Starvation: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Ghost_and_moneyGhost and money.jpg|thumb|284px|The bottom of the gravestone shows the knife, fork, and plate.]]'''Starvation''' occurs when a Sim has gone too long without eating. In ''[[The Sims]]'' and ''[[The Sims 2]]'', Sims starve when their [[Hunger]] [[motive]] has become completely depleted. In ''The Sims 2'', this can happen from prolonged exposure to an "evil" [[Snapdragon Bouquet|snapdragon bouquet]]{{vgversion|TS2:OFB}}, after a failed wish for money from a [[Wishing Well]]{{vgversion|TS2:S}}, or when a good or evil [[witch]] sits on an opposite-aligmentalignment throne for too long{{vgversion|TS2:AL}}. However, these things will usually not cause a Sim to starve unless his or hertheir Hunger motive is already low.

In ''The Sims 2'', the [[ghost]] of a Sim who died of starvation will be a transparent white. These ghosts will open and close the fridge, and will take food. These ghosts get angry if there is no fridge on the lot or if the fridge is empty. Babies, toddlers, and children cannot die of starvation; they will be removed by the social worker before their hunger drops low enough. Even if [[testingcheatsenabled]] is used to drag the Hunger motive down to zero, they will not starve. You will also see a Sim wave their arm in the air as a signal that it is expiring. 

In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', a Sim starves if hethey or she getsget the "Starving" [[moodlet]], and it expires. Since a Sim will only get this moodlet after the "Hungry" and "Very Hungry" moodlets have expired, starvation takes longer than it does in other Sims games. In ''The Sims 3'', the ghost of a Sim who died of starvation will be purple, and the [[Gravestone#The Sims 3|gravestone]] of that Sim will have a picture of a knife, fork, and plate on it. [[Vampire (The Sims 3)|Vampires]] in ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night]]'' cannot die of starvation, but can die from thirst. Due to technical limitations, a Sim can only die of starvation when inside ofon a lot, as the gravestone can only be spawned inon a lot. As a result, Sims do not die in areas that are outside of lots, such as roads. Pregnant Sims cannot die from starvation. With testingcheatsenabled on, even if youthe dragplayer drags the hunger need of a baby, toodlertoddler, or the child's, hungeror needpet down to zero, the childSim will not die; in other words, the "Starving" moodlet reading zero minutes.  Instead, the childbut will be taken away by the social worker instead of dying. 

*In ''[[The Sims]]'', if a Sim's hunger motive is at zero, then it will stay like that for a18 whilehours, and then die. In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', however, they will have a little bit of the hunger motive left, and then die when it reaches zero. This is the same for ''The Sims 3''.

*In ''The Sims'', [[childrenchild]]ren can die from starvation. In ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 3'', they will be taken away by the [[Social Worker]] if they get very hungry.

*[[Vampire]]s cannot die from starvation. Instead, they will die by thirst.

*In  ''[[The Sims 3]]'',  Pregnant Sims or Sims outside of a lot zone do not die of starvation when the "Starving" moodlet expires, instead the "Starving" moodlet timer resets to 7 hours.  As a result, players can move starving Sims outside of a lot to prevent death.

*In ''[[The Sims: Unleashed]]'', pets can die from starvation, but some of them may just run away from home before they starve. In both ''[[The Sims 2: Pets]]'' and ''[[The Sims 3: Pets]]'', a pet cannot die from starvation, as pets will be taken away before they can starve.