My aging randomly stops, even though I haven't disabled aging!

That is a common bug. Does no one age or just your active family ?

Only non-mod solution I have for this issue is this:

If you have any troubles with the age sliders, try moving the main one all the way to short, then all the way to epic and then settle it where you want it (thanks to Trif for that). If that doesn’t help, also try the individual ones.

I'll try that, thanks.

But yeah, it's my whole town. No one will age. And sometimes everyone else will age but the babies and toddlers...it's really annoying!!

@crinrict I tried what you said...still nada. It's very frustrating. After all these years of making the Sims, can't EA get the aging right? 😕mileyfrustrated:

Only other solution I have involves mods which I can't advertise here.

That sucks...I asked EA what was going on and why my aging had stopped, and they told me that:

"Hello Ashleigh,

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts.

I have gone through the e-mail and found that you are experiencing problem with the aging of the sims in the game. I am grateful for giving me an opportunity to review your case; I assure you my support in getting this resolved. I know how it feels when you face such issues of the game.

To get this sorted out, please press F5 button within the game to open the in game options. There should be a slider controlling the sims life span. Just put that as low or high as you want.

Please let me know if you have any other concerns. I will be glad to help you out.

Electronic Arts appreciates your efforts and involvement in our Games and take this opportunity to express our gratitude. Please feel free to get in touch with us anytime. You may access our online knowledgebase on: http://help.ea.com/

I look forward for your reply. 

Sincerely,
Arup
Electronic Arts- World Wide Customer Experience"

It was an automated message -_-

NOT IMPRESSED.

EA needs to get there **bleep** together. This isn't acceptable.

I know this is a bug that happens to many but just to make sure: You didn't by accident turn off aging in the options panel ?

You might be able to find a solution here: http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/

Lol I know that's a possibility, but it was the first thing I checked. When it stopped working, I went straight to my options panel and checked. But it's ok, because a game update fixed it. (:

I've had the aging glitch on a few occasions. I've been informed that it is (supposedly) a result of The Sims 3 Generations expansion pack. Changing the aging settings didn't work. Moving my family into a new home didn't work. Restarting my game didn't work. I reinstalled my games on one occasion, but for what? Just to haveit happen all over again?! I mean, who wants to just KEEP ON STARTING OVER?! -_-

I looked on the internet for what felt like ever and I found video on YouTube where the creator of the video explains a simple fix: Making a copying your town. Guess what? It worked! (At least for me.) When your game starts up and displays your saved family simply click on the blue icon by the town image. There's only two: the one that looks like two sheets of paper overlapping and the trash can icon.Obviously the trash can one will delete your town, so do NOT use that one! Click on the one with the two sheets of paper overlapping (if you move your mouse over it, it should say "copy" as it is the COPY icon.) After doing this you'll be prompted to give the town a name and then save it. (I personally saved the copy separately first to ensure everything worked out.)

When I navigated to it, everything was EXACTLY as before and my sims aged again! I kept my progress in everything and didn't have to restart!

Hope this helps! It's such a simple solution, so it's definitely worth a shot! 🙂

That's an easy solution. Why didn't I think of it before? Thank you so much!