IIRC, kids, toddlers and babies can’t die, no matter what. They probably got taken away by the social worker for skipping school too much.
Btw, here’s a handy guide for Sim post mortems judging by the ghosts that appear at night around their tombstones/urns:
Fire: Red and smoking
Pool-ladder neglect: Blue, drips puddles
Electrocution: Yellow, with sparks
Hunger: Transparent, opens the fridge and nicks food
Old Age: White
Disease: Green
Scared to death by another ghost: Pink
Death by the arrow swarm of Flies: Purple
Death by Satellite squishing: Orange
That’s the second time this morning you’ve made me snort Diet Mountain Dew through my nose. Stop it.
Mr. e. keeps threatening to get in my game and kill off my favorite family because I’ve gotten a little too attached to them. Luckily, he has no idea how to get into the game, much less figure out which neighborhood they live in and how to kill them. He knows you can drown them, but he doesn’t know how to do it.
What is the no aging cheat? I haven’t had time to decently play the game so that my Sims can get all they need/want out of their lives yet. I am pleasently surprised by this information.
I haven’t used it because my kids don’t grow up fast enough. I’d scream if the teen ‘years’ lasted any longer than they do already. I haven’t had anyone die yet, either - but that’s because I play fifteen different families and abandon them when I get too many kids in the house. I’ve been going back off and on, so I’m hoping to have someone die soon.
My husband tells me I’m cruel for letting my Sims age and die naturally.
I just wish you had the option to put them in a down town cemetery.
The bodies really start to pile up, you know.
I really want to see “death by flies” but I just can’t stand to let their house get that funked up. Don Lothario somehow managed to die by disease on someone else’s lot. :dubious:
I was playing the Caliente sisters house and Don was over visiting. He ate off some old nasty plates while there and developed food poisoning. I saved the game and went into his house to fix him up. After he was healed I moved Nina Caliente into his house and they had a baby boy.
I then went back to Dina Caliente’s house (so I could hook her up with my brother’s character ).
Don was still there standing by the front door and Dina’s on the way to work. Just as soon as play resumed, Don croaked.
That was it, no saving him…I gambled Death about three times and said “screw it”. I probably could’ve moved them out or something to try and save him, but since he came with the game AND punked out on marrying Cassandra Goth (cause he’s a ho) I just let him go not-so-gracefully.
You know, that’s what my husband keeps telling me:D. Actually, I think I’m addicted to the little ‘rock-a-bye-baby’ theme that you get when woohoo is successful. The last pregnancy nearly killed my favorite current Sim. She had horrible nightmares through the whole thing and could NOT sleep - so she was so exhausted all the time that I couldn’t get her to the kitchen to eat or to the bathroom to go without falling asleep on the way there. I finally put a fridge in her room so she could eat an instant meal in her bedroom and get enough food in her to sleep long enough to go to the bathroom and eat again. That was NOT fun. She’s a Knowledge Sim, so I’m holding off on any more babies for her. Unfortunately, her husband is a Family Sim, and wants another baby, so I suspect he’ll be having an affair with a neighbor the next time I play. (I actually haven’t played in a month or so, and all of a sudden, I’m into this family again…I’ll probably bore myself of playing by Thursday - it seems to go in spurts).
And harmless, according to the Sims message board, death by flies is extremely difficult to get. They basically have to be completely swarmed in order for it to occur - and I’m talking dirty dishes piled so high that they can’t even walk. Someone said getting death by flies is about a 1 in 10,000 chance or something because it’s so difficult.
Not true, actually. You can kill children easily by removing the pool ladder.
Interesting. I guess I shouldn’t have thrown away the save game where my guy got killed by a satellite the very first time I played him and the very first time he was stargazing. I never even thought to look at his ghost.
My knowledge Sim also died the first time he was scared by a ghost.
Yet, no green babies no matter how much I try. Grrr.
The higher you put your telescope, the better the chances according to the guide.
I have one alien who is now an adult…3 children of her own - all normal. :dubious:
Anyone else play much with the Calientes?
If you check out their family tree, it shows their grandfather is an alien.
I forgot to add that it needs to be the most expensive telescope.
I can’t remember if it increases the odds or if that’s the only one “abduction” works on but it did say to use the highest priced one.
I put mine on the fourth floor and was “with alien” shortly after.
Also abduction time is from 7p to 1 or 2a.
I’ve had tons of people stargaze, and the only alien abductions I’ve had are the ones that are pre-programmed into the game - the Curious brothers. My only green baby, Elphaba (okay, so it’s very unoriginal - sue me), is abso-fucking-lutely adorable, and I want more green babies because she’s so damn cute.
Oh, I killed off one of my Sims when she was pregnant, she had the same symptoms! But I was using that hat, that I’m now afraid of, and I thought that was affecting her. But she had the exact same problems as yours. Couldn’t get enough sleep, enough food, enough hygiene, enough bladder control. I was appalled when she died, but I redid the game from the last save with no hat and she did better. It was hard though, and I had no problem with Brandi’s pregnancy.
I wonder if some Sims are genetically predisposed to have more trouble with pregnancies?
Quick question … how do I use that special baby food stuff … I bought it with my Rewards points, but I can’t seem to use it … it’s the thing that is round and sits on the counter.
Good God I am BRAIN-DEAD today … I hope someone out there knows what I’m talking about. I haven’t had enough time to play lately …
Make sure the Sim who is making it has a gold or higher aspiration level. Click on the machine, and choose the option (approximating from memory) "Make Smart Milk for [Toddler]).
And that’s the key you might be missing - it only works on Toddlers, not on babies.
You have to use the hat with gold or higher aspiration and while it does increase your fun, it severely drains the rest of your needs.
I know what you mean about being afraid of it.
That was one of the first objects I bought without really paying attention to the fine print. I hurt many a sim before giving it up.
My husband loves to use the Simvac, but I made him give it up after he sucked one of my characters into aspiration failure. Funny as hell to watch, though.
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