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I play the Sims 4 from the EA App on an pc and every time my child sim has an imaginary friend, they can’t turn their imaginary friend real once they become a teen. They become friends with them and everything they got to do, but it still doesn’t work. The option shows up but when I click to have my teen sim turn there imaginary friend real, nothing happens. I have tried with mods because I do use them in my game and turning the mods off doesn’t seem to work. I haven’t been able to turn an imaginary friend into a real sim successfully yet.
- Rachel313119933 months agoRising Rookie
I am thinking it is more mod related but not sure where to start with my mods folder. I have so many mods that I don't know what one or ones could be causing this issue. I had only one mod in the mods folder when it worked but now that I put the rest of the mods I use in the folder, it doesn't work again. I also know I am not the only one with this problem, there is one other person that is having the same issue, but they disabled their mods. So, they have the problem without mods as well.
- luthienrising2 months agoHero+
Rachel31311993 Start by testing with NO mods or CC. Rename the Mods folder, delete the file called localthumbcache, and try again. You can exit without saving. Note that disabling mods can still leave the effects of some mods in place.
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
luthienrising I just tried what you said to do. I tested it with no mods in the mods folder, deleted the localthumbcache, and the same thing happened. I can't get my sim to turn their imaginary friend into a real sim. The option shows up, I click on it and it looks like was gonna work but the doll disappears a few minutes and comes back. After two or three tries it won't even say the option to turn them into a real sim after a while. I did however yesterday only have the MCCC mod in the mods folder and it did work then. I don't know what could be causing this issue. Someone else I know put it on discord that they are having the same problem as I am with the imaginary friends. So I know I am not the only one.
- luthienrising2 months agoHero+
Rachel31311993 Thanks for doing that testing! I'm moving you to Gameplay Issues for now. Have you tried in a different household or a new save to see if it works in those scenarios?
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
luthienrising I have tried in a new save and the same thing still happens but I haven't tried a different household yet. I will try that sometime today and let you know what happens.
- crinrict2 months agoHero+
could you test if it works with another kid/family/save ?
Use cheats if necessary to speed up the process :D
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
crinrict and luthienrising I have tried with a different household and the same thing still happens. I can't get my kid sim or any other kid sim in a save to turn their imaginary friend real once they age up to a teen. It always shows the option but nothing happens. The only time it worked was when I had only MCCC in the mod folder and it was the Lil' Monster ImagineMe Doll. Pretty Pegacorn ImagineMe Doll and Krafty Kid ImagineMe Doll don't work. I've tried them both and the same thing happens with either. I haven't tried the Wild Child ImagineMe Doll yet. I have tried with mods in the mods folder and I have tried putting the mods folder on the desktop and nothing works.
- crinrict2 months agoHero+
Do you have any LastException files in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 ?
- Delete the ones you have
- Trigger the error again
- Check if new ones are created
- If that is the case, please copy/paste the content here. You can open the file with any text editor.
Deleting the file won't fix your issue. Posting the info is meant for troubleshooting.
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
crinrict I get a lot of last exception files every time I play my game. Just about everything my sims do causes a last exception to pop up. I'll try to see if when I play the game sometime today if new ones pop up but the texts in them can be very long at times and then be very short other times. I have used that pastebin.com before to have someone look at it when it comes to mods.
Should I use pastebin.com again and copy the url and put it here if anything pops up? Plus I have been getting a lot of mc last exception files every time I play the game as well. Should I put one of those on here as well for troubleshooting?
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
crinrict This the Last Exception that popped up right after I went into the game just a few minutes ago.
