Give Birth and Drop Dead
Ancient Sim:
Quote from: cabelle on 2005 August 17, 16:13:04
But usually the pregnant sim dies during the pregnancy, maybe something with Castor moving in had something to do with it (if I'm reading your post correctly he moved in mid-pregnancy, right?).
Yes, he moved in a few hours before she was due to drop. Then again, he moved back in with Brittany Upsnott when she was already pregnant and her delivery was fine. I know Allegra had 'flu, but I've had quite a few pregnant Sims with 'flu before. I still think it was some sort of combination glitch - pregnancy, the 'flu and the fact that she hadn't moved off campus properly. And, of course, Ms. Upsnott is made of much stronger stuff than poor Allegra.
ZephyrZodiac:
With a name like that she'd have to be!
Sandilou:
Sometimes the reason why pregnant sims collapse and die is more obvious. In my original Veronaville, I had a spate of 'collapse and die' pregnant sims; I linked it to them eating toxic food on other lots that they were visiting - they didn't need to jump in a taxi, they just had to out stay their welcome at another sims house, get hungry and eat mouldy food. Lo and behold, when I went to their lot to play them, they would grab their throat, collapse and die.
My solution once I realised how I was killing off my pregnant sims - and poor Mercutio - was to interrupt them before they could eat and then chuck the offending food away. If you don't believe me - experiment with a dispensable sim. Have him/her munch a foul meal elsewhere then visit their lot. Works every time. Note, if you are using 'moreawesomethanyou', your sims won't actually be able to munch foul plated food, but they can feast their lives away on toxic takeaways (pizza, chinese). That's what poor Ivy Copur's son died of in my game. Tut, tut, tut.
veilchen:
Strangely enough, I had this happen without the pregnant sim eating anything at all. I was playing another house and took the inhabitant to a community lot. Playing on, I noticed the pregnant sim walk by, but I payed little attention to it, but stayed focused on the sim I was currently actively playing.
When I played the pregnant sim's lot again, she up and died on me. Not being quite as fatalistic as Ancient, I left without saving and thereby avoided the dead sim. :D
That community lot walk-by was the only out-of-the-ordinary thing that the pregnant sim did; I wonder now if that's related.
Sandilou:
Generally pregnancy + community lot visit = almost certain death. Of course, there are always exceptions! Pregnant sims are not allowed to visit community lots anyway. If they make a random autonomous appearance as a non-controllable sim, there's not much you or anyone else can do - except leave the lot and not save.
I like the randomness of these deaths - adds a bit of drama.
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