Why Did Gravestone Change?

[Janna]

This isn't the how do I fix it, but does anyone know why this happened?
I was playing my game and my elder sim died while he was at the courthouse dropping off some books for an opportunity. A gravestone shows up outside the building.  I go to get it and my game for some reason freezes, had to quit the game. 

Glad in a way as I wanted him to die at home, Grim seems to stay around and visit when they die at home.  I think he likes family.  Weird.

Anyhow, I had saved earlier so I didn't loose much and was playing again just a bit ago and my elder died again, at home this time.

What is curious and also frustrating --  at the courthouse it was a good size tombstone, but at the house it was an urn.  He  had a lot of points, so it should have been more than an urn, I would think with over 230,000  points.   Why was the size, type different at the courthouse than at his home?

I know I can't change it, I am stuck with what the game gives me, but just confused and a bit frustrated as he didn't get the better one, due to all the opportunities he had fulfilled.   

Grim did as usual stick around and chatted with the family, although this time he didn't get on the computer.  He normally, for this family, gets on the computer for a minute or two then chats with one of the family then leaves. 

[Niana]

The urn should change into his big gravestone once you move it outside. Indoors, the graves become urns to display - I'm guessing his is a pretty golden one

If the urn is outside, then I'm not sure - try clearing caches/reboot the game and hope someone else has a better idea?

[Janna]

I didn't think of that, he was inside when he died.  His parents died while they were outside, so they left good size tombstones.  I will get it out of the inventory and put it outside to check the size. 

It is a project story and I have a thing about letting my sims do as many opportunities they can so they can get the rewards that makes life so much easier.  Add the advantage of having life fruit to help extend his life and had time to do plenty of opportunities.  He lived to be 112 "years" old.  Without the lifefruit, I think this lifespan would be around 90. 

Yes, it is a pretty gold color, I really liked him he was a loner and so spent most of his time wanting to write, or play with his kids or grandkids. 

[Pam]

Like Niana said, the urns are for indoors and the gravestones are for outdoors.  The pretty gold urn is the equivalent to a large gravestone.  For a small gravestone, the urn would be a plain gray box.  I'm not sure what the middle gravestone urn looks like.

Also, Janna, I edited your subject line to make it a bit shorter and to the point. 

[Janna]

Thanks Pam,  your subject line is much clearer than what I had asked.  Sorry about that.