<?xml version="1.0" ?><root>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>b2fba1e2fd7064e668eeaded</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-10-14 15:21:58</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.118.257.1020-1.300.000.223.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>whims_tracker.py:1386</categoryid><desyncid>b2fba1e2fd7064e668eeaded</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception in Sim Timeline: Exception resuming Element (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'guid64') Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 236, in simulate File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 385, in _resume File ".\WickedWhims_v187.12\turbolib2\events\sims.py", line 136, in _turbolib_sim_startup_sim_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim.py", line 3100, in _startup_sim_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 514, in start_whims_tracker File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1471, in _populate_slots File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1307, in _try_populate_slot_from_whimset File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1409, in _generate_whim_buckets_for_type_and_whimset File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1386, in _create_bucket File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1387, in <listcomp>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'guid64'rtim=0 Client Session Time: 34.09 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,566,0,6079 Modded: True SystemInfo: Windows 10 10.0.19045 GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 20.19.15.4835, GUID: A4EDD6D7-3304-11EE-9AB3-B17882999A1B </desyncdata></report>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>b2fba1e2fd7064e668eeaded</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-10-14 15:21:58</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.118.257.1020-1.300.000.223.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>whims_tracker.py:1386</categoryid><desyncid>b2fba1e2fd7064e668eeaded</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception in Sim Timeline: Exception resuming Element (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'guid64') Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\scheduling.py", line 236, in simulate File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\elements.py", line 385, in _resume File ".\WickedWhims_v187.12\turbolib2\events\sims.py", line 136, in _turbolib_sim_startup_sim_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim.py", line 3100, in _startup_sim_gen File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 514, in start_whims_tracker File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1471, in _populate_slots File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1307, in _try_populate_slot_from_whimset File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1409, in _generate_whim_buckets_for_type_and_whimset File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1386, in _create_bucket File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\whims\whims_tracker.py", line 1387, in <listcomp>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'guid64'rtim=0 Client Session Time: 34.09 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,566,0,6079 Modded: True SystemInfo: Windows 10 10.0.19045 GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 20.19.15.4835, GUID: A4EDD6D7-3304-11EE-9AB3-B17882999A1B </desyncdata></report>
</root>- crinrict2 months agoHero+
This is one from a modded save. Do you have one without any ?
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
crinrict Yes it's from a modded save. I will try sometime day to get one from a save without mods in it. I was always wondering why I would get last exception when I don't have mods in the mods folder all of the time. That has happened once but I will see if I can get a last exception without mods in the mods folder. It might take me sometime to get one because I don't like playing the game without mods. It's not as fun as it is with mods in the game.
- crinrict2 months agoHero+
LastExceptions are issues that happen in your game and get logged. It can both happen in modded and unmodded games. You won't see any messages ingame but they are still created in the back (not always though) but all that MCCC and BE do is re-format the game ones and give more info. You will get more with outdated or conflicting mods though but there are game ones,
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
crinrict I've been playing the Sims 4 for a few days and today the last exception just popped up without any mods in my mods folder. But it does say the XML Injector at the top, not sure why with the mods turned off I would think that wouldn't pop up to. But this is the Last Exception that popped up with the mods turned off.
<?xml version="1.0" ?><root>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>6b3812deae3a6f1a68f68be7</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-10-20 18:17:39</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.118.257.1020-1.300.000.223.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>vehicle_liabilities.py:307</categoryid><desyncid>6b3812deae3a6f1a68f68be7</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception in prepare_gen for super interaction. (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'can_transition_over_node') Traceback (most recent call last): File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\interactions\vehicle_liabilities.py", line 323, in _get_close_to_deploy File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\interactions\vehicle_liabilities.py", line 307, in get_start_node_index_for_path AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'can_transition_over_node'rtim=0 Client Session Time: 10718.03 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0xbe7da869 Game Sub-state: 0x1020b807 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 0 Origin Version: 13,566,0,6079 Modded: False SystemInfo: Windows 10 10.0.19045 GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 20.19.15.4835, GUID: A4EDD6D7-3304-11EE-9AB3-B17882999A1B </desyncdata></report>
</root>- crinrict2 months agoHero+
that is a known LE: LastException during travel: VehicleLiabilities.py error | EA Forums - 12703251 but I'm not sure it's related to your IF issue. It happens when you travel.
Does this appear after you tried to turn the IF real ?
- Rachel313119932 months agoRising Rookie
crinrict I don't know. It might have popped up before and I just didn't realize it. I can try again and see if one pops up after I have my teen sim try to turn their imaginary friend real and see what happens. I have tried recently to turn the imaginary friend real and still nothing happens. Even with turning mods on and turning the mods off.
- crinrict2 months agoHero+
yeah, delete all the ones you have currently again, then turn IF real, then check your user folder if you have a new file.
There is another thread here that's similar: [AA] Imaginary Friend Vanishes when making real (Space issue) | EA Forums - 12716284
these folks said they needed more space. Is this the same as you are seeing ?