Starvation: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Ghost 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-alignment 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 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 of a lot as the gravestone can only be spawned in a lot. As a result, Sims do not die in areas outside of lots, such as roads. Pregnant Sims cannot die from starvation. With testingcheatsenabled on, even if the players drag the baby, toodler, or the child's hunger need down to zero, the child will not die; in other words, the "Starving" moodlet reading zero minutes.  Instead, the child will be taken away by the social worker. The same thing applies for pets.