He Died! He Finally Died!

[McChoclatey]

My Sim, Jason had lived to be 78 years (or Sim Days) old. Just yesterday, Grim had to take him away; Jason was the founder (the first Sim I ever made for my neighborhood) of my neighborhood, so it was a pretty big deal for him die for me.

The day before he died, I had him invite all of his kids and grand kids over for dinner. He met his grandson Claudius for the first time, and they got along great. They all sat together and ate hotdogs as a family, while listening to slow and kinda sad R&B music. After that they all hung out in the living room. Jason's teenage adopted daughter, Hannah, was playing a video game against Claudius (though to me, they seemed more like cousins than aunt and nephew).

I had Jason spend the whole night hugging and chatting with his daughters, and the next night after that--before he died--he woohoo'ed his wife for the last time. I had him spend every last second they could spare together, just kissing, woohooing, playing with the children and sitting around watching TV together as a family. It would only be seconds before it turned 6 p.m., so before the grim reaper came I had him romantically kiss his wife.

He died with a platinum aspiration from reaching the top of his career as an adult; his urn has been placed in the middle of the living room, in a special corner right under his portrait.

12 special Sims inherited money from Jason that day, though I wasn't sure why some of his townie friends got a share...

But yeah, I just wanted to share that... :)

[Saturnfly]

That's a nice wee story. :3
I always try and make a big deal about my elders dying and do what you did, send all the relatives around for a 'wake'-like party.

Of course sometimes you get the crazy old loners that drop dead surrounded by 7 hungry cats asking the dying sim to feed them (happened to me once).

[Kristin76]

Thats such a nice way of sending off your elders. Usually I am caught by surprise when mine die ... or else I am not paying attention. I wouldnt have had Dora Ottomases last seconds of life be in a bathroom or Morty Goth ... cooking dinner ... great way to start a fire Morty! LOL

[Simonut]

Oh my, Sorry to heard there is death in your Neighborhood :cry: I don't let my Sims get to that stage of Having "One Foot In the Grave And The Other One Out."
those are words some old folks would say that I am quoting here above. lol

I don't let my Sims died they live forever I had one Sims who wife died once, the children cried forever seem like. So in my game my Sims have the fountain of youth, I am not fun of the Elder stage of life.
But everyone have the right to play their Sims as they like, that what make it so fun and different.

[Fivey]

Usually if an elder sim is not perma-plat, I send them off on a date with their spouse to go platinum.

[AlexandraSpears]

Most of my Sims die in the bathroom. They won't sit there and die, nope...it has to be when they're on the way to the bathroom, on the way from it, or in it!

And they rarely die right at 6 it seems. Typically it's right when it gets dark (at 7), or right after the last Sim has come home from work.

[DigitalSympathies]

For me, I try to do a huge send-off as well except for when it's suicide or murder or an accident. For example, my legacy founder's husband, Keith Meyers. He wanted to go by lethal injection, so I got each sim to spend some alone time with him in the room, they all took a picture together, they locked the door and Jeff sent him off to dance with Keith's recently dead wife Chandra, my legacy founder, forever. :')

[Dizzy-noodles]

Hiya :)

Sorry to be thick but how do you know they're about to die? I've only had 2 elders die, and both times I was playing a large family and didn't notice until I got the message about inheritance and people started crying!

[ForeverCamp]

Hiya :)

Sorry to be thick but how do you know they're about to die? I've only had 2 elders die, and both times I was playing a large family and didn't notice until I got the message about inheritance and people started crying!

Watch the age bar. When it's full, they'll be dying that day.

[AlexandraSpears]

Just make sure they're not babysitting alone when that bar is about full. I typically look at SimPE and it gives me how many days they have left, and I think there's another hack that'll give you the same info in game.

[lil_princess_of_evil]

I also like to throw my sims a "send off" party if I know they're going to die. It's always really awkward though because sometimes it looks like the last day but its like 2 days, instead. So they all sit around waiting for 6pm to come around and give them lots of affection, and then grandpa or whatnot doesn't die... Yay for all of them as they get to see their family member for another day, but, well, that's definitely an elephant in the room type situation. Then they have to do it all again tomorrow.

Or if a sendoff party is too difficult (too many sims to manage at one time for a party) I try to fill their aspiration bar so they die happy. One of my sims spent her last day woohooing her husband in the tent all day because she kept rolling the want. I'm pretty sure they managed a good 10 times in before hunger or sleep struck. She died more than happy though.

[Yazoo]

My elder Sims died when they became 72, if I do recall. And when the grandfather (lonely man) passed away, he passed away happily. Then again, he had parties, and invited his family over ALL the time, just to stay around them. He loved his family, and so, hence why their were parties over there. Plus, he digged this younger woman, named: Michelle Tse. Who for some reason digs any Sim I've ever created -.-"

But yeah, when Kraven passed, he was in the living room, with his arms crossed. And let the Grim Reaper take him. Of course, good ole Grimmy watched some TV before departing.

[GEGNER]

In my legacy most of my elder sims die of old age without me noticing.

Really. I don't know until the money inheritance notice pops up.

[haricots]

In my game, most elders died by drowning. Most elders in my Sims' neighborhood loves swimming. They swim autonomously. They intended to die in the middle of a swimming pool, so no one can plead to the Grim Reaper. Guess they are bored with life?

