Really, I agree,  there should be at least some chance they would die from a trap.
I ran into a hidden electrical trap that did singe my sim from head to toe, much like the catacombs. But he didn't die.
I wish the tombs would reset at least for a different sim from the same town.
And Sims 3 + Swords + Demons would be definitely more awesome. The ultimate in gaming fun. *dreams*

I ran into my first mummy, and he was cool looking, but not as aggressive as I had hoped either. He actually cursed my sim, and then on the way back to town my game crashed before I thought to save it.... *sigh*

Sorry to hear you have that bug too, but I do feel less alone.

On a good note perhaps... I tried moving my family to see if that helped, but it didn't. Then I sent my original sim back to Egypt to hunt up some treasure and money, he left his new wife and baby home since babies can't travel. The sound was totally fine in Egypt. And then when I had him come home, it's been fine there now as well, so far....  I am hoping it's not just wishful thinking on my part.

Thanks for the link phnxflyng.  I read over your problem and what you're describing sounds very much like what I am experiencing sound-wise in my game. I did check my sound card drivers and they are the most current ones available, so I haven't changed anything. Also, this is only happening when I play sims 3, and sound works fine on my computer on other games and itunes as well. Plus, there wasn't a sound problem previously. When I played for several hours over the last few days, it worked fine. It just seemed to change after my sim returned to SV with his new foreign wife. It just strikes me as odd, the timing of it. And we know how well EA playtested things... they didn't even know the save game wasn't working right on an established town when it converted over. *sigh*  So I'm really convinced there is something wrong in the game making this sound problem.

phnxflyng, have you been able to get that sound pod thing yet? And if so, did it help?

Is anyone else having this kind of sound issue?
I had played WA for several hours, traveling back and forth to the other countries, and all the sounds were working fine, including the radio for a change....
But after my sim married an egyptian woman and brought her home to sunset valley, all sounds (except for background car driveby noise) keep cutting out.
All the actions the sims are doing are happening without lag, but it's as if the sound is lagging and then catching up in one huge jumble of noise, then things work normally for another 5 minutes or so, and it cuts out again...

I can't seem to find anything else posted about this type of problem, so I am also now wondering if it's a driver issue.

Thank you for your suggestion, death owner. I was having the same problem with my legacy family save. I deleted the cache files but that didn't fix it. Saving the game under a new name worked. I thought I should report that, since someone else may be experiencing the same problem. Thank you again!

My first post on MATY, I have been lurking for 2 years now.