

With Get to Work, aliens were made available in Create a Sim for the first time in the series. Only the normal Sim life state was initially included in The Sims 4, but a patch reintroduced the ghost life state. Life states in The Sims 4, up to Discover University (excluding normal Sims). These states can be cured by removing the moodlet with the Moodlet Manager or drinking the Cure Elixir.

They are merely temporary states and can only affect normal Sims. Toad Sims, Tragic Clowns, and Zombies) are not considered to be occult. This can occur even if the celebrity is of an occult life state themselves. If a celebrity woohoos with an occult life state, they may get the Publicly Disgraced moodlet. These life states include normal Sims, ghosts, vampires, genies, werewolves, witches, and fairies. With Supernatural, players are able to create some occults with a Supernatural Type selector in Create a Sim. Prior to The Sims 3: Supernatural, Ghost was not considered an occult status according to the game files. Official game text recognizes certain kinds of life state as "occult," and occult Sims cannot be given makeovers by stylists. The Sims 3 and its expansion packs, as of 22 October 2013 ( 2013 -10-22), features 15 life states. The Sim who has been "charmed" is still a normal Sim the charm only affects the Sim's appearance and does not affect the way the Sim behaves or the way other Sims react to him/her, and the Sim gains no extra abilities or interactions.įamilies of The Sims 3 life states (except for normal Sims) up to Late Night. While players may choose to treat this as a temporary transformation or an illusion, the in-game effects are the same either way. This charm allows a Sim to temporarily change his or her appearance, and some of the available choices resemble life states from later games, such as werewolves and vampires. In Makin' Magic, one of the charms that can be made is Beauty or Beast. Sims who take up magic still look and act the same, and the term "witch" is not used. It could be said that witches come with Makin' Magic, but being magical is not treated as a life state in that expansion. Also in Livin' Large, Sims using the chemistry set might make a purple potion that can temporarily turn a Sim into a monster. If Unleashed is installed, these zombies can also be restored by Miss Lucille, who can be found on community lots in Old Town, though she cannot restore their personalities. In Livin' Large, pleading with the Grim Reaper may result in him bringing a recently deceased Sim back as a zombie. Two alternate life states exist in The Sims and its expansions, though they are not well-defined and do not grant any changes in a Sim's behavior.
