I have a discovered a very nice way of getting rid of the IF, I really felt kind of bad leaveing the IF off somewhere, so I have decited that I did not let my toddler play with the IF, when he bacame a child, I then had him make friends with another child and gave it to him for a gift. he took it and now my sim child does not have a IF anymore. A very humane way to get rid of the IF. I know that is silly, but that is just me

Yup, I have done that, too. Nowadays, I use Master Controller, as there are less errors that way, but gifting is the only safe vanilla way I know of.

That´s a good idea! Does the other child play with it?I normally just put the IF doll in the parent´s inventory as soon as the kids get them in the post, if I don´t want them to get real.

The key as to whether shifting the doll around into different inventories or even deleting it (the object way with testingcheats) is going to work out well or not is whether a sim has ever materialized out of it. Before that happens, the doll is just an object. After it happens it is both an object and a sim and may thus require special care as sims cannot be deleted or suppressed as easily as mere objects can. :)

"Waterdragon;c-17358409" wrote:That´s a good idea! Does the other child play with it?I normally just put the IF doll in the parent´s inventory as soon as the kids get them in the post, if I don´t want them to get real. @Waterdragon I am not sure because I only play one family. I did this because I am doing another A-Z challenge only this time I am doing it a little dirrerent. with dice. Like if you throw a 1-3 you mary and 4-6 you do not marry. also the same for Girl or Boy baby, Now if you do not marry you can adopt, married girl 1 or 2 boy 3or 4 and adopt if 5 or 6. there is more, but it is just to make it a little different, this time around. You can throw the dice for a lot of things. careers, collecting, etc.

The reason I did not put it in the parents inventory is that I did not want it passed down from generation to generation and have a lot of dolls in the parents inventory. better to give it as a gift

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UlanDhor
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
Yup, I have done that, too. Nowadays, I use Master Controller, as there are less errors that way, but gifting is the only safe vanilla way I know of.
WatrDragon
Rising Newcomer
5 years ago
That´s a good idea! Does the other child play with it?

I normally just put the IF doll in the parent´s inventory as soon as the kids get them in the post, if I don´t want them to get real.
igazor
5 years ago
The key as to whether shifting the doll around into different inventories or even deleting it (the object way with testingcheats) is going to work out well or not is whether a sim has ever materialized out of it. Before that happens, the doll is just an object. After it happens it is both an object and a sim and may thus require special care as sims cannot be deleted or suppressed as easily as mere objects can. :)
Evalen306
5 years ago
"Waterdragon;c-17358409" wrote:
That´s a good idea! Does the other child play with it?

I normally just put the IF doll in the parent´s inventory as soon as the kids get them in the post, if I don´t want them to get real.

@Waterdragon I am not sure because I only play one family. I did this because I am doing another A-Z challenge only this time I am doing it a little dirrerent. with dice. Like if you throw a 1-3 you mary and 4-6 you do not marry. also the same for Girl or Boy baby, Now if you do not marry you can adopt, married girl 1 or 2 boy 3or 4 and adopt if 5 or 6. there is more, but it is just to make it a little different, this time around. You can throw the dice for a lot of things. careers, collecting, etc.
Evalen306
5 years ago
The reason I did not put it in the parents inventory is that I did not want it passed down from generation to generation and have a lot of dolls in the parents inventory. better to give it as a gift
zeyneph
5 years ago
There is a mod to disable it completely on Modthesims if you'd like.
NikkeiSimmer
New Vanguard
5 years ago
I’m wondering, is it possible to set IFs on fire? :evil grin:
igazor
5 years ago
"Nikkei_Simmer;c-17363987" wrote:
I’m wondering, is it possible to set IFs on fire? :evil grin:

But there's potentially a sim in there. Why would anyone want to set a sim on...(looks up to see whom I am responding to)
Oh, never mind. :p
Aaeiyn
5 years ago
I guess I'm one of the few that don't mind the IFs and get extremely sad, when my Child doesn't get one. I like making them real. In a sense, at least in my mind, making them real "gets rid of them". 'Cause I get to control them 'cause I'm narcissistic, like that xD
karritz
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
"Aaeiyn;c-17364130" wrote:
I guess I'm one of the few that don't mind the IFs and get extremely sad, when my Child doesn't get one. I like making them real. In a sense, at least in my mind, making them real "gets rid of them". 'Cause I get to control them 'cause I'm narcissistic, like that xD

I have the chance of a newborn getting an Imaginary Friend set to 100%