How to Create a Ghost Sim Family: Sims
Create a family of 2 Sims (a man and a woman) and move them into a house., Type in this cheat: "testingcheatsenabled true" (to enter a cheat, press all at the same time: Ctrl+Shift+C)., Pick the Sim you don't want to make a ghost and have them start...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Create a family of 2 Sims (a man and a woman) and move them into a house.
Creating a family of ghost Sims this way doesn't require you to use any cheats, but assuming you want to get to playing with your ghost Sim family, it will make the process quicker. , If you are using the cheat: hold down Shift, not letting off while you click on the mailbox.
There will be a variety of things to choose from, click "Set Career" or something of that sort.
Choose the Science career.
If you're not using the cheat:
Join the Science career via computer,newspaper,or the science lab.This is not necessary,but it is rumored to make the opportunity show up faster(though this is not proven). , If you're using the cheat:
You can speed this process up some.
Start socializing and enter the relationship tab under the Sim panels.
Drag the relationship bar all the way to best friends.
Then, use the "Confess Attraction" social on the Sim, they should be romantic interests, then keep using romantic socials until they're lovers- which won't take long since they are best friends.Skip this step if you already married them in CAS. , You will then have their tombstone/urn which you can choose to put in your living Sims inventory now or later.
If you're not using the cheat:
Lock the Sim you want to die in a room with no refrigerator or phone and wait for them to die. , (It shouldn't take long for this opportunity to appear if you are in the Science career.
Approximately 1 day or less). , Click on the Science lab and select the option to restore the remains and head to the Science lab. , Make both Sims go home. *Note:
Do not kill the Sim that is still living and that STILL has the opportunity to restore remains later, you will need him/her. , , If you're using the cheat:
If the baby is a human and you don't want to have to keep up with it while waiting for a ghost baby, hold down Shift, not letting off Shift click on the baby and select "Object..." and then "Delete It" and the baby will disappear.
If you're not using the cheat:
If the baby is a human and you don't want to take care of it while waiting for a ghost baby, you can either A) take care of it, or B) ignore it until a social worker comes and takes it. , It will likely be a ghost this time. , If you're using the cheat:
Now that you have a ghost baby, you can hold Shift, and not letting off of shift, click on the baby.
Select "Trigger Age Transition." You can repeat this until they are a young adult.
If you're not using the cheat: raise the baby until he/she is a young adult. , If you're using the cheat:
Choose any Sim of the opposite sex for your new ghost Sim.
Holding shift, click on the Sim and select "Add to Family" or it will say something like that.
If they aren't of age, trigger age transition on that Sim.
You can build a relationship with that Sim now or later between them and the ghost Sim you raised.
If you're not using the cheat:
Choose a Sim of the opposite sex of your new ghost Sim.
Build a relationship with the Sim and marry them so they will be added to your family. *Note:
Do not move the ghost Sim you raised out of the house before completing step
15. ,, Put the remains of the Town Sim you've just killed in their inventory.
Take them to be restored at the Science lab.This,however may not work and end up reviving them alive and not as a ghost,so if it doesn't work the first time put the Sim you raised in the science career and repeat the opportunity with them. , Steps 1-8 must be completed.
After that step, you can choose to skip having the ghost baby and do steps 13-16 for the 1st ghost you created.
Either way, you will have a ghost family! Good luck! -
Step 2: Type in this cheat: "testingcheatsenabled true" (to enter a cheat
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Step 3: press all at the same time: Ctrl+Shift+C).
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Step 4: Pick the Sim you don't want to make a ghost and have them start the Science career.
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Step 5: Build their relationship so that they are lovers
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Step 6: you can choose to marry or not marry the Sim.
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Step 7: If you're using the cheat: Choose to be the Sim you want to make a ghost
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Step 8: go to their needs and drag their Hunger bar all the way back to starving
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Step 9: and they will die immediately.
