Free update before the Life and Death expansion.

The Sims 4 has frequent patches for the base game, and with a new expansion usually comes a new, major, free update. The Life And Death expansion is no exception and includes a number of bug fixes as well as some new features to improve your gameplay regardless of whether you purchase the package.

The expansion focuses on playing with death and life, and the new features represent this, with playable ghosts, new death reactions, tombstones and urns, and the ability to literally flirt (and cheer) with death. Here’s what awaits you in this free base game update.

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Create a playable Ghost Sim

When creating a Sim, you can now choose to have your Sim be a playable ghost, e.g child until old age. Just click “New”. Cause of Death button. and choose the way your Sims get around. Each type of death has its own spirit and most of them have unique animations.

If you have Cats & Dogs or Horse Ranch, you can create older spirits for cats, dogs and horses.

Depending on how your Sim passed, the background animation will not only be different, but also There may also be afterlife effects that last. Some ghost types have a debuff, such as: B. Random bouts of sadness for heartbroken Sims, while others have more positive effects, such as: B. zero loss of needs for a spirit that becomes one with the mother.

There is also a switch so you can do this Randomly toggle ghost form on and off when creating a Simmaking it easier for you to see what different clothing patterns look like in both regular Sim and Ghost forms.

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Turn into a ghost after death

In addition to creating a ghost Sim, you are also given the opportunity to do so Become a ghost after death. If your Sim dies, you will receive a notification and can choose to do so Become a playable ghostwhich is included in the household, or a free-roaming spirit that works like normal ghosts.

If you are the only Sim in a household, you will receive the same ghost notification. However, if you choose to become a non-playable ghost, you will receive a game end notification.

Playable Ghosts work almost the same as normal Sims, except that the needs now have more appropriate names, including etheric nourishment, otherworldly sleep, and appearance cleansing. If a Sim was married before they died, then hers The husband becomes a widowbut a new interaction will allow you to do so ask her to stay married.

The autonomous ghost behavior of all ghosts has also been improved to reduce the frequency of them breaking things and leaving puddles everywhere without being asked to do so.

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Sims react to deaths in new, unique ways

Sims have it now more diverse autonomous reactions to death. Sims who were close to someone who died will have stronger feelings than those who witness the death of a stranger or acquaintance. However, All Sims will respond in some way to a death nearby.

Embrace new emotions excessive sobbing and choking or panicking. These emotions will now feel more natural and will be triggered autonomously by a Sim’s death, particularly helping with storytelling.

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New urns and gravestones

If a Sim passes, they now have the opportunity to do so Choose from a larger selection of urns and gravestonesalthough some of these features are package dependent. In addition to the regular options, there are now unique designs based on each type of occult Sim Addition of a Merfolk urn and gravestone.

Occult designs will appear if you own the appropriate pack for that occult type. However, All Sims can choose the design they preferregardless of their occult status, meaning occult-themed urns for everyone.

You can do that too Switch between urns and gravestones as you wish both indoors and outdoors as they no longer switches automatically when placed. Instead, you can make a selection by clicking on the item and selecting your preferred option.

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Swap occult types in Create a Sim

In response to players getting frustrated because they forgot to select an occult type before creating a Sim, you can now do so You can change a Sim’s occult status at any time during the sim creation process.

The cas.fulleditmode-on cheat allows you to easily change these settings at any time during your game, even after your Sim has completed.

Simply Select the new option “Choose an occult option”.which is easy to find right above your traits, and you can change your Sim’s occult status at any time. No more need to reboot or follow the quest chains in the game.

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Woohoo With Grim

You can’t just do it right Flirt with deathbut now you can too Yay for him. The Reaper Rewards Event offers a chance to win one Grimophonethat summons death itself, and you can do it now Use your charms to put him to bedyou should be inclined to do so.

Be warned Grim struggled a little. It initially took a few attempts to stop the prompt from timing out before they reached their location. However, it works with persistenceand hopefully Grim will become less evasive over time.

While Grim will happily be your friend with benefits, This new feature won’t let you feed him or have a baby with you, but you can give him a key for nighttime prey calls.

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New Bonfire and Shoe patterns

As for new items, they exist Ten pairs of basic game shoes that have been given a real black swatch to prepare her for the funeral, and there is also a new one campfire item, Fieldstone campfire pit.

The Campfire has a number of interactions, This includes the ability to fire up dance, hang out, burn money, and create chaos with extra fuel. Just be careful with the fire or you might become a playable ghost sooner than expected.

There are also minor updates to the Build Buy catalog, with the addition of a Life events activity category. Items needed for important life events such as weddings and funerals are collected here.

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A QOL change and bug fixes

Children and parenthood

The biggest change in terms of quality of life and bug fixes is this All infants, toddlers and children taken by social workers is added Household menu in administrative worlds, rather than being completely deleted.

The parents will do it too No more getting stuck idle on a crib when they try to interact with their child and Babies held in arms will no longer cause trouble for their parents when you attempt to perform an interaction that requires dropping.

Sim behavior

Sleeping Sims will now Close your eyes completely when sleepingthereby reducing players’ nightmares. They will too Stop eating spoiled food on your own.

Non-binary Sims are now referred to as Birthday Sim during parties, Teenage Sims start eating their packed lunches, and vampire Toddlers will stop teleporting outside her crib.

Anyone who orders pizza can do so now Tip and interact with delivery Sims. Speaking of which, NPC Sims will do it Don’t enter your home again without knocking and there are no more invisible nannies All maintainers are now fully visible and accountable.

Build, buy and create a Sim mode

Textures can now be applied Single-tile gable roofsbent Fences now cast shadowsand those annoying ones small black shadows on properties in Manage Worlds. can now be removed by reloading and then leaving the parking lot.

There are several fixes for clipping issues, as well as a fix for objects placed with objects shifted when appearing in the sky.

For a complete list of all bug fixes, changes and additions, see the official patch notes.