I have a child that was born in game. 2 days after he was born, the doll came in the mail. When he turned into a toddler, he wouldn't stop playing with the doll. When he aged up to be a child, the imaginary friend stayed as a doll...
I still make the child and the doll play constantly, hoping that someday, the doll will become alive, but so far, nothing's happened.
Can an imaginary friend doll come to life even after the toddler becomes a child, or have I come across some sort of glitch?
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Making it a real sim is another process, of course, but it has to come alive first.
The doll was out of the childs inventory on his birthday. When he aged up, the doll stayed the same. I still leave the doll on the floor, but it just won't come alive... What do you think I should do?
Otherwise, well, I had a time the doll wouldn't come alive when I pulled it out of the inventory but when I tried an interaction, believe it was 'host tea party' a sim child (with a lil' glow over their head) came in through the door, hovered the curser over the sim and it had the Imaginary Friend's name, it WAS the friend; some kind of glitch, the doll was on the floor still too... Just was JUST a doll... Was weird...
That sounds really weird, what happened to you. But the "host a tea party" -thing should actually work. If the child has played with the doll enough, hosting a tea party should make the IF alive.
But then, to the OP, while the kid was playing with the IF-doll as a toddler, did you get messages saying something like "they're becoming special friends"? Because if you didn't then it it just might be a glitch, and the IF will never come alive.
But anyway, I'd still try the tea party.
I think I did get that message, but the doll is still as inanimate as ever (it's never been alive) ... I'll give the "Host a tea party" interaction a try and see if anything happens... Thank you all for the help!
Edit: I forgot to mention if the doll has a strong enough relationship with the kid you can do the test on his birthday put the doll a ways away from the birthday cake when the toddler blows out the candles the doll in toy form should magically teleport to the kids birthday cake and when he ages the doll will age too and within a hour the doll should age into a IF friend stage 2 the same age as the sim who imagined it and will always be the same age as that sim.
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a toss up. I've had kids who got them and I've had kids who
didn't. I've had them stay as small dolls and I've had them
marry my sims and have children. Basically, a lottery.