Question for others who play with aging off
So I've always played TS4 with aging off (I have attachment issues and don't want them to die) and now that I've started playing TS3 I'm doing the same. However, I've run into a bit of an issue; when ...
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My general rule is to age a sim whenever I feel it is time to move on, when there are no more new intersting stuff for him to go through in current age phase.
In my shorter saves, when I want my game to progress quickly, I can age a child once he completed the "get on the honor roll" wish (they usually get this and it means they got an A in school for 3 days in a staright), and I think it usually gives them 1000 points. If I feel that a specific sim is struggling, I can decide to do this easier and age a sim after only one A in school...
In my longer saves, which usually played rotationally, I prefer to age the whole age group at once, or at least in a short time (and so I'll age all teens together, then all children, then all toddlers...). I like to keep their experiences in life with the same friends they grew up with during life (it is weird to me that two kids are friends and suddenly one of them is teen and looks totally different). So I do the aging kind of in parallel / day after day/ sometimes I'll even move them to the same household to celebrate them all in once. Also, it should be noted that not only I like to age all sims from the same age group at the same time, but also I do the different age groups one after another (before continuing on with my regular story) because I want to keep the town's population balanced.
In my shorter saves, when I want my game to progress quickly, I can age a child once he completed the "get on the honor roll" wish (they usually get this and it means they got an A in school for 3 days in a staright), and I think it usually gives them 1000 points. If I feel that a specific sim is struggling, I can decide to do this easier and age a sim after only one A in school...
In my longer saves, which usually played rotationally, I prefer to age the whole age group at once, or at least in a short time (and so I'll age all teens together, then all children, then all toddlers...). I like to keep their experiences in life with the same friends they grew up with during life (it is weird to me that two kids are friends and suddenly one of them is teen and looks totally different). So I do the aging kind of in parallel / day after day/ sometimes I'll even move them to the same household to celebrate them all in once. Also, it should be noted that not only I like to age all sims from the same age group at the same time, but also I do the different age groups one after another (before continuing on with my regular story) because I want to keep the town's population balanced.
