Not sure if this is an annoyance or just plain broken, but...
webwench:
My mom and dad sims seem to die before the kids come back from college and the money they've earned goes *poof* into the nothingness of simland, leaving the kidlets with whatever they'd earned at college.
Is this broken, or do I need to request a hack for automatic inheritance?
Thanks!!
J. M. Pescado:
This is standard behavior, if a household disintegrates, the Government claims the estate. There dosen't appear to be any actual inheritance in the game. Otherwise we could start assessing inheritance taxes on it. :P
As for why your sims are dying before the kids can return from college, I sincerely hope you're not trying to play it as 1 normal day : 1 uni day, that's a bad ratio.
Ness:
Students do seem to actually gain the money earned from inheritances after the death of a relative - even if they are in college. I usually use a place holder sim if the parents are going to die before the kids return from college - as sucky as it is, there's no other option.
webwench:
Bleh, crappy. And no, JM, I'm not playing it like that ;) I just apparently have bad luck with old people.
jsalemi:
Quote from: webwench on 2006 May 23, 11:12:47
Is this broken, or do I need to request a hack for automatic inheritance?
One work-around is to get Monique's enhanced computers over on MTS2. One of their functions is 'online banking', so the parents could setup accounts for the kids and give away most of their cash before they go to the great bit bucket in the sky. It stays in the 'bank' (and even draws interest) until the kids pull it out.
Another work-around is to use Pescado's 'Money Order' found here to send money to the kids via mail. In this case, though, you'd have to make sure the kids spend the money on big ticket items and stick those items in their inventory before they graduate, or they'd lose the money they got (also true for insurance payments -- in fact, any money earned at college). I usually use the inventory so a college grad could spend the rest of their grants before leaving to buy some basic stuff to stock their house when they get back to the main hood.
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