Game guide:Bringing Sims back to life

Any Sim with character data can be resurrected, and when a Sim dies in-game the character data gets transferred to their urn or tombstone. So any Sim who died in-game and who still has a tombstone or urn can be resurrected. Any Sim whose urn or tombstone has been deleted is gone forever. Some of the Maxis pre-made dead Sims, like Skip Broke, seem to have character data stored somewhere else.

In SimPE, dead Sims that can't be resurrected are indicated by a pink dot on their picture in Sim Browser view. But they however can be resurrected with some work

Resurrect-o-Nomitron

This section describes features that are only available in The Sims 2: University.

If there are townies that are descended from the Sim you want to resurrect you can use this method. If you can make them playable, they can resurrect him with the Resurrect-o-Nomitron.

1. Identify a descendant of your Sim. You will see your Sim in their family tree once they are playable.
2. Make the descendant playable. See Townie#Turning a Townie into a Playable Sim.
3. Get Resurrect-o-Nomitron via the Paranormal career track.
4. Have the descendant resurrect your Sim.
5. Have the now resurrected Sim resurrect the rest of the Family.

If there are no descendants you can use the Mailbox.

With "boolprop testingcheatsenabled true" activated, shift+click on the mailbox and click on the button which says "Make Me Know Everyone". This cheat will make your selected Sim know everyone, even those who passed away.

You can get the Resurrect-O-Nomitron with "boolprop testingcheatsenabled true" activated and shift+click on the newspaper, then select Career Rewards under Paranormal.

Genie Lamp

This section describes features that are only available in The Sims 2: FreeTime.

Have a family member or close friend use a genie lamp to resurrect a dead Sim. The Matchmaker will randomly give the genie lamp as a gift, though she seems to do it more frequently to those who call her often.

When you obtain it, simply 'Dust Lamp' and 'Wish' 'Resurrect (Sim)."

Witch Spell

This section describes features that are only available in The Sims 2: Apartment Life.

You can use the evil witch's spell to turn one of the family members into a zombie, or a good witch can revive the Sim as a normal Sim. From there, the Sim can resurrect the rest of the family members.

Fixing the package file

Requires SimPE. Originally written for Mary Melons. May not work on all Sims.

If, in game, a Sim is treated like a non-resurrectable Sim this can be fixed using SimPE.

1. Go to the character file.
2. Select "Object Data" from the resource tree and select the file that appears in the resource list.
3. In the plugin view change the "obj. type" (upper right hand corner) from "unknown" to "person."
4. Commit and save.
5. Now in game, the Sim is addable to your household with boolprop.

Getting the "Oh My Ghost!" Special Opportunity

This section describes features that are only available in The Sims 3.

1. Make any Sim and have them become friends with a relative of the Sim you want to resurrect.
2. Move the Sim in to their household and kill the Sim.
3. The relative will receive the "Oh My Ghost!" opportunity. Instead of taking the dead Sim's tombstone take the tombstone of the Sim you want resurrected to the Science lab.
4. When the relative comes out the dead Sim will be a controllable ghost.

Resurrect as a normal Sim

If you want to get your ghost Sim back to normal, have them eat Ambrosia, that will change them from a ghost to a normal Sim! However it is MUCH harder than it seems.

Get Rid of Controllable Ghost

To have a ghost move on and become uncontollable, select your ghost, select their tombstone and click "Return to the Netherworld".

References

http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/story_detail.php?asset_id=166669&asset_type=story&user_id=7639346 - Resurrecting Sims with no character data