Graveyard Mod v1.51  

Does it bother you as well that a life simulator like "The Sims" doesn't really include any features related to death? The Sims just drop dead, the grim reaper picks them up and the Sims who are left get a sad moodlet for a few hours. I want death to be a part of life and have a long term effect. People that we loose are still a part of our life and loss has an effect on us. Addionally people were sad the paranormal pack didn't add a graveyard venue to add more haunted/occult gameplay. This mod focuses on two main aspects: expanding the gameplay focused on the end of the life of your Sims and add more occult gameplay.

Since loss is a sensitive topic my mod still sticks to the Sims gameplay and adds a little humor to lighten up the mood.

New Graveyard Venue

With this mod installed you can find a new venue type "Graveyard" in build mode.
This venue is special and will change during the night time. During the day is a calm place to remember the Sims you lost and spend some time reminiscing their life. Once the witching hour comes up the lights will start to flicker, fogs rolls upon the venue and ghosts will rise from their graves. Some Sims enjoy the adrenaline kick while others will be terrified.
If you have some of the modules installed you'll be able to encounter even more special Sims during the night!

You can read more about the different features below.

New NPCs

The core mod comes with three new NPC types:
- The Graveyard Keeper
- Graveyard Ghosts
- Graveyard Visitors

All of these NPCs have their own custom autonomy to act appropriately. The Graveyard Keeper is a special Sim called Micheal Lovett that will be created once you visit the Graveyard for the first time. You can also assign your own Sim as graveyard keeper through the cheats menu.

The graveyard keeper sells the new custom urns and tombstones that come with the mod. Additionally if you have Seasons or Eco Lifestyle installed, you'll be able to purchase Flower arrangements and candles from him and can see him craft them if you place the objects on your graveyard venue.

New Moodlets

While visiting the graveyard Sims will experience a variety of new moodlets. 
These moodlets depend on their traits, occult status and the time of day. Ghosts, Spellcaster and Vampires all have their own special moodlets. 
You can see a preview of some of these moodlets here but there are even more moodlets included.

Customize Urns & Tombstones

The mod adds new tombstones and urns that you can place your Sims remains in. There is one tombstone and one urn if you own the base game and two additonal tombstones plus one urn if you own the Vampires pack. CC Creators can create their own tombstones and urns and make them functional with my mod. A tutorial how to that can be found here.

These urns & tombstones work kinda like a storage chest. You can place your Sim's remains inside and all information and interactions will be transfered. If occupied and placed on a graveyard, haunted house or lot with the spooky lot trait these tombstones will generate fog during the night. Otherwise they work like the standard urns and tombstones that come with the game.

Remember the Sims you Lost

The mod adds some new interactions to tombstones and urns to help you remember the Sims you have lost.

Each interaction comes with it's own special effects and different outcomes.
These interactions are also available on the game generated urns and tombstones including pet urns/ tombstones.

Ask for Advice

You can gain different moodlets from asking for advice. There is also a special outcome to this interaction that is a bit rare. I'll leave it up to you to experience it yourself without spoilering it!

Tell About Life

Sims can tell the deceased about their recent life events. The speech bubbles are tied to moodlets your Sim currently has so e.g. if they're pregnant you might see a crib in the speech bubble. They will also get different moodlets from this interaction.

Drink to Memory

Your Sim will grab a drink and raise their drink to the memories they shared with the Sim!

Reminisce About Life

Reminiscing about the dead Sims life will allow you to gain different moodlets and will play the reminisce animation above the custom urns and tombstones!

Kick Tombstone

I brought this interaction back from Sims 2! You can kick tombstones of other Sims now but be aware that this won't end well sometimes and will trash your Sims reputation if caught. Oh and be aware of angry ghosts if you try this...

Place Gift

Allow  your Sim to place certain objects from their inventory close to the tombstone or urn.

Modules

You can pick and choose from these modules depending on the packs you have installed to further customize your experience. More modules will be added over time!

Skeletons

A tiny addon that enables the chance to encounter skeletons during the witching hour. These creatures are mostly harmless and funny but might still scare some of your Sims. Don't worry though - as soon as the sun comes up these will turn back to dust. 

Requires Jungle Adventure

Witches & Voodoo

Spellcasters love visiting the Graveyard during the night. Especially the skilled medium and spellcaster Olive Specter! Some might remember her from Sims 2. In my interpretation she is sort of a dark voodoo spellcaster that can be seen poking around her voodoo doll, summoning ghosts or practicing magic. You can buy weird oddities from her if you encounter her during the witching hour.
She might also be able to teach you some forbidden spells and potions in the future...

Requires Realm of Magic & Paranormal Stuff

Grieving

The focus of this module is to add more realism and expand the grieving process after loosing a Sim. For now it only adds the ability to write and hold different types of eulogies but will be expanded in the future.

Some of the planned features include: funerals, five stages of grief, remembering Sims you lost, new social interactions, compatibility with the rememberance holiday tradition

Paranormal

This module brings the paranormal gameplay to your graveyards! Specters and accursed objects can spawn on the graveyard now. You can sense the serenity of the graveyard venue and influence it. The serenity level controls the spawning of specters and accursed objects.

Additionally Ghost Hunters (Sims in the Paranormal Investigator career) can be encountered during the witching hour now.

Requires Paranormal Stuff

Requirements

The core mod is base game compatible. Some modules require certain packs so check those out before placing them in your game.

Additonally these mods are required to make everything show up correctly:

- XML Injector by Scumbumbo

- Pack Tests by Frankk

- Venue List by Zerbu (you don't need the Venue changes package)

If you have LittleMsSam's venue mod you don't need the package by Zerbu - my venue is part of her venue list.

Same thing applies for some of the other mods that come with a venue list.

Module Requirements:

see Module descriptions!

Lot Recommendations

A list of some lots you can use for my mod if you're not a builder. If you want to submit your own lots please tag them with "ChippedGraveyards" so I can check them out!

Newcrest

Originally not build with the mod in mind but can easily be refurnished for it. This is also the lot I use for playtesting and to take screenshots for the mod.

Henford-on-Bagley

A beautiful lot build by Fuchsiateasims. Needs some packs and uses a few CC-Items but captures the essence of an old cemetery perfectly

Forgotten Hollow

A spooky graveyard build by Jezabeel.

Translation

Russian translation by SofiRing: Download (simfileshare)
Russian translation byDFenter: Download (GD)