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Fluttershy10203's avatar
8 years ago

Toddler grew up and Imaginary Friend won't

In my Sims 3 Generations game, I have a toddler that recently grew up into a child. I made her play with her imaginary friend daily, but when she grew up, the imaginary friend didn't grow up with her- but I really want him to! Is there any way (cheats, mods, legitimately) that I could make him grow up while she's a child? Or do I just have to reload my last save and try again? ☹️
Any feedback is greatly appreciated! <3

(Picture shown: My child sim's imaginary friend, still a doll)

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  • You have to play whit the imaginary friend when you don this for some amount of time a message will show than if you keep playing whit it another massage shows up than the imaginary friend will age up whit your sim. I believe that you can still do this if the sim is a child but I not completely shore.

  • I know this is old, but I'll tell you what worked for me, just in case anyone else is having this problem. While the child is still a toddler, you have to name the doll, and decide whether you want it to be a boy or a girl. Once you've done that, you just put the doll on the ground while your toddler is aging up, and the doll comes to life as an imaginary friend that only the child can see. Sometimes it takes a couple minutes, but it should happen pretty quickly after your toddler ages up. If the doll was in the sims inventory when the toddler aged up, and it doesn't come to life when you take the doll out of the sims inventory, try having the sim leave the lot, but keep the doll at the sims house, then come right back home. This will typically make the doll come to life. I've had this happen after my sim went to school several times.

  • EA_Cath's avatar
    EA_Cath
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    10 months ago
    Hey @simsplayer3716 , thank you for the workaround. I will be locking this thread since it's a bit old to avoid necroposting though. Thanks for your understanding!

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