November 2018
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
What is your current game version number? 1.47.51.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of the current expansion packs, Parenthood, Vampires, and Luxury Party Stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play an Elder until you get the notification that their time is almost up or when their age bar is fully filled.
What happens when the bug occurs? The elder sim lives past the date they are supposed to die. There is also an elder sim in my sim’s family tree who should probably be long dead at this point.
What do you expect to see? When their age bar fills up, they die of old age within the day.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure
I recently had an elder sim who didn’t die when his age bar filled up like he was supposed to. I ultimately drowned him because I didn’t want him to live forever. Also, his wife’s mother’s aunt is still alive despite being an elder and his wife’s brother dying normally of old age.
November 2018
Good Luck
Crin
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Important Threads
December 2018
Did you see my question above ?
Good Luck
Crin
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Important Threads
December 2018
Moving this to tech issues for further troubleshooting and info
Good Luck
Crin
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Please only contact me via PM when asked to do so.
Important Threads
December 2020
I'm getting a similar, problem, my Elder sim is about to pass away, she has finished her bonus days obviously. But if I play her, she will live forever, but off-screen and and if I switch to another, she will die with a messagebox, but I have been playing this sim for over 5 real time years and I will like to witness it. It's quite frustrating,
March 2022
My sim won’t die!! He’s an elder and is out living his brother sisters mom dad wife!! He is an athlete sim but he can’t stay alive forever!! I love my sims so much but I don’t want them to over populate the world! I tried to reset them or maybe I should give him a youth potion to re start his life bar? Can someone please help!
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