The Sims 3 Life States Dynasty Challenge

[Odie]

You can age them up early if they are a spare but if they're the heir, you have to wait until their birthday and then you can use the cake on their birthday, not before.

Ok, thank you. Well since they're triplets, I'll have them all wait until their real birthday then

[Ricalynn]

Even though they are triplets, the game will allow you to age them up separately unless you want them to remain the same age for your story.

[Frey]

I know you say it's only effecting one household member but did you try replacing the stairs just in case?  I hate to say use Edit Town if something like replacing the stairs does work.

Yes, I already did that twice. It seems to work for a sim day or two, but then the bug starts again. I even tried remodeling the house and puting the stairs somewhere else but it always ends up coming back after a while. I've had this bug in other files before and it always goes away by reseting the affected sim, but I have no idea what's different now  .

[Ricalynn]

Yes, I already did that twice. It seems to work for a sim day or two, but then the bug starts again. I even tried remodeling the house and puting the stairs somewhere else but it always ends up coming back after a while. I've had this bug in other files before and it always goes away by reseting the affected sim, but I have no idea what's different now  .

Alright go ahead and try the split household trick in Edit Town before you end up going back to another save.  Going back to another save may not change the bug since at this point it sounds like it could just be a part of your save for that character. 

[Odie]

Even though they are triplets, the game will allow you to age them up separately unless you want them to remain the same age for your story.

I know, but I just like to see them age up together. I do not feel confident enough to write a story (yet).

[Frey]

I just did the split household thing. It seems to be working for now, we'll se if the bug doesn't come back again. Thanks  .

[Lady Orc]

You can age them up early if they are a spare but if they're the heir, you have to wait until their birthday and then you can use the cake on their birthday, not before.

Just wanted to doublecheck on this - it says on the first page with the rules that after all toddler/child/teen tasks have been achieved, you're allowed to use the birthday cake to age them up, but I can't see it stated anywhere that you have to wait until their birthday. I haven't reached this point myself in my current attempt, but I would like to be absolutely sure.

[Ricalynn]

Just wanted to doublecheck on this - it says on the first page with the rules that after all toddler/child/teen tasks have been achieved, you're allowed to use the birthday cake to age them up, but I can't see it stated anywhere that you have to wait until their birthday. I haven't reached this point myself in my current attempt, but I would like to be absolutely sure.

You have to wait for the heir's birthday if they are in the infant stage because there are no tasks to complete to allow for early aging.  All other childhood life stages have tasks that need to be fulfilled and then you can use a cake to age them up early.   The quote of me is specifically about an heir in the infant/baby/burrito life stage.

[Lady Orc]

Ah I see, I'd missed that it related to infants only, thanks for clarifying.

[Odie]

burrito life stage

Seriously? Who comes up with this?

[RainBeau]

I just want to say, I do not recommend allowing your Sims to become celebrities for this challenge. Every time my Sims WooHoo they get Publicly Disgraced for WooHoo with an occult! Why is that a public disgrace anyway? It's fairly frustrating.

[ladyaya]

Seriously? Who comes up with this?

A lot of people have. xD
Don't you think the babies look like burritos? =P

[RavenKay]

Seriously? Who comes up with this?

burrito sounds better than maggot   

[ladyaya]

burrito sounds better than maggot   

Very true. Maggots are creepy looking anyways.

[Gogowars329]

I just want to say, I do not recommend allowing your Sims to become celebrities for this challenge. Every time my Sims WooHoo they get Publicly Disgraced for WooHoo with an occult! Why is that a public disgrace anyway? It's fairly frustrating.

That must be annoying. My founder married a celebrity but I didn't realize she was one until she moved in. Now they are Level 4 celebrities but luckily the child isn't a celebrity.