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Step 10: Wait for the Science opportunity that will ask if you want to restore a loved ones remains
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Step 11: and accept the opportunity.
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Step 12: Put the remains/tombstone/urn in your inventory and go to Map View.
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Step 13: Your loved one will be restored to a ghost and you will be able to do anything and everything with your ghost Sim that you can with your living Sim.
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Step 14: Have both Sims relax on the bed and select "Try For Baby."
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Step 15: After the woman is pregnant
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Step 16: your baby can be either a ghost or human Sim baby.
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Step 17: If your baby was a human "Try For Baby" again.
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Step 18: This is where the cheat will really come in handy.
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Step 19: Go to any place in Town.
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Step 20: Kill the Sim you selected from Town the same way you killed the Sim in step 5.
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Step 21: Choose to be the first Sim that had the Restore Remains opportunity.
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Step 22: You now have 2 young ghost Sims you can choose to move out and start a ghost family with.
Detailed Guide
Creating a family of ghost Sims this way doesn't require you to use any cheats, but assuming you want to get to playing with your ghost Sim family, it will make the process quicker. , If you are using the cheat: hold down Shift, not letting off while you click on the mailbox.
There will be a variety of things to choose from, click "Set Career" or something of that sort.
Choose the Science career.
If you're not using the cheat:
Join the Science career via computer,newspaper,or the science lab.This is not necessary,but it is rumored to make the opportunity show up faster(though this is not proven). , If you're using the cheat:
You can speed this process up some.
Start socializing and enter the relationship tab under the Sim panels.
Drag the relationship bar all the way to best friends.
Then, use the "Confess Attraction" social on the Sim, they should be romantic interests, then keep using romantic socials until they're lovers- which won't take long since they are best friends.Skip this step if you already married them in CAS. , You will then have their tombstone/urn which you can choose to put in your living Sims inventory now or later.
If you're not using the cheat:
Lock the Sim you want to die in a room with no refrigerator or phone and wait for them to die. , (It shouldn't take long for this opportunity to appear if you are in the Science career.
Approximately 1 day or less). , Click on the Science lab and select the option to restore the remains and head to the Science lab. , Make both Sims go home. *Note:
Do not kill the Sim that is still living and that STILL has the opportunity to restore remains later, you will need him/her. , , If you're using the cheat:
If the baby is a human and you don't want to have to keep up with it while waiting for a ghost baby, hold down Shift, not letting off Shift click on the baby and select "Object..." and then "Delete It" and the baby will disappear.
If you're not using the cheat:
If the baby is a human and you don't want to take care of it while waiting for a ghost baby, you can either A) take care of it, or B) ignore it until a social worker comes and takes it. , It will likely be a ghost this time. , If you're using the cheat:
Now that you have a ghost baby, you can hold Shift, and not letting off of shift, click on the baby.
Select "Trigger Age Transition." You can repeat this until they are a young adult.
If you're not using the cheat: raise the baby until he/she is a young adult. , If you're using the cheat:
Choose any Sim of the opposite sex for your new ghost Sim.
Holding shift, click on the Sim and select "Add to Family" or it will say something like that.
If they aren't of age, trigger age transition on that Sim.
You can build a relationship with that Sim now or later between them and the ghost Sim you raised.
If you're not using the cheat:
Choose a Sim of the opposite sex of your new ghost Sim.
Build a relationship with the Sim and marry them so they will be added to your family. *Note:
Do not move the ghost Sim you raised out of the house before completing step
15. ,, Put the remains of the Town Sim you've just killed in their inventory.
Take them to be restored at the Science lab.This,however may not work and end up reviving them alive and not as a ghost,so if it doesn't work the first time put the Sim you raised in the science career and repeat the opportunity with them. , Steps 1-8 must be completed.
After that step, you can choose to skip having the ghost baby and do steps 13-16 for the 1st ghost you created.
Either way, you will have a ghost family! Good luck!
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