Can't use magic wand?

Sims 3 Note for Win7: This can be done after a Sim has been created and placed in the world.

Press CTRL+SHFT+C You will see a command bar on top of screen.

Type Testingcheatsenabled True then hit enter.

Mouse pointer on any sim and press SHFT+LFT CLICK MOUSE You will see an options menu offering the choice to Edit in CAS

Press CTRL+SHFT+C again to bring up the command bar and type HELP for a list of other commands you can use.

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This is an old thread, but I'm still surprised.

Witches actually don't need wands once they buy the "magic hands" lifetime reward. So the interface is designed so that magic can be used just with the wand in inventory. You don't click on the wand to start using magic. All you can really do from the wand itself is move it around and make it the sim's "preferred" wand.

To play with magic or to have the sim cast a charm on herself, click on the witch directly. To cast a spell on another person, click that person. To cast a spell on an object or the ground, click the object or the ground.

Keep in mind, the only two things a newbie witch can do is play with magic and conjure apples, (click on yourself). Other spells need to be unlocked by leveling up the hidden magic skill. Which is leveled up by using the magic you do have.

Does that help?

If not, it is entirely possible if you traveled recently, cheated to re-enter create-a-sim to convert the sim to a witch after she was created, or even if something went randomly wrong with the process of saving the game that a witch sim can end up bugged. If that's the case, than the only thing I can suggest is to try reloading from an older save. Otherwise you may need to use a potent cure to clear the bugged supernatural state followed by a witches brew to make the sim a proper witch again. (Which also means you need to brew them with Alchemy skill or find and buy them at the Elixir store.)

Hi, I got the magic hands reward for my sim but does that mean i can not use wands anymore...? i have all the wands and was looking forward to using them yet i do not know if i have to remove the lifetime reward to use wands again or if there is a way to use wands with it, Thanks!

I'd hang on to those wands. My witch's hands glitched to where she can only do her magic by wand.

"The Secret Simmer;14349845" wrote:
Hi, I got the magic hands reward for my sim but does that mean i can not use wands anymore...? i have all the wands and was looking forward to using them yet i do not know if i have to remove the lifetime reward to use wands again or if there is a way to use wands with it, Thanks!

It's been a while since I played a witch but once the sim gets the magic hands LTR, there's no point to having a wand. IIRC you'll have to remove the LTR to have your sim use wands again.

this happens when hidden "classic wand" has been deleted accidentally somehow.

my simple solution is, removing "Magic Hands" reward then retake it with using Nraas Master Controller (needs cheat module).

how to:
1. dispose any physical wand in inventory from target witch.
2. click on the Witch > Nraas > Master Controller > Advanced >Traits > Drop Rewards

then choose "Magic Hands" to remove and buy it again.
the witch should become possible to use hands for casting again.

you can refill lost points after that.

@EOA13634 Thanks for sharing your workaround :) I'll close of this thread now as it has revived an old thread. Thanks.