row of sims in my relationship panel are all of those graves)

    Something I caught this time is that the sim who dies does "refresh" in the panel but then just shows back up in full color. You can see their portrait disappear for a second after they die as if it is going to change appearance but then it doesn't (I took screenshots but I forgot that the capture button doesn't capture UI so unfortunately the relationship panel isn't visible, but it goes regular sim image -> no portrait image for a second or two -> regular sim image)

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