December 2019 - last edited a month ago by crinrict
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? 1.58.69.1010
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Everything but My First Pet Stuff, Realm Of Magic, Discover University, and Moschino Stuff.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Use both "Summon [Insert Sim Name Here]", and "Restore Life" with the Book Of Life.
What happens when the bug occurs? "Summon" does not make the selected ghost appear. The ghost will endeavour to put away the Book of Life into a bookshelf or chest, cancelling the resurrection process.
What do you expect to see? "Summon sim" should make the corresponding ghost appear, whilst "Restore Life" should make the sim read the book, then return to life.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure
The former does not work AT ALL ("Summon Sim), whilst the latter ("Restore Life") has only worked once in quite a few tests (by myself, and another simmer). The only time the latter works, is if there are no viable storage containers on the lot.
Edit By Crinrict: removed outdated tag.
December 2019 - last edited December 2019
@Kyr0eYou can summon the selected ghost with the book of life, but you are missing a step, before they can be resurrected they need to be added to your household as a ghost. Now a playable ghost can read the book of life and it will say resurrect.
December 2019
@Sid1701d9 My apologies if my wording made it seem like I did, but let me reiterate: another sim using the Book of Life (bound to the deceased before her death) cannot summon the sim's ghost. The "summon Sim" command does not work at all in this regard. As for the resurrection, when added to the household, the ghost sim endeavours to put away the book directly after completing the reading of said book, which cancels the resurrection process.
December 2019
Good Luck
Crin
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December 2019 - last edited October 2021
@crinrictThe workarounds for resurrection/summoning (with the BoL) are:
February 2021 - last edited February 2021
Having the same issue currently. Both summon and restore life interactions are not working.
February 2021
Good Luck
Crin
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Please only contact me via PM when asked to do so.
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February 2021 - last edited February 2021
Died of old age. It's my first time using this game feature and I want to restore the life of an elder sim ghost, who is a spellcaster. The Book of Life was written when the sim was an adult.
Update: It finally worked. I tried on 2 sim ghosts that are spellcaster who died of old age. It took a few tries of summoning and restoring for the ghosts to change back to a sim.
a month ago
I'm having the same problem. My sim from Sulani word Invited Lily Feng from San Myshuno to hang out after they departed theres a notification saying, that Lily died. It didnt say how. Shes not in my lot so I go to her household. The urn is nowhere to be found. Even the summoning cheat didn't work. So i just decided to restore my old saved file to undo the death. But then she died AGAIN! I dont want to restore again my game because of her death, my only consolation is her urn is on thw front of the apartment door, so I decided to let Victor write the book of life. I was hoping Lily can be resurrected, but its not. She's back in the Feng household as a ghost because the resurrection option in the book of life is not there. Its either she put away the book or put it in her inventory.