Neighborhood stories like to move him in. Just turned them off for Father winter
rujuta4me Yeah, it is pretty hard to tell what anyone's knowledge level and experience level are and what packs they have, so I when I don't know, then I assume they are new to the game and base my responses accordingly which ends up being TMI in many cases. And you're right that FW should show as in one of the worlds. But my point was, that it should correct itself at some point and he will get moved from Other to Hidden by the game which has been my experience. But he can also be moved into a lot and then moved out which will clear the issue you have without affecting his role as long as you don't make him playable in the process (don't enter the lot). So, place him and then evict him immediately works. You can edit him in CAS as well. And you can even save him to your Library and move your edited version of him to a new save if you want to. I've done all those things. But once he gets hidden, you can't do any of those things anymore. The only time you can do that is when he shows up in Other in a new save.
There is still an issue with ask for presents for toddlers. I'm unaware of it being an issue for older sims though, nor of any work arounds. It was limited to the toddlers in my game. It's been around for quite a while. There are a number of posts here about it, but I couldn't find a master thread on it to give you a link, but a search will bring up most of them. Some are rather old though. If you really want to fix it in the meantime until a permanent fix is made and are willing to use mods, Bienchen does have a little fix mod for it that I use.
Hope this helps.
CGrant56I do appreciate your thought process! 😀 I am the same way when trying to help someone so when I ask for idea's, it's just that. While I thank you for the offer for a MOD, I don't use CC or MOD. I did until about 5 years ago. I did get FW moved. Disabled all household configurations, moved from "fake household" to played household just to be able to "split him from the household" into a household that I could make unplayable. Well, it worked. My sims were able to ask for presents again. at least my adults can. Have a weird looking FW now. I will be testing it with my children and toddlers who are in other families. The family I used to do this is a new family I created the day the Blast of the past event began. It was wild to watch the new FW gain weight before my eyes! He showed up skinny..... left - chunky!!!! I took screen shots.
Anyway, thank you for you feedback and input. It is very much welcome and appreciated.