[Dizzy-noodles]

Oh I see! Thanks I'll keep an eye on it from now on! I feel quite mean now all your elders had send off parties and woohoo! My female elder died really tired and kept shouting at me when she was a ghost! lol!

[maxon]

Most of my Sims die in the bathroom.
Oddly, that's where most of mine enter the world.

[Carolyns-Mewmix]

Just make sure they're not babysitting alone when that bar is about full. I typically look at SimPE and it gives me how many days they have left, and I think there's another hack that'll give you the same info in game.

I use the "Days Left" shrub, personally.

[M.M.A.A.]

Whenever someone dies in my game, there has to be a funeral except of the sim in question was living alone. For example, the funeral of Todd Custer:

http://thumbs.modthesims.info/getimage.php?file=1297074

In the arm chair in the centre, that is his wife, the teen in them middle on the sofa, is his son, he died of old age.

[elfinitty]

That's a really nice story,I totally loved it :'( So many Sims must be crying after him. We don't get to know when our time comes in real life so we may not be able to spend it with the loved ones.

[Macaroodle]

MMAA- that girl with the pigtails looks like she's saying something like "No, we will NOT put his brain in a robot's body so he can live forever! What's with you?"

[Kristin76]

Is there an absolute maximum age a Sim will live to? Mine mostly die in the 70s.

[AlexandraSpears]

I've had one in the 80s. Though if you look at Carlos Contender (Belladonna Cove) and Luis Aspir (Desiderata Valley) they'll be in their 100s. But those are premades.

[Yazoo]

So does it depend on the Sim? All my elder Sims have died when they have reached the age of 72. They just do not want to get any older. They just say:

"Screw it, I have seen enough, been through enough. I'm ready, beam me up Scotty!"

>.> <.<

EDIT: Actually, how cool would that be? Like if your Knowledge Sim instead of the Grim Reaper, the Sim gets beamed up. I am seriously...Loosing it. But I think that would be cool, and would be wicked to watch an Elder Sim just go up in the beam.

[AlexandraSpears]

I have a hack that limits the elder stage to 14 Sim days max. I mean, after they've maxed out all the skills, studied every self-help book there is...there's not much they can do unless you have a huge garden or set them to work making toys, pottery, or whatever.

Lots of times I purposely have their aspiration in the green when they transition if I don't have the hack in. Then I work on getting it to platinum before they die.

[Peni Griffin]

My impression was that the length of life depended on the state of the aspiration. When Marie Curian's lifebar was getting very close to full, I had her husband date her to platinum so she could drink elixir and not die on her son's wedding day (and to give her time to get that last promotion and go permaplat), and the lifebar visibly retreated so I didn't need to use the elixir.

[labellavienna]

He woohooed at age 78?! What a freak! ;)

[Peni Griffin]

We'll see how you feel about that statement when you're 78, Vienna!

[iCad]

He woohooed at age 78?! What a freak! ;)

Well, you know, he was a guy. :) I read once about how a good number of older men die of a heart attack while having sex. Whatta way to go, eh? ;)

But yeah, that was sweet, OP. I always do a "family reunion" a night or two before an elder is set to kick. I teleport in all of his/her child-and-up relatives, even if he/she doesn't recognize them as relatives. I DON'T make them playable, and then I just sit back and watch them all interact until they all eventually drift away. It's really kind of fun.

Of course, not all of mine make it to elder before they kick, thanks to Real Sickness. Those deaths just kind of...um, happen. It's sad, especially when it's a child. But, that's life.

I think the oldest non-immortal Sim I had lived to be 84 days. (That's without elixir or other life-extending things, which I never use.) I think it was 84, anyway...

[maxon]

Mercer Vaughan karked it right after woohooing the maid and having a stand up slap fight with his wife. He still had the hula girls though. Grimmy reached through the kitchen window to grab him. A cheating lying scumbag right to the end. I was so proud. His funeral was excellent. Never had so many mortal enemies in one place.

Edit: Aha! Found it. I knew I had it somewhere.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j49/Maxon/MercerandGrimmy.jpg

This was from before the advent of the New Improved Video Card so the quality isn't great.

[Peni Griffin]

I really, really want Goz Hawkins's last (fully articulated) words to be "Oh honey, let's do that again!" Then he can die doing not only what, but who, he loves best!

[Yazoo]

This may sound like a very moronic question. But how in the world do you have a funeral? o.O

[labellavienna]

You just download some coffins...and throw a funeral party. =]

[Yazoo]

Ah, okay. Thank you, labellavienna :)

[maxon]

There is a funeral mod which was never finished. The mourning part is hilarious though - h.i.l.a.r.i.o.u.s. Lessee, oh yes:

http://www.fanpop.com/spots/the-sims-2/videos/18110193/title/sim-funeral

[labellavienna]

We'll see how you feel about that statement when you're 78, Vienna!

If I was 78 and my husband still wants to woohoo me...I would be the happiest old lady on earth lol.

[Yazoo]

There is a funeral mod which was never finished. The mourning part is hilarious though - h.i.l.a.r.i.o.u.s. Lessee, oh yes:

http://www.fanpop.com/spots/the-sims-2/videos/18110193/title/sim-funeral


That was pretty funny. especially, some of the women crying really hard. But a good thing came out of the funeral, the woman speaking was getting Charisma points

[MissMercury1973]

I am so impatiant, most of the time I just kill them when the kids move out. :rolleyes: :rofl: I'M SO EVIL!!!!